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    SIM Card for International Samsung Galaxy S2?

    I was in South Korea for 1 year and I got a Samsung Galaxy S2 phone while there because it was cheaper then bringing my Sprint phone overseas. Before I returned to the US, I called Sprint and they said that yes I could bring the phone back to the US and use it on the Sprint network. Now...
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    Help Convert Korean Galaxy S2 phone to work in the United States

    Hello. I'm currently living in South Korea and own a Samsung Galaxy S2 phone. I am returning to the US in a few weeks and want to be able to have this phone work on the Sprint network. I've called their customer service and after being transferred around multiple times, I finally had...
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    Unable to install KaKao Talk

    I currently live in South Korea and have a Samsung Galaxy II phone. I've tried to install KaKaoTalk and when I go to validate my phone number, I get the following error message, "Failed to verify your telephone number. Please retry after 24 hours." I've tried to uninstall/reinstall the app...
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    Can't kill apps, they keep coming back

    Hi, I recently went from a HCT Hero to HTC Evo Desire 4G. Phone is pretty cool so far. However when turning on the network capabilities, a bunch of apps come on. I used the Advanced Task Killer to kill the apps that I don't want up and running, however they keep coming back on. I kill them...
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    Help Any recommendations for pdf reader?

    Greetings, I've uploaded a few pdfs to my phone to read and it seems that performance was very sluggish and at times hard to read. Can anyone make any recommendations for a pdf reader, or is it just an issue with the phone? thanks
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    ChromeMarks apps to synch browser favorites with Android phone

    Lifehacker has the following Android App, ChromeMarks. Looks like it allows a person to synch their Browser Favorites from Google Chrome to their Android phone. ChromeMarks Syncs Chrome Bookmarks with Android
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    ChromeMarks apps

    doublepost - sorry
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    Want to root my phone, want to know the risks first

    Hi, sorry for the question. I'm sure you here it all of the time. I would like to root my Sprint HTC Hero phone (firmware 2.1-update1, software 2.32.651.1), the main reason is to get access to the CLI and get rid of the Sprint apps and Amazon MP3 app that I'll never use and that eat up the...
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    Upgrade HTC Hero Android 2.1 to 2.1?

    Anyway to upgrade my Sprint HTC Hero from 2.1 to 2.2? I really want to use Chrome to Phone...
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    Any apps that teach you to program?

    Looked at a few of the apps stores online and didn't see anything for this. I always wanted to learn to be a better programmer, and was wondering if there were any apps for the Android phone that could teach a person? I have found a few math apps, like Algebra, but nothing that pertains to...
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    Upgraded to 2.1, how to get upgrade notification?

    I've upgraded to firmware 2.1 and before I did that I could go into the Android Market and knew when to upgrade Apps. Since upgrading I no longer have that capability and if I download a new app, then I get flagged on upgrading apps. Is there a way for me to check in and see which apps that...
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    Want to save and run apps from MicroSD card, is this possible?

    I recently upgraded my HTC Hero's micro SD card to 8 GB. I know there is a way to save apps to the SD Card with the app called appSaver, however I was wondering once they are saved there, can I run them from there? The reason I ask is that I only have 66 MB of space on my phone and this...
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    Confusion on Firmware upgrade and using HTC Sync

    Hi, I'm wanting to upgrade the firmware on my HTC Hero. I've d/l the HTC Hero (Sprint) 2.1 Software Update | 05.19.2010 from here: HTC Mobile Phone Support - HTC Hero? (Sprint) - Downloads I believe this is firmware is the upgrade correct? Also I have...