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Samsung Galaxy S5: Can't sign in to Samsung account after factory reset

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:47:08 -0700

I forgot my password and chose factory reset by turning my phone and holding volume up key, home button and power button together. It resulted in my phone being locked. But after reboot, it asks for Samsung account ID and password. While entering the ID and password, the processing fails and can't access my phone any more. I have reset my password several times, but still same result.

Someone can help me to resolve the issue.

⟐ Answer edited 3월 18, 2026 at 5:47 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Why does my camera say, "Warning: Camera Failure"

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 02:42:38 -0700

My camera doesn't work. Whenever I open my camera app, a message appears saying, "Warning: Camera Failure" and the screen doesn't display anything.

⟐ Answered 10월 11, 2024 at 2:42 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Flickering screen on low back light

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:08:50 -0700

When my screen dims or the back light is low the screen flickers. Turning the brightness up stops this from happening.

⟐ Commented 1월 03, 2025 at 21:08 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Can't transfer photos to PC

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:55:05 -0700

Ugh. I can't get my phone to transfer photos to my PC. I don't think the PC is recognizing it. I formerly used my old Samsung phone to connect easily, using Verizon Cloud, and transferred no prob. Why does this phone not connect? HELP

⟐ Answered 2월 11, 2020 at 11:55 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: How can I replace the camera lens on the Samsung Galaxy S5?

Tue, 03 May 2022 22:10:03 -0700

I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S5. Everything works great. Unfortunately, I picked it up this morning and found that the camera lens is cracked. The screen protector on the lens is still intact, but the lens looks like a spider web. Searching online, I found a handful of people with the same issue—but no way to fix it myself. The only current option I found was to send it to Samsung directly, but I would be without a phone for up to 2 weeks, and it would cost at least $70. I was hoping I could find the part online and fix it myself, but I wasn't able to turn up anything. Is the phone just so new that this particular part is not yet available?

⟐ Answer deleted 5월 03, 2022 at 22:10 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Power button not working

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:30:08 -0700

My power button on my Samsung Galaxy S5 is not working. Is it a firmware issue or do I need to replace the power button flex cable? If so can someone please tell me how the plastic cover comes off. Not sure which way to remove it.

⟐ Answered 10월 01, 2023 at 0:30 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: How much will it cost to fix my phones broken glass?

Sun, 19 May 2019 07:10:58 -0700

Hi, I recently broke my phone, and I was wondering how much it costs to fix my phones broken glass.

⟐ Comment deleted 5월 19, 2019 at 7:10 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Why is my phone locked in xray mode

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 11:18:08 -0700

ive dropped my phone coupla times and now its stuck in xray mode

⟐ Answered 10월 17, 2022 at 11:18 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Charger Not Recognized, Battery with Yellow Triangle and Exclamation

Sat, 13 Apr 2024 12:39:06 -0700

My wife's Galaxy S5 G900A stopped charging last night. This morning she plugged it in to a different, known good OEM charger and it didn't recognize the charger, stayed at 2% all day. When I got home from work I turned it off and it shows a gray battery and then a yellow triangle with exclamation point. I swapped the battery with one from my phone (exact same phone) and it is behaving the same, but the battery percentage shows 64% which is what my phone showed. I put her battery into my phone and it showed it was 99% charged. I then put the batteries back into their respective phones and now then her phone showed its battery at 99%. I tried cleaning the charge port with alcohol and a toothbrush, then blown out with compressed air, but no change. I tried looking for tests in the diagnostics menu, but didn't see anything related to battery or charging.

The only thing left to try is to reset the phone. It is already on 5.1.1, which is the latest update available. Any other ideas that might fix this problem? If the reset doesn't fix it then I will try a replacement charge port board.

⟐ Commented 4월 13, 2024 at 12:39 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Why can't I see my texts I'm sending

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:39:12 -0700

I type in my text message and hit send and it disappears and does not show on the screen but the recipient gets it, can you tell me what's wrong?

⟐ Answered 8월 31, 2024 at 12:39 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Why can't I delete my photo's?

Thu, 28 Nov 2019 20:41:47 -0700

I'm trying to delete photo's that I accidentally uploaded but now my phone is saying "unable to delete." How can I delete these photo's since I don't want them on my phone?

⟐ Commented 11월 28, 2019 at 20:41 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Auto Reject List Location

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 17:14:41 -0700

How do I locate the Auto Reject List, my phone says it is full and I want to delete some contacts from it

⟐ Commented 1월 18, 2021 at 17:14 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Why is my Galaxy S5 automatically restarting?

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 10:22:00 -0700

My Samsung Galaxy S5 keeps restarting itself. When I turn it on, the screen freezes, than it automatically shuts down . The logo remains on the screen for about 1 minute and then it restarts.and it goes on and on and then I have to remove my battery.

⟐ Commented 7월 10, 2020 at 10:22 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: My Screen is Cracked galaxy S5 Screen Black Cannot See Nth

Wed, 26 Nov 2014 19:47:34 -0700

My screen is cracked on the galaxy s5 the phone still comes on and make noises but cannot see anything on the screen ...What part of the phone needs to be replaced ? The LCD Digitizer ?LCD Assembly? Help Plz

⟐ Answered 11월 26, 2014 at 19:47 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: S5 stuck on charging battery icon

Sat, 11 Jul 2020 16:38:46 -0700

I did a Galaxy S5 glass/lcd repair and now the device won't turn on. When the S5 is plugged into a charger the charging battery icon appears and fills up with the green stuff, but the phone will not turn on. I tried to get to the boot menu by holding down the power button and down volume button, but I still get nothing. I also tried to get to the custom download page by holding down the volume button and home button then plugging into a usb laptop outlet and I still get nothing. I have lots of experience fixing phones and this is not my first S5 repair. I have done plenty and have never run into this problem. Nothing looks damaged. Has any other techs out there run into this problem and know a fix it?

⟐ Commented 7월 11, 2020 at 16:38 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: problems with logging into samsung account after hard reset

Sat, 24 Oct 2015 22:20:50 -0700

after hard reset while logging into samsung account the process fails. it wont loggin.

⟐ Answered 10월 24, 2015 at 22:20 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: How do I replace the screen glass only?

Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:06:43 -0700

How do i replace the glass for the screen not the lcd and digitizer.

⟐ Commented 8월 08, 2014 at 12:06 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Back button and Task Menu non working

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 19:51:47 -0700

Recently had screen replaced but when I got it back my back button and task menu buttons do not work. Trying to figure out what would cause this and is it fixable

⟐ Answered 10월 23, 2014 at 19:51 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Screen is Unresponsive To Touch (Galaxy S5)

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 21:11:39 -0700

There's No Cracks . The Screen Turns , It Is Just Unresponsive When I Touch It . This Is The First Time It Has Been Like This , The Phone Was Being Used One Minute and Then The Next The Screen Began To Be Unresponsive .

⟐ Answer deleted 12월 20, 2020 at 21:11 GMT-7

Samsung Galaxy S5: Speakerphone not working but close mic and voice recorder work

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:55:08 -0700

Hi all,

A few days ago the speakerphone function on my S5 stopped working. The close mic (earpiece, holding phone to the ear) still works fine. Testing using voice recorder shows that BOTH mics still pick up sound fine (in interview mode), the top mic less so but still of a noticeable volume. Video recording with sound using the camera app still works fine.

In fact, the "speakerphone" mic is only broken during calls from the native phone app and using Skype, Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp (both with and without video, though the close mic still works).

The opposite party can still hear if I "flick" the phone, there's a clicking noise, but no audible voice (despite me speaking loudly). Confirmed using the Skype echo.

So I can record a video of myself speaking fine, presumably using the same microphone and camera as the messaging apps, then have no/very low volume when making a video call. The same apps will record my voice fine using the voice recording component of the app. It's just during the audio or video calls when it breaks down.

Tried reboot, safe mode, clearing cache, turning off/on noise cancellation, changing app permissions (within reason), and a few other things I forgot.

Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

⟐ Answered 10월 16, 2021 at 9:55 GMT-7