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    Root difference between wipe data/cache and factory reset

    couldn't find an answer to this exact question. this is obviously in clockworkmod recovery. that's the black screen with the 5 or 6 green options in the upper left correct? the screen where you use the power and camera buttons to select? so what's the difference? I was considering trying...
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    Accessories Need Recommendation: wireless headset

    I've decided that I can't deal with wires. I need a wireless headset designed for prolonged use (I'm in sales). It's got to be clear, and it's got to sound good to the person on the other phone. Any ideas? I know NOTHING about wireless headsets except the fact that most of my friends that...
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    Root titanium back questions

    Ok, a while back I bought this app because I wanted to get rid of bloatware and it allowed me to freeze these apps. After a while though, I rooted my phone and installed fission rom (which I absolutely love) and that enabled me to clean up my system even more. Well since, I've been searching...
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    Accessories rocketfish wired headset, not very clear

    I bought a rocketfish mono, wired headset from best buy the other day. 17 bucks I think. Anyhow, this is my first head set. It just doesn't seem that clear, I mean, I can hear myself too, which I 'm not used to. weird and hard to describe, I guess if I had to try my best, I'd say it's...
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    Root speech to text not working

    I have a rooted phone with the fission super clean rom installed(which I absolutely love). I've noticed many awesome things about vanilla Android however one odd thing on my phone I noted is that the microphone button on the soft keyboard is now gone. I also installed "taskos" app for the...
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    Root Freeze or Uninstall or use a clean rom?

    Just rooted using z4root and WOOT! Honestly, I was waiting to root my D2 until someone came up with a one touch app. So, I'm rooted, and I've purchased titanium backup. I'm really into clean installs. I mean, for me, there's nothing quite like a FRESH windows install, then I just install the...
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    issues with sms backup and backup to gmail

    I downloaded "sms backup" the free app, to backup my texts to gmail. it worked but it does not back them up in the correct sequence, i.e. the conversations are out of order. So, I figured, maybe that was just a downside to a free app, so I paid the $1.99 and downloaded "backup to gmail" which...
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    Woke up and my phone wanted to update to 2.3

    What's new in this version? I haven't noticed anything.
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    Help Gmail Label Synchronization

    What does this option do exactly? I found a thread asking this question but it was never answered. -Number of days to sync? I have no clue what this option even does.
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    Help Gmail stopped pushing to my phone

    Not sure why but yesterday, my gmail stopped pushing through. If I hit refresh it will come through. Any ideas as to why this has happened?
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    Root What is "breaking root"?

    what is "breaking root"? do I need to worry about that?
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    Root Going to root but let me get this clear for myself

    I've chosen to root my phone. I really don't even know all the benefits and I will likely never see most of them because I'm a basic user but it sounds easy to do so I will. My main intention is to clear all the bloat and crapware the phone came with. I'm all about the minimalistic...
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    Help choppy performance

    I've got a droid 2 and it seems a bit choppy. let me explain. when I unlock it with the slider, the slider does not slide smoothly. sometimes there is a noticeable delay while choosing text messaging, or loading apps. I know that even in this day and age of technology, everything does not...
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    trouble - android icon in my gmail address header

    so I got an email from someone. and I was trying to figure out how to add this person to my contacts on my phone. I saw a little android icon to the left of their name. so I clicked it and it gave me two options. one of them I'm not sure what it was but the other was a picture of a green...
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    So I can't stand the contacts interface

    I'm still a noob droid owner so maybe I just don't get it but here are some things that drive me nuts with the contacts interface. please note* I have (2) gmail email accounts, and a facebook account. 1. some of my contacts say they have "profiles" linked. so I tap the profiles and it will...
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    Help How can I uninstalled pre-installed apps like amazonmp3?

    How can I uninstall applications that came on the droid 2? like amazon mp3?
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    Why are "gmail" "email" and "messages" separate?

    Just curious, it's taking some serious getting used to this phone but I have a question about the messages box. Why is it that I have an separate icon for GMAIL, EMAIL , and MESSAGES? Why is Gmail separate from the "email" icon? and why can't I have my email and gmail as an icon in my...
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    do applications ever really "close"?

    Brand new to droid land, and was wondering... yesterday I got a droid 2. from playing with it all day, at the end of the day, it seemed overly sluggish. so, I was wondering ,when I am in an application like the browser, to exit it, I just tap the hooked arrow key on the phone, guess it's...
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    opening pdf files in web browser

    ok, just got a droid 2 yesterday. AWESOME device. Question though, I can open pdf files that are attached to emails however, if I am browsing a website and there is a pdf file hyperlinked, when I click on the link it says it is downloading for a second then, nothing happens. so I click the...
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