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How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S5 (All Variants)(CF-Root)

Towelroot was one of the first few methods that root the Samsung Galaxy S5 but it seems it no longer works on the latest version of Android namely Android 6.0 Marshmallow. This means no more custom ROMs and root-only fun for your Galaxy S5. However, Chainfire has heard your requests and he’s come up with his CF-Auto-Root method that’s capable of rooting the Galaxy S5 even on the most recent version of Android. Once you flash the CF-Root file on your device using Odin, you will have root access on your Galaxy S5 running the latest version of Android. Root […]

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Samsung Gear Fit2 Unboxing

Samsung’s latest fitness band just showed up at my door called the Gear Fit 2. Now, I plan to use this guy for a bit and do a full review on it, but in the meantime, since it is the protocol here on the internet, let’s go over the specs and do an unboxing. And there you go a quick unboxing and specs of this new little fitness band that I plan to do some fitness things with soon enough and get you a full review. If you want one that is. If you do want a review, please

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Samsung Gear IconX Unboxing

Truly wireless headphones. These little earbuds are finally coming out from a variety of manufacturers and now Samsung has taken their crack at it by introducing the Gear Icon X earbuds. I’m personally quite curious to see how they sound and if they are easier to use than what I’ve been hearing from people about various other headsets like them but before we can do a review, as is protocol here on the internet, I should probably go through the specs and do an unboxing, right? And there you go a quick unboxing and specs of these cool looking

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The Most Affordable 4K 360 Camera You Can Buy (Video)

Maybe you’ve seen them. Scrolling through Facebook and all of a sudden there’s a video that starts to wobble in a weird way and then you realize that it’s moving based on the movement of your phone. You end up holding the phone out in front of you and start looking around you in this video –and it’s pretty cool. Until you eventually realize that you’re in a cafe and everyone is staring at you like you’re a nut. 360 videos and photos are something slowly getting picked up along side VR. To clarify really quickly, 360 isn’t VR necessarily it’s

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How to Use Cardboard Apps on the Gear VR

Normally, the minute you put your phone into a Gear VR, it automatically launches Oculus Home, the Gear VR’s own UI for running VR content. This is all fine and dandy if you want to exclusively use the content found in there, but what if you want to use other VR content with your Gear VR? What if you want to use Google Cardboard content, for example? Well, seems that there’s an app for that. A developer has made an app that, in a nutshell, allows you to block Oculus Home from automatically starting allowing you to use another VR

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How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge & Return to Stock (All Snapdragon Versions) (Video)

If you’re finally done putzing around with your phone and want to return to stock, here’s how to unroot the galaxy S7 Edge or S7 (Snapdragon version) using the stock firmware. To do this we’ll be using Odin, Samsung’s own flashing software for Windows and then downloading the stock firmware specific for the version of the S7/S7 Edge you have. Thankfully, this method makes it super easy to return to stock as we just have to select the firmware files one at a time in Odin and flash it to the phone. It’ll reboot when that’s all done and be back

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How to Remove All the Bloatware on the Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge At Once (Video)

Manufacturers, and Samsung in particular, are notorious for loading up their phones with a bunch of software that either the carrier or third parties paid them to put on the phone. The worst part about all of this bloatware as it’s called, is that you can’t simply uninstall it. It’s there. Forever. Well, maybe not forever. Thanks to a crafty developer over at XDA, you can easily remove all of the bloatware from your Samsung Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge in one fell swoop. Not only that, but it also adds some really cool optimizations to the phone as well

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How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge (All Snapdragon Versions) (Video)

There are two chipset versions of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The Exynos and Snapdragon versions. Exynos is developed by Samsung and Snapdragon is devloped by Qualcomm. While there are a few differences the big one we need to discuss, is the fact that the Exynos version was easily rooted while the Snapdragon one wasn’t. This basically meant that anyone in the US with a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge was out of luck (all of the US versions are Snapdragon models). That is until Chainfire released a root method for the Snapdragon models not too long ago… Now,

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Samsung’s Gear 360 Unboxing & Specs: Affordable 4K 360 Camera? (Video)

Samsung just sent me their new 360 degree camera, aptly named the Samsung Gear 360. Before I can do a full review and put it through its paces, I’m required by the laws of the interwebs to do an unboxing. So here’s a quick unboxing as well as some more info on the specs of the Gear 360. First up, we have the box Gear 360 itself, which we’ll get to in a bit. Underneath that, we have a cloth to wipe the lenses with, a Gear 360 ACtionDirector product key for your free download of Samsung’s own editing software.

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How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy J2 (2015)

If you’ve had enough fun with root on your Samsung Galaxy J2 and you now wish to get back to the stock for whatever reason, you can use the following guide that teaches how to unroot the Samsung Galaxy J2 by flashing the stock firmware. When a stock firmware is flashed on an Android phone, it removes root-access, custom recovery, customized system files, and everything else that was added when rooting your phone. It’ll get your phone back to the stock condition that has nothing custom, same way it was out of the box. Here’s how. Before You Begin You should’ve

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How to Root the Samsung Galaxy J2 (2015)

Samsung Galaxy J2 is one of the phones that Samsung has launched in its J lineup of budget smartphones. Since it’s a budget Android smartphone, it’s not the top of the line with hardware, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a great device (it does have that Super AMOLED display that Samsung is famous for after all). If you aren’t satisfied with what you have on the phone, however, might want to root the Galaxy J2. With root access you’ll be allowed to remove the existing stock apps from your phone, add new apps that require root access, flash a

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How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Star PRO

If you don’t want to shell out thousands of dollars for an Android phone, the Samsungs Galaxy Star PRO might be a good alternative. Successor to the original Samsung Galaxy Star, the Star PRO offers enhanced features and a little larger screen. The phone runs on Android 4.1 which may seem a little obsolete considering the version of Android available now, but, with a little help from rooting the Galaxy Star PRO, you can get what users of the latest versions are enjoying. If you root your Samsung Galaxy Star PRO, you can get access to tons of root-only apps, custom ROMs,

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Samsung Gear VR Unboxing (Video)

My Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge came with a free Gear VR and finally, it has arrived in the mail. According to the laws of the internet, I believe that means I need to do an unboxing, so here goes. Let me know in the comments what you think of the Gear VR, VR in general (because it is fascinating me at the moment) and what you think of the video in general. Thanks for watching!

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Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Unboxing (Video)

So I already sort of did a first impression video on the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge while I was at MWC, you can check that out by clicking the link below, but my own S7 Edge just arrived and figured it just wouldn’t be right to not do a quick unboxing video as well. What Comes in the Box Of course, here we have the box. Inside it we have the quick start guide that people like us never read. And under that we have the phone which we’ll get to in a bit. Under that we have a

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Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge Hands-On (Video)

One of the most expected phones to be announced a MWC this year was the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge from Samsung. Instead of making multiple variants of the S7 in size and then making Edge versions of each like they did with the S6, it seems they are simplifying their portfolio and just offering an S7 in 5.1 inch screen variety and a larger 5.5” Edge version. Both devices are basically identical in every way with the only differences being the screen size and aforementioned curved screen on the Edge and battery size (the S7 has a 3000mah

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