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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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    nokia x100

    i have this nokia x10 04 x100 128gb phone and i have to do a hard reset on it but now it is asking me for the pin i forgot that i did not think i had it turned on as i never use it. anyway, i tried to do the vol down and power key but all i get is a screen that wants me to start reboot the boot...
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    elm obdll scanner software question

    i have the elm obdll usb connected dongle and it came with some programs, when i installed them all seemed ok but they need a ket to be able to run. it looks like they have the keygen but when i try to open it windows will not let it open. one file it says it a trojan windows calls it...
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    how to turn this off

    i just got this a51 from tracfone yesterday as an upgrade from the a21 they sent me last year. it took hours to get all my data on the a51 using samsung's backup and then using the smart switch but it finally made it. now it will not turn off. also it must have done 6 updates for android for the...
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    tcl 20xe questions

    the wife has the tcl 20xe phone and it has that little man in the bottom whre the home back and previous icons are at. how do i turn that thing off? also she somehow managed to take about all the icons off the home screens and o got mot of them back but i need to get the apps icon back so she...
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    tracfone issue

    i got a tracfone a21 phone and after 90 days i unlocked it and then put a metro sim into it. but i keep the account active and tracfone still thinks the phone is active. as i keep getting new cards for it. i took the tracfone and transferred it to metro pcs with a new number and now i want to...
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    internet using metro pcs

    does metro pcs have the ability now to do internet like t mo has? if so how does that work compared to t mo? i had a t mo trashcan about 3 years ago to test and it seemed to be a good unit. i live close th there 5g towers and according to the t mo website they show me in the 5g tower shadow...
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    getting a metro phone

    i have a free line thru the wife's account and also the a21 tracfone that i unlocked for metro but i hate that phone. so i'm looking at some phone on metro but they say free with a new line. i see some nord n10 and n20 phones but when i click on the item it tells me to visit a store for the ord...
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    a21 pc connecting question

    i have teh a21 and everytime i connect it to the pc so that i can get photos from the phone to the pc without the phone making me allow it? there must be a setting on the phone that i'm missing that will allow usb connections without making me allow them all the time. i have tried file and...
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    looking for an ip cam config program

    i have a security system and 8 dvr cameras and 8 foscam ip cameras. and these all work on my nvr and there dvr. i have the tinycam app on my phone and can see the cameras good at home or away. but i also have a bunch of ip cameras the i can see only on my phone if i use there app and there...
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    tcl20xe usb help

    the wife just got the tcl20xe phone and i can't get it to use any of the usb selection, it tells me the phone has to be unlocked. that is kind of dumb , what if i need to view phots on the pc using the usb port on the phone? does anyone know how to get past that? i went into the usb section on...
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