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    Battery at home vs. Battery abroad

    I was wondering if anyone knows why my battery at home while on WIFI only makes it thru 3/4 of the day but when I leave my house, my battery life improves almost 100%? I dont get it. I thought while on WIFI, its supposed to be better but it just keep draining my battery...
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    Notifications in Pink and Purple!!!

    Why the hell did the color of my notification drop down window become pink and friggin purple? After a Samsung app update, and i'm not sure which one it was, my pull down window for my notifications went to pink and purple! I have tried changing the theme but that doesn't work! How do I change...
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    Samsung Keyboard after Marshmallow update...

    The Samsung keyboard BEFORE the marshmallow update was fine, never had a problem. Since the update, there are 2 big issues with it: 1. No more personal dictionary. You can no longer add custom words on the fly. Why the hell was this removed??? 2. When i'm texting, every time I end a sentence...
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    Help Yahoo Push Email Issue

    Is anyone else having an issue where it takes 20 minutes to an hour to receive yahoo Push email? My Gmail messages come instantly but my Yahoo push email takes quite a long time. anyone have any ideas on how to fix this issue?
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    Help DroidX + Dial from google maps = FAIL!

    I really hope that someone can help me with this. I use to be able to click on a phone number from google maps and then it would bring that phone number into the dial screen so I could just hit send. I cannot figure out why but for 1 reason or another, it no longer does this. When I tap on a...
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    Why move apps to SD when they don't actually go there?

    I was under the impression that the point of moving apps to the sd card is when you remove the sd card you can take the app with you along with your preferences, settings, achievement, and progress. Since this is not the case, what prey tell, is the benefit of moving my apps to the sd card when...
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    Help Cannot access internal storage anymore. WTF?

    Since we had an update a while back, I am no longer able to access the internal storage on my droid x. I have OI file manager and astro file manager and neither of them are able to access my phone's internal storage. When I go into the settings and look at my phones storage It only shows what's...
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    Marketplace + Update Apps = Fail!!!

    For some reason, the marketplace won't let me update my apps. Its says I have an update, I select update 6, then it does nothing except say downloading, but nothing is downloading. It's also not always telling me when I have an update. I will go into the marketplace, select an app, then it says...
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    Help Stock Email + Attaching Photos = Fail

    Here is the deal, if I am in an email using the stock email client and I decide that I want to attach a photo from the gallery, I can't. I go menu > attach > gallery, I select the photo then it makes like it is going to attach it but then doesn't. It just goes back to the email and doesn't...
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    Apps on SD...Where?

    So I picked up apps to sd pro from the amazon app store and I started to transfer my apps to my sd card. After I completed the transfer I looked on my sd card and could not find them anywhere. As a test, I took out my sd card and put in a new 1 and low and behold, all of my apps continued to...
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    Help Media Services Using 40% of Battery, WTF?!

    When I got to the battery usage, it says that my "Medai Services" are using up to 40% of my battery. WTF???!!! I have no idea why!!! I have wiped the phone clean, formatted my SD card numerous times, and it still keeps coming up. If it is an app that is doing it, how can I find out which...
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    Help Wipe cache partition in GB?

    I cannot seem to wipe the cache using the power + home key startup method. Anyone know how to do it?
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    SDcard vs. SDcard-ext = ?

    Can someone please explain the difference between the 2 of these and why I can't copy files from 1 to the other with the hopes of uniting the two?
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    Custom folders in the gallery?

    Is it possible to create custom folders in the stock Media gallery? My original droidx seems to have this capacity But I have had no luck doing it with the DX2. I would much rather use the stock gallery to organize my photographs and videos without having to download another application to do...
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    Help Which apps are using which services?

    Can anyone tell me how I can find out which applications are using which android services on my phone? I am having trouble with 1 of my applications switching on my media services Which consequently uses up to 50 percent of my battery. It's even worse when I am at home and I flip on my wifi...
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    Help Media Services using 61% of battery...WTF?!

    Wether my phone is sitting idle or being consistantly used either on or off wifi, when I look at my battery usage in the settings, rather than the display using most of my battery, the media services are using about 61% my battery. Wtf, why? I don't stream movies, music, or anything. How do I...
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    Help Create albums in the gallery?

    Is it possible to create new albums in the Gallery? If so, how?
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    Root Where is the fix for GB?!

    I've SBF'd back to froyo after updating to horror that was GB and about a month later I am wondering, where the hell is the update to fix Gingerbread?! Not to quote Jar-Jar Binks but, "Any help here would be hot..."
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    Root SBF'ing back to froyo question...

    I plan on SBF'ing back to froyo from GB but I am confused as to which SBF'ing file I need to download to get my dx running on the most current version. Which 1 do I need to download? A. 2.2 system version 2.3.15 B. 2.2.1 system version 2.3.320 C. 2.2.1 system version 2.3.340 Also, if...
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    2.3.3 or 2.3.4?

    If I have Gingerbread on my DX, which one should I have, 2.3.3 or 2.3.4?
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    Help Clear cache on Swipe Lock?

    Is is possible to clear the cache on the swipe lock to make it function properly?
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    Froyo + Inconsistency = Gingerbread

    I do realize that people make mistakes. I mean, come on, we are all human. However, for a multi billion dollar software and information technologies conglomerate and communications bohemoth (Google, Motorola & Verizon) to have this many inconsistencies in the software updates, to what was...
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    Help Swipe lock go away!!!

    No matter what settings I set, I cannot get the swipe lock screen to go away. Even if I disable all security, it always comes back when the screen dims. How can i get it to stay away?
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    Help Swipe lock after screen dims

    The issue I am having is I have my screen lock only to come on after 15 minutes of phone inactivity yet, as soon as the phone dims, the swipe lock comes back. PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO MAKE IT LISTEN TO COME ON ONLY AFTER 15 MINUTES?!
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    Help Factory Reset & My Apps

    For those of you who know, if I do a factory reset on my DX (with the hopes it will fix GB), will I need to write down what apps I have before I do the reset or will the app market know what I had and redownload them to me? Should I first install whichever apps I can to the sd card? Will I be...