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    Never buy from Google

    This has been a nightmare. Had the tab delivered on the 5th Sep - decided by the next morning that it wasn't for me so phoned Google Play store to return. Was duly sent the RMA with the email saying that the required shipping label would be sent within 4 days. By the week later there was nothing...
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    Disappointed with display

    Have had this a day and am thinking of returning. I find the display quite dim even on full brightness and the on screen icons seem very low res. Admittedly I own an S3 and galaxy tab 10.1 whose screens are excellent but I'm finding the nexus 7 not much better than my £50 Huwai phone. I've also...
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    Help Fonts

    Is it possible to change the font for the nexus 7? Within settings I can only see an option for changing the font size.
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    Help Update times out

    The ICS update is at last available for my sim only S2 but when trying to update it with kies it takes about 3/4 hour to get to around 60% of the download and then stops and says timed out - any idea what causes this and how to rectify it?
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    Help Screen time out

    Have had major problems - the phone has turned itself off and on again and since that it's as if the screen timeout is like 1/2 second so that it goes off immediately so it's impossible to use the phone. Have tried pulling the battery but it's still the same. Anyone know how to alter settings on...
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    Help Clock/time problems

    My clock in the notification bar keeps losing an hour and I keep having to reset it - anyone else experiencing this or know how to rectify it?
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    Help Serious overheating issue

    Over the last day my phone has started to get very hot when connected to the internet - the heat seems to start in the top left hand corner of the phone and then spread - I'm running kf3 which i've been running for weeks without problems - anyone any ideas to help here?
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    Help Google calendar problems

    My calendar has wiped all the the google calendar events - they still are there online just not on the phone. When you click sync nothing gets added to the phone. I've done a factory reset twice and although it solves the problem to start with - after a few hours everything is wiped again. Does...
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    Help Calendar problem

    My calendar has all of a sudden stopped showing any of my google calendar events - when I went into the calendar app although there was a google account showing the google calendar itself isn't listed under the calendars on the phone. Anyone any idea of how to get this back?
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    Help Using wifi hotspot on phone

    Has anyone managed to connect their pc to the internet using the phone as a wifi hotspot? Although I can get my laptop to recognise and connect to my phone the laptop won't connect to the internet Edit Scrap that - I'm an idiot - I hadn't turned the data connection on
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    Bluetooth keyboard

    Has anyone tried pairing the s2 with any kind of bluetooth keyboard? I've seen reports of a logitech mouse working
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    Help Volume of call ringtone

    Is there a way to alter the initial volume of the phone ringtone? Mine is very quiet for the first second or so and then increases volume
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    Help Notification tone volume

    Even with this set at maximum I find the volume of notification tones to be quite low - is there a way of increasing this without rooting the phone?
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    Help Turning internet on and off

    I've yet to buy myself an s2 and from what I've read in the manual you can turn wifi on and off - I don't have access to wifi anywhere I am so this would always be off. Does this mean tho that there is still always an internet connection be it gsm or 3g depending on the strength of connection or...
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    Help Widgets for settings

    Does the s 2 have widgets to turn on and off various settings such as bluetooth or 3g data connectivity - the htc desire I'm using at the minute does and it's a great time saver . I know you can download widgets to do these things but any i've tried for 3g data seem to conflict with any data...
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    Help Ringtones

    I read somewhere that it's not possible to assign a sound as a ringtone on the s2 other than those supplied on the phone - is this correct?
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    reasons to go for the s2

    Torn between 3 phones here - s2 atrix htc sensation - of course there's gonna be pro and cons but would people recommend this phone. I love the display but not so much the build quality. I've read the battery life ain't great and the guy in vodafone said it's signal quality isn't the best...
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    Help HDMI mirroring

    Does anyone know if the sensation will have full mirroring so that apps etc could be t'dwdd on a tv - like the Motorola atrix - or can it be used only for viewing video out?
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    Atrix in the UK

    With the Atrix coming to the uk eventually on Orange has anyone decided not to wait that long and bought one off ebay? If so how do they find its performance on uk networks? Was the phone completely unlocked with no AT+T bloatware ?
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    3G/H problems

    Anyone having problems getting a gsm/wcdma connection? My phone worked fine for months then recently (after updating to 2.2) I can end up getting no signal - I mean nothing, no bars just an x where the bars should be. If I change the network mode to gsm then its ok but obviously then internet...
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    Restoring after back up

    Recently did a phone reset to try and get rid of connection issues - I have my back up but it doesn't seem to restore all the data/apps. The phone is set to back up everything on the card through its setting menu but I don't know how to restore these - anyone any ideas
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    email problems

    Having some problems with a pop email account - have set up so that it will receive ok but when I try and send I get the message "non local ip cannot send from this phone - any ideas anyone ?