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Wow! This was my wife's phone, before she turned herself over to the dark side and bought an iPhone 6 Plus! Even if this phone is now eight years old, it still works as good as the day it came out. Though of course, it will be sluggish compared to the modern phones, but during its era, it was okay. Can't believe it has been this long. I've hung on to this unit with no plans of ever selling it. I'm like that Mr. Mobile guy on YouTube. This was the last Samsung with a removable battery, and the initial implementation of water-proofing was a bit wonky. Amazingly, the battery has never bloated up nor easily go low battery. I just keep it on medium charge when storing it so it will not be damaged in prolonged storage. Well, that's about it, stay mobile my friends.

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    • MdN8
    • 3@f
    • 19 Jan 2022

    Got a new battery yesterday, went to a phone shop that I know and they had an original one. It was made in December 2019 and it was almost fully discharged, but I put it in my phone, it started charging right away and it's on and working now. Old one was made in 2015, but it was bought in 2017, and started bloating and acting badly for the past few months. I thought it would be hard to find a replacement, but it was just around 21 Euro, and even on the internet many shops sell them. Hope to be able to use this phone for a few more years. I never had a phone for so long, bought it (used) in April 2017. Wow. Almost 5 years.

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      • Anonymous
      • Y7V
      • 17 Jan 2022

      yep,,right on the mark about the upgrade and feel...
      i play psp and lower emu and some nice android titles...
      dolphin emu would be sprinkles,but overall i am please.game controll and phone grip.

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        • Fatalise
        • A{t
        • 07 Jan 2022

        Just upgraded this phone with Lineage OS 18 (android 11)
        It still rocks as hell, funny how new OS in hands of community can make this phone work like a 2022 phone

          Anonymous, 20 Nov 2021It's fake, Samsung doesn't make "original&qu... moreIt's original, no fake. Here still have an original ones.

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            • james blue
            • 6v0
            • 08 Dec 2021

            Anonymous, 26 Nov 2021I’m still using it, too.well im out in here in Los Santos using the 3310 to hustle d0p3 every day. that shit fire

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              • Anonymous
              • x14
              • 03 Dec 2021

              In model names list there is G900H model, but isn't it the "H" model actually Exynos-based S5 (https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s5_(octa_core)-6237.php) ?

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                • Anonymous
                • q3y
                • 26 Nov 2021

                EU.iSE17, 01 Nov 2021Its very durable phone im still using it now ..I’m still using it, too.

                  tonya, 28 Oct 2021using an ancient one as regular phone.. happy with it but: ... moreWhat do you mean? I am still using Galaxy s5 too, but upgraded to lineageOS, and wifi tethering is indeed available in LOS 18.1 version on the 5Ghz band. But I did'nt check real speed, lacking of adequate wifi ac adapter.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 3@f
                    • 20 Nov 2021

                    LoveTheSpeed, 19 Oct 2021Hi Here is original battery 10€.It's fake, Samsung doesn't make "original" batteries anymore for so old devices.

                      Its very durable phone im still using it now ..

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                        • tonya
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                        • 28 Oct 2021

                        using an ancient one as regular phone.. happy with it but: does anyone know why Tethering is restricted to 82.11gn speeds .........

                        if its got ac wifi why cant it be selected in android ?

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                          • Fastpastor
                          • Ibx
                          • 28 Oct 2021

                          Anonymous, 15 Oct 2021Still using my GT900a in 2021 WiFi only. Mainly YouTube vid... moreWell, you just need to go to a mini mall, T-Mobile, cell phone store, Best Buy or comfort Saturday comfort food relief mall cell phone booth and ask them for one, I remember they got me a iPod Touch 1st generation FM radio and 3G receiver accessory yesterday and I was so happy, they also gave me a Samsung Dart as a upgrade to my Samsung Galaxy S3 - Also, I would advise that you finish the rest of the weekend watching Nascar and eating pizza and sweet sour Doritos at their teleport home lounge, it's awesome! If behaved, you will even get chicken tenders, differing pizza, and pork chops served with spaghetti and chicken cutlets or pork meatballs served!

                            Anonymous, 18 Oct 2021Thanks!!Hi
                            Here is original battery 10€.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 4SG
                              • 18 Oct 2021

                              R., 16 Oct 2021Look for S5 PolarCell battery on ebay, not original but ver... moreThanks!!

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                                • p7j
                                • 16 Oct 2021

                                Anonymous, 15 Oct 2021Still using my GT900a in 2021 WiFi only. Mainly YouTube vid... moreLook for S5 PolarCell battery on ebay, not original but very good germany battery.
                                Im going to buy that myself.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 4SG
                                  • 15 Oct 2021

                                  Still using my GT900a in 2021 WiFi only. Mainly YouTube videos. Still working fine, but time to change the battery. The problem is I can't find an original replacement battery. Just the cheap batteries with fake 5 star reviews. Anyone know where I can find a real battery?

                                    Barge legend , 26 Sep 2021I have galaxy s5 but battery drained fast, i change battery... moreI think your problem is app. If you replaced the battery it should work as new. I hope you replaced it with original? Take a look at the last apps you installed and take a look at the permitions of them unchacke in background. I have one and it works fine. No chipset problem. And it takes a darn good pictures.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • tA$
                                      • 08 Oct 2021

                                      AshkanArabim, 17 Jul 2021Sadly LG Doesn't make phones anymore. :(LG innovations come not in the right time, when they implement ultrawide cam, the world trend at that year is potrait photoshoot, and there is not yet AI chipset, so they required Tele lens to make potrait shoot, but LG only sold phone with ultrawide lens, yeah the sad part is they sticked with the fail strategy rather than changed and followed the trends

                                      The second reason is their build quality, like G4 and V10 issue with factory defect that affect the mainboard, just because one little spot is un-soldered yet and ruin all the phone experience, Samsung has also Issue with their phone too especially with Amoled, but luckily the issue occured after the warranty ends

                                      The third reason is LG marketing and R&D teams failure, LG sold their phone in similar price like samsung, However, samsung marketing is more aggresive and has more things with after sales service to engage with buyer, LG seems to be silent, LG didn’t make Much phone series to cover all the market like Samsung Did, LG had simple lineup rather than chinese brands that has more aggresive product

                                      LG failure all because of their very very slow to watch the market hot competition in short times

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • tA$
                                        • 08 Oct 2021

                                        Anonymous, 23 Aug 2021A waterproof phone with a removable battery, this is someth... moreActually i will prefer non removable battery but easy to replace when need it, removable batery such a problem, the battery contact seems making problem after several years, also battery contact has corrosion too, and removable battery has shorter lifespan than nonremovable battery, i used to have Note4, but after changing with nonremovable phone, i guess i haven’t replaced battery yet, on note4 need to replace battery in short period, and got problem like corrosion or loose contact