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    samsung a51 usb issue

    i did just find that imei checker, that is what i was looking for. and most sellers have not clue about gutting them out and swapping. so if i stick to the tracfone the same model it will work. most on ebay have poor cases and screen but if i can get my account on one and it functions i can take...
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    samsung a51 usb issue

    ok while i'm at this how can i tell what carrier the phone is? not what carrier the phone is running on now but when they boot up they say a carrier, i would like either tracfone or metro pcs i guess t-mo would also work thanks
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    samsung a51 usb issue

    ok thanks i do not need to get one and have it not fit. i have no clue why all of a sudden it stopped connecting to any pc. i did a reset hoping that would help and did a backup to the samsung cloud and they did not give me any warning that i had to make sure i had the correct phone number so...
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    samsung a51 usb issue

    yes the phone i have is 4g version. do you think the 5g motherboard will fit in the 4g frame? because i may find a 5g phone from metro i do not think tracfone had them yet. my phone is failing so far it will not connect to the usb on any pc with any cord. and it discharges when plugged into...
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    samsung a51 usb issue

    thanks say can anyone tell me how can i find out if the samsung galaxy a51 sm-s515dl is a 5g phone? i'm having issues with it connecting to the pc. in fact device manager will not see it when it is plugged in and i actually loses charge when plugged it. i change out the usb board with one on...
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    samsung a51 usb issue

    i have the a51 and it stopped connecting to the pc thru the usb connector. i tried 4 cables and 4 pc and it will not connect. so i got a new usb board for the sm-s515dl phone. anyway it is still doing this so it must be the motherboard. i did the samsung drivers 3 times and no change i did win10...
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    getting photos from the phone

    ok i do not know for sure yet but i went into developer options and i found a new setting. before i had 4 choices and now i have i the default usb configuration 5 choices. transferring files/android auto usb tethering midi transferring images charging phone only. i have transferring images...
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    getting photos from the phone

    i just contacted win10 again and told them what i had on this thread and one of them is looking onto a way to make the file explorer remember the last settings better. this is there reply from win10 forums Your old phone probably kept the view settings because it mounted as a USB drive. Modern...
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    getting photos from the phone

    i think you misunderstood. the tcl20 and a51 will show photos the niokia will not show photos at first i ahve to get them and then copy them to another folder and then i can see them. i can't get the explore to keep the settings. i have worked with the win10 guys and they all have the same...
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    getting photos from the phone

    thanks i kind of figured it was the android OS because i have some older phones and they still show photos like they did way back when i used them. as soon as i got the android 11 that change, but i was hoping that another phone app may have figured that out. it used to be i would plug in the...
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    getting photos from the phone

    i have the galaxy a51 and for some reason when i take photos and plug into the pc and click on the phone then internal dcim and camera i get explore to come up but it will not keep the settings i select for showing the photos. i pick large icons and then descending as i want the last photos to...
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    nokia photo question

    i just got this nokia and set it up on metro. but what is giving me fits now is when i plug the phone into me pc and click in the folder icon in the taskbar to open explorer i see nokia and i click that and then internal as it has no sd in it and then dcmi and then camera. i have hundreds of...
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    can i register my phone online to metro

    i have a galaxy a21 on metro now and just got a Nokia x100 unlocked and on my google account but i need to get this on the metro pcs . so can i go to the metro website and install the phone while i'm on the website? or do i have to call metro and have them set it up? or take it to a metro store...
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    moving a sim to a new phone

    the wife has metro pcs and i got a free line thru her plan. the phone i now have on metro does not have enough storage and it makes me drop some of my apps. anyway, i got a metro nokia x100 phone that turned out to be screen locked and i could not get past that so i got another broken phone that...
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    greenify app issue

    ok i have had greenify for quite a few years and i had it on a lg k20 and then i had to get a galaxy a21 and a few weeks ago i got an updated phone the galaxy a51. and on the a51 it seems i have to either uninstall the app and put it back or turn off the service and then turn it back on about...
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