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    Help USB connections (as host to pen drive, and as client of a PC)

    I have bought this USB OTG cable. I have been trying to connect a Sandisk Cruzer pen drive. I have tried plugging the pen drive into the cable before connecting to the Note and I have tried plugging the cable into the Note before plugging the pen drive into the cable. When I connect the cable...
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    Huge thumbdata4 file in DCIM folder

    I have recently noticed a huge (>3.5GB) file in the DCIM/.thumbnails folder. I have tried deleting it, but the next time I open the Camera app it rebuilds the file (and locks up the phone, sometimes displaying a "media scanning in progress" message, in the process.) The total file size of all...
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    How to control the Facebook App's appetite for data

    The Facebook App seems to be extremely data hungry. Today I noticed that it downloaded 5MB in about a minute. All I did was start the App to display my news feed then navigate to a friend's wall. I didn't follow any links to view any photos or movies or whatever. Does anyone know why it...
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    Why is the internal storage called "USB storage"?

    Having just moved to a Samsung Galaxy Note from an HTC Hero one of the few puzzles is why Samsung use the term USB to refer to the internal storage. Can anyone help me understand, please?
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    Help Swype double letters (and other tips)

    When I first switched to Swype a screen popped up with a list of tips, for example how to enter double letters. How can I get that Swype Help screen back, please?
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    Help Automatically capitalising "I"

    How can I persuade the Galaxy Note to output I when I type the single letter i?
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    PDF viewer to find text in a Searchable Image PDF

    I'm looking for a PDF Viewer that will allow me to find text easily within scanned documents that have been converted, using OCR, into searchable PDF files. Polaris Office (the default PDF viewer that came with my Samsung phone) doesn't seem to find text within such PDFs. Adobe Viewer has...
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    Recording placemark (for maps)

    I'm looking for a way of using my phone to record placemarks ... i.e. to pinpoint a position on a map and record that location together with a brief description. I know that I can use "My Maps" within Google Maps on my PC to record placemarks and that I can see the resulting data on my phone...
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    Android 2.1 Pros and Cons (compared with 1.5)

    I have an unlocked, unbranded Hero (bought without a SIM, currently being used with a 3 UK SIM) and am waiting (patiently) for notification when an update is available. Nothing has arrived on my phone and I can't see anything relevant on the HTC Support website. Meanwhile I understand that many...
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    How do I get Albums (photos) app to start afresh?

    I had experimented putting a large number (>10,000) photos on the SD card, but Albums took very long to start up each time I opened it. So, I removed all the existing photo folders and added back a smaller number in new folders. The problem then was that Albums remembered the old folders and...
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    Linking a friend's Facebook profile

    I've entered my Facebook login details via Home->Menu->Settings->Social Networks. I can see that this has been successful because my Facebook photo is now shown on "My contact card" under profile. However, when I go to a contact (who is a friend on Facebook) in the People app, then to the...
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    Offline browsing

    Some time ago we discussed in a separate thread whether it was possible to save web pages from the Browser app for browsing off-line when an internet connection was not available. At the time the simplest workaround that was suggested involved emailing a link to oneself, opening the link and...
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    Alarm went off in "silent mode"

    I had set the Hero to "silent mode" (by long-pressing the power-off button and selecting "silent mode"). A crossed-out quaver appeared in the notification bar to confirm that the phone was silenced. However an alarm has just gone off very audibly. What have I done wrong?
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    GMail message not sent on Mobile Data connection

    While I was out today with "Mobile network" selected and an HSDPA connection I was able to update weather, view a Google Map, browse web pages and read GMail messages. However, when I replied to messages in the GMail app my replies were not sent. They sat in the GMail app with the word...
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    Resizing photos for email and mms

    How do I reduce the size of photos before emailing them or sending them by MMS?
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    mobile view of this forum has suddenly changed

    Help! I'm viewing this forum on my Hero. About 10 mins ago the pages displayed in my browser split into two ... the left part headed MyAndroid followed by blank space, the forum itself squeezed into a narrow strip on the right. Any thoughts?
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    Connecting to Three's mobile-format web pages

    Since this problem appears to be machine-specific I hope it is OK to raise it in this forum. When I try to connect to mobile.three.co.uk from my Hero the Browser's progress bar hangs at about 10% and the page never loads. When I try to connect to the same site from my PC (using the Chrome...
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    Where are all the Apps shown on the box?

    I was looking at the box the phone came in (nothing better to do!) and saw several icons that I don't think of seen on the phone: - a cup of coffee (just this simply indicate that the phone incorporates Java?) - a tape reel with a 'play' icon - a pair of scissors and a graph of an audio wave...
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    How do I make SMS recipient a Contact

    If I've sent an SMS by typing a person's phone number into the SMS input form how can I then add that person as a contact?
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    Printing

    I realise that I haven't seen references to printing from any apps. Is it possible to get printouts from a Hero via a WiFi network printer?
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    zoom to Zion!

    I just typed zoom and the spell checker changed it to Zion. Does this machine have a secret agenda?
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    Most useful widgets

    Which widgets do people actually use? Some such as Bookmarks are very useful. Others like Calendar seem to do very little. What do you think?
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    Where are the arrow keys?

    I can't see any arrow keys on the keyboard to move the cursor around in a text entry box. So, when I want to correct a typing mistake I have to stab my finger somewhere to the right of the error then backspace over the error (usually deleting a few correct characters in the process) before...
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    Bookmark thumbnail keeps changing

    The thumbnail for one of my bookmarks keeps changing spontaneously to show a picture of another website. It's probably not relevant but the bookmark points to this forum! Any ideas?
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    What is 'File Browser' in Manage Applications

    The list of applications in the Settings -> Manage applications screen includes 'File Browser' (HTC Corporation). What is this? Is there a file manager lurking inside the computer?