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kyocera hydro

  1. Monster212

    Root in need of a recovery file for the hydro..

    hello i need recovery file for the hydro phone from boost mobile... please some reason my phone wont let me use gallery to check on photos or use playstore from google..
  2. K

    Help How to add movies onto our Kyocera Hydro?

    How do I add movies onto my Kyocera Hydro? I plugged in my phone to the PC and transfered a video. I tried to play it on my phone but it didn't work. Its Mp4 format.
  3. Just Plain Larry

    Root [NEW] New Rooting Program Found for Hydro

    Hey all I just discovered today, a program that allowed me to finally root my Kyocera Hydro. It's called RootGenius from a company in China. The link is Root Genius I have tried all the other methods listed and only this one gave me root. The page is in Chinese so you may want to use...
  4. D

    Help How can you force update the Hydro to Jelly Bean 4.1.2

    does anyone know how to unlock the boot loader plus where I can download the Update file for the Hydro C5170 without using a computer?! i don't have one so I'm basically doing this all manually from my android phone!!! :-\
  5. M

    Ringtones

    Over all I like this phone, but I always like firsts of everything. I am having issues with the my alerts not working properly and sometimes it just stops responding when the battery is fully charged. Which has me removing the battery and waiting five seconds. Guess we get what we pay for...
  6. H

    Root Titanium Backup PRO Key - bloatware removed question

    Do I need Titanium Backup PRO Key to remove bloatware on Kyocera Hydro? Is there other free app to remove bloatware for this phone? Thank you.
  7. JayTeeDee

    Root I Ran Into A Problem With Beats Audio Installer By Accident...

    Okay, i let my Girlfriends little brother play with my phone and i had beats audio installer on it i did not install it because i know its not compatible with the kyocera hydro and i was going to delete it but before i could my girlfriends little brother installed beats audio somehow and i tried...
  8. K

    Help How do I view apps in my wish list ?!?!

    Where do I find apps I put in my wish list on my android !? Othe people can click on settings and wish list will be there but I don't have that option.
  9. K

    Root rooting android phone

    Does anyone know how to root a Kyocera hydro phone without a pc computer
  10. K

    Help kyocera hydro and snapchat

    Does any one else have the problem where you try to watch a snapchat video on your Kyocera hydro android and it says this vodeo can't be played. Some videos work on snaochat but some don't. Help!! I emailed snapchat but they were no help
  11. C

    Help Airplane mode doens't turn off Wifi

    On the Hydro, does enabling Airplane mode turn off Wifi, Bluetooth? I thought it did. However, when I turn on Airplane mode now, it doesn't turn off Wifi, BT. How do I get back that behavior? Is there a setting? Thanks for your help.
  12. C

    Hydro from boost is port locked??

    I read somewhere that the Hydro from boost is port locked and can't do anything. Can anyone confirm that? I have an old Sprint Sero plan and I want a flash a boost mobile Hydro phone onto the Sprint Sero plan. Is this possible? Also how reliable is this phone? Thanks.
  13. Mexican Pygmy

    Root no service after modding phone app

    Hi there, I'm new to this site so if I'm doing anything wrong, just let me know thanks. I'm starting this post because I couldnt find anyone with a similar problem. I was modding the system phone app so I could get the whole ui to fit my needs. Well, i made a backup of the real phone app and...
  14. C

    Can't connect to camera

    My phone won't take pics, it keep saying " camera won't connect error?? Any tips?
  15. DirtyRyada

    Help Kyocera Hydro stuck on hydro screen

    After trying to put some toggle widgets my system ui stopped functioning so i turned the apk back to its original apk because i wanted to install cm7,then after turning my system ui.apk to stock my system ui.apk still wouldn't work so i replaced sysui from some folder with a sisui from the lg...
  16. C

    Root Kyocera update tool

    If someone can upload the androidupdate.apk aka the Kyocera update toolvid greatly appreciate it I deleted it by mistake
  17. S

    Root Build.prop request

    Can anybody please upload your build.prop for me? I don't care if it's edited, as long as you aren't having any problems with crashes or anything. I've waited a while and got no responses from my other thread so I'm going to try this. Thanks in advance
  18. desktop

    Kyocera Hydro: Turning on 3G

    Once in a while the 3G will turn off for some reason on my Hydro. I've wasted a lot of time trying to figure out how to turn it back on, so I thought I'd make this post for anyone who is having a similar issue. I've included some pics to help, but this is the process... 1) Go to Settings 2)...
  19. S

    Root Hydro crashing randomly

    My Hydro has been crashing randomly every hour or two and it has become frustrating to say the least. I think it is due to me attempting to edit the build.prop based on some things I read here on the forums, but I honestly don't know a whole lot about the android OS and I probably messed...
  20. S

    Help Boost Hydro 3G completely unreliable...grrr!!!

    I'm going to start calling it BOOO!-ST if these problems persist... Hey people out there in forum land, I've had my Hydro since Feb. this year. All in all, it's been a great gadget, actually my introduction to the droid/smartphone experience. I've loved it, up until around 2 weeks ago things...
  21. R

    I download an app and I can't find it in the phone

    I downloaded the app "chime time". It says that it is installed on my phone https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hyperfine.chimes&hl=en but I can't find the app on my phone anyware. How do I get the web page to see that it isn't installed so I can reinstall it? Steve
  22. B

    Root stuck on hydro screen

    So I'm not sure what happened. I showered while listening to music with it so it might have gotten water damage but after I got out of the shower to plug it in, when I came back I saw the led on to indicate it was done charging but it stayed that way even when unplugged and the device wouldnt...
  23. B

    Root ESN fix?

    my hydro has a bad ESN which I knew when I bought it in eBay for $22. Any ideas of how to fix it? Like a program to spoof it or the imei or something I'm relatively inexperienced with this sort of stuff and I know xda has a fit if you bring up anything about imei or ESN changing.
  24. M

    Root [NEW] one click root

    So i searched around for a better way to root this phone and found a program called UNLOCKROOT. They have a paid pro version but i used the free one and it worked flawlessly.
  25. H

    Help new phone so help

    I just got the Kyocera hydro and I am trying to do a wifi share and. No idea how to on this phone does anyone know how to?