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    Text Selection Cursors

    Hi all I'm hoping others have noticed this annoying issue with Note 5s. I'm talking about the text selection cursors (if that is what they are called) being too small. The ones that appear when you long press on some text, you get the two little pins that you touch and drag over the text to...
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    Picture Slideshow Widget That Let's You Select Which Gallery App To Open When Pressed

    Any ideas for a widget like this? I use quick pic so the standard gallery picture frame widget won't work as it goes to Gallery instead of Quick pic. Alternatively a gallery App that comes with widgets that has the same features as quick pic? Thanks
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    Calendar Reminders Coming As Emails

    Hi all My wife got a new s5, we share one calendar which is my gmail calendar. This way we can both put events in and each of us will see it etc. The issue is that events she makes keep sending me a email reminder to my gmail. How do I disable this, my phone, her phone and all our tablets...
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    Process List Widget

    Hi all I am after a simple widget that just lists the current processes that are running on my phone. Ideally it would have a kill all button but I'd settle for just a list. Any ideas? Thanks
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    Help Smart Remote?

    Hi all Just got this phone and the box had advertising for the TV remote on the side. But for the life of me I can't find the smart remote app, nor can I seem to download it. My wife got a s5 and she has it?? Any ideas? Thanks
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    Bit disappointed ~ More Screen Real Estate?

    Hi all, Just got a note 3 as I'm after a tablet/phone all in one. Moving from a S3. I like the note so far but one thing I'm disappointed in is that even with the font on tiny the general UI is just larger than my old phone meaning that with a much larger screen I get the same usage/real...
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    Music Fade Out Button

    Hi All I need a music app/player just simply has a button that when pushed fades the music out. Any ideas?
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    Phone memory health checker

    Hi All I have an S3, and the last couple of days weird things have been happening. One sometimes it takes awhile to browse around my phones memory, and two some of the photos I have taken seem to have been corrupted. So, I'm just wondering is there a phone memory checker app? Like a HDD...
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    Transparent Gmail (or any email) Widget App?

    Hi All Can someone recommend me a transparent email widget for my gmail account? Doesn't have to be totally transparent but like as much as possible would be nice. Thanks
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    Using Bluetooth Media Controls, WITHOUT streaming Music

    Hi All I am looking into something like this product: Kinivo BTC450 Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit for Cars with Aux Input Jack (3.5 mm) - supports aptX : Accessories Its a bluetooth handsfree/music streaming device. My question is, is there a way to have the media control commands...
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    7" 16:9 Android Tablets

    Hi All I have googled a lot, but does anyone know of any good 7" 16:9 tablets? Cheers
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    Converting Tablet for In Car Use

    Hi All I am looking into buying and professionally fitting a Nexus 7 into my car, to replace the crap navi system. I'll be using it mainly for GPS, Music, Emails etc, with the odd video/youtube etc thrown in. I'm just wondering what options I have to optimise the tablet for car use, its...
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    Nexus 7 as Car Computer

    Hi All We just imported a Mazda Atenza Wagon from Japan, this car has built in Navi but its in Japanese, so I am thinking about getting the old one ripped out and replaced with a android tablet. I'm hoping the Nexus 7 will fit in the space, but I need to know the actual screen dimensions...
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    Samsung Tab 3 10.1 No multi window???

    Hi all Just got this tab for wife, anyway for the life of me I cant find nor figure out how to use multi window on the thing. Holding the back key doesnt enable the side bar like on my s3, nor is there an option to enable it in the notification bar. I googled around and there is a bunch...
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    Disable Screen Timeout when Headphones are plugged in?

    Hi All I'm wondering if anyone knows how to set up my S3 to not go into screen timeout/lock when my headphones are plugged in? I use my S3 alot while driving, and would prefer the screen to stay on and active the entire time. Is there a setting somewhere, or an app perhaps? Thanks
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    Always on voice controlled music app

    Hi All Just wondering if such an app exists, basically I'd like an always listening voice recognition app so I can play, pause, skip, go back, turn volume up/down my music when driving. Is there anything like this? Cheers
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    Best big phone

    Hi All I have an S3 at the moment and the thing is great, I'll be looking at a new phone a bit later this year as my wifes is on the way out and she'll get my S3. After having a few phones in my time I have come to the conclusion that I like big screens, the bigger the better. So I'm just...
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    Mixzing - "More" menu does not work?

    Hi All I have recently installed Mixzing on my S3, it works great and I like the program, however I have an odd issue. When playing a track, and you touch the special menu button (the hardish button on the bottom left of the S3) it brings up a little menu with a few options, one of those...
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    Help General Questions/Answers

    Just thought this subforum could use a Q&A thread as there are many small threads with just one question which is answered simlpy. I'll start. I have updated to 4.1.2. However when I plug in my headphones my phone creates another Homescreen which is like a media centre screen, which is nice...
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    Help Contact Birthday Issues with S Planner/Gmail

    Hi All Sorry to bore you guys with something as mundane as this, but I'm having an annoying issue with S Planner/Gmail. Basically I use S Planner synced with the following Calendars as per the calendars screen in S Planner: My Calendar My Calendar (unticked) My Tasks My Task (unticked)...
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    Good Proper Games for S3

    Hi All I just purchased a S3 and I'm loving it so far. I'm just wondering what are some good proper games out there, I had hoped that when I upgraded a whole bunch of new more proper games would list in Google Play but I just see the same old gimicy ones I saw on my LG P500. By proper I...
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    App or feature - Does this exist

    Hi All I have a HTPC and on it I run XBMC (media centre) for movies and all that. Anyway I just found that XBMC has an Android remote control app that simply acts as a remote for my HTPC. This is awesome and it works great, the problem is that I need XBMC running for it to work obviously...
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    Multitasking/Drop in performance

    Hi All I got my LG P500 about 4 months or so ago (cant exactly remember) anyway I love the thing, didnt cost me an arm and a leg and so far has done everything Ive ever wanted it to... About a month or two after purchase I went on a road trip with my family... In preparation for this road...
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    Txt Wont Download??

    Hi All Last night I got a txt from my sister... All it says is: Message size: 256kb Downloading And then it doesnt do anything just stays like that forever... I assume this is a MMS? How do I get it to download? What settings do I have to have set up properly for this to work? Thanks
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    Turn off mobile data

    How do I turn off mobile internet... I dont want it to come on at all... I want to use wifi while at home or elsewhere where their is wifi but I dont want to use mobile internet or anything like that... I thought I had it turned off by using only 2g networks, but every couple of days...