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    Assistant apps compared

    Is it just my phone or is the voice recognition poor when using Alexa as the hands free assistant app compared with if I use Google. Example, when I say 'alexa' I find I need to raise my voice for it to activate from my phone but if I use Google I can say 'hey google' at a normal volume and it...
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    Device protection

    Hi I have s7 edge on latest stock rom and want to root with magisk. Following a guide it says first I need to flash twrp recovery in odin but before this I need to enable OEM unlock in developer options. When I try to do this it shows a dialog box saying that device protection functions will...
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    Offline maps

    Hi If i download an area i have read that it only lasts for 15 days then updates. When it updates after 15 days does it redownload the entire map therefore using alot of days every 15 days when it updates? James
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    Portable hotspot

    Hi So I am aware that you can share your Internet connection with another android device via portable hotspot but my question is can you do the same for phone calls, sms and WhatsApp messages? My situation is that I have a seperate phone in my car that's connected to Android Auto, my maon...
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    Some apps not installing

    Having a strange issue today after I just flashed a fresh rom today (the official rom ulefone suggests). It seems to not want to install certain apps and had no issue with installing these apps in the past, so far I have found 'Truecaller' and 'Zedge' both not installing, it just forever hangs...
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    colour buttons

    i use stb emu on my android tv device. for those of you that use this you will know that there are options only available by pressing a colour button...but what do you do if you dont have a remote with colour buttons? is there a remote app i can use from my phone that will allow me to press the...
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    Connecting to car

    I just bought a Elephone P9000 and was lead to believe that I can connect it to the car with only a USB cable and it would play audio through the car speakers just as if I connected a line in cable but I cant seem to get it to work. Ive been told you need to go into developer options and switch...
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    Help MXQ Pro

    Hi all, Just purchased my first Android the box, 'MXQ PRO 4K'. Just wanted a box to play TV and movies up to a 4k resolution and Spotify. At the moment I am happy as it seems to do all required functions however whenever I start an app and, for instance, I return to the home screen then go back...
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    Help Chromecast optimize

    Is there a way to get a better picture when mirroring my phone to tv. The phone I have is elephone p9000, when I use my girlfriends phone (galaxy s4) the picture is perfect. Is there a way to optimise my device for chromecast. When I use apps with chromecast integrated such as YouTube this is...
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    Help Mobile Data ON/OFF

    Hi, 1st off I want to apologize if this is in the wrong thread. I thought there was a dedicated 'tasker' thread but I cant find it so I will ask here... I have had tasker in the past to successfully turn on and turn off my mobile data by using a run shell but for some reason it has stopped...
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    Help Do not disturb

    Hi can you help me with setting my do not disturb access. I have Android marshmallow so it's the default function inside sound & notification settings. I have only 1 setting and that's to come on every night at 11 and shut off at 9:30 every morning,it is set to allow priority only which I have...
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    Auto switch profiles

    Hope I can get some help here. To put it simply my tasker profiles refuse to automatically switch even though I have it set to switch by the time of day. I have checked tasker in the background apps clear white list, in device admin, in services and whiteliated power nap app. Ive also...
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    Help Asus ZenPad 10 Z300C

    Hi guys, Need advice on the best course of action here... I have an Asus ZenPad 10 Z300C in which I am quite disappointed with because of the very slow boot up (takes over 2 mins) and the overall responsiveness seems laggy to me. I am thinking that the first thing I should do is a factory...
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    Help Mashmallow battery drain issue?

    Hi there, I just got a new phone, its a chinese branded Elephone P9000, ive had it for a few days now and can't fault it other than the battery life is killing the phone, I don't think a full 24 hours is possible even on low usage! I decided to do an experiment last night and I charged it fully...
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    Help Formating emmc

    I'm not sure if you can help me here as not exactly Android related... I have a big problem that I need your help in solving... About a month ago I bought a new Mini PC from gearbest Chinese store, it came with windows 8.1 and android 4.4 installed and since it has arrived i have got blue...