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    Help Bluetooth Pairing Issue

    Hi I'm having an issue with pairing my Bluetooth speaker to my V30. Hoping some here can advise a solution. My speaker is the Philips Shoqbox. I turn it on and it announces ready to pair, I go into the V30's Bluetooth setting screen and hit search, but the V30 doesn't find the Shoqbox. I've...
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    Help Loose Charger Issues

    I constantly have issues with charging cables. They tend to become loose in the phone. After three models of phones all with the same issue I decided to turn here for help. This has happened to me with the Samsung Galaxy S3, the Moto Droid Razr and now the Asus ZenFone2. It's especially...
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    Unlocking a phone with active voice account

    Is it possible to unlock a phone without an active voice account? I know that you have to dial a code and then hit send and the phone has to be able to send the code out, so my guess is that an active voice account is needed, is that true?
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    Help New Car

    I recently purchased a new car and it's not getting along well with my SGII. It's constantly waking up and trying to run either Desk Clock or Tunein, and an annoying chime tone to go along with it. I had never even seen Desk Clock before, but I guess it has something to do with a...
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    What's an ICS Bootloader?

    Sorry if it's a dumb question. I'm a novice, but looking to install CyanogenMod 10.1 and the first step says "Make sure you're running ICS bootloaders!". How can I tell if I'm running one?
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    Bell Mobility ICS Upgrade for Galaxy S2

    I've seen a few articles around that it was expected that Bell would release ICS for the GS2 by late April. Well it's late April and I'm getting impatient. Is anyone else feeling the same? I've started to tweet daily to @bell_mobility "Please upgrade my Galaxy S2 to Ice Cream Sandwich"...
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    Help Phone crashes when connected to car stereo

    My phone reboots itself when I plug it into my car stereo's axillary input jack. I did this all the time with my Galaxy S with no issue, using the same cable. I've had the Galaxy S2 for a couple of weeks now and it has had the problem since day one. Does anyone else have experience with...
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    Help Can't register device on Samsung site

    Hello, I just received my SGSII today. I am trying to register it on the Samsung website, but the model number does not appear in the drop-down list. Did anyone else have this issue? Thanks.
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    Razr Maxx for your choice (Canada)

    Hi All, I'm looking for anyone willing to trade a Razr Maxx. I am eligible for a hardware upgrade in the coming week and if you let me know what you're interested in and I'll see if it's available to me, be it Android, Blackberry or iPhone. Thank you!
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    Accidentally Removed App

    How can I recover an app that I inadvertently uninstalled? I was trying to clean up my apps and I noticed that I had Juice Defender and Juice Defender Ultimate, so I reasoned that I only need the Ultimate version an d I uninstalled the free version. I found that both had uninstalled. I don
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    Help Alarm Sound when phone boots up

    Hey everyone, Every time - when my phone is booting up it makes a loud audio alarm sound, when it reaches the "Media Scanning" stage. Can someone please tell me why and how make it stop doing that? Sometimes I need to reboot my phone at work and I don't need the whole office know that I'm...
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    Accessories Case for Extended Battery?

    I just ordered a new extended battery and I'm wondering if there are any cases available to protect my fatter phone. I tend to drop it quite a bit - I'm surprised I haven't broken the glass yet.
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    Help Earphone Button

    Hi Everyone, I'm using the OEM Samsung earphones that came with my Vibrant, it has the one button on it. I'd like to be able to use that button to initiate voice dialling. Is this possible? Currently all it does is start/stop the music player, even if I was not using the music player...
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    Accessories Samsung Car Chargers

    Arrrgh! I had an Samsung car charger and after a couple of weeks started having trouble. At first it wasn't connecting properly at the phone and then it started having trouble at the power outlet. I returned it to the Bell store and they said that it was a known problem with Samsung chargers...
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    "Galaxy S" vs "Vibrant"

    Apologies if this question has already been asked, but I can't find it, and it's been bugging me for as long as I've been on Android...This site has a forum for "Samsung Galaxy S" and a forum for "Samsung Vibrant". As far as I know, my phone is both of these. Is there a difference? I'm not...
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    Launcher Pro - Can't Add Widgets

    I've read so much good stuff about Launcher Pro here that I decided to give it a try. I played around a bit with the settings for columns and rows and now I can't add any widgets to the home screen. LP says "No more room on this home screen", the thing is that all of my home screens are blank...
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    Powerstrip won't allow me to get to my homescreen

    I installed Powerstrip recently on my Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant and now I can't access my home screen at all. Pressing the home button brings me Powerstrip, double-tapping gives me Powerstrip and long pressing gives my recent apps. Can anyone please me know how I can get to my home screen...
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    Disappointed with Navigation

    Hi, Since Getting my Samsung Galaxy S - Vibrant, I haven't been able to find how to do a voice search with Google Maps or Navigation. This is disappointing, because I upgraded from a WinMo phone and it was very easy to use the voice search. Also, today Navigation routed me to a major...
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    I'm new

    Hi everyone, I'm new here. I just recently replaced my 2.5 year old Windows Mobile 6.5 HTC Touch phone with shiny new Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant. I love the phone, but there a few disappointments and there are some apps that I sadly miss from my WM phone. Hopefully being a member here will...