Cherry Mobile Flare S3 Problems: Temporary and Permanent Solutions

Cherry Mobile Flare S3 Unboxed, Source: Google
The Cherry Mobile Flare S3, like other expensive brands, are not perfect. There will be bugs and limitations. As a CM Flare S3 user, I have come up with some problems on this phone and have gathered other problems from other users I knew. When there's a problem, there is a solution!

Touch screen problem:

Is your phone hard to press sometimes in the left and right side of the phone? Most people label this as, "Hard to press letter A, letter L, and DELETE/BACKSPACE keyboard button."

  • Temporary Solution: Lock and Unlock screen and it can be fixed temporarily, repeat if it happens again.
  • Permanent Solution: According to some user who have encountered the problem, it is due to the stock OGS (One Glass Solution) that is locally-made, so replacing the LCD screen solved the problem.


Battery Problem:

1,800mAh battery for a Quad Core processor and a Kitkat Android OS? It sucks, I know! I can roughly spend 3 to 4 hours straight with a wifi on.

  • Temporary Solution: Some people use powerbanks in order to use their phone without worrying about getting lowbat.
  • Permanent Solution: Some experts in tweaking smartphones have used other batteries to replace the stock battery, some have claimed to use Cubot battery which is not sold locally in the Philippines. While some uses Samsung Batteries and tweaked it to fit into the phone.


Right now, we are waiting for phones that are similar to Cherry Mobile Flare S3 with same battery size but has higher mAh capacity.

Temperature problem:

Yes, Flare S3 gets hot faster than some phones, because of this you are forced to stop using your phone for a while to prevent overheating. The phone gets hot faster when you play games, but some games work well with the phones temperature limit. Texting, wifi and Facebook don't make the phone too hot, so you can use it all day without worrying about the heat.

Breaking problem:

Although my phone has been with me for more then three months now, I have not experienced any screen breaks that some people have claimed. All smartphones are not diamonds, they all break when they fall. What I did was just to take care of my phone and bought a leather case to protect it, but it does not guarantee, it is on how you handle the phone well.

More problems with Cherry Mobile Flare S3 will be added into this post once I have come up with an update of some problems that require attention.

105 comments:

  1. Yes I experience all of that in my flare s3. Can you tell me what other battery can fit in S3? And what is the solution in overheating? Thanks

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    1. Yup ... i also experiencing this.. can someone help us on how we could solution this problem ? especially in overheating and battery

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  2. SIR CP CM FLARE S3 POWER NAG POWER OFF PO SYA TAPOS AYAW NA MAGBUKAS THEN YUNG REDLIGHT NYA NAKA ON LANG .. AYAW PO MAG OPEN

    PANO PO ANG GAGAWEN ?

    NEED ANSWER ASAP...

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    1. parehas tayo ganyan din saken. pinaayos ko sa repair shop. sabi wala naman sira sa piyesa. Tpos ginawa nila. ilang beses ako bumalik sa repair shop dahil balik2 ganon naghahang. wala pa din

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    2. sakin biglang namatay tpos di na nag oopen

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    3. Same problem po. May solution na po ba? Pa share naman po thankyou

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    4. Yung sakin namam po bigla bigla nalang mamatay pero 47% pa tapos kapag niopen 90% na. Anu po ba problem kapag ganun?

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    5. kakapagawa ko lang nung akin sa service center ng cherry mobile, same problem din biglang namatay tapos hindi na nagopen. ang sabi yung sa software ang problema wala sa battery kasi 86% pa yung battery nung biglang namatay phone ko, so ni-reset nila. tapos ok na. pero may bago namang naging problema kasi in-upgrade na din from kitkat to lollipop, nagha-hang kapag magenter ako ng email add. hindi tuloy ako makapagdownload ng mga app.

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    6. ung sa akin .. pag ka hang .. mag hahang lang sya hanggang sa ma lowbatt. tas d na ma charge .ung red light . d na umiilaw. at ayaw nang bumukas kahit anong oras ko na syang i charge... the heck.. can someone help us!

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    7. Ganyan din saken 65% pa sya bglang namatay tapos ayaw na din magbukas kahit icharge ayaw na din. Flare S3 power user here. Any solution sa problem na to at how much ang gagastusin sa pagpapaayos?

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  3. sir flare s3 octa .kusa na lang po cia namamatay at pag nag chacharge yun po gumagana naman po..... ty need ans.

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    1. Hi. I have the same problem. Naayos mo na po ba yung iyo? Please. Thanks you.

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    2. imCMRHainze FS3Octa UserJanuary 22, 2016 at 10:59 PM

      Aww </3 same problem sir. Alam nyo po bang kahit naka wifi then messenger lang ako namamatay bigla bigla yung phone. then yung CPU Temperature ko ( using CPU Temp app ) 30 Celcius lage kahit wala naman pinaprocess at hindi din naka open wifi/data pero yun ang sabi ng CPU Temp app pero hindi mainit literally yung phone. if nag open ako wifi/data tumataas na siya then pag nag games na ako. umaabot ng 60-70 Celcius yung temperature ng CPU ko kaya nag wawarning yung CPU Temp app ko kasi sobrang init na. at yun na. nag oauto matic shutdown na.

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  4. Sir pano po ba gawin sa flare s3 lite ung two touch lang as screen eh mag unlock na

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  5. Kakabili ko LNG papangit nmn ng MgA nabasa ko puro negative bout flare s3 octa.. Tapos inde pa compatible ung clash of clan d ako mkalaro e un nga ang reason Bat ako bumili ng cp..

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    1. parehas po tayo. nakakainis nga kasi kailangan pa pasahan gamit ng share it para malaro -_-

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    2. Ano pong ginawa nyo para nakalaro ulit ng coc? Kasi yung sakin laging nag te-thermal warminh tapos namamatay na tuwing bubuksan ko yung coc.

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    3. Para sa flair s3 octa for coc gamers.. first download google play games, then google play services then clash of clans it works perfect

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    4. Tama un dl mo muna yun... tpos para sa namamatay pag coc na. Pareprogram nyo muna yung flare s3 octa sa stock rom sa isang technician... it will work perfectly fine... wag po muna iupdate ng lollipop kc may bug p yung 5.1 version

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    5. e pano po kung na update na ng lolipop? pwede po ba ibalik sa kitkat?

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  6. Power issue po shaken nmmty and kht wla PNG 10 seconds..

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  7. Power issue po shaken nmmty and kht wla PNG 10 seconds..

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  8. pumuti ang screen tapos nag karon ng guhit guhit wala naman sira ang screen or crack bigla nalang nagkagon

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    1. Parehas po tayo .. Kakabili ko lang kahapon tas biglang nagwhite screen namay guhit guhit

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    2. sir, na ayos na po sa inyo ? same po tayo ng problem ehh pashare nmn po sir !!

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    3. Para po sa flare s3 power ganun din pa reprogram po muna sa stock rom sa isang technician it will be ok again... wag po muna iupdate ty

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  9. pumuti ang screen tapos nag karon ng guhit guhit wala naman sira ang screen or crack bigla nalang nagkagon

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    1. boss ok na po ba sa inyo ? pa share nmn po parehas kasi tayo ng problem

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  10. paano kung blurry ang screen at parang white na wla kana makita paano ma fix yun dahil lang po sa isang update

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  11. sakin naman nasisira ung screen tas maghahang na then mag rerestart

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  12. ako po naka ranas ng pag hahang. ewan ko po anong problema. hindi naman ako masyadong nag dodownlaod ng mg apps. tapos laging updates ng apps ko ang nang yayari. pang ng hang to as in hang talaga hindi mo ma tu touch ang screen tapos eni off ko po pag try kung e open uli na siya nag oopen nag black screen only na button below gots light. ano po ang gagawin ko :(

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    1. yung akin nahulog sa armchair. nakajellyleather casing sya. Dati pa naman nahuhulog yung flares3 ko habang nakacasing at walang problema. ngayon lang nadali sa pagfall. Nagblablackscreen sya kapag few minutes na inON sya at kapag masyadong mabilis yung pagkakapindot mo ng apps maghahang tsaka blackscreen.

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  13. Hi, my problem po is nag upgrade lang po ako ay "no command" na po lumabas, gnwa ko na po ang "wipe data/factory reset" gnun p dn po lumalabas. ano po gagawin ko, pa help po, salamat.

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  14. nagsoftware update ako tapos mag-install nagblack / white screen na syaa..anong gagawin ko?

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    1. gosh, pati ako. nag update lang ako ngaun and the same problem ang na encounter ko. may solution na ba?

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  15. guys sa akin nag black screen na may white sa gilid ..pano nato nag OTA update lang ako tapos ganito nang nangyari..

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    1. ganyan din yung sakin.. :(
      pinagawa mo na ba?

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  16. nag try ako ngayon na mag-reformat using computer..mayron kasing parang drivers itong flare s3 octa..sana okay to...

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  17. guys ok na yong flare s3 octa ko ...reformat using laptop...

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    1. leen just follow the steps http://thefirmwarehub.com/cherry-mobile-flare-s3-octa-stock-rom-firmware-spftcwm/

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    2. Mc if i follow the link babalik ba sa dating version? Mawawala ang lollipop version? Di ako makalaro ng coc kasi nag the-thermal warning kng mag lalaro ako ng coc

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  18. Pano enge link kasi ganun din nangyari sakin nung nag update ako

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    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ZZuAGcwl8
      yan guys

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  19. cherry mobile suck same problem dko na magamit ng maayos tong flare s3 ko ilang beses ko na pinagawa sa service senter ang tagal bago nila magawa pero ilang month lng babalik uli ung problem pano ba maipaalam sa cherry mobile mismo mga problem ng product nila? ung cp ko kahit walang data or wifi kusa nag install ng mga app na dko nmn iniinstall kahit pa nka of ung sa unknown sources

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    1. http://thefirmwarehub.com/cherry-mobile-flare-s3-octa-stock-rom-firmware-spftcwm/

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  20. Sir. Ganito Poba Problem Pag na Update ung S3 octa sa Lollipop na malakas mag Drain ng Battery tapos pag Charge Ku di na mag Charge Drain na siya Di na tumataas. Pano puba Fix To...

    NEED YOUR HELP!!

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    1. http://thefirmwarehub.com/cherry-mobile-flare-s3-octa-stock-rom-firmware-spftcwm/
      ito lang just floow the steps download the required files.

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  21. my flare s3 screen have blank picture and many colors..but its almaost 1 month i used it what should i do

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  22. Sino makakatulong? Nag uupdate lang ako ng os ng flare s3 octa... bigla lang nag white yung screen nya tas may kunting black sa edge nya. Ttry ko hard reset pero ayaw kc hindi ko makita kc nag w white screen nga? Paanu ba to e fix?

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    1. http://thefirmwarehub.com/cherry-mobile-flare-s3-octa-stock-rom-firmware-spftcwm/

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  23. sa lahat na nag black screen ito ang solustion malaking pasamat ko dito..
    http://thefirmwarehub.com/cherry-mobile-flare-s3-octa-stock-rom-firmware-spftcwm/

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    1. plus video
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ZZuAGcwl8

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  24. Ako pinagawa ko yung S3 lite ko sa service center. Pgkabalik nagloloko na sa signal. Pinalitan daw kasi ng motherboard. Di ko alam tuloy gagawin

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  25. Hi, pls help... yung flare s3 ng friend ko pag me nag call sa kanya at sinagot nya bigla mag ba black ang screen tapos ayaw na bumalik sa screen or window nya? Thanks

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  26. Me too.. Ano po bang solusyon pag Ayaw na mag-on ng Flare S3 Octa or Kahit Vibrations wala na. Hindi ko naman po masyadong ginagamit pero nagkakaganun. Pati yung pag-charge nya nagloloko pag naaalis yung baterya accidentally. I need solutions po, Salamat po

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  27. Sir nabasag po yung screen ng fs3 ko....pero maayos lang naman po ang display pero mayroong area na hindi napipindaot lcd po ba sira dito....?

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  28. Sir nabasag po yung screen ng fs3 ko....pero maayos lang naman po ang display pero mayroong area na hindi napipindaot lcd po ba sira dito....?

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  29. pano po ito ung flare s3 octa ko sobrang bilis ma lowbat pls patulong naman

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  30. Help. Yun Flare S3 Octa ko po sumisindi pero blank screen. May backlight yun LCD niya so alam ko nakasindi. Pati yun buttons may lights. Pag sinindi maririnig din yun turn on tune niya. Pero blank pa rin yun screen. Nireset ko by pressing volume up + power pero ganun pa din. Ano pong dapat gawin?

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  31. Yung CM Flare S3 Octa ko nabasag tapos may part dun sa nabasag na hindi na po nag rerespond yung screen... Ano po ba ang sira? Yung screen lang po ba o dapat na talaga ako bumili ng bagong phone? 4 months palang yung phone ko...

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  32. pahelp nman po. after updating flare s3 octa to lollipop lgi na lng lumalabas ung thermal warning message at ngshu-shutdown bigla, d nman xa mainit...

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  33. Same lng po tayo..ka uupdate ko tapos dna ako makalaro ng hardgames..why??what can i so

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  34. sken po ganun din, nag te. thermal warning at auto shutdown. . kainis, war pa naman kami sa coc, sana d ko nalang in.update to lollipop. pano ba dpat gawin dito?

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  35. MY FLARE S3 UPDATED TO LOLLIPOP THEN THERMAL WARNING ALWAYS APPEAR ON MY SCREEN EVERYTIME I PLAY CoC. IT MAKES MY PHONE RESTART FOR COOLDOWN.. HONESTLY I LIKE THIS FLARE S3 SO MUCH BUT WITH THIS KIND OF PROBLEM IT MAKES ME DISSAPPOINT AT YOUR PRODUCTS.. PLEASE MAKE AN UPDATE ASAP TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.. OR MAYBE SHOW USERS HOW TO FIX THIS UPDATE OF YOURS..

    #ANNOYING

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  36. Yung akin po, pag ginagamit ko yung snapchat or camera ko bigla na lang may lilitaw sa screen na mtk thermal manager your phone is heat you need to cool down tapos mamamatay napo, lagi pong ganun

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  37. Bakit may loading star lock screen? Ano po ung nag rurunnung na ganun sa cp?

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  38. bakit po yung cm ko ang nka lagay preferred network nya puro 2g lng eh yung sim one nmn WCMDA tapos kapag naka on na ang data 2g lng kpag nasa work ako tpos nsa bahay nmn 3g

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  39. BAKIT AYAW MAGFACTORY RESET? AYAW DIN MAGHARD RESET?

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  40. thermalmal heat again..panu q ma eenjoy ung phone q qng ganto? may solution nb to?

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  41. sir, panu naman po kapag ung mga signal ng sim cards ay mayroong exclamation point (!) lagin delay ng 12 hrs pataas ung pagreceive ng messages ko..minsan nga di na dumadating. hindi rin po matawagan ung phone ko khit may signal na nakalagay.. tinatanong din sakin ng repair shop na pinuntahan ko kung bakit may exclamation point sa signal ko. Need ASAP solution. thanks

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  42. yung flare s3 power ko pag may tumatawag sakin o kaya kung ako yung tumatawag at sinagot, namamatay ng kusa..biglang nagtuturnoff nlng.
    pano ba masosolusyunan to.

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  43. yung flare s3 power ko pag may tumatawag sakin o kaya kung ako yung tumatawag at sinagot, namamatay ng kusa..biglang nagtuturnoff nlng.
    pano ba masosolusyunan to.

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  44. yung flare s3 power ko pag may tumatawag sakin o kaya kung ako yung tumatawag at sinagot, namamatay ng kusa..biglang nagtuturnoff nlng.
    pano ba masosolusyunan to.

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  45. Hey guys, I have a problem sa S3 Octa ko. Hindi na gumagana yung data connection tas, I tried na lahat. Ni-reset ko na, inoff ko na tas wala pa rin. :( Anyone?

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  46. Hi guys, I have a problem with my S3 Octa. Ayaw pong mag switch on tapos pag charge ko po nag screen on and off po siya pag mag screen on nka po Yong "cherry mobile flare s3". Anyway this what happen after 1 week of lollipop update. Anyone can help me what to do please?:(

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  47. yung flare s3 power ko kabibili ko lang at kalalagay ng sim, pag nagrecieve ng tawag o dumial, nagbablackscreen sya, pero working pa rin naman yung call and nagbiblink pa yung red color kaso blackscreen pa rin, Anyone can help? thanks

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  48. Hindi gumagana go sms sa fs3p help pls,tnx.

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  49. i have problem about the pop ads of cm flare s3. can you help me eliminate that ads?

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  50. Good Morning sir ..
    Sir pano po ba maayos yung flare s3 ko wala po kasing signal yung SMS ko
    wala din WIFI signal at Bluetooth wala din po..
    sir paki sagot namn po ang katanungan ko salamat po

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  51. nag update po ako ng flare s3 ko from kitkat to lollipop sinunod ko man yung instruction na dapat 3o% ang battery, my available sd and hindi ko din tinanggal battery during update. pero after nyang ma update yung lollipop logo, cherry logo and battery charge lang nakikita sa screen ko. wla na yung mga apps, total black lang siya light yung screen. ano po gagawin para maayos ko?

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  52. Yung samin flare s3 octa close sya screen problem.. maayos ko syang ginagamit then suddenly siyang magisa nagtotouchng screen..ano maganda solution dun??

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  53. Yung samin flare s3 octa close sya screen problem.. maayos ko syang ginagamit then suddenly siyang magisa nagtotouchng screen..ano maganda solution dun??

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  54. Patulong nmn po pano ireplace ung LCD ng Flare S3 Power ko nag blur po kac dahil nbgsk ng anak ko...

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  55. yung sa tropa ko reprogram problema, naayos ko naman kaso inupdate ko ng lollipop tas bootloop nangyare, di ko naman alam sira pala yung usb port nung s3 octa nya nadedetect naman ng pc tas di madedetect vice versa. hirap tuloy papapayos pa usb port -_-

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  56. guys help naman ohh nag upgrade ako ng flare s3 octa na KitKat to lolippop pagkatapos upgrade lagi lumalabas ang word na thermal warning kapag nag coc ako ...
    ano po ba dapat gawin ko ???

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    1. ganon din saakin may slousyon na po kaya yan ?

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  57. mga sir, bakit po tong flare s3 octa ko, mag lalag then mag rerestart tapos ganun ulit halos diko na po nagagamit. advice naman po oh.

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  58. bakit po laging nasisira ung charging pin. nakailang paayos na po ako kasi di nag chacharge. bakit po ganun?

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  59. SCREEN OFF GESTURES IN CHERRY MOBILE FLARE S3 OCTA IS NOT FUNCTIONING. MAYRON BA NAKAKAALAM KUNG PAANO TO EFIX?

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  60. hello po, I'm using CM flare s3 plus, then lagging may nag aappear na ads, paano po matatanggal yun? salamat

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  61. di ko na motouch yong screen ko tapos gusto ko e.off yung phone ko,peru paano po?

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  62. cm flare s3 v2 , is it natural for my cm flare to connect to wifi before using it for the first time after hard reset, i have no available wifi at the moment btw.

    thanks in advance

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  63. Sir ung flare s3 mini ko po ayaw pumindot kasi po nabasa ng pawis pano po bang maayos iyon at ano ang naapektuhan

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  64. Sir. sa Flare s3 octa ko po. Ung problem po ung sa Sim lang Namn. Sa Smart Sim po di po siya gumana na . Pero sa Ibang Sim na Globe or Tm gana po siya. Kahit ibang Smart Sim gina gamit ku di po siya gumana. Pa Help Po Please.

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  65. Sir..UN phone q po.khit nka off nag open cya tpos madali po ma lobat anu po kya ang magandanggmagandang gawin errestart q po ba..pls reply..Sana matulongan nnyu po aq..tnx

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  66. bigla ayaw makita ng mga pics sa cherry mobile flare s3 mini koh ano poh ggwin koh??

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  67. Paano kaya masosolusyunan ang cherry mobile flare s3 power ko. 65% pa sya nun iniwan ko nun gabi kasi matulog na ako then nun umaga na nun ioopen ko na ayaw nang magbukas di na din nagchacharge. Gamer user here...
    Mobile legend, coc, di kaya naover used sya pwera pa yun panunuod ko sa YouTube. Sana may pumansin.

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  68. Cherry mobile flare s3 octacore Yung cellphone ko. Okay Naman lahat, kaso sa battery charging Lang Ang problema. Yung unang battery niya mabilis magcharge pero mabilis ding maubos. Nagdidrain Baga, Kaya binilhan ko uli Ng bago, Yung orig na battery ng Cherry mobile, kaso di tumataas Yung percent Niya, naka-stock sa 37%. I installed ko na Ng mga Battery savers app,nireset ko na. Pinagpahinga ko muna Yung better. Per same page rin results. Ano kayang gagawin ko.

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  69. Hello bili kayo ng Rak batt, linux batt or Modified Circuit group, pahingi namna po tulong hindi na gumagana WIFI ng cherry mobile flare s3 octa ko po ano gagawin ko last na ginawa is pinagawa un charging port or pin sa loob pinalitan po

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  70. Almost 2yr na sakin flare s3 power q and so far, Maayos naman sya. Not until recently when nadrained tlga battery nya,when i recharged it, both sim1&2 weren't detected.already tried reformatting and reprogramming yet the problem still occurs. What to do guys? Need answer asap. Thanks.

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