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    "Account action required" notification

    I've gotten a notification (triangle with ! in it) that shows the Google logo. When I click on it, it takes me to a largely black screen that says at the top "Couldn't sign in". It wants me to type in my Google password. I backed out of it and went to GMail, where I could still look at my...
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    Favorite stock tracker app?

    Hi all, Can anyone recommend a stock tracker app? I'd like something that has a clean interface, shows the daily moves in the Dow, S&P, NASDAQ, and R2K. Also the ability to build a list specific stocks and ETFs to track. It would be nice to be able to enter my portfolio, if it's not too...
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    Feedback on KitKat update?

    My S4 Mini (on Verizon) is pestering me to do the Kit Kat update. I'm putting it off at the moment, wanting to hear some feedback. Comments, anyone?
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    Yahoo Mail won't sync contacts

    There was a version update on 3/14. IIRC, the new release was 3.0.23. Yesterday, on 3/15, my contact list was totally unavailable on my phone. Within the app, you could compose an email but it wouldn't recognize a contact name to assign an email address. You had to manually enter the email...
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    Help Frozen downloads of app updates

    Earlier today, I had an app auto-update successfully. Now, I have one that has been showing 0% progress in the download for over 30 minutes. Ideas? It's a one week old Galaxy S4 mini on Android 4.2.2. Verizon.
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    Transfer Shazam tags to new phone

    Anyone know how to transfer Shazam tags from an old phone to a new one? I am comfortable with moving files and don't need to use Titanium or some other backup app. Just not having much luck finding where they are stored. If they are up at Shazam on the net, is there a way to link the new...
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    Verizon voice mail app?

    Hi, I just moved to Verizon from Sprint yesterday. On my Sprint phone, I could open the voice mail app and see a list of all the voice mails that I had - who from, when received, etc. From the list, I could pick a voice mail and either listen, delete, call back, or whatever. When I click on...
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    Copying texts and call history to new phone

    I want to copy all my text messages and call history from my old phone to my new one. Yes, I know about SMS backup and all the other apps. That's not what I want to do. I either want to (1)connect both phones to each other via Bluetooth or (2) connect both phones to my PC with USB cables...
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    Switching from Sprint to Verizon

    I'm thinking about moving from Sprint to Verizon. Anybody here done this and have anything to share?
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    Help Force roaming

    My cell carrier must have either failed or shut down my local tower. Yesterday AM I had a call drop. Since then, I can't make or receive calls. Once in a while my phone will roam, but then it quickly slips back into trying to use the network. I haven't been able to find a setting to force...
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    Text forwarding

    So, I sometimes travel to international destinations where my Sprint phone won't work. I don't do it often enough to justify getting a world phone, nor do I want to pay the roaming. So, I just do without for a few days. Meanwhile, back home, people are sending me texts. But, of course, they...
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    Huge Twitter update

    I just foolishly allowed Twitter to update. The new version is HUGE and causes the dreaded low memory message. Of course, it can't be moved to the SD card. Anybody know how to downgrade to an older and smaller version?
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    Contacts export file size

    I back up my contacts by exporting them to a VCF file, then copying that file to my computer. For about a year, the file size was hovering around 1 MB. Then, several months, it jumped to 5 MB. Since roughly the beginning of this year, it's been about 165 KB. I have no idea what's up with...
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    Size of exported contacts

    I'm using the standard Android 2.3.3 contacts app. Periodically, I'll export the contacts to the SD card and copy them to my PC for backup. Here's the question - At the start, the file (roughly 700 contacts) was around 1MB in size. Then, suddenly, about a year ago, the exported file abruptly...
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    DroidIn vs. LinkedIn for Android

    My older release of DroidIn has quit working. Before I simply upgrade it... At one time the consensus was that DroidIn was a lot better than LinkedIn for Android. Is that still the case?
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    Help Phone rebooting itself

    Most days, sometime between noon and 3 PM, my phone rebbots itself. I'm certainly not powering it down or taking any other actions - it's doing it all by itself. Anyone have an idea what's up?
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    Huge update from Facebook app

    I just updated Facebook. The new release is 17MB! Of course, it won't run from the SD card and the phone immediately gave me an "out of memory" warning. I had to uninstall it. Is is possible to download an earlier release? Or, is there an app that will let you move apps to the SD card?
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    Gingerbread broke Curvefish GPS widget

    I finally let my phone update to Gingerbread. All seems well, except the Curvefish GPS widget doesn't work now - a well-known issue, it seems. Anyone know if Curvefish has plans to fix it? The problem has been around long enough that I wonder if they are still supporting. Or, is there...
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    Size of exported contacts VCF file

    As a way of backing up my contacts, I regularly export them to my SD card, then copy the resulting VCF file from there to my PC. When my phone was new, the size of the VCF file hovered around 1 MB for quite some time, then it abruptly jumped to about 5 MB and held there for about a year...
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    Polishing out scratches on screen

    Has anyone successfully polished out scratches on the screen? I'm assuming that a typical generic polishing compound will be OK, but hoping to hear if anyone has experience.
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    "Sync has failed" message

    About a week ago, I got a message that said something like "sync has failed" or "sync is unavailable". Being in the middle of other pressing things, I sort of forgot about it. Looking at Settings/Accounts &Sync, I see that nothing has synched since 2/21, over a week ago. What to do?
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    The 543rd thread on calendar not synching

    OK, I've tried clearing the calendar data and reopening the calendar app. That didn't force it to sync. If you go Menu>More>Calendars on the calendar app, it doesn't show my Google Calendar there. How do I add it back? Under Settings>Accounts&Sync, my gmail account is there. The last...
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    Any news from Sprint on troubled Optimus S Gingerbread?

    There are big problems for Sprint's rollout of Gingerbread for the LG Optimus S. Poor charging, lack of data access, difficulty calling or texting, inability for PC to recognize phone as USB device, loss of auto-complete in keyboard, phones powering off without warning, SD cards unmounting, and...
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    Low Memory message - 13MB of Dialer Storage - Delete?

    Getting that "phone is low on memory" message again. Perusing Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/All and sorting by size, the number one biggest is Dialer Storage at 13 MB, all of which is data. What are the consequences of deleting this?
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    "Search Nearby" on Google Maps

    So, I've used Google Maps to find my destination. Had a look at the road map and the satellite photo. Now, it's time to find the nearby gas station/hotel/restaurant/grocery store/whatever. When I touch the pushpin icon to search, it searches near where I am NOW, not near the address on the...
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