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    phone reception

    How is the NEW S5 phone reception in areas where there is a week signal? I have a S3 and it is almost useless in a area with week signal so have they improved this part of the phone. I am due for a upgrade in a few months and starting my research.
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    come on verizon still 4.1.2 really

    Come on Verizon and update the G3 bricks we purchased from you. Bought a google nexis tablet and it updated to 4.4 kit kat the day I purchased it so I know verizon can upgrade the software on a stupid phone.
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    email will not sinc with PC

    using stock email setup on phone and verizon is carrier. My email worked good since day one I deleted on phone gone from PC but now delete on phone still stays on PC . I have synced all emails many times and have checked and unchecked the sync emails many times. How do I fix this problem?
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    Help phone app is creating huge amt of wakelocks

    I know it seems weird but on my s3 the phone app itself is creating huge amounts of wakelocks 2230 of them and using up my battery fast. This image was from today and I made no phone calls today at all and 10 % has of battery usage . This is becoming a common problem for me and my reception is...
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    Battery usage after jellybean downgrade Saturday

    This screen show says it all. This is 1 text message and one 1 minute phone call and nothing else. Did not check emails nothing phone was in pocket all 7 plus hours and not used. Look at the screen usage and OS usage for a phone at rest. Seems the phone is not sleeping when not in use. Dug a...
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    Help Not getting all my emails on phone

    I have noticed that NOT all of my emails are coming to the phone. I opened my emails on PC and had 3 new emails from yesterday morning that never came to phone at all. I noticed this last week also. I am running the stock email app with a verizon.net account. It takes forever to load the emails...
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    Help center back /task button stuck down

    Used my center back / task button on bottom of phone in center and now it is stuck down flush with phone face :mad: is there a way to get it back up of is it replacement time as phone is only 2 month old and this was maybe the 3rd time I used the button. Can still use it and phone but hate it...
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    Phone just started announcing incoming caller name

    My Verizon SIII never announced a incoming caller name or phone number before or even over the weekend and today it started announcing the phone number or caller ID. Where did this update come from ? :confused:
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    email deletion after I open pc email

    i there a way to have the email on my GS3 be deleted when I delete the email on a pc or when I open the email program on my PC like it did with my HTC thunderbolt? hate to have to delete them on both devices. Using the stock email program with verizon.net email.
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    notifacation alerts help

    New GS3 user and I cannot hear the alert sounds they offer when in my pocket and want to add a few louder new ones. I am coming from a HTC thunderbolt that woke you up and kept reminding you about a new email to a faint sound with no reminder at all. I missed a email and I had the phone in my...
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    reboots with white htc screen

    well finely have a major problem with my TB. It keeps rebooting over and over. Just a white HTC screen over and over again till it finely reboots. Took 2 hours yesterday to get it on. Went to verizon I am 1 month and 8 days away from upgrade and got the sorry for your bad luck see you dec 8 for...
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    Help Emails not coming to phone

    OK i have had a problem the last 3 days.I am not getting some of my emails on my phone. I did not have a email all day Thursday on my phone but when I opened my email account on PC I had 10 new emails and the times were from all day long yesterday the same problem got 3 emails up till 8:35am...