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    Boot loop...

    Hi Folks, I'm posting this here because my phone isn't listed on your site. It's a Lava Pixel 2. Android 5.0. I had some issues with the phone recently and had to backup an identical phone and restore it to this phone before it would work again. All was fine for a few days. Then I started...
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    TWRP doesn't recognize my phone...

    I am in the process of trying to replace the current ROM Android 7.1 (has been wiped I believe) with the original Android 5 Lollipop on my Lava Pixel 2. Ideally there would be a TWRP .zip file with the original ROM that I could just Install, but all the ROMs I've found for TWRP are upgrade...
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    Unable to boot phone

    Recently rooted Lava Pixel 2 phone. Downloaded Marshmellow ROM. Tried to upgrade from v. 5 to v.6 but phone doesn't boot now. Can anyone give me guidance on what to do next? I can get into the boot menu. Thanks!
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    Connecting to PC with Omni 5.1 or Omni 6.0

    This is like deja vu. :( When I started using my i9000 5 or 6 years ago I had problems along with many others connecting to my PC. There is a long thread here detailing all of the problems encountered. Fast forward to a couple of days ago when I decided to try Omni 5.1 and Omni 6.0 ROMS on my...
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    Slimkat and camera

    If you made it easier to search THIS forum for the title above, I would use the search engine. But it is too difficult now. Sorry... I have Galaxy S ( i9000) with Slimkat4.4.2 KVT49L 4079 There are many improvements I like with it, particularly with the camera software. BUT, it comes at a...
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    Contact subfolder software

    Has any Android developer created Phone Contact software that allows subfolder creation yet? I've been waiting patiently 5 years for this feature. TIA
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    Help Really bricked!

    Hi Folks I could use some real expert help here. :( Here's the situation: Phone will turn on, as in screen comes on. Splash of Galaxy S and freezes there. I can get in to ROM CW screen. But it can't read my SD card!!! So I can't load any of the ROMS on the SD card. Swapping the SD card...
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    Help Backup contacts WITH photos

    Can it be done? If so, how does one do it on the i9000? TIA
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    Help Phone goes AWOL

    I don't know if my phone is starting to suffer old age, or something else. The battery still holds a charge. A few times I have had my phone plugged into my desktop's USB port charging for quite a number of hours and when I go to turn it on it doesn't respond. The screen won't turn on, it...
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    I9000 video recording...

    I know there is a camera on the front and back and you can take photos with each camera. Can you take videos with each camera? I'm interested in taking videos with the front-facing camera. Can it be done? Thanks!
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    Root Updating CWM Recovery v.3.0.0.5

    I would like to update my CWM Recovery from 3.0.0.5 to 3.2. I have this .zip file: recovery-clockwork-3.2.0.0-galaxys4g.zip Can someone please tell me how to get from point A to point B? That is, update my Recovery from 3.0.0.5 to 3.2 using the .zip file I have? I have heard of a file called...
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    Messaging contacts...

    I confess, my contacts are all screwed up. It happened because an exported contact file (.vcf) got corrupted. So here is my situation. The corrupted file refuses to be read by my phone. I was able to get my desktop Google account to read the contact file. There are approx. 300 contacts (with...
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    Root Real backup?

    Is there any program available for the Galaxy S that will do a real backup? Basically a re-imaging of all the memory/sd cards on the phone. Because when I restore my Phone Contacts (hundreds of them) all of my Phone Groups are lost! Thanks!
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    Root Back to Gingerbread

    I recently rooted my Galaxy S I9000 for the first time and installed CM 10.2.2. Then I tried CM7. Neither ROM's liked me, nor I them. I'd like to go back to Gingerbread stock (2.3X). Is it possible to boot into ROM and upload a .zip Gingerbread from SD card, or must I go the ODIN route? If...
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    Help .vcf files

    OK, you have your current contacts .vcf file with tons of contacts (and a backup of it). You wipe this file completely due to complications on a trip. You create a second contacts .vcf file and pile up a ton of contacts in it. Now you would like to do the following: merge the two and also not...
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    Backup contacts AND groups?

    Tragedy struck unexpectedly a few days ago. My phone locked up and the only way to get it back to work was to format the the phone and start from scratch. I had my contacts backed up from a few months ago. When I tried to restore them, I believe they were read from a 00001.vcf file. Is...
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    Save phone history?

    There are many basic tasks that haven't been covered on this forum. How do you Save your phone History (calls, messages etc.)? More specifically, how do you save the History to disk so that you can recall it in the future? That is, you save it to disk, then delete it so there is no more phone...
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    Phone contacts; exporting, multiple files...

    There are many basic tasks that haven't been covered on this forum. How do you Save your phone History (calls, messages etc.)? More specifically, how do you save the History to disk so that you can recall it in the future? That is, you save it to disk, then delete it so there is no more phone...
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    Replacement battery

    This is specifically for the SGS. I realize everyone's use of their phone is different, but what would be the average lifetime of an SGS battery? Are we talking one, two, three years? My battery now when charged, drops from a showing to 100% to 97% when I simply disconnect it from the USB...
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    SMS incoming time stamp

    When I send SMS messages, there is a time stamp attached to the message and it is correct. When I receive SMS messages (only when I turn on my phone which is normally off) the SMS time stamp is the time that I turn on my phone, not the time the message was sent. Is there software that I can...
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    Contacts sub-groups?

    It's 2012. Has Google/Android finally added sub-groups to contacts? Let's say someone has dozens and dozens of contacts in one group and wishes to further divide them into smaller sub-groups. What do you suggest they do? TIA
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    Memo .VNT files

    By now I'm sure there are dozens of utilities out there that will convert Samsung's memo files (.vnt) to text files (.txt). Can someone here please point me to just one? :) TIA
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    Help Can't play videos

    Recently installed Gingerbread. I have recorded a bunch of videos using the phone's camera but they won't play back. The circle spins and that's it. If I hit the play button, it turns to pause. The videos can be played on my computer but not the phone. Any ideas? TIA
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    Help Force close + Gingerbread

    I'm getting a ton of force close error messages under Gingerbread 2.3.3. I haven't done a hard reset yet and wonder if it would cure the problem? What would I lose exactly by doing a hard reset? Would you recommend it? TIA
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    Help Sorry! The application Maps (process com.google.android...

    I just upgraded to Gingerbread from 2.2. Just a couple of hours ago. So far, not bad. One problem keeps popping up and I don't know the solution yet. I get the following pop-up message all the time: 'Sorry! The application Maps (process com.google.android.apps.maps) has stopped...