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Thanks. That worked for me as well - just a simple restart and my Home button works again.

The Samsung Galaxy s5 has a 5.3 inch screen and fits perfectly into my pants and jacket pockets. The new iPhone 6 is a small 4.7 inches and the new iPhone 6 Plus is 5.5 inches. Folks are complaining the latter won't fit in most pockets. It looks like Samsung won this year's competition with...

There's an app in the Google Play Store called, "Checky." It tells us how many times we used the phone each day. It would be interesting if we compare uses here in this thread. I just installed it.

Set up Google Drive on the MacBook and on the s5. Just copying a picture there places it on both devices.

Over time the screen will get cluttered with dust and oils. That will change how one's fingerprint is perceived by the phone. Thus, they will fail over time. A PIN never fails that way.

Most folks are busy working, watching TV, reading eBooks, investing, sleeping, etc. to use the s5 apps 24 hours per day. When actually using apps, keep all apps running and operating. When doing other "stuff," use Ultra Power Savings Mode which still allows phone calls and messaging. I get an...

Run the phone in Ultra Power Savings Mode overnight. That will shut all apps but phoning and messaging. When you leave that Mode, any rogue apps should be functioning normally.

Overnight when you are sleeping, leave the phone in Ultra Power Savings. Phone calls and messages will still be received but there will be very little battery drain. In addition, rogue apps will have been disabled until you manually start them up again.

If you just use Ultra Power Savings Mode once per day, it will silence almost all apps. Then, when you remove UPS, most will stay shut until individually activated.

Simple solution: when not using the phone's apps, just use two fingers to swipe down from the top and turn on Ultra Power Savings Mode. It still allows phoning and messaging but will temporarily shut down rogue apps and substantially boost battery longevity before charging is required. I...

Re: AT&T S5 software update today Look at your Baseband and Build Numbers. You may have received the update overnight.

Re: AT&T S5 software update today Here is what I got: 8/29/2014 2:21 PM About device: Samsung Galaxy S5 2014 Model number: SAMSUNG-SM-G900A Android version: 4.4.2 Baseband version: G900AUCU2ANG3 (changed) Kernel version: 3.4.0-2178781 dpi@SWDD5701 Tue Jul 22 KST 2014 Build...

First go to Menu (3 dots) in upper right and then tap Deregister. Then tap one of the fingerprints and then tap the Delete icon in the upper right.

The defect of the fingerprint scanner is that dust and oils accumulate on the screen and eventually the image of the fingerprint is altered. Its best to use a PIN number which never changes. In the meantime: To get rid of registered fingerprints: Go to Settings / Quick Settings / Finger...

I may have misunderstood your original question. Try this instead: To get rid of registered fingerprints: Go to Settings / Quick Settings / Finger Scanner / Fingerprint Manager. Then go to Menu in the upper right and click, Deregister. Then tap the selected finger print and then tap the delete...