Brand new all stock S8+, and I just noticed the recovery screen has these misspellings ("Appling", "Selecitevly"). I'm worried this has been tampered with. What's with the "No Support Single SKU..." also? Could you fine folks please check if this is normal? Thank you!
anyone? it takes just 30 secs of your time to check please. if you don't know how to enter recovery mode: power off first then - hold both bixby and volume up buttons and then press power. after vibrate, let go of power button. you'll see the android guy, then wait a few secs and it'll go into recovery. thanks
I have the same thing. I must admit I never read the screen before only now, now that you've mentioned it.
Thank you for checking. 100+ views of my post and no one else cared to check. I don't remember xda being unhelpful like this when I used to be active here in the past.
How do I check it?
GTCC said:
How do I check it?
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Press and hold the power button on your S8 and tap on “Power Off”. The phone will turn off.
Now press the volume up, Bixby and power keys at the same time. Keep them pressed until you see the Samsung boot animation logo.
Release the keys. Wait a few seconds.
Mine has the same thing
Same here
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Thank you guys for taking the time. I guess that's on Samsung to fix then. Tho, I'd still like to know what those notes mean.
The only differences with mine is the top row where yours says No support mine says Support and further down where yours says TMB mine says EVR
Everything else is the same.
GTCC said:
The only differences with mine is the top row where yours says No support mine says Support and further down where yours says TMB mine says EVR
Everything else is the same.
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Thanks for checking. Do you have a carrier variant or unlocked?
radiohead14 said:
Thanks for checking. Do you have a carrier variant or unlocked?
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Carrier version, UK EE.
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Carrier version, UK EE.
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Ok thanks. I wonder if the "Support" section is carrier related, as I have an unlocked one.
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Ok thanks. I wonder if the "Support" section is carrier related, as I have an unlocked one.
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I have no idea sorry.
Unlocked international variant, Exynos CPU.
Looks like the quality assurance guys didn't catch that but then this is not where the usual phone user is prone to go to...
ultramag69 said:
Unlocked international variant, Exynos CPU.
Looks like the quality assurance guys didn't catch that but then this is not where the usual phone user is prone to go to...
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Ha yea guess you're right. Thanks for checking. I just wanted to make sure my phone wasn't tampered with. Still would like to know what the support means tho.
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Yep, I've got there too
My power button is acting up. When in the ROM it doesn't work completely. When I take out my battery and put it back in, it powers up by itself. ANy ideas? Will take it to the service this weekend? Any idea if it's just the button that's messed up or something more important?
Also, when on the lockscreen, sometimes, the touch buttons light up by themselves. Only those it seems..
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Yep, I've got there too
My power button is acting up. When in the ROM it doesn't work completely. When I take out my battery and put it back in, it powers up by itself. ANy ideas? Will take it to the service this weekend? Any idea if it's just the button that's messed up or something more important?
Also, when on the lockscreen, sometimes, the touch buttons light up by themselves. Only those it seems..
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This is a common problem of the Nexus S. Take it to your neareset samsung service center. The temporary solution is to set your volume rocker as the wake-up button, then Nexus Root Toolkit for shutdown/reboot/recovery.
Originally Posted by andrei1015<br />
Yep, I've got there too <br />
My power button is acting up. When in the ROM it doesn't work completely. When I take out my battery and put it back in, it powers up by itself. ANy ideas? Will take it to the service this weekend? Any idea if it's just the button that's messed up or something more important?<br />
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Also, when on the lockscreen, sometimes, the touch buttons light up by themselves. Only those it seems..
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This is a common problem of the Nexus S. Take it to your neareset samsung service center. The temporary solution is to set your volume rocker as the wake-up button, then Nexus Root Toolkit for shutdown/reboot/recovery.
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Wugfresh toolkit wouldn't boot it to recovery while it was boot looping. Any help ?
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Don't need reboot much. Taking it to my friendly neighbourhood service. Hoping for a quick and easy fix really. Any detailed idea of what happened?
Flowed from Nexus S
93fuelslut said:
Wugfresh toolkit wouldn't boot it to recovery while it was boot looping. Any help ?
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Well in my case it did. I'm on WIn7 with installed proper drivers, adb, android sdk, etc.. I had it fixed thru samsung service center in about 2hours.
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Don't need reboot much. Taking it to my friendly neighbourhood service. Hoping for a quick and easy fix really. Any detailed idea of what happened?
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Moisture.
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Moisture.
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I see. Well, The service told me it's gonna be fine, and now I've gone back to my old Spica. Thank you for the information and help
Service said it's much worse than expected and I have to take it to an official samsung service. Doing that on Saturday. This means I have to put stock on it.. and re-lock the bootloader.
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Service said it's much worse than expected and I have to take it to an official samsung service. Doing that on Saturday. This means I have to put stock on it.. and re-lock the bootloader.
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I took it to an official samsung service center near my place while on a custom 4.2.1 rom. They didn't touch the software so i don't think you need to put stock on it, unless you're claiming warranty.
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I took it to an official samsung service center near my place while on a custom 4.2.1 rom. They didn't touch the software so i don't think you need to put stock on it, unless you're claiming warranty.
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Yea, I'd like to claim warranty. They told me it's a motherboard problem so it should be pretty expensive to repair. I'm wondering if it's possible to relock the bootloader AND flash a stock ROM with a power button that's pressed all the time. Any idea?
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Yea, I'd like to claim warranty. They told me it's a motherboard problem so it should be pretty expensive to repair. I'm wondering if it's possible to relock the bootloader AND flash a stock ROM with a power button that's pressed all the time. Any idea?
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Nexus root toolkit.
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Nexus root toolkit.
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One click stocking? I am usually a fan of classic methods where I know exactly what every step does, but desperate times ask for desperate measures. Will look into it, thanks
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One click stocking? I am usually a fan of classic methods where I know exactly what every step does, but desperate times ask for desperate measures. Will look into it, thanks
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It's reliable and fast. I don't wanna risk messing up and/or bricking my phone using adb codes
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It's reliable and fast. I don't wanna risk messing up and/or bricking my phone using adb codes
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It's actually fun and you say I can go back to stock AND relock the bootloader even if the power button is always pressed?
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It's actually fun and you say I can go back to stock AND relock the bootloader even if the power button is always pressed?
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Yes. On most cases. lol
There's always a bit of uncertainty in everything.
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Yes. On most cases. lol
There's always a bit of uncertainty in everything.
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Ahh yes, but that's what makes it fun!
EDIT: my computer does not detect the phone in fastboot. and the volume keys are working in normal mode but not in fastboot
Last night I noticed my power button sometimes would not lock my screen on my phone. Even when it would, it would lock and quickly bring the screen back on. Even sometimes occasionally I would press the button once quickly and the power off/reboot menu would appear. This morning I found a tab for my quick settings panel that puts the phone into sleep and have been using it all day. This has been a real pita. Now my phone as I am using it randomly sleeps and then brings up the power menu. Is there any way to replace the power button? I found barely anything on YouTube on this and and not sure if it is an easy or hard fix. For now, is there an app that I can disable my power button so my phone does not make me rage?
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Last night I noticed my power button sometimes would not lock my screen on my phone. Even when it would, it would lock and quickly bring the screen back on. Even sometimes occasionally I would press the button once quickly and the power off/reboot menu would appear. This morning I found a tab for my quick settings panel that puts the phone into sleep and have been using it all day. This has been a real pita. Now my phone as I am using it randomly sleeps and then brings up the power menu. Is there any way to replace the power button? I found barely anything on YouTube on this and and not sure if it is an easy or hard fix. For now, is there an app that I can disable my power button so my phone does not make me rage?
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You can buy a power button, but replacing it ...you need skill and tool (not recommend for an average user). Try to bang the button on a hard plastic surface like washer/dryer surface. A number of people reported success with this method.(this is real, not a joke),
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You can buy a power button, but replacing it ...you need skill and tool (not recommend for an average user). Try to bang the button on a hard plastic surface like washer/dryer surface. A number of people reported success with this method.(this is real, not a joke),
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Hmm.. I tried your method to fix it and it seems to have done nothing :/ thanks for the idea though. Also, do you know if any cellular companies would fix this part? I am rooted running the latest CM 11 nightlie and would like to not have to factory restore.
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Hmm.. I tried your method to fix it and it seems to have done nothing :/ thanks for the idea though. Also, do you know if any cellular companies would fix this part? I am rooted running the latest CM 11 nightlie and would like to not have to factory restore.
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There are many (google for locations near you), try this one http://www.cellphonerepairspecialists.com/samsung-repair-s/1833.htm you can get a free estimate on the website.
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There are many (google for locations near you), try this one http://www.cellphonerepairspecialists.com/samsung-repair-s/1833.htm you can get a free estimate on the website.
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On the website you linked the repair cost is $150. I am not looking to spend near that. And the closest repair store near me is a little under an hour and a half away :/ Also, do you know of any apps to disable my power button?
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On the website you linked the repair cost is $150. I am not looking to spend near that. And the closest repair store near me is a little under an hour and a half away :/ Also, do you know of any apps to disable my power button?
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What rom version are you running?
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What rom version are you running?
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CyanogenMod version 11-20140122-NIGHTLY-d2vzw
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CyanogenMod version 11-20140122-NIGHTLY-d2vzw
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Try this see if it works for you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
No, it says device not supported. The key number tracker thing however is recording my power button press with me not pressing it.
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No, it says device not supported. The key number tracker thing however is recording my power button press with me not pressing it.
Sorry I downloaded the wrong one. I changed the button and now it does not turn off the screen, however occasionally the power menu still randomly appears :/
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Try this see if it works for you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
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Try this see if it works for you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
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And can you find a video with the process involved to replace it? I do have some experience working with the circuits of cell phones, I cannot find a video to even see the steps though :/
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And can you find a video with the process involved to replace it? I do have some experience working with the circuits of cell phones, I cannot find a video to even see the steps though :/
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Not in English but you just need to see the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfG9vrVJkY
To buy power button:
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/galaxy-s3-power-button
If you know how to solder you can do it.
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Not in English but you just need to see the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfG9vrVJkY
To buy power button:
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/galaxy-s3-power-button
If you know how to solder you can do it.
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That does not seem like very much fun. Haha but I believe my phone is still under warranty (maybe?) So would you know how to unroot and install a stock clean rom with a home button that does not work? :/
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That does not seem like very much fun. Haha but I believe my phone is still under warranty (maybe?) So would you know how to unroot and install a stock clean rom with a home button that does not work? :/
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I have to test it out first, but I think I can disable the power button, however, it's only a work around, you need to replace the button for a permanent solution. If under warranty, it's the best way to go.
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I have to test it out first, but I think I can disable the power button, however, it's only a work around, you need to replace the button for a permanent solution. If under warranty, it's the best way to go.
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Yeah, I'm thinking of doing the warranty but with a broken power button I'm not sure of how this will work :/
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Yeah, I'm thinking of doing the warranty but with a broken power button I'm not sure of how this will work :/
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I don't understand, even with a broken power button they should still replace your device!
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I don't understand, even with a broken power button they should still replace your device!
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I bought my phone from a Best Buy Mobile store and have the warranty from them that covers all damages. Will they still fix it if I am rooted?
Just unroot it only take a second to do so
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Just unroot it only take a second to do so
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That is the problem, I cannot unroot without a power button.
Why not, just open the supersu app and pick uninstall from one of the option.
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As the title says.
I am tired of finding an app which will bring back the Silent mode in Lollipop, nothing works, including the one which was released earlier today claiming about bringing Silent mode back, SoundHUD, it does not work on my Note 3.
So I am asking this here, in case there is an app and I don't know it.
Again, I have a Galaxy Note 3, so if there's an app which works on a Nexus or those type of devices doesn't mean it will work on mine.
I 2nd this. I want a solution for this as well. App/Script/Hack/Mod.....whatever.
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I 2nd this. I want a solution for this as well. App/Script/Hack/Mod.....whatever.
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Yeah, I know. It's kinda weird that there's no app or mod for this so far, L is released pretty much for over a month now!
Hit the volume button, then none? It will put the phone in interruption mode and silent. You can even choose when it will go back to sound mode in case you forget to change it back.
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Check this article http://www.androidauthority.com/soundhud-lollipop-silent-mode-589336/ Haven't tried it I'm on KK so don't ask, i just remembered i saw it and thought it might do the trick for you.
Apparently, Samsung agrees with us here! The new Sound/Notification/Interruption features suck ballz. They will be fixed immediately in an incoming update rolling around the world.
http://www.gsmarena.com/new_galaxy_s5_lollipop_update_brings_back_silent_mode-news-11291.php
http://androidromupdate.com/2015/02/23/g900fxxu1bob7-galaxy-s5-g900f-5-0-lollipop-stock-rom/
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Hit the volume button, then none? It will put the phone in interruption mode and silent. You can even choose when it will go back to sound mode in case you forget to change it back.
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First of all that will disable all sorts of notifications, I mean the display won't pop up, there will be no LED and most importantly the Alarm sound will be silent too, LOL.
Google is a genius.
Jonous said:
Check this article http://www.androidauthority.com/soundhud-lollipop-silent-mode-589336/ Haven't tried it I'm on KK so don't ask, i just remembered i saw it and thought it might do the trick for you.
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Yeah, thanks for mentioning that, but you might have missed my original post. In case any one else gets excited about that app, well let me tell you, it does absolutely nothing. The dev should bugger off honestly.
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Apparently, Samsung agrees with us here! The new Sound/Notification/Interruption features suck ballz. They will be fixed immediately in an incoming update rolling around the world.
http://www.gsmarena.com/new_galaxy_s5_lollipop_update_brings_back_silent_mode-news-11291.php
http://androidromupdate.com/2015/02/23/g900fxxu1bob7-galaxy-s5-g900f-5-0-lollipop-stock-rom/
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Thanks for these, I have seen these articles, but as you can see its for S5, but I would like the update on my Note 3 too, I hope they will release it soon.
Does anyone know how to turn the lights for them off?
I can't find it in the settings
You can't.
For some reason they've removed it. Really annoying. The only version of the s6/edge that have it are At&t branded ones.
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You can't.
For some reason they've removed it. Really annoying. The only version of the s6/edge that have it are At&t branded ones.
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Hopefully this works on all versions. I've tested on a Verizon S6 Edge.
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Do you mean the touch key light duration?
It's in display settings
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Do you mean the touch key light duration?
It's in display settings
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Yep, just like that. Except at least Verizon nuked that setting.
I think the option is only built in on the AT&T model from what I've heard.
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Hopefully this works on all versions. I've tested on a Verizon S6 Edge.
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Yeeesssssss!!!!!! Amazing work!
These threads should be merged.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/constantly-capacitive-buttons-t3074847/
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Yep, just like that. Except at least Verizon nuked that setting.
I think the option is only built in on the AT&T model from what I've heard.
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That sucks. Why would a company need to nuke that option? Just ignorant.
I'm discovering more and more of these missing options as I use the S6.
Hi! I have a Verizon Note 8 Unlocked. When I disconnect the data from the notifications section, I receive a warning to confirm(see attachment). I'd like to know also in the fw AT&T is the same? Thank you very much.
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Hi! I have a Verizon Note 8 Unlocked. When I disconnect the data from the notifications section, I receive a warning to confirm(see attachment). I'd like to know also in the fw AT&T is the same? Thank you very much.
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There is a message on my at&t note 8 but it gives an option of not showing it again. Apparently, I haven't used it before.
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There is a message on my at&t note 8 but it gives an option of not showing it again. Apparently, I haven't used it before.
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Great! So to eliminate the problem I can flash The AT&T FW instead of Verizon FW. Good!
Thank you very much
pelerxws said:
Great! So to eliminate the problem I can flash The AT&T FW instead of Verizon FW. Good!
Thank you very much
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When I have data turned off, though, there's a constant notification in the top status bar saying that it's off, and some services won't work correctly. The notification doesn't go away unless I turn data back on. And I think I read somewhere that it will go away if you restart the phone.
Edit: nope. I just tried it. Data off, reboot... Notification still there.
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When I have data turned off, though, there's a constant notification in the top status bar saying that it's off, and some services won't work correctly. The notification doesn't go away unless I turn data back on. And I think I read somewhere that it will go away if you restart the phone.
Edit: nope. I just tried it. Data off, reboot... Notification still there.
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Okay, better than before anyway. I asked the same question for the other brands (CSC, T-Mobile ...) but no one has answered yet. I hope someone will answer me maybe you can (European models don't have that warning, only old phones)