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    Wireless charging

    Hey all, so firstly for those who do not know....the Galaxy Note 2 has 4 extra pins visible to you if you take the back cover off. You wil see that two of these pins make contact with the back cover (this is for NFC) and for the other two near the battery...these are available for wireless...
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    Help galaxy s2 slow user experience

    Does anyone have to wait 3 or more seconds to go to the homescreen when you press the main button? Going from the stock j browser to the home screen takes on average 3 seconds. What's the hold up as I am sure it can't be the dual core lol.
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    Videos to show off your phone with

    Hey all, so here is the plan. I will start by giving a link to a video that I feel really shows off just how amazing the phone screen is on the galaxy S2, and then other people send links on here to other videos that really show the screen off. It should go without saying that you don't...
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    Help Spotify on Galaxy S2 = Awful?

    And so is there support..... If you have Spotify Premium (
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    Does the Galaxy S2 suck?

    The charge time is 3 1/2 to 4 hours for me with the original battery and charger. Is this normal? what is your charge time? I also lost all of my battery power in 5 hours, with the display being on for just 1 hour 20 minutes of that. It was maintaining a strong HSPDA connection. Or is my...
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    Help My Samsung Galaxy S2 is faulty?

    Hey all. I turned off my phone today when it got to 15 percent battery, I then waited 90 minutes and turned it back on. The battery was charged to just 44 percent. So 29 percent charge in 90 minutes. It was plugged directly into the mains using the adapter provided. Is my unit faulty? I...
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    HTC Desire rooting?

    Dear all. A couple of questions that i did not see on here, so apologise if its been asked before. Is there now a safer way to root than there was when the HTC desire was first rooted? i have read some resolutions to USB brick, but i am wondering if there is now a safer way to root, like a...
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    Desire multi-touch

    Hey all. I think the multi-touch on Desire sucks. I have only managed to get it to detect 2 finger presses at a time, never 3. This i think is very bad considering the ipod touch can detect more than 2, i think this would really limit some games. This is noticeable most in piano applications...
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    Help Androids lack of wifi proxy support

    Apart from being absolutely terrible that this basic function has not been included for over a year and a half, it makes me wonder if they are going to bother at all. So, I am looking for a work around, I believe that one way is to set up a router connected to my work network, that forwards...
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    High 'Android System' battery use?

    Does anyone notice that 'Android System' battery usage is very high? I ran a test where i displayed just a photo Battery Indicator 3G Watchdog Photos Advanced Task Killer Free within 20 minutes the results on the battery are the following: Android System: 63% Display: 24% Cell standby...
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    another faulty phone?

    Hey all. I returned my previous HTC desire due to losing all its charge over night but now the replacement offers only 2 bour 15 minutes of WiFi browsing at full brightness and heats to 40 degrees after about 15 min of browsing. Does this sound right? Cheers Gary
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    HTC Desire and flash

    hey just a quick message as I send this from my desire, my question is if it is possible to play flash games offline. I can play online but if i download the swf file I can not open it, which is a real big shame. Any way around this at the moment? Many thanks Gary
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    Bad deal? average deal?

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    Wifi proxy?

    Hey all, I have been looking on how to set this up, but I can not find a way of doing it. Do you chaps know where i can find it?
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    Best phone ever! but mines faulty!

    Hey all. I am new to this forum, so hey :-) I got my HTC Desire on Thursday. I am currently extreamly impressed with the amount of functionality i have got over my Ipod touch/O2 guide combo. However, I will still keep my Ipod Touch as it plays music so much better than the HTC Desire, and has...