Recent content by Yardstick

I'll have to see if there is a way to remove the Samsung launcher/home system. Last time I checked there wasn't a good way to do that on these phones.

Maybe that price isn't so excessive if they want $44.58 for an OEM battery: GH43-04578B - INCELL BATTERY PACK-EB-BG930ABA,3000MAH The only things I like about the S7 are the size (smaller would be even better) and that it is/was waterproof (IP68). The fact that they were pairing these phones...

I didn't ask about a warranty. The cost seemed excessive to me.

I called a Ubreakifix place. They want $120 to replace the battery and they will not sell the battery alone.

That's a big part of the reason I'm asking if anyone knows where to get a good one. It's hard to believe that this phone is just trash now that the original battery isn't performing well. AccuBattery puts it at 74% of the original capacity (~2200 mAh). Samsung's skin on Android really eats...

I'm looking for a replacement battery for my Galaxy S7 and can't find an OEM Samsung battery. What's the best non-OEM option out there? There are a bunch of options on Amazon, but it's hard to tell which ones are worthwhile. Or is there a source for Samsung batteries that isn't obvious?

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I'm getting increasingly frustrated with the Swype function on my Samsung S7. The intended word errors are so frequent and so repetitive that I hate using it. My first Android phone, a Droid 2, seemed to work much better. It was more forgiving of slightly missing a letter while dragging my...

I posted this in another thread, but wanted to update here as well: I'm cautiously optimistic about Verizon's fix for my phone. It had a fast battery drain with Oculus uninstalled and even from a factory data reset. Either Samsung or Verizon (or some collaboration of the two) have a piece of...

I'm cautiously optimistic about Verizon's fix for my phone. It had a fast battery drain with Oculus uninstalled and even from a factory data reset. Either Samsung or Verizon (or some collaboration of the two) have a piece of software for upgrading and 'repairing' the phone. The repair part of...

What the heck? I'm at 20% after 12 hours with no Oculus. And today has been a light use day.

Not quite the exact same scenario, but I am experiencing high battery drain on my S7 too. No Oculus installed either. I contacted Samsung and they wanted me to send the phone to them to check it out.

On for 9h 10m and the battery sits at 38%. Some huge draws early in the day (no Oculus on my phone now). Currently Android System is showing as 25% of the use, Google Play Services is at 17% and Android OS is at 12%. At this point the phone is estimating it won't last much past 7 p.m. My two...

The full factory reset didn't cure my problem entirely. The Oculus junk should be as gone as it can be and all of the gear services have been stopped as best as they can. Android System is still 45% of the battery use and three hours off the charger the phone is down to 85% battery left with...