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    Android 4.12 suddenly Wifi works?

    I gave away my GN1. Later someone gave me a "bricked" one that I was able to recover. The Wifi would not authenticate at my workplace. I tried everything, and gave up months ago. Today I had my phone in my backpack, and out of the "blue" my Wifi is connected. How can this be? It is still...
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    Help What to do about "SIM network unlock PIN"

    I contacted Samsung. They just gave me a run-around. I bought the phone in the USA for my wife. I first powered it up in Singapore, and was greeted with this crap. What to do?
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    Wife wants a GN3. Are the bugs from the original resolved?

    My experience with the first generation, early rev, GN1 was not very good. It was a waste of money, and Samsung refused to support it out of region. I switched to an iPhone as my primary. I bought a Samsung S2 duos as my secondary. Both phones work reliably. I recently loaded Jellybean on my...
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    Do you think Samsung finally figured out that Vlingo was a bad idea?

    I am giving my GN to the in-laws to use with Viber. Anyway, I had the ROM customized. I decided to undo all the changes before sending it to its new home. I downloaded the factory ROM image for Jellybean. I was pleasantly surprised to see much of the rubbishware was not present in the ROM...
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    Help Black screen, Odin cannot see phone, but it can answer calls?

    I replaced touchwiz with another launcher (I forget the name). I removed touchwiz, but I still have the apk file stashed on a memory card. Anyway, I forgot, and did a factory reset. Oops, no UI. It is now an "answer only" phone because I can answer calls. I can sometimes get into settings as...
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    Help Replacement for stock mail client?

    Suggestions?
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    Broke messaging by removing badge provider

    I backed up badgeprovider.apk and removed it. A week or so later I noted that it broke SMS. Ok, not much of a loss, but still somewhat important. I could not get it to badgeprovider.apk to re-install. I uninstalled messaging, and installed the replacement from the Samsung store. It works...
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    Help Dead launcher

    No icons. I can answer a call, and then get to settings, and contacts. Otherwise my screen is black. Yes my GN is rooted. How can I recover the launcher? :confused: Some phones "loose" icons, but mine lost all of them. Can I start apps through some other means? Haha, I guess I discovered...
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    Bad insturctions on rooting floating around the NET

    I flashed the CW recovery 82 times on my Galaxy S Duos with no success rooting it. It seems that someone posted bad instructions that were copied all over the net. to The instructions stated to hold vol-up, home, and press power to bring up the CW recovery after flashing, and removing and...
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    Help Drivers are broke

    Once the Windows drivers break, what can you do? I uninstalled and reinstalled Kies three times, but the drivers are dead. Odin can not see my phones. What is the fix ?????? :o
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    Stopping SMS and voicemail

    Back in the USA disabling voice mail, and text messaging was a matter of calling the carrier and arguing for 10 min while they tell you that you are nuts. Here in Asia nobody likes voicemail so the carriers actively give out info about the USSD codes used to disable it. I do not know anyone...
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    Help Good place for ROM images

    Best place for N7000 Android 4.12 ROM? I turned my GN into a rock. I re flashed it with an old ROM 4.04. I want 4.12 back.
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    Help How far can I minimize my phone (uncharted territory)?

    I finally rooted my GN. I have a data only plan, but it comes with a phone number, that is hit with a lot of incoming spam and wrong numbers. Incoming is free, anyway. I permanently uninstalled everything to do with voice recognition or speech (I am not comfortable with devices that speak...
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    Root Rooting tricks never work

    When I first bought my phone the one thing I wanted rid of more than anything was vice talk. Back in the gingerbread days there was no way to disable it except by rooting. I have Jellybean 4.12 now so Voice Talk has been silenced. Anyway I have, over the last year, attempted to use Odin, one...
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    Help If I root my GN?

    Will it still take updates once rooted? I presently have 4.12! Will I be able to freeze the telephone app? I have a data only plan, but it has a phone number assigned to it. Solicitors keep calling. If I answer the carrier will charge me by the min. Voicemail is turned off via USSD commands...
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    Help Active app manager

    I have a widget called "active application manager" on my GN1. How can I get it for my duos.
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    Help Active Apps Manager

    I have a widget on m GN1 called Active Apps Manager. From where did it come? I want it on my Galaxy S duos (travel phone). Can it be copied between the two Samsung phones?
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    Help How to change my MAC on the GN?

    I think I am banned from wifi for being a network hog.
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    Help Suddenly Wifi will not authenticate

    My GN ,up until yesterday, would connect to the Wifi in the office. Now it says, "Failure to authenticate". I tried telling it to forget the SSID, then scanned, and once it found the hotspot again, I re-entered the password. The problem persists. I checked. The password is correct. It...
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    Help Data only plan, but it took a call?

    I have a data only plan on my GN. I never use it for voice. Anyway, I received a call today (a solicitor). Will I be charged for the call? I do not know the number. I checked settings>about device>status>my phone number. The field says unknown. I can just call my voice line and find out the...
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    Help Good file manager?

    I have over 200 movies, many books, and songs on my glorified media player (GN-1). I duplicated them across my other devices. The GN is sluggish when I scroll through the movies. I was wondering if anyone knows of a good file manager that does not generate previews (or that allows previews to...
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    Just an observation on battery life

    I just returned from Moscow (10 hour flight + 3 hours at the airport). My GN was in airplane mode except for the short times when it was off and the request of the airline. I use my GN for only as a media player (and it does a pretty good job of handling media). Anyway, I watched movies...
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    Help Minimizing my phone

    I bought my phone because it fits in my pocket, and accepts two standard SIMs for travel (Micro and nano SIMs are too small. Ever drop one on an airplane? Good luck finding it in he seat or on the floor). Anyway the Galaxy S duos is pretty basic. I want to disable most everything except...
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    Help 64Gb SD memory card

    I have a 32gb class 4 card in my GN. It works great, but is almost full. I just ordered a 64gb class 10 from amazon. I realize th spec on the GN is 32Gb. Has anyone tried the larger card? The spec was written back when Android 2.3 was the standard. I suspect that 64Gb would be working now.
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    Help Google Play Music with a mind of its own

    Why does Google Play Music keep starting itself and sitting in the background? I did not launch it. Every time I press the wake up button and enter my pin the widget says one process running. Sure enough it is Google Play Music every time. If I was running Linux I cold set up a chon job...