Tag: XDA

Samsung Galaxy S – A Less Hacky Way to Restore the Three Button Modes

Another quick one for the folks with Samsung Galaxy S handsets. A few days ago I wrote about how you could do a registry hack to update the firmware on your Samsung Galaxy S to a Canadian version that specifically fixes the missing download and recovery modes on affected devices. Over on XDA Developers, some …

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Samsung Galaxy S – Check For System Recovery Mode Before Flashing!

For some high level information on why the three button modes are missing, click here. To find a solution for the lag problem, click here. For a solution to the missing system recovery mode, click here. Earlier this week I picked up a Samsung Galaxy S as my first foray into Android mobile phones and …

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Feature Phones vs Smartphones – A Lopsided Battle

Over the last decade I’ve owned a number of mobile phones (as I am sure most people will have as well). To give you a quick idea, these are the phones that I have used: Nokia 7110, O2 XDA (rebadged HTC Wallaby), O2 XDA II (rebadged HTC Himalaya), O2 XDA IIs (rebadged HTC Blueangel), O2 …

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