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    Help Waving hand icon?

    What does that waving hand icon indicate? I can't find it anywhere and it appeared one day, disappeared the next?
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    where are Picasa photos in Gallery stored?

    I sync Picasa web albums which show up in Gallery. When offline, I can still view them in Gallery. But can't seem to find them when looking in My Files. Where are these stored on my Samsung Note 10.1 2014? I assume if I can see them when not connected to the Internet, that they must be on the...
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    Help Brightness: power saving vs display options?

    I'll be reading something and the screen gets bright, then it it goes lower, then bright again. I have it set on automatic brightness but this happens in the same light in just seconds, so not due to changing ambient light, nor to timeout (set at 2 minutes). Is it due to "power saving mode"...
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    I give up on power cycling EVO

    After 16 months with the original EVO 4G, I'm giving up trying to get it fixed. Either while charging it, or when connected to GPS and 4G, it crashes and then goes into a power cycling loop. Taking out the battery, letting it cool down a bit, seems to be the only solution. Four times to the...
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    Help Syncing & Unsyncing: removing Stocks, pushing gmail, etc.

    Two questions: (1) From Settings>Accounts & sync --- how do I remove Stocks, News, Weather from syncing? (2) Why won't Gmail push emails? I have to go into Gmail and hit refresh to get any emails? When I'm in Settings>Accounts&sync it doesn't allow me to set any frequency of syncing...
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    Help Flickr, Stocks, Weather, Footprints always running

    Every time I "manage applications" and select "running" on my Evo (2.2 OS) I find such apps as Stocks, Footprint, flickr running again, when just a few hours earlier I "forced close" them. I called Sprint and they told me to install Advanced Task Killer. Why do these keep running even after...
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    Adobe Reader vs. PDF Viewer

    What's the difference between the PDF Viewer (HTC) and the Adobe Reader downloadable from Android market? Do they have different features? I know you can't remove the Viewer which takes up 4KB while the Reader uses 4MB of space. Any tips?
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    Picked up 4G in Los Angeles

    Walking out of the Arclight theater, Sunset and Vine area, and picked up a strong 4G signal for blocks around there (including right in front of the Verizon store!!). Not sure if it was temporary, but will try again when in that neighborhood. No 4G signal in Silver Lake/Los Feliz area closer to...
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    A piece of humor

    Apple Claims New iPhone Only Visible To Most Loyal Of Customers | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
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    Article on the rise of HTC

    Smart phones: HTC is a rising power in the industry - latimes.com
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    Calendar duplicate entries

    Which boxes should I check on the Calendar app to avoid duplicate entries? I sync Outlook from my desktop to Google Calendar to the Evo calendar. Which should I check or uncheck? OK, nevermind: I found the info on p. 54 of the EVO manual. I guess I need to sync the PC Outlook first with...
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    voice activated keyboard

    I'm trying out the voice input on the keyboard for emails and other text input. I only seem to be able to get a few words out and then have to touch the microphone image again to add more words. Am I doing something wrong? How do you keep the voice input on until you finish several sentences?
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    Adobe Reader and pdfs

    What am I not doing right? I downloaded the Adobe Reader app and I moved some pdfs to the phone smart card, but the app won't let me open or search for pdfs. How do you open a pdf with the reader?
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    Apps Market downloading problems

    Seems this is a problem today - dowloading apps Download issues: Download Unsuccessful - Android Market Help
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    Help "The application HTC Sense (process com.htc.launcher) has stopped unexpectedly."

    I seem to get this error message when I turn on the phone after powering off. I get to click "force close" and then it seems to work ok. Any thoughts?
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    NYT asks Should You Buy the EVO? Pros and Cons of the Next Big Android Phone

    Should You Buy the EVO? Pros and Cons of the Next Big Android Phone - NYTimes.com "Forget the Nexus One, Google's failed attempt at marketing its own "iPhone killer" via the web - the next big "Google Phone" is definitely going to be HTC's EVO, the first 4G Android smartphone to hit the...
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    avoid $10 charge, says Sprint rep?

    What does the last sentence mean in this response I received from Sprint? " the $10.00 Premium Data fee is for the rich data experience that EVO provides. These data-rich features are available to EVO customers regardless if they are in a 3G or 4G network. Plus faster data speeds if you...
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    available on June 4th for $199.

    Sprint selling HTC EVO 4G on June 4 for $199 -- Engadget
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    Survey shows Sprint #2 best after Verizon

    AT&T dropping more calls than ever - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech In a poll that asked 4,040 smartphone users in March how many dropped calls they had experienced in the past three months, AT&T