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    getting so tired of updates killing my batter

    every single droid I've had with Verizon. Same thing again with the S7. I get the phone and I get 5.5 hours of screen time. YAY! update comes and now I get 4 another update and I get 3.5 this last update I just did and now I'm getting 2.5-3 tops. updates are supposed to make the phone...
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    Wifi and 4G now on together after update

    this happened on my S5 and i was very happy when 4G was grayed out when wifi was on, on the new S7. After the recent update i notice both are on all the time now and i feel its effecting battery life. Thoughts?? What does yours look like? Could it be anything else? Imhave dl'ed any new apps
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    10218 in battery usage?

    using about 21% Has the same android man icon as android OS Any clue? Thanks. Loving my S7 btw. Every aspect is perfection. Just curious about this.
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    S5 music player supports airplay or network play!?

    just a heads up...I feel like I never saw this. is this new?? This is fantastic. I was using Streambels app but now I don't have to deal with that. amazing stuff.
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    Wifi and 4g at same time

    Today is day 3 with my s5 and while home i just noticed that I'm on wifi but the 4g lte is also in use. The first two days the 4g would gray out when on wifi. If i turn off mobile data it will gray out but then i have to turn it back on when leaving the house. Any thoughts? On verizon here
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    Assistive light flashes for all notifications

    I just update to 4.3 . The Assistive light now flashes in all notifications, calls and alarms. Any way to stop it??
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    Gps stopped working?

    Anyone else having issues? Ive restarted etc. gps is on and i cant get a lock on waze or google nav. Seemed to have stopped working over the past few days Waze actually says no gps, nav says searching the whole time.
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    Lock screen in landscape?

    Any free apps that will make my stock s3 rotate the lock screen to landscape?
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    Sending a photo in a text?

    Anyone else having issues? 1. It seems to just keep saying sending and never actually sends 2. It seems to try to sendas a video when its just a photo
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    backup assistant plus

    keeps saying it's synchronizing pics but I turned off all syns help please!
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    System Update?

    Had a update waiting for me when I got up this morning. Anyone else? Unfortunately I couldn't install it because I didn't have enough room. Best phone ever but I can't wait for my S3 to get here. Just wanted to know if anyone else received this.
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    Root have an Ipad, a macbook and a Incredible - want to tether

    do I have to be rooted to do it?? thanks in advance
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    swype .apk keeps downloading??

    just upgraded to the new Swype. downloaded the new installer and it's working fine. Today I noticed that the installer apk has downloaded 3 more times without me doing anything? I saw another similar thread from back in September but nobody had any fixes. Any clue??
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    Help Incredible HELP PLEASE

    never rooted or anything. earlier today I was receiving sense force close messages and also low disc space messages. I pulled the battery and re-booted and it seemed to work ok other than still receiving both messages and it wouldn't allow me to click on google chat. I tried to delete some...
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    Help Clock wrong?

    Just noticed that my time is about 7 minutes in front of the actual time. Anyone notice this??
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    Help Google virus -help!

    I try and google something and it says sorry please type this word to continue. Then it says something about to much traffic. Anyone have this?? Help please Even going to google.com does the same thing
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    Help Swype help PLEASEEEEE

    so I DL'ed swype last night. It worked perfect. I restarted my phone this morning and now it's not working?? I can see the swype line but the text isn't going in. If I tap each letter it works. help please!!!???
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    Help Gmail syncing issues??

    anyone having issues after the latest update? I deleted a bunch of mail from my gmail on my laptop about 4 hours ago. It's still there on my phone. Gmail always synced perfectly within a minute tops. What up???
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    Accessories Bluetooth Device

    so Maryland is going hands free in a few days. Are all BT headsets compatible? What is the best one for 30-45 bucks? Thanks!
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    Help My Froyo issues

    that I haven't heard yet... i do a quick reply in handcent, after it sends and closes it always goes to my third screen to the right, not the home screen. edit--i just watched it happen this time. It actually moves to the third screen at the same time a text comes in. then when the pop-up...
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    Help stock Twitter app not working?

    anyone else? Hasn't updated in about 12 hours. Tried clearing cache, nothing.
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    Help Gmail forceclosing??

    any thoughts?? I'll open up gmail, and if I scroll down it will show loading conversations...then force quit. weird. this is the error message.. "The process com.google.process.gapps has stopped unexpecedtedly. please try again"
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    Help Gmail unread count error??

    there is a little red bubble where it would say the count usually. Today it says "err1" and the program keeps force closing. The process com.google.process.gapps has stopped unexpecedtedly. please try again. I've tried removing and putting back. no change. any ideas???
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    Help 3G vs. Wifi

    so i've heard on here that Wifi uses less battery than 3G. Why is it that when I have Wifi on it comes up under battery use but when 3G is on it doesn't show anywhere. Is it just lumped in with something else like android system or something? Thanks...
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    Help 3G and wifi??

    So I use the Extended Controls widget to switch between 3G and Wifi. Today for the first time I noticed that when I switch to Wifi the 3G status bar is still up and running along with a strong wifi signal. Why is this??