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One of our readers asked me what the sign is when the Android system crashes. I said there are a lot of signs the phone will show when the system crashes but there’s one error message that when it pops up, it automatically means Android stopped working–“Unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped.” This error message
While Facebook for Android app is one of the most popular apps in the Play Store and has its own support group, it’s not free of problems. In fact, we received a lot of emails from our readers reporting/complaining about the issues they encountered and one of them is the error message “Unfortunately, Facebook has
I will look into a problem involving a Samsung Galaxy S5 (#Samsung #GalaxyS5) that pops up an error message saying “SD card blank or have some unsupported filesystem.” Obviously, this is a microSD card issue but the word “blank” could mean a couple of things; either corrupted (unreadable) or damaged. Just because the error says
As the roll out of Android 5 Lollipop update for the Samsung Galaxy S5 continues, so as our support. This is the 48th installment of our Samsung Galaxy S5 Troubleshooting series and I addressed newly discovered problems after the most recent update. In this post alone, I’ve dealt with a couple of microSD card issues
“Hi droid guy! My Samsung Galaxy S5 shuts down on its own and it happens randomly. It started after I downloaded lollipop update. How can I fix it?” That’s just one of the typical emails we received from our readers after the Android 5 Lollipop update was rolled out. Many of those who encountered this
We have received a lot of text messaging related issues from our readers and so we find it necessary to publish this post. The most common among those issues involves Samsung Galaxy S5 that can’t receive texts regardless whether there’s an attached image or not. It’s disappointing to see a Samsung Galaxy S5 that’s unable
“Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped.” This is the actual message you can get if the Phone app in your Samsung Galaxy S5 crashes or stops working for some reason. If you’re in a call and this error pops up, the call gets dropped automatically and the person on the other line may still think
The Android 5 Lollipop update for the Samsung Galaxy S5 was one of the most anticipated updates this year and many have been waiting for its roll out, so much so that it created a buzz on the internet until it was made available for download. And then, likes turned to disappointments when users discovered
This post will address one of the messages we received from our readers. The main concern is that the phone won’t charge properly and the battery seems not to be able to hold the charge for long. The phone in questions is a Samsung Galaxy S5 running Android 5 Lollipop firmware. Our reader, name not
This post will address an issue that’s plaguing Galaxy S5 owners especially those who are under Sprint. We did receive several emails from our readers who reported they keep getting a while screen that contains this: <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Success</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>Success</BODY></HTML>. Some said the white screen pops up every 45 seconds or so while others reported it takes about
One of the most common errors Galaxy S4 owners encountered after the most recent Android 5 Lollipop update is “Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped.” Apparently, it relates to the Gallery app and it may seem like it’s the root cause of the problem, more often than not, it’s just the effect. Some apps that use the
Welcome to the 64th part of our popular Galaxy S5 Troubleshooting series. There are several problems I addressed in this post and most of them started to happen immediately after the lollipop update. So, if you just updated your phone to the latest firmware and you have issues, try to see if there’s a problem
Hello guys! Welcome to yet another part of our popular Galaxy S5 Troubleshooting series. We are still receiving hundreds of emails (literally) from S5 owners asking for our help. So, Samsung may still have to roll out updates to patches issues after the Android 5 lollipop update. There are ten problems I cited in this
Hello guys! This is the 3rd part of our Galaxy S5 Troubleshooting series for Verizon subscribers who contacted us about their problems. There’s about a dozen of problems I addressed in this post so if you emailed us before or currently bugged by a problem or two, try to skim through it to see if
The Samsung Galaxy S5 has been running on Android 5 lollipop for several weeks now but we’re still getting a lot of reports and complaints from our readers. This is the 57th part of our Galaxy S5 Troubleshooting series and I addressed a dozen of problems in this post. For owners who are currently bugged
Hello dear readers. Welcome to the second part of our Verizon Galaxy S5 Troubleshooting series. While we already have a lot of S5 support articles, we find it necessary to publish posts like this for our readers who explicitly mentioned they have Verizon-branded phones. But all troubleshooting procedures and solutions cited here may still work
Mobile service providers in the US already started rolling out Android 5 Lollipop update for Samsung Galaxy S5. If you haven’t received a notification and still stuck with Kitkat, just wait it out and it will come. Roll outs are done in batches so servers won’t overload. Now, for our readers who asked if they