Recent content by belodion

Cheap things tend to be expensive.

Welcome and enjoy. :)

Welcome aboard. :)

Device data. The average user is not expected to understand the language used, but some people would be able to interpret it. Some of the names may seem sinister, but they’re not.

Welcome. :) What is the name of the device, and where did you buy it? If we know that, we shall be able to make better judgments.

Welcome as a new member. :) I’ve moved your thread to the S21+ forum. I have experience of battery trouble of that kind, yes, on various phones, and I suspect that most members have. Assuming that the replacement battery is good - and that cannot always be assumed - there may be failing...

Welcome. You’ll have many virtual friends in us. 🥲

I doubt that you’ll get many replies in an Android forum, but who knows?

Welcome aboard. :)

Try this: https://www.samsung.com/au/support/mobile-devices/using-easy-mode/ The Australian connection is irrelevant in this case. The video is surprisingly badly done because of the pointless and annoyingly distracting music, but there is no speech so you can mute it. It’s also too fast to...

This is on a Galaxy S3? If so, my experience of using old devices, running old versions of Android, is that that is what tends to happen - ‘Unfortunately, such-and-such has stopped working’. I’ve found that any fixes are temporary, and not worthwhile.

The screen requiring an 8-letter password sounds like it's inviting you to create a password for something - for some site or new account, presumably. That would not be related to a security password for the phone itself. If you cannot boot into Recovery, it sounds like a fault with either the...

Hold Power and Volume Down until it powers off.

This, you mean? https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/13548313?hl=en

It still works for me - I've just opened it. (Waits for phone to explode.)