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Recent content by Dan Davies

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    Help Black bar on bottom of screen!

    My S7 has been very good for many years, but just yesterday a black bar appeared on the bottom of the screen! It is only about 1/2cm wide and the full width of the screen. It covers anything that would normally appear in that part of the screen, though it still seems responsive to taps. No...
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    Help Customise 'Recents' button?

    About 2y ago, Samsung offered a great app that allowed you to customise the Recents button. It would change the appearance to allow a list view, as well as favourites, which were always available. I found it as a recommended app by one of the sites I used to follow. However, on the upgrade to...
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    Date / Time function?

    Many years ago, on Palm devices, there was a simple function that allowed you to input the current date and/or time into any text field. Is there any such app or addition that will do that for Android?
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    Samsung app broken by Nougat

    One of my favourite apps was one provided by Samsung, but I cannot even remember the name anymore. It was a replacement/enhancement for the 'Recents' function, and it gave that button much greater functionality. However, when my phone updated to Nougat, this app disappeared. I tried searching...
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    Help Random Freeze Up

    Love my S7, but recently it has been randomly freezing: either total black screen or (once) on the Always On screen. I can get it back by doing a soft reset, but it is concerning. The only factors in common are: - in my pocket - had left the house I wonder if it is related to the recent...
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    Kobo App Configuration

    Recently installed the Kobo app, based on the information they provide in the Play Store. However, I have found that you cannot do any of the configuration that they show in their info. I contacted their help line and they told that you need to have other apps to do the things they show in the...
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    Cradle Charging

    With my new S4, I purchased a generic cradle from eBay. It seems fine, but had a couple of issues - Will not allow even a light case; Charges slow. The slow charging is such an issue that if I am running BOINC, it will slowly discharge. I have seen several people recommend Seidio cradles...
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    Help Out of Memory - Texting

    My wife's P970-g has recently started to have memory problems. It has 100+MB free and comes up with a low memory error. Also, it rejects texts due to out of memory for texts, although she has less than 40 texts in all threads! Any advice would be appreciated. Dan
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    Words With Friends & Power

    I have been using this game for a couple of months and have noticed that as I finished games and went to new ones that it was opening slower. That made sense, but I just had not gotten to deleting these old games. However, I noticed over the past few weeks that my power consumption had climbed...
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    AirDroid Connection Problems

    Just tried AirDroid based on recommendation in this forum. However, although it connects, it immediately disconnects! The phone thinks it is connected, but the browser does not. Any suggestions? Dan
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    Latitude Questions

    I have had great success with Latitude, working better than my colleague's in-car unit. However, I had a couple of questions: - Whenever it starts, it always asks for an additional download to enable voice directions, which I have never bothered with. However, it always gives voice...
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    Android over iPhone

    I came from Palm to Android a few months ago, and I have had a steep learning curve, but it was a simple choice as I do not like Apple. I had many questions which were answered through this forum - I learned a lot! However, my daughter recently upgraded from an iPod Touch to an iPhone, so I...
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    New Apps from FB: Camera & Messenger?

    I just discovered that I have two new apps that I did not load! They are (I believe) from Facebook and are Camera. They have appeared on my phone without my knowledge or permission. Has anyone else encountered this? Dan
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    aContacts Problems - No Response?

    I have been trying to find a new contacts app for my LG, as the native one sucks. I have just been trying aContacts by Yermek Zhumaglov, and have had several problems. It has crashed on searches and edits. It has given the option of forwarding crash info to the developer, which I have done...
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    Time Zone changes

    I travel across country and my phone automatically changes its system time, according to the zone. However, when I return home, the time shown in the status bar at the top continues to show the previous time zone. Everything else is fine - calendar, time stamps on text and email, etc. How...
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