Recent content by GalaxyTabS_10_5

Okay, so this is in response to a 9-yr old post. :) 'Alien....' is right. You can find Power saving Mode in Settings > General > Power saving (at low left)

:-) LOL. As I said, installing VLC from the Playstore worked. Only thing, the "Android is starting optimizing app 1 of 1" message with the rotating gears animation is back. But now I know how to fix that, and the best source for VLC, so I'll just redo everything. I expect no problems. Thanks...

Yes, that worked. All good now :-)

No reason, I'll try that. Cheers.

Yes it's an apk. It's the version you recommended in this thread: https://forums.androidcentral.com/threads/samsung-galaxy-tab-s-10-5-sm-t800-reset-needed.1076061/#post-7249536 As I explained earlier, I hadn't intended to have this tablet online, but I've done that, enabling wifi and setting up...

From the tablet's card. I copied it there from my computer.

After a recent reset of my Tab S 10.5 I've been trying to install VLC player but I'm getting the 'Xap not installed' message. I've tried giving it permission via the setting but that's had no effect. I'm wondering if I need to: a) Get online? b) Register with Google for Playstore? Thanks for...

Great, thanks very much. I thought I should get more info about my SM-T800 before I went ahead with more setups, so, as I didn't want to go online with it (for the reason I gave above) I figured that our SM-T807a would be so similar to the SM-T800 that installing an analytical app on the 807a...

I followed your link to the VLC downloads but I'm not sure which variant I need. On offer are: VLC-Android-3.6.3-arm64-v8a.apk VLC-Android-3.6.3-armeabi-v7a.apk VLC-Android-3.6.3-x86.apk VLC-Android-3.6.3-x86_64.apk Which one for my SM-T800?

Thanks for another excellent tip. Why not turn on Wifi? I think having it turned on led to my previous troubles. I'm not skilled enough with the tablet to always be aware of what's occurring when I'm online. So, as I don't need to be connected to the internet via the tablet there's no point in...

Wonderful, worked perfectly! I used the 'powered-on' option. Once it got to the slowly-pulsing word 'SAMSUNG' it took about ten more minutes before it began to ask me for various settings inputs. All done now :) One more thing if someone would be so kind: I had VLC player installed before and it...

mustang7757: Thanks for the tip!

Thanks, I'll try it today :) EDIT: Just checked the link and the instructions are for the Tab S SM-T807A, not the SM-T800. Coincidentally, my wife has an SM-T807A, which has no problems. The main difference between the two models is that the 807A has space for a SIM card as well as the memory...

My tablet has been working normally, but recently it started displaying the "Android is starting optimizing app 1 of 1" message with the rotating gears animation. After a lot of searching I finally stumbled across the 'power\volume.down\home' keys-press method that got me into ODIN. Which...

Thanks!