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samsung galaxy precedent

  1. N

    Help Samsung Galaxy Precendent is a piece of junk!!

    So, this was my first ever smart phone. Shame on me. This is in fact as far from a smart phone as there is. It is, in fact, a dumb phone. Shame on me for believing the video testimonial on youtube where the guy said it was a decent Samsung phone for it's price. I unplug it from the charger...
  2. nickdalzell

    Help Battery won't charge

    Brand new phone. Battery came with it, says 'Samsung' right on it. Try charging it, getting popup saying 'unable to charge non-supported battery, see owners manual' THIS IS A SAMSUNG BATTERY!!! I cannot afford a new battery please help. Whatever charge remains works fine. Phone works fine, just...
  3. S

    Prevail/Precedent = Same = Rom compatibility

    I've been repeating this on a few forums now, so I figured we could make a sticky. BOTH PHONES ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. Which means. WITH A FULL FLASH (phone, pda, boot) with odin. You can CONVERT your phone to the other brand. THEN you change back your carrier information so it works on your...
  4. S

    Root Lets get ops mapping for ALL partitions

    I FOUND ALL THE PARTITION NAMES!!! All partitions on prevail/precedent: odin slot .... major ..... minor ........ #blocks ........... name ....... known use ..................179 .......... 0 .......... 3870720.......... mmcblk0..... Main...
  5. S

    Root Experiment: Need ANTI-Brick advice!

    ***MODS*** Please rename this thread "What you can and can't do, bricking your phone 101" Most of this is personal experience. I have two of these phone. One is fine, the other started with airplane mode brick, then samsung logo brick later. WARNING!!! DO NOT (airplane mode brick) dd...
  6. N

    Root Stock Rom (Galaxy Precedent)

    I need the stock rom for the galaxy precedent. Every link I find dosen't work
  7. N

    Help Screen lock during calls.

    I have a Precedent, and all is well, I like the phone, but there's one glaring problem with it that annoys the ever loving p*ss out of me. As soon as I make a call, the screen immediately locks up and will go black. I'll have to hit the power button, and then unlock the screen. This is...
  8. H

    Root Hello All Precdent Guy Here

    Hey everyone, I'm glad to be here and wish I had good news but I need help with my precedent bad. I'm hoping to make this one of very many posts here and become a valued member of this forum as I do hope to learn alot and share with others as time goes on. Thanks in advance for the welcome !
  9. D

    Help No caller id

    My phone just started this issue where it will not show the caller id with anyone that is calling my phone. Doesnt matter if they are in my contacts or not just says no caller id. I have looked into my phones call settings for a caller ID thing and nothing. I have been on the phone with straight...
  10. B

    Help passcode?

    Is there a default pass-code for the straight talk galaxy precedent? I am trying to do a full reset and phone prompts for a pin, I have tried 0000 and 00000000 they don't work. Any info would be awesome:smokingsomb:
  11. S

    Help Accidently deleted all my contacts

    I accidently deleted all my contacts the other day going thru my applications deleting all my data to try to free up space and I deleted all my contacts. I've tried everything and I'm about to give up and just add them one by one by asking people for there numbers but that is my last resort I...
  12. D

    Help computer doesn't recognize my phone

    hi, i have a samsug galaxy precedent and my dell desktop wont recognize my phone when i plug it in. before it worked fine and i was able to transfer music to my phone, but now the comp just says it doesnt recognize the devise. thanks in advance for your help
  13. A

    Root Flashing back to stock?

    I am actually having to call Straight Talk to get another phone number temporarily and they are looking for a place where they can update something before we can continue? I have AreaRom3.1 on it. And I do not know how to flash it back to stock. Can you please help?
  14. J

    Help more space

    Can u remove the googlecalendarsyncadapter.apk And is it OK to move the system ringtones and notifications and alarms to the SD card to get more space
  15. P

    Help Rooted my Net10 Precedent

    It's obvious I don't know what the heck I'm doing. I'm ready to buy a dang flip phone and screw this phone! GRRRRRRRR. I've rooted my phone using KMS.zip. I installed and ran Titanium Backup. However, my phone still only has 11meg of memory and I can't move any apps (or anything) to the...
  16. K

    Help HELP! Low Internal Memory, SD Card Issues

    On the Samsung Galaxy Precedent - even after I move apps to the SD card, it's still taking up the full amount of space in my internal memory... HELP. I have no idea what to do. I know the Samsung Galaxy Precedent has a small internal memory... which is why I moved whatever...
  17. H

    Root Phone won't stop charging

    I have a Samsung Galaxy Precedent (rooted) My issue is my phone won't stop charging even after it's been unplugged. If I turn my phone off without it being plugged into a charger it won't come on. Now my phone is constantly beeping. >.< Someone please help me resolve this issue. Thanks!
  18. P

    Ok, I give up. How do I use Google Maps?

    I don't really like my first post here marking me as an idiot, but I have no choice. I cannot figure out how to get Google Maps to work. When it launches, I get the window that says "GPS is disabled. Show location settings?". Do I have to turn on the GPS? Can I not just "use wireless...
  19. M

    Help Help me please?

    So, my Samsung Precedent phone displays a different number than the one on the website. I have changed the number to see if it would help, but my phone still displays a 910 area code number, when my area code is 706. I cannot update my profile on the phone, I think, because of the wrong number...
  20. M

    Help "Account could not be validated"

    So, my brother bought me a Samsung Galaxy Precedent, and it arrived in the mail yesterday. At around 4 P.M., I finish the set-up and such for the phone, and eagerly try out my texting. It doesn't send. My phone is for StraightTalk, and the phone came with a service card, which is already...
  21. B

    Help error mssg: "SD card not detected"

    Hi. Just need a lil help, please, if possible. Galaxy Precedent SCH-M282C v2.2.2. Occasionally get an error message reading "SD card not mounted". Most of the time it magically "fixes" itself, but it has been 24 hrs now and still my phone is unable to acknowledge the SD card. As far as i know...
  22. Prepaidguy9081

    [mod] massive boot animation collection

    http://androidarea51.com/custom-boot-animations/aa51-custum-boot-spinning-alien-head-v-1-0b/ http://androidarea51.com/custom-boot-animations/custum-boot-animations-samsung-precedent/
  23. L

    Help Won't let me add apps to SD card

    Hi everyone, this is my first smartphone, so I'll need some help! Whenever I try to download a new app, the phone tells me I don't have enough storage (total space on phone left: 17.75 MB, on SD card 1.65 GB). I have very few apps downloaded, and I've but as many as I can on the SD card. But...
  24. L

    Help Won't let me add apps to SD card

    Hi everyone, this is my first smartphone, so I'll need some help! Whenever I try to download a new app, the phone tells me I don't have enough storage (total space on phone left: 17.75 MB, on SD card 1.65 GB). I have very few apps downloaded, and I've but as many as I can on the SD card. But...
  25. M

    Help What Driver to Use

    I have downloaded the Samsung Driver Pack but the computer still does not see my Precedent. I saw someone here say use the prevail driver but I dont see that anywhere. At least not by name. I have tried forcing friver update on the unknown device but no matter what driver I try to use for the...
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