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  1. jamiethemac

    Help Chrome problem

    Hi guys, I've just bought an S4, and am pretty impressed with it so far. I might have found a small problem though: when trying to add a Google Chrome shortcut to the homescreen, I long press on the one I want, select "add to homescreen", I then get the little "shortcut added to homescreen"...
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    Help Opening Facebook actually opens instagram

    Hi guys, but of an odd one this. My wife has an HTC Desire S, which usually works fine, but recently whenever she taps the Facebook app to open it, instagram starts instead. The only way she can get on to Facebook is to reboot the phone, and even then a few hours later the problem starts again...
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    Root [International] insufficient storage

    Hi guys, I recently rooted my S3 and was very impressed with the results, but I was messing about trying to free up some internal space and without thinking I uninstalled rom manager and titanium backup. A bit later I realised I would need both apps so I went back to the market to re download...
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    Help Help! Done something to gallery!

    Hi guys, i was having a clearout of junk using Astro, and I dont know why but now all my picasa photos are missing from the Gallery app. The albums are still there but the folders are now full of blank thumbnails. I went on to my picasa web albums and all the photos are still there, so why cant...
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    Help Lock screen weather frozen

    Hi guys, the temperature on my lockscreen has been stuck at 18 degrees for about a week now, anyone know how to fix this?
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    Help App2SD

    I'm trying to conserve my internal memory by shifting apps to my SD card. This was simple on my last two android phones by using app2sd, but I can't figure out how to do it on my new S3. Help please!
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    Help Notification volume

    Hi guys, is there any way to set notification volume to be the same as ringtone volume? There was an option to do this in sound settings on my old HTC Desire S but I can't find it on my new S3? Cheers in advance.
  8. jamiethemac

    Help How Do I Add Home Screen Widgets?

    Hi guys, just got my shiny new S3 today as have a basic question. To add widgets on my old HTC Desire S and X10 Mini Pro all I had to do was long press the screen and select "add widget". But with my samsung I long press the home screen and a menu pops up that says Add to home screen (which if...
  9. jamiethemac

    Thank you and Goodnight!

    Hi guys After a year with my lovely HTC Desire S I've today jumped ship to Samsung and bought myself a tasty new SIII. I've had a fantastic time with my HTC, and nearly got the One X but multiple reviews swayed me. Thanks for the memories (my failed attempt at rooting is something I'll...
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    Help Sound Crackles on Car Stereo

    Hi guys, I decided to use my Desire S to play music in my car instead of my old ipod, the problem is the sound often crackles during playback, particularly when there is a big bassline. There's no problem when i play music through headphones, just on my car stereo. I've replaced the lead but the...
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    Help Galaxy Mini turning itself off?

    Hi guys, I'm here on behalf of the wife ;) I bought her a galaxy mini for xmas and generally everything is fine but the last week or so it turns itself off about once a day for no apparent reason. The screen goes completely black and unresponsive, and none of the buttons work. The only way to...
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    Root The Danger of OTA

    I've unlocked my bootloader the usual way, is there now a danger updating OTA could now damage my phone?
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    Root Can I Re-Lock my Bootloader?

    I recently unlocked my bootloader with the intention of rooting my phone, but have since discovered that isn't possible due to my HBoot number being 2x. As I can't root my phone, does anyone know if it's possible to re-lock the bootloader?
  14. jamiethemac

    Icons

    Hi guys, does anyone know where I can download icons from? I've got a few different ones from various go launcher themes I've collected but was wondering if anyone out there just releases icon packs?
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    Help Camera flash problem

    Hi guys, is it just me or does anyone else have a problem with the camera flash being too bright? It takes great pics in daylight but in low light conditions when the flash its required it illuminates the subject's skin and looks rather naff. Anyone got any tips/a solution to this problem :confused:
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    Root I've successfully unlocked my bootlock, now what?

    Hi guys, sorry for being such a noob but I love my desire s and while i was always interested in unlocking its full potential i was always extremely worried about bricking my device. But tonight i threw caution to the wind and followed the htc developers guide and unlocked my bootlock! :-D...
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    Help a little LED question

    Hi peeps just a quick question about the notifications LED: is there any way to change the colour? I'm bored with green :(
  18. jamiethemac

    Help does lookout mobile security use much battery?

    Hi I've got lookout mobile security installed but I'm trying to find ways to extend my battery life. I've already got rid of my app killer, go easy on auto-updating, have the screen brightness low etc but still the life isn't great. Anyone know if uninstalling lookout will make a difference...
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    Help noticias nightmare!

    an app called Noticias has mysteriously appeared on my phone and I can't get rid of it. I open it and it's some sort of foreign language news service. If I go into in through applications in settings all the options (force stop, uninstall, move to sd card etc) are greyed out so how do I get rid...
  20. jamiethemac

    hi everybody!

    Hi people, I'm Jamie and I've just joined the forums. I've been reading articles on this website for a while and it seems that nearly everyone on here is knowledgeable and friendly so I thought I'd join in the conversation :)
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