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Thursday 22 November 2012

A Guide to Reset Your Samsung Galaxy Gio

A phone with OS or called smartphone, often experience the software problem like hang, restart, and many others. One of the smartphone that I mean is Samsung Galaxy Gio that use Android OS. When you find the problem like hang on this Samsung cell phone, you can follow this tutorial to solve it before you go to the service center.

Samsung Galaxy Gio


Here are the steps:
Press the code : *2767*3855# then you press a dial button

Trick number 2:
  1. Turn off the device, if hang, remove the battery and install it back
  2. Press the "Home" key and the "Power button" together
  3. Release the "Power button"
  4. Then, the menu will appear and give you some options : Fastbook, Recovery, Clear storage, and SIM lock. Please choose "Clear storage" option by using the volume button.
  5. Press and release the "Power button"
  6. Wait your device to Reboot.
  7. After the phone restarted, it will back to default factory setting and your problem solved.

Thursday 8 November 2012

Samsung Galaxy Secret Codes

As a big smartphone vendor, Samsung has many cell phone variant, one of them and the most popular is Galaxy series. In this post, mobile repair will not share about hardware repair guide but we provide some secret codes for Samsung Galaxy series.

Samsung Galaxy Series


This secret codes including a code to check the software version, hardware and software information, check the battery status, factory reset, service mode, and full factory reset. Here are the list of code for Samsung Galaxy series.
  • *#1234# is a code to check the software version
  • *#12580*369# is a code to check the software and hardware information
  • *#0228# is code to check the Battery status (ADC, RSSI reading)
  • *#32489# Service mode
  • *#7780# factory data reset galaxy y
  • *2767*3855# Full factory reset (Don't dial it does not ask you to confirm unless you have problem) 
That is the Samsung Galaxy series codes for users. Hopefully useful.

Friday 2 November 2012

A Guide to Unlock Samsung Galaxy S III I535

Samsung Galaxy S III I535 which made for Verizon comes with locked Bootloader, and this tutorial will guide you how to unlock the Boot loader to get some benefits from the device. But, by unlocking the device will void the warranty and sometimes bricking the phone. But if you follow this instructions carefully, you can avoid it and you can also re-lock the boot loader to it's original condition and you will get the warranty again.

This software is a creation of one of XDA forum member, his name AdamOutler, He create a simple application called VZWGS3 EZ-Unlock (Boot loader) which will help you to unlock the boot loader with easy steps.

Before we begin this tutorial, once again we remind you that this action has risks, so please follow the instructions carefully. Anything happen is your own risk.

Something important:
  • This unlocking app will only works on Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 I535 model. Don’t use this app on other Verizon galaxy variants.
  • Backup the data, apps, SMS, contacts and call log
  • Disable antivirus in the mobile
  • Charge the battery more than 70%
  • Change setting on your device, go to "Setting" => "Security" => tick the "Unknown sources" option.
Before starting this tutorial, make sure that the device must be rooted in order to use bootloader app. Follow my tutorial to Root Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 I535.

Here are the unlocking process steps:
  1. Download the VZWGS3 EZ-Unlock (Bootloader) directly from Google Play here, or you can download to your computer here.
  2. Install and launch the application in your device
  3. Click on "Unlock" option and the process will begin
  4. The process will take about 2 or 3 minutes, wait until finished. You can see the unlocked notification with green color, look at the picture.
Samsung I535 unlock


If you want to re-lock the boot loader, you can click the "Lock" option and it will going to locked.