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#1030285 24-Apr-2014 08:40

Does anyone else have an issue of SMS messages failing to send, it's happened a couple of times now. I have to restart the phone and then resend.

I'm on Vodafone, but think it's a phone issue. My S3 sent all messages fine

I'm not a complete idiot, I still have some parts missing.

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#1030351 24-Apr-2014 09:38

sittingduckz: Does anyone else have an issue of SMS messages failing to send, it's happened a couple of times now. I have to restart the phone and then resend.

I'm on Vodafone, but think it's a phone issue. My S3 sent all messages fine

Have you tested with another Sim to isolate further?

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#1030385 24-Apr-2014 09:45

OMGpjay:

Have you tested with another Sim to isolate further?

No, it's only happened a couple of times in the last 7 days, It could take 2-3 days to reproduce this problem so not really practical

I was just wondering if others have had this happen.

I'm not a complete idiot, I still have some parts missing.

Loosely

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#1030392 24-Apr-2014 09:49

Picked up an S5 earlier this week and gave Wifey my S3; Telecom made it kinda worthwhile.

I tried the fingerprint scanner, because ... well, it's there. It seemed mostly OK until the phone rang and I couldn't answer it - it wouldn't respond to the sliding green thing. I can't find any reference to this anywhere with a couple of desultory searches. Has anybody else seen it?

I've switched to pattern unlock and all is well with that.

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#1030433 24-Apr-2014 10:22

I tried encrypting the device but it requires a password to unlock it - can't use fingerprint or anything else instead.

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#1030554 24-Apr-2014 12:54

I haven't tried encryption on this phone but the decryption occurs on boot before Android starts. So there wouldn't be an easy or practical way to make fingerprint unlocking work.

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#1031692 26-Apr-2014 17:30

Anyone managed to redeem the LinkedIn Premium offer?

Installed LinkedIn, synchronised with phone, then visited the Samsung Gifts URL on the phone as per the screenshot:

And after clicking I get... nothing:

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#1032956 29-Apr-2014 00:42

Has anyone rooted their S5 yet? I'm considering it to do a little debloating, however the unavoidable triggering of Knox has me hesitating for the first time with an Android phone.

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#1032998 29-Apr-2014 09:30

I had to install Google Calendar from Play Market because the S Planner app is terrible. Even though I had two Exchange accounts loaded it wouldn't show appointments from both, but only one at a time. Installed Google Calendar and it's all there.

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#1033321 29-Apr-2014 18:46

I will ask again... Anyone managed to redeem a Samsung Galaxy Gift, more specifically the LinkedIn one?

The NZ page http://www.samsung.com/nz/galaxys5/galaxygifts.html says only that there's a LinkedIn Premium offer. No links. The global page at http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys5/galaxygifts.html says there's an offer and gives a link to visit from your mobile to redeem (http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys5/mobile/galaxygifts.html) but nothing happens.

I am in contact with Samsung to figure out why those gifts aren't working and interested to know if anyone had a different experience.

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#1033359 29-Apr-2014 19:17

I read a similar thing on Xda, people having some issues redeeming some of the gifts in certain regions. Samsung are aware of the issue and looking into it.

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#1033536 29-Apr-2014 22:12

Hello.

I've been trying to root a Telecom NZ variant of the Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F. However Odin keeps presenting the following error "<ID:0/020> FAIL! (Auth)."
I believe that Telecom may have locked the bootloader on their shipment of Galaxy S5's! Whilst in download mode on the device it shows QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE.
Is anyone else encountering this problem and is there a way around it.

Cheers

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#1033588 30-Apr-2014 01:06

bradstewart:

Has anyone rooted their S5 yet? I'm considering it to do a little debloating, however the unavoidable triggering of Knox has me hesitating for the first time with an Android phone.

Yes, within hours of purchasing; I've disabledKnox also. Used SD Maid to uninstall anything I didn't want.

UrbanNZ14: Hello.

I've been trying to root a Telecom NZ variant of the Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F. However Odin keeps presenting the following error "<ID:0/020> FAIL! (Auth)."
I believe that Telecom may have locked the bootloader on their shipment of Galaxy S5's! Whilst in download mode on the device it shows QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE.
Is anyone else encountering this problem and is there a way around it.

Cheers

Which root are you trying to use? I've successfully rooted my Telecom purchased device with CF Root:

http://download.chainfire.eu/397/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696537

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#1033642 30-Apr-2014 08:54

UrbanNZ14: Hello.

I've been trying to root a Telecom NZ variant of the Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F. However Odin keeps presenting the following error "<ID:0/020> FAIL! (Auth)."
I believe that Telecom may have locked the bootloader on their shipment of Galaxy S5's! Whilst in download mode on the device it shows QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE.
Is anyone else encountering this problem and is there a way around it.

Cheers

What version of Odin are you using? Rooted mine just fine with Odin 3.07. and CF-Auto-Root.

Cheers.

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#1034118 30-Apr-2014 16:51

In the past I have had issues with ODIN errors like that, try a different USB port and use the samsung usb cable.

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