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    Bad quality Google Maps JS imagery on Android

    I'm developing an app which displays a google map (satellite layer) into a web view. Thus, I'm using the Google Maps JavaScript API. I've noticed the JS API imagery is low quality and quite blurry on Android, but not in desktop chrome. Not only in my app, but on any site that embeds a JS Google...
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    App/Service to perform task every minute

    Hi there :) I want to build a small app for my Android 6.0 Galaxy S5 which downloads a webpage every minute, checks its source code, and if a particular string is found at a particular line number, fires a notification. The program should run in the background, and should not exit unless it's...
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    Help Charger compatible ?

    Hello :) I've lost my old S5 charger, will this one work without problems ? It says it's for the Note 3 but the original S5 also had 5.3V and 2A...
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    Back cover

    Should there be printed "Galaxy S5" on the back cover of the S5 ? I saw versions both with this printed and not. Is one of them a fake version ?
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    Help S5 or G3 ?

    Hi all :) I'm going to buy soon a new smartphone, but I have to decide between the Galaxy S5 and the LG G3. I'm ok with the size,screen and look of both. What I really care about is the performance(frame rate in games, UI and general smoothness), the battery, and the camera. I'll mostly do...
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    G3 - slow or not ?

    I'm thinking of buying a 32gb G3 but I really don't like slowdowns, lag, stutter or whatever. What is your experience with the G3 updated to Lollipop ? The same laggy experience ? Speaking about frame rate in heavy graphics games, opening/closing/switching apps, scrolling things, in fact the...
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    Unrootabilty ?

    Hello :) I'm looking forward to buy a new phone later this year, most likely a S5 or a G3. While I'm ok with the specs of both of them, I don't like their software (the G3 with its bloatware and the S5 with its ugly UI) . I know this can be solved with rooting, and I would like to install...
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    Help samsung galaxy mini 2 won't start

    Hi Today I was on whatsapp on my samsung galaxy mini 2.I discovered than the wifi was not working anymore so i turned it off and on,but it turned off automatically.So i restarted the phone,long pressing the power button. But the phone didnt start anymore.What happend ? I tried to plug the...