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  1. kingdave

    Help Odd Google Photos problem

    Since getting my S10+ I've been having an odd problem with Google Photos. On my S9+ if I edited a photo and hit save it would just save it. If I wanted to save a copy I'd hit the 3 dot menu button and hit the Save a Copy option. On the S10+ by default there is only save a copy, and no option...
  2. kingdave

    Help S9/9+ Navigation Buttons

    I'm thinking about trading my horrible G6 in for an S9+ but wondered about one thing... I know you can change the order of the navigation buttons (Recents-Home-Back or Back-Home-Recents) but can you change the look of them to the standard Android Triangle-Circle-Square? The ones I've seen in...
  3. kingdave

    Magnetic car mount help

    I'm considering buying a magnetic car mount because I'm lazy and don't want to have to fit my phone into the mount I currently have, but wondered about NFC. I've got a thin Spigen case on my vG6 (dropped it, smashed the rear glass, had it fixed, don't want to repeat that again!) so I can place...
  4. kingdave

    Best Quick Charge 3 car chargers

    I bought a G6 this morning and I'm a little disappointed to find that my Aukey Quick Charge 3 car charger (this one in fact) doesn't appear capable of delivering a quick charge to my new G6 - it worked fine with my G4. So, looking for recommendations for compatible QC3 car chargers please. The...
  5. kingdave

    Help Google Maps - turn off calling screen

    Not sure how to phrase this question really, so bear with me! On Google Maps, when I have it in navigation mode and a call comes through, it changes the screen to show who is calling. If the call then takes more time than my screen timeout length, when the call is finished it doesn't...
  6. kingdave

    G4 won't start up

    Hi, I was browsing the web on my G4 earlier today when the screen just turned black, tried turning it back on but nothing happened then my smart watch brief to say it had lost connection to my phone so presumably it had switched off. Been trying for the last hour or so to stay it up again...
  7. kingdave

    Help Notifications and other issues

    I'm having some problems with my G4 that are really beginning to bug me! I'm on Marshmallow, but have done a factory reset (twice!) since I upgraded, and I can't figure out how to get these settings back to how they used to be. 1. Facebook Messenger no longer displays a preview of the message...
  8. kingdave

    S7 Features - what are they like?

    Hi all, I'm seriously considering getting an S7 (not Edge, I'm not sure the Edge adds anything to the party) and I haven't owned a Samsung since the S3 so curious as to what I can expect from the S7. TouchWiz - this was awful on S3 and I'm not sure if it has got any better since then! Are the...
  9. kingdave

    Help Software Update - v20d-EUR-XX

    My G4 has just finished installing the v20d January software update which according to the change log promises to improve battery life/management. Has anyone else got this or seen an improvement? I'm also on Android 6.0 too. Helpfully however, the software update uninstalled a load of apps for...
  10. kingdave

    Camera/Video apps - recording with screen off

    Does anyone know of any video recording apps that will allow me to shoot with the screen turned off/locked? I'm trying to film something that needs the phone to slip into a chest mount, but its kinda difficult to do this without accidentally pressing the screen and stopping the recording. Is it...
  11. kingdave

    Poor manufacturing and repairs

    I've had my G4 for about 7 months now and have already had to send it back to LG for repair once. In the 3 months or so since I did that the same problems are beginning to crop up again so it is only a matter of time before the phone becomes unusable again and has to go back in. The issues I...
  12. kingdave

    Using stock camera with G4

    Now I've upgraded to Android 6 on my G4 I was hoping to be able to use some of the features in the stock Google Camera app, but sadly, they don't appear to be there. I've upgraded the app via apkmirror to get the latest version from the new Nexus phones, but the one thing I wanted was slow-mo...
  13. kingdave

    Help Nexus 5 Marshmallow update preventing everything else updating

    I've had to resort back to using my Nexus 5 as my G4 is on its last legs (despite only being 4 months old!) so is off for repair. I turned my old N5 on this morning and it started doing a load of security updates since it hasn't been on for a while, and then needed to download Marshmallow. I...
  14. kingdave

    Help G4 Charging Issues

    Over the past couple of days my G4 has been having weird charging issues. Technically the problems started a week or two after getting it, as it wouldn't charge at all with the supplied cable but I swapped that for another in my drawer and that fixed it. But now I have a new issue and nothing...
  15. kingdave

    Slow Mo video

    Has anyone managed to get slow motion video working? I've set it up inside the camera app but when I then shoot the video and play it back it's always in normal speed. The sample videos I've seen on YouTube of this feature look really cool but I can't work out where I'm going wrong in getting...
  16. kingdave

    Help Problems with photos

    I seem to be having a few issues with photos on my new G4 - both taking them and using the Google Photos app and inbuilt Gallery app. First off, on any other Android I've had, it doesn't matter which way up the phone is held, it knows which way is up. By this, I mean that when held in landscape...
  17. kingdave

    Help G4 - Using other launchers

    Got mine ordered today and it'll be here tomorrow! Can't wait as my Nexus 5 is really on its last legs requiring a couple of reboots a day, appalling battery life, and general niggles that make it so frustrating to use. But, my G4 will be here and I can't wait to play with all the cool stuff...
  18. kingdave

    Google Fit incorrectly reporting cycling activity

    Hi all, I have a bit of a random problem with Google Fit that I have no idea how to fix. Quite often I get the notification to say that I've hit my exercise activity goal for the day and when I go into look at it it'll tell me I've done an hour or more of cycling today. Trouble is, I don't own...
  19. kingdave

    Help Play Movies not working on N7

    Hi all, I'm having some really annoying problems with Google Play Movies that have been happening since Christmas and only on my N7 2013. I took advantage of some free film offers over the Christmas holidays and added Gravity, X-Men and Sherlock Holmes to my library. I've tried watching them...
  20. kingdave

    Help Problems with car charger/over heating

    Hi guys I've been using my Nexus 5 as a sat nav quite a lot recently and am starting to run into problems. First of all is the actual charging/battery draining.... I am using a Samsung charger which my N5 says is delivering A/C current (rather than USB) but after 1.5 hrs of driving with...
  21. kingdave

    Help Having trouble installing apk files

    In recent weeks on my Nexus 5 I'm having real problems installing apk files from non Play Store sources. Latest example is the latest version of Hangouts which allows merged SMS and Hangouts messages which is available through a link on Android Police. Once the apk is downloaded and I click to...
  22. kingdave

    Help Dark YouTube on N5

    Hi all, What's the deal with this on YouTube? https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HMXlLFxYZsk/UnpH1mMqz0I/AAAAAAAAAh4/q0kvoJIjBrM/w480-h500-k/2013%2B-%2B1 Every video I watch is really dark (but only in the YT app) and always has this Chromecast button in the middle (which does nothing -...
  23. kingdave

    So, how do you do the fancy stuff with the camera?

    Hi all, Finally got my N5 and spent the best part of a day playing with it, customising it and falling in love with it! However, I there are some cool camera tricks I saw in articles when the N5 was launched that I can't seem to recreate. I seem to remember seeing an article about one (god...
  24. kingdave

    Google keyboard capitalises random words

    Hi all I've had a search around the web and I can't find the answer to a problem that is driving me nuts. I have the standard Google Keyboard set on my Samsung GS3 and it is randomly capitalising words. Not the whole word, just the first letter. Something similar to the below: The quick...
  25. kingdave

    Google Play music not uploading the actual MP3?

    Hi all, I bought an album the other day on Google Play Music, but one of the tracks on it was not the version I had heard before. So, I bought that track on iTunes (previewed it first to make sure it was the right one etc.) and let it download, the the Google Play Music Manager to step in, do...