Samsung Galaxy S5 issues following rooting/unlocking
I purchased an S5 online. Advertised as brand new-and unlocked. The fone arrived and I was in rush to leave for the weekend. I managed to back my numbers up but added nothing else. Within a few hours the fone was showing as running low on storage space-but the apps on there werent even taking up more than a gig of storage-and this is a 16gb fone and my external SD card was on there.
The mobile internet wasnt working either. Also on a call the fone cut off despite the battery at half life.
I took the fone to vodafone. They said the memory issue may be a ghost file so they did a factory reset. That seemed to resolve the problem. They also provided a new sim card to access the mobile internet.
Later that day the phone refused to reboot.
The next day-a friend accessed the fone and did a factory reset but then the phone was showing the IME wasnt recognised.
He then discovered this was a common problem with the type of chip (media tek). He dialled a command and resolved that issue.
However within an hour the mobile network stopped working.
Later that day the memory issue message popped up again. I am unable to download any apps and use the mobile internet and because the phone thinks its full its sluggish and lagging. Whatsapp refuses to work too-the message on that says 'this version of whats app ran out in Jan 2015 please reset your fones clock and download again' DESPITE the phones clock being accurate
I have contacted the ebayer and intially he was ok about the return but now hes saying its my fault for messing with the phone.
I believe the phone needs a fresh install and rooted again as Ive read sometimes rooting can cause software conflicts etc
I purchased an S5 online. Advertised as brand new-and unlocked. The fone arrived and I was in rush to leave for the weekend. I managed to back my numbers up but added nothing else. Within a few hours the fone was showing as running low on storage space-but the apps on there werent even taking up more than a gig of storage-and this is a 16gb fone and my external SD card was on there.
The mobile internet wasnt working either. Also on a call the fone cut off despite the battery at half life.
I took the fone to vodafone. They said the memory issue may be a ghost file so they did a factory reset. That seemed to resolve the problem. They also provided a new sim card to access the mobile internet.
Later that day the phone refused to reboot.
The next day-a friend accessed the fone and did a factory reset but then the phone was showing the IME wasnt recognised.
He then discovered this was a common problem with the type of chip (media tek). He dialled a command and resolved that issue.
However within an hour the mobile network stopped working.
Later that day the memory issue message popped up again. I am unable to download any apps and use the mobile internet and because the phone thinks its full its sluggish and lagging. Whatsapp refuses to work too-the message on that says 'this version of whats app ran out in Jan 2015 please reset your fones clock and download again' DESPITE the phones clock being accurate
I have contacted the ebayer and intially he was ok about the return but now hes saying its my fault for messing with the phone.
I believe the phone needs a fresh install and rooted again as Ive read sometimes rooting can cause software conflicts etc
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