Recent content by Greebe

Have had the S5 since the end of April. Have always taken care of phones... don't even use cases. Example, still use our 6 year old Sprint Hero's and our 3 year old Galaxy S2's on a daily basis (webcams, mp3 players and cooking timers/recipes). But this hinge thing has always unnerved me. Being...

Replace battery.

I live only a few miles from the gulf/sarasota bay where everything corrodes in a skinny minute and tell you point blank its not a corrosion issue. Have the tech prove it is. Demand PROOF!

Raised cane w/ tech support over pushing this crap on me. They couldn't stop the ota, but did say that if you continue to ignor, it will stop on Aug. 19th. That's when they stopped pushing it out to the masses. Tier 1 tech claimed this OTA had all the fixes. I told him whomever told him that...

Over voltage is caused by the power supply. That bleeping thing everyone refers to as a "charger" is in reality nothing more than a 5vdc power supply. The "charger" is built into the phone and they will always be built into the phone. It's the same setup as a laptop. Also have noticed this...

It appears that the connector has two wires (could be carbon tow) which is used when the connector is manufactured. Problem is that these 'wires' are trimmed off at the connectors edge (the connectors 'tongue') They are molded in and must be just under the surface and therefor happily lift off...

Re: Anyone else using FoxFi, hotspot no root (has support for us I use the free app called StayAwake just for this issue

Re: Google's soon to be released Play version 3.5.15 solves issue 215 apps here, use everyone and soon to add more :)

Nope, some say it is released by "region", tho I doubt that. Mine updated this morning around 9am EST. The wifes which was purchased and activated the same time did not update and has not yet. Powering down nor wifi never helped speed up the process either (for any OTA on any Sprint smartphone...

2.3.6 on updated phones

No water is necessary to do this damage. Simply put the morons are not certified electronics techs, nor do they have the engineering knowledge necessary to make an educated evaluation. The reason it failed is due to a piss poor electrical connection @ the port. A loose or worn port making it a...