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    Phone running out of space but don't know how.

    My phone is running out of space (119/128GB used) but it's not showing me where. I went into the storage menu and added up the videos, photos, apps, etc in the catagories but it's not adding up remotely close to the 119GB it claims is used up. I have a 500GB sd card that I keep most things on to...
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    Can't keep phone from muting ringtones when I turn my volume all the way down.

    Until tonight, I haven't needed my phone to alert me of texts audibly but now, for a family situation, it is important I am notified of texts via tones so I don't miss them when my phone is in the other room. For years, I have always kept my media volume down all the way/off because I don't...
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    Help POPUP VIEW suddenly missing from apps

    my phone has been multitasking beautifully for 3 months. Yesterday I was told about GoodLock and decided to try it. I installed it and the extras and everything was okay. Last night I was letting my favorite little game play while doing something else and it was perfect. even snapped a...
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    Help SAMSUNG'S invasive, baked in advertisements

    I heard about bloatware before I invested in my first Android - a Galaxy S10, so I purposely paid $1000 out of pocket at once to get an unlocked un-aded up phone from Samsung. After all that, I find that there are STILL ADS POPPING UP. There's an annoying one from Norton Antivirus via Samsung...
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    Losing 4% battery life in 15 minutes.

    I would play a little game called Pokemon Rumble Rush to kill free time for hours on my iPhone 8 and my two year old battery was fine. I played it on this brand new Galaxy s10 with the graphics set to the lowest, grainiest settings, on a tiny portion of my screen in pop up view and I lost 4% in...