I Need a Phone thats Just Like the Amazon Fire Phone... - Page 5

Nate the great · 10-21-2017, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Barbara1955

What do you mean?

I bought a Fire Phone when Amazon knocked the price down to $100. I didn't like using it, so after a couple weeks of it sitting on my desk I boxed it up and put it away.

I am currently charging it to see if the battery works.

Barbara1955 · 10-21-2017, 10:53 PM

Batteries in mine Died. When we changed them ...my son the 1st one the screen went Plaid... 2nd took to a guy the Everyone recommended.... now it has a Brown area oval 1" long 1/2 inch wide with grey streaks radiating like sunbeams

Thus the reason & hunt for a new phone...

GlenBarrington · 10-22-2017, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Barbara1955

I went with the Galaxy S5..got it the mail today

+ I ordered a case for it & it came with an extra battery!

I don't know if you need a health app for your phone, but I highly recommend the Samsung Health app, also known as SHealth, you can find it in the Google app store.

I'm diabetic, and I have yet to find any health app better than SHealth for tracking all the stuff I need to track, from food to exercise to heart rate to blood glucose levels.

I like it so much I'm using it on my new Motorola, It works there too!

Barbara1955 · 10-22-2017, 10:50 PM

Glenn it does ... this thing has apps from AT&T & Same apps & more from Samsung

I use T-Mobile So Not going to use AT&T & be charged! Don't know about Samsung.. when I had the Samsung Galaxy A tablet the Samsung apps were useless.... kept crashing! ?? Bunch of wasted space

Cinisajoy · 10-22-2017, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Barbara1955

Glenn it does ... this thing has apps from AT&T & Same apps & more from Samsung

I use T-Mobile So Not going to use AT&T & be charged! Don't know about Samsung.. when I had the Samsung Galaxy A tablet the Samsung apps were useless.... kept crashing! ?? Bunch of wasted space

I just use Google Play apps on my Samsung.

Barbara1955 · 10-23-2017, 12:26 AM

Cindy I have 12 DL from Play Store.... So that make 3 places...ugh! I cant get my Audobon [birds, mammals, bugs nor trees & flowers] on it

Got my Hotmail ...cant get mail

Go on the internet to look something up.. Will Not go to Home!

Barbara1955 · 10-23-2017, 02:38 AM

I need Help! Is there a thread or Forum for Galaxy S5 phones?

My 1st help is How do you get the 6.0.1 Android update.... Cell says its on Current OS & is UTD.. 5.??. Had it since Saturday figured it should have updated by now.

What can I do to remove the apps it came with? I tried to put them into a folder But it still shows themin & out of the folder....

GlenBarrington · 10-23-2017, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Barbara1955

I need Help! Is there a thread or Forum for Galaxy S5 phones?

My 1st help is How do you get the 6.0.1 Android update.... Cell says its on Current OS & is UTD.. 5.??. Had it since Saturday figured it should have updated by now.

What can I do to remove the apps it came with? I tried to put them into a folder But it still shows themin & out of the folder....

I'm pretty sure that Samsung and Verizon (My carrier) stopped updating the S5 at version 5. that was one of the reasons I quit the S5 for the Moto Z series, I wanted to get the latest OS (V7.1).

There are forums on the samsung site for phones that should help. AT&T might still might have forums for the S5, it was a very popular phone.

My phone came with a LOT of junkware from Verizon that was burned into ROM, but as I recall, the Samsung preloaded stuff was uninstallable. I assume the only way to get rid of the stuff is to root the phone. I assume the issue is the same with AT&T, those two pretty much walk in lock step.

Verizon allowed me to disable those apps but not get rid of them.

It's still a pretty good phone, even with the older OS; for everyday consumer use, I think it would be fine, but I suspect

issybird · 10-23-2017, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Barbara1955

I need Help! Is there a thread or Forum for Galaxy S5 phones?

Barbara, you can post your questions in the Android forum.

Cinisajoy · 10-23-2017, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Barbara1955

Cindy I have 12 DL from Play Store.... So that make 3 places...ugh! I cant get my Audobon [birds, mammals, bugs nor trees & flowers] on it

Got my Hotmail ...cant get mail

Go on the internet to look something up.. Will Not go to Home!

Dumb question: where did you buy the Audubon app?
OK silly question. Have you linked your Samsung to your Amazon account?
You can use the Amazon app store. I forgot about that since I only have one Amazon app on my phone and tablet.

Barbara1955 · 10-23-2017, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

I'm pretty sure that Samsung and Verizon (My carrier) stopped updating the S5 at version 5. that was one of the reasons I quit the S5 for the Moto Z series, I wanted to get the latest OS (V7.1).

There are forums on the samsung site for phones that should help. AT&T might still might have forums for the S5, it was a very popular phone.

My phone came with a LOT of junkware from Verizon that was burned into ROM, but as I recall, the Samsung preloaded stuff was uninstallable. I assume the only way to get rid of the stuff is to root the phone. I assume the issue is the same with AT&T, those two pretty much walk in lock step.

Verizon allowed me to disable those apps but not get rid of them.

It's still a pretty good phone, even with the older OS; for everyday consumer use, I think it would be fine, but I suspect

I have the AT&T which is Unlocked & I use T-Mobile.... YES it suppose to update to 6.0.1

Barbara1955 · 10-23-2017, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Dumb question: where did you buy the Audubon app?
OK silly question. Have you linked your Samsung to your Amazon account?
You can use the Amazon app store. I forgot about that since I only have one Amazon app on my phone and tablet.

Amazon but I cant figure out how to get them on the phone.... I Don't want to buy them again.

Barbara1955 · 10-23-2017, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

Barbara, you can post your questions in the Android forum.

Cinisajoy · 10-23-2017, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Barbara1955

Amazon but I cant figure out how to get them on the phone.... I Don't want to buy them again.

You may can just go to the Amazon App Store on your phone.
But don't hold me to that. It has been a few years.

barryem · 10-23-2017, 10:09 PM

I have an AT&T Galaxy S5 that I bought unlocked from Pure Talk to use with my free Safelink account and it upgraded itself to 6.01 the day I got it. I've never to AT&T but it seems to still get updates from them.

Since then I've gotten several security updates.

For what it's worth it's a nice phone. I replaced my Nexus 5 with it because I needed better battery life. The Nexus 5 was a plain vanilla Android phone, which I much prefer, but this has been good and reliable and gave me what I needed.

With it's AMOLED screen it's also quite a bit nicer for reading. I've been reading quite a bit on it.

Barry

10-23-2017, 12:26 AM	#66
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Cindy I have 12 DL from Play Store.... So that make 3 places...ugh! I cant get my Audobon [birds, mammals, bugs nor trees & flowers] on it Got my Hotmail ...cant get mail Go on the internet to look something up.. Will Not go to Home! Last edited by Barbara1955; 10-23-2017 at 12:29 AM.

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