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    Android 9 in call speakerphone/headphone problem....

    I have the "new" Bold N1 phone on android 9 pie, and I thought this was an issue with the phone BUT the speakerphone and headphone volume in calls(media and notification sounds is loud enough) is LOWER than every other volume on the phone and super ****ing quiet. When you go to the sound...
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    Help Honor 6x vs ZTE Blade V8 Pro?

    I have to make my mind up in the next few hours about which phone to get. I am on Metro PCS and do NOT use my phone for gaming though I do multi task. I am partial to the ZTE but can get the Honor 6X tomorrow for 50 bucks off. Which would you go for? I hate the honor does not have USB-C and with...
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    Honor 6x vs ZTE Blade V8 Pro?

    I have to make my mind up in the next few hours about which phone to get. I am on Metro PCS and do NOT use my phone for gaming though I do multi task. I am partial to the ZTE but can get the Honor 6X tomorrow for 50 bucks off. Which would you go for? I hate the honor does not have USB-C and with...
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    HELP ME FEEL BETTER!:( Dropped S7....

    So I got a brand new Galaxy S7, had it for a couple months, I legit took it out of its otterbox ONLY to clean it, as I was wiping it down, I lost my grip and it fell on the hardwood:/ screen is fine and everything else is fine and works perfect but a BIG chunk out of the lower right hand corner...
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    Want a smaller phone...any suggestions?

    So I have had phablets for 3 years just about, I am tired of how awkward and cumbersome my phone is and on top of that I do not use all the "nicer" stuff about it such as the octocore processor/13 megapixel camera/HD screen etc. It is all useless to me as I only use my phone to text, read...
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    Help Porting # over to cricket question

    So I just bought a Blu Life One X on Amazon for $150, I am on Metro PCS I was about to switch to Cricket with just a cheap sim card for $9.99 on their website BUT I saw the galaxy grand prime for $30, so my plan is to get the Blu Life One X, Port my # over to cricket, buy the Galaxy grand prime...
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    Porting into cricket with unlocked phone?

    So I just bought a Blu Life One X on Amazon for $150, I am on Metro PCS I was about to switch to Cricket with just a cheap sim card for $9.99 on their website BUT I saw the galaxy grand prime for $30, so my plan is to get the Blu Life One X, Port my # over to cricket, buy the Galaxy grand prime...
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    Help Which is a better processor? snapdragon 400 msm8926 vs Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615

    title says it all. Please and thank you.
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    Help Thinking about getting alcatel Idol 3...

    I am coming from a ZTE ZMax(first one) and thinking about switching to cricket for the 109.99 deal for the Idol 3, the octocore proc, the 13mp camera and nice higher resolution screen are all wonderful but I am extremely scared of the lack of gorilla glass, I do not drop my phone often and I...
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    Thinking bout coming to Cricket for Idol 3 but....

    I am coming from a ZTE ZMax(first one) and thinking about switching to cricket for the 109.99 deal for the Idol 3, the octocore proc, the 13mp camera and nice higher resolution screen are all wonderful but I am extremely scared of the lack of gorilla glass, I do not drop my phone often and I...
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    I lose %5 battery an hour with light usage, normal?

    I receive and send maybe 6-8 texts an hour and my battery on my BRAND NEW Volt drains %5 percent an hour, location services off, screen brightness at 50 percent, no google now, no apps syncing at all and everything else that drains the battery is turned off, in my battery it says cell standyby...
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    Help Is %5 percent battery drain an hour horrible for light usage?

    I receive and send maybe 6-8 texts an hour and my battery on my BRAND NEW Volt drains %5 percent an hour, location services off, screen brightness at 50 percent, no google now, no apps syncing at all and everything else that drains the battery is turned off, in my battery it says cell standyby...
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    Thinking about switching to Boost

    I am looking at coming from T-mobile to boost Pre-paid for the free LG Volt in store promotion. Last time I had Sprint in NYC I would literally stand in midtown Manhattan and not move and my bars would flucuate and my service go in and out, thought it was my phone, 3 years later I am living in...
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    Help 3,000 mAH battery life?

    So I bought an LG volt that has a 3,000 mAH battery to use solely as an MP3 player, turned on airplane mode uninstalled all the useless bloatware and turned the screen to 50 percent and all the little battery saving tips, when I first got it a week ago it said the estimated battery life was 52...
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    What is your battery life like on LG VOLT?

    So I bought an LG volt that has a 3,000 mAH battery to use solely as an MP3 player, turned on airplane mode uninstalled all the useless bloatware and turned the screen to 50 percent and all the little battery saving tips, when I first got it a week ago it said the estimated battery life was 52...
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    Root Rooting my brand new LG Volt question to be used as a music player...

    So I just bought a new LG volt to use SOLELY as a music player to replace my ipod classic (64 gb card in my lg volt), I have tmobile so will not be using this as a phone, i just bought it from best buy so how do I know if I have the z4 update already installed? I tried to use Towelroot but it...
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    Help Would a sub-$100 android phone without a connection be a better music player than Ipod touch?

    So someone offered me a stupid amount of money for my 160 gb Ipod classic and I had to say yes seeing as I only have 36 gigs of music and was not even fully using the whole Ipod Classic HD, I went out and bought a 5th generation Ipod Touch 32gb on sale at BestBuy for $220 and now that I have it...
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    Should I get a LG Volt and switch to Boost or stay on TMobile with ZTE ZMAx?

    This is my dillema, I got Tmobile right now, 3 gigs of data a month for 60 bucks, got a ZTE Zmax yesterday for $200 cash. Now I see the LG Volt on sale for 80 bucks with 45 dollars a month for 5 gigs of data. I am nervous about making the switch, how shitty is sprint/boost? Which is a better...
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    Does anyone else have a ZTE ZMax phone?

    I just got mine today, everything is fine except the buttons at the bottom of the phone for home/back/menu etc, the light seems to be very dim on it. I just want to know if this is part of the actual phone or is mine defective? I can see the light but its not super bright when they are lit up...
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    Disabling Google+ in Kit Kat

    Assuming I disable Google+ what will I be losing? I never use my google+ account but I heard you cant use some of your other android apps if you disable it and automatic phone backup does not work anymor eis that true?
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    Nexus 5 need help with "darkening" of pictures...

    Hey so I got my N5 last week and I love it except a couple little quirks and one that is driving me nuts is I use ChompSMS for my texts and anytime I get a picture message I click on it, it opens using Google Photos and it is the right color and lighting and then after 1 second it changes to a...
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    Just got S3 from Metro PCS, can I somehow use it with Straight Talk?

    Just switched over to Metro PCS from Cricket, I live in NYC but I travel A LOT, im talking like 3-4 days out of the week and I heard you only get 1x(not evdo) in most of those areas AND they will kick you off if you travel too much out of home areas, now here is my question, my galaxy s3 is...
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    MMS problem...need help please

    I have a Huewai Mercury(Yes i posted in the specific forums) and for the past 4 hours I have gotten around 10-12 picture messages but every single time i get one it says "The file img_32828 has been deleted" on EVERY message, different senders/people as well, I cannot see the picture and there...
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    Proximity sensor not working?

    So yes I have it turned on in the settings(I think?, the box is checked for "Open proximity sensor) but anytime I make a call i have to press the button at the top of the phone for the screen to light up so i can end the call, i just got this phone yesterday wtf is going on?
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    Is there anyway to have the screen light up when I get a text?

    Just got the phone and NEVER had a phone that does not do this, anyway STOCK to do this without root? thanks