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    Help required Mi4 Fitness Band

    Is this a place where I might get help with my Fitness Wrist Band and apps. If not, where?
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    Formatting SD Card As Internal Storage

    I have been led to believe that the SD Cards in both my devices can be formatted as INTERNAL STORAGE but have not found confirmation of this or how to do it. My devices are (a) Xiamoi Redmi MiNote 7 phone with Android 10 and (b) Samsung GalaxyTab A tablet with Android 7. Information and advice...
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    Displaying over other apps --- blocking

    On both my phone and tablet I am now getting the problem notification that 'it looks like an app is blocking access to Google Store by displaying over other apps'. It is preventing me from downloading new apps and suggests I stop the offending app. How do I identify the culprit(s)? I have many...
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    SAFE MODE

    Can someone advise me how to open in Safe Mode on my phone, as the procedure is not the same with Redmi Note 7 (all Xiaomi?) as most phones?
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    Cannot Cast to TV display

    Despite having followed all the proceedures correctly (I think!) I am not able to Cast my display to my newish Toshiba smart TV. I have selected Wireless Display on the TV which shows 'ready to connect', and the phone finds the correct device --- but when asked to connect all that happens is...
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    Disturbing problem with DND

    For a number of weeks I have had a problem which has meant that some calls / messages are not received / notified in time. The DND / Silent Setting keeps getting activated, several times a day. I have changed the Sound Settings to every option, many times, but with no effect.The regular option...
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    FINGERPRINT UNLOCK DOES NOT WORK

    In Settings, after I respond to the PASSWORD request (which I presume must mean PIN) and fingerprint scanning causes the phone to vibrate, when I return to the previous screen it reports that FINGERPRINT It is not set. I have tried many times to get it working. What am I not doing right?
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    Authentication Error popup

    My Android 9 MiNote7 phone keeps displaying a popup saying Authentication Error -- signin again. But it does not say where / how.. .. Is it an error for the phone or an app, in this case which? I have tried the phone's sig in on the LockScreen, and apps such as Outlook Mail, but the popup still...
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    No ringtone when calls received

    I have a Mi Note 7 with Android Pie / 9.Today I have discovered I am not getting a ringtone when calls are received. I get vibration and flashlight but no sound, so I have been missing some calls. I have checked all settings, and all permissions, and display over other apps. I have checked that...
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    WiFi failure

    I have a major problem with WiFi on my main Android device, Samsung Galaxy A. The WiFi connection continually disconnects, several times per second, rendering the Tablet unusable for anything online. The problem lies with the Tablet itself which is on a home network including 2 other Android...
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    Cannot CAST from phone to TV

    I have had a MiNOTE 7 Android 9 phone for over a year but have only just started to try the facility of casting from it to a smart TV. I can can cast directly to my TV from apps, for example by tapping a photo in Google Photos, but I cannot cast the screen, either via WiFi or Chromecast. The...
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    Managing the Home pages

    After I uninstalled a number of apps I have had to update my Home pages. I had a full page and several empty ones. Every time I now move an app to Home, instead of adding to just one further page until it is full, its icon appears in a new empty page. Hence I have several almost empty Home pages...
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    Battery charging while using the phone

    I have just read that I should not use my Mi Note 7 phone while charging it as it can damage the battery. Is this correct? There are quite a lot of 'myths' around battery charging and use, is this another?
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    What is the tiny light?

    My new Mi Note 7 phone displays a tiny light from the bottom edge which is on / off a different times. My first guess was that it is a charging light, similar to my PC, which came on when the phone is charging. I was wrong. It shows when charging and when not charging or even connected. I have...
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    Help Accessibility not accessible for some apps

    I have had a problem for a while with my new Mi Note 7 phone using Android 9. I cannot use a number of apps because I cannot grant the required access to them. When I click the on/off switch I am taken to another page with another switch. Clicking this produces a (too) rapidly vanishing popup...
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