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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    No tabs opened since removing the malware app, it is definitely fixed. That app was installed from google play store. I think android should remove malware apps removed from the play store, at least warn the user. Disable the apps.
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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    It is not those apps, overnight 11 tabs opened. Though it is a lot less tabs opening. I installed Bitdefender, a scan found malware, this one here, a QR Barcode scanner. After deleting it, says phone has no malware, will see if tabs stop again...
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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    I also deleted 'breaking news' app. So far not a single new tab has opened itself, so got rid of 4 apps I don't need. Maybe it's fixed.
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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    another tab auto loaded. I looked at permissions on games and saw none. I uninstalled Avast, Schwab, Target
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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    After resetting Chrome, it has opened 7 tabs overnight, which seems to have slowed it down. I am thinking delete every game or if I can find an install date, delete the last 2 weeks worth. Not a problem to download a game I suppose.
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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    ok, just did a reset. Before I did a reset, I was in camera app, Chrome took over the phone and loaded another tab, saw it happen in real time.
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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    Should I delete all the games on the phone? There might be 50 games. But first try to reset Chrome? Ought to be a way to not allow Chrome to open new tabs by itself?
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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    Wrapping up This will clear all the data on your Google Chrome app from your smartphone. Well, you can get it back on another smartphone by signing in to the same account. This is you can reset your Google Chrome browser on your Android smartphone without uninstalling or disabling it. reading...
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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    This problem started couple weeks ago. Before that they had added games and never a problem. So something happened one day. Will resetting Chrome just affect the phone device, not all my other signed in chrome devices on my PC which are using the same account?
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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    video I took showing these tabs. I cleared the tabs yesterday afternoon. https://photos.app.goo.gl/bhxZ24T2dPwDEqKE7
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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    Option close all tabs does close them all, but over a few days Chrome opens new ones. All on its own. Yes the kids install games on my phone.
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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    Any idea why it does that? I am not clicking and adding tabs, They are all junk tab, adds and weird stuff.
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    Gmail, how to view animated giffs in gmails?

    So far Outlook app will view animated gifs in emails when clicked on the picture, it opens another program like gallery and it plays, how can I do that with gmail? I see in outlook, I can use gallery or photos and it plays.
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    Outlook app never makes a sound when getting mails, notifications are dead

    I went through all settings I can fine reading various websites. I uninstalled Outlook, shut down phone restart and reinstall Outlook, no notifications ever. All other apps have plenty of notifications, sound, popup etc... How can this be fixed?
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    Note 8 verizon phone never updates os, etc...

    I even reset the note 8 phone, but i never get any security updates or OS updates. It is supposed to be upgradeable to android 9. Currently runs android 8.0. So what is the deal here, my daughters Verizon note 8 is running android 9, and os does get security updates.
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    what hotspot does it broadcast?

    This is a verizon note 8. Can I somehow tell it to create a hotspot for wireless n or even g? I think all it does is ac?
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    Android messages flashes black and white, used to work on verizon S4 phone

    I recorded a video. It shows me starting up messages for android. It used to work fine. I uninstalled, reinstalled, cleared cache. Yes, I restarted the phone So how to fix it? Everything else on phone works including Samsung messages https://photos.app.goo.gl/11QhAyWWj9kGqCUq6
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    delete gallery pictures all of them

    I want to free up some space, how can i delete entire folders, like all the pictures. I see there are 360 pictures on the phone. All the pictures are backed up on google photos. I also want to deleted all the videos. Also the gallery app is pathetically slow compared to google photos. I can not...
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    can not install-update anything with over 500mb free?

    The phone says running out of space, how much space does it need to update a 30mb program? Surely not 500mb. I reset the system cache and it has not helped. So the phone configuration is frozen, no updates, nothing can be installed. What should be done? Play store says it needs to free u8p...
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    Dialer microphone icon broke, left bottom next to call button

    Simply, I used to hit the microphone on the dialer, say a store where I want to go, it would load the store info and I could click a dial phone button and call them. Now NOTHING happens, like buttion is dead. A few days ago while it was breaking, it started playing a video (just heard some...
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    phone dialer is broken, where you click microphone

    Simply, I used to hit the microphone on the dialer, say a store where I want to go, it would load the store info and I could click a dial phone button and call them. Now NOTHING happens, like buttion is dead. A few days ago while it was breaking, it started playing a video (just heard some...
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    changed charging port, now NO signal

    I have no service since I have no signal. How do I fix this? OH, it seems to fix itself after several minutes.
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    Help voice mail notification never goes away

    When I pull down the notification bar, I see I have a voice mail. For example says 'New Voice Mail 11:16 AM' 'Dial *86' Then I dial *86 and listen to the voice mail. However the notification always stays there like it is stuck. Other notifications, I can click clear, and they go away but...
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    Stupidthingblockingmyscreenaybottom

    I can't even typeproperlybecauseitsblockingthespacebar.itookscreenshot Howtopostimagesjowingthisproblem? Okuploadedscreenshot.icantmovewidgitthingisstuckatscreenbase.
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    Play store no longer installs apks or is super slow

    Few days ago I installed an app. It did not appear on my phone until the next day. This am I used play store to install mightytext, it never installed. In the past, these installs would happen in moments, very quickly. So I went to apkmirror download site and manually downloaded mightytext...