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    screen not dimming during Navigation

    I have 'screen dimming' turned on in navigation settings but my screen won't dim at all between instructions. I'm using the verizon s3. I'm coming from incredible 2 and screen dimming worked perfectly on that. Anyone has this issue? I have auto-brightness turned on main display setting.
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    how to connect to pc with go launcher ex

    Please ignore--i found the solution ( all i had to do was UNcheck 'ask me' under connect to pc). Thanks. really simple question. I'm a new go launcher ex user. When using sense, whenever I connected inc2 to pc, it asked me whether i wanted to charge only, disk drive mode etc. And I could change...
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    Help GPS issue

    I'm having trouble with GPS/navigation with my incredible 2. I bought and extended battery for my phone and the backdoor wasn't making good contact with the metal contacts on the back of the phone so I was trying to pry them upwards and in the process broke of of the metal contacts. Now I'm not...
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    Help uninstall protection

    Is there a program out there that will password protect unistalling of apps on my android phone? There are many 'lockers' out there which will password protect the opening of any app but I couldn't find anything that will require a password before you can uninstall any app. This would be...
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    Help adding Dr xyz to people

    Just tried to add another doctor to my contacts with the name "Dr Smith" and when the contact is saved it drops Dr and just saves it as Smith... I have to go back and edit the contact to put Dr in given name for it to show up properly. Anyway to fix? Thanks
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    fit email to screen

    I have a problem with emails with extensive html content (images). When I read them under stock mail app or Gmail app, they don't fit to screen completely - I have to scroll sideways to read the whole email. I can read them perfectly on my iPod touch - they fit to screen perfectly with an option...
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    Help Saving passowrds after clicking Never

    How do I prompt the browser to remember the password after clicking 'Never' when prompted earlier? I can get this to work by doing 'clear all passwords' in settings but this is obviously not the most ideal way of fixing it? Is there another way or do I just need to clear all the passwords?
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    Help unable to send email from sent folder

    I'm able to compose a new mail and send perfectly fine but I'm unable to foward/reply emails that are in my sent folder (I get unable to send email notification and the msg gets stuck in outbox). I'm using gmail exchange activesync on my droid incredible 2.
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    Help archived messages showing up in inbox

    Phone: Dinc2 Problem: I have a problem with the stock mail app. In my inbox, I'm seeing all the archived messages (which i don't see in on the web) in my inbox. How do I make it so that the messages are exactly like they are on the web. Also, when I view folders, I don't see any of my folders...
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    Help Stops ringing after half second

    My Dinc sometimes stops ringing after half a second with incoming calls. I'd hear a very short ring and then it just stops ringing or vibrating. I just noticed this today after missing several calls with my phone with me in my pocket. This problems comes on randomly and goes away in a similar...
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    Help opening pdf in broswer

    Is there a way to open pdf files within the browser in htc incredible? for example, search google for "test pdf" and try to open the first link that shows up. My incredible starts a download; I have to go to noficiations and open it from there. Is there no way for browser to do this? I have a...
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    Help timestamp in call history

    I'm having trouble with timestamp in call history. Everything is fine if I access it using Phone-->Call history (it shows time and day each call was made). But if I go to Home-->People-->Call history then I lose the time information; it just shows today/yesterday. Now if I go back to accessing...
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    Root Bluetooth voice dialing

    Is there a reliable way of voice dialing over bluetooth with Incredible? The stock app is completely useless, not only is it grossly inaccurate but it also dials without any confirmation. I cannot believe this is what we get on such a high end phone. Is there a good app in marketplace for...
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    Root ROOT and OTA updates

    I have a question about root and ota updates. This probably has been answered a thousands of times on these forums so sorry. I'm new to the android world. I mainly wish to root my incredible for tethering. After rooting, would I lose ability to receive ota updates? If yes, is this a big...