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    Scored a great deal on a Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4

    Been trying to find a good tablet, but have been on a bit of a budget. I picked up a Fire Tablet (The $50 model) a few weeks ago to play some casual games thinking I'd eventually root it and get the Play Store on it and be good but I couldn't stand only having 8GB of storage (4GB of which was...
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    Picked up a Galaxy S 8.4 tablet - Is it a good buy?

    Hi, I picked up a Samsung Galaxy S tablet (The 8.4 inch Model) this morning from Best Buy it was on sale they had 16gB for $299 and 32GB for $349 so I went with the 32GB model. Is this a good buy for movies/gaming/light reading?
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    Is this a decent tablet for $99 dollars?

    I was going to pick up an Asus Memo Pad 7 at Best Buy this morning and instead with an Asus Memo Pad 8, cause the employee must have took the wrong item and scanned up something wrong because it only came to $99 plus taxes. Here's a link, all I plan on dojng with it is some light gaming and...
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    Pictures & Video taken with Nvidia Shield Tablet

    Here are some pictures and video I took today while out with my tablet, enjoy. Photo album. Shield Camera Photos - Imgur Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUPnBwIh2qk
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    Well this tablet can take a fall that's for sure..

    Got into bed last night, I always bring my tablet/cell phone into bed with me. Seems I forgot to put my tablet in my pouch that hangs over the side of my bed. I woke up at 3am to find my tablet on the floor face down on the hardwood floor, cleaned it off in the morning not a single scratch...
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    Help Wifi dropping while browsing Play Store?

    Has anyone else been having this issue with their tablet? Mines seems to drop wifi all the time only when browsing the Play Store. I'm sure it's a tablet only issue because my phone (Galaxy S5) doesn't drop wifi when browsing the Play Store. And my internet *is* working fine without dropping.
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    Help Problems transferring photos and videos

    Each time I connect my device to my computer I choose Media Device (MTP) which shows all my pictures and videos, but when I transfer them as you can see in the video I get an error. When I put it in Camera (PTP) mode it transfers pictures just fine but it doesn't show my videos there just...
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    Almost dropped my phone from my balcony (Pics)

    Decided to eat breakfast this morning out on the balcony since it is beautiful outside and boy did it almost cost me. While trying to reach for one of the letters at the far right of the keyboard (Holding the phone one handed) I bobbled the phone in the air and threw myself against the gate so...
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    I need help figuring out what is using all my phone storage

    EDIT: Okay so please excuse me, I've been out of the loop for a while I haven't had an android phone for quite a few years up until now. I just got a Samsung Galaxy S5 a little over a week ago I got the 16gb Model and under Device Memory it's telling me I just have 1.3GB free, I can't seem to...
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    Help Is GMail slow to sync my contacts? (Details Inside

    Okay so I *think* my contacts are being synced from my GMail account since I'm signed into my phone with my GMail account. I went to update my friends phone number, as you can see in this picture below I updated her number with the new one and took all the old ones out and let it save. But...
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    Am I making a big deal of this? Or should I return this Otterbox case? (Video Inside)

    So I bought my new phone two nights ago (Galaxy S5) on the 23rd of April. Got an Otterbox Defender case to go with it. Last night I removed the case to get a small piece of hair out from underneath the screen and I noticed when putting the case back on one side of the case doesn't snap in all...
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    Got my new Galaxy S5 tonight!

    Verizon Store got some back in stock tonight so I finally made my switch back to Android! (It's been a while, last android phone I had was an original Motorola Droid). Switched from my iPhone 5, got $300 in store credit at Verizon that covered the cost of the phone, all I paid out of pocket...
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    Looking for an app (Details)

    I'm looking for an app for a friend, it's a security app from what she tells me. She says what she is able to do with it is find her phone if it's lost through gps coordinates and to text her phone a certain word and it will go off and play a sound or something like that. If anyone has any...
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    Um is my phone's sound going bad?

    Got a text earlier today and the sound it made was as if the sound were lagging or like it was very garbled or something. Has anyone else experienced this? I powered my phone off and back on and it seems ok now. I would get it replaced but its already out of warranty and passed the extra 90...
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    Will all of this kill my battery faster..?

    I've recently come across the GO Launcher in the Market..And I LOVE it! I'm using it's honeycomb launcher/theme. I installed plenty of widgets to go with it, (I've never ever used widgets before). Screen 1: Analog Clock (widget), Task Manager (widget), Data Usage (widget) 2 rows of icons...
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    I finally cracked my droids screen..

    Not the outer portion of it but the inner portion of it. Its cracked at the top right hand corner only noticeable when I tilt the phone to tghe right side. Phone is still fully functional though and when touching that area of the screen i can feel its smooth I feel no cracked glass.
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    What happens is I send my rooted droid in for replacement?

    My phone's keyboard is going to detach from the bottom layer I can sense it. The Q is already wobbly on the keyboard and about to detach any time now. Only problem is my phone is rooted and I have no idea how to go about unrooting it and don't want to do it to risk screwing anything up so I'd...
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    Just got a Samsung Galaxy Tab..

    Pretty nice device, I like it overall it's great. The one thing I don't like is it doesn't come with a microfiber wipe. I mean..come on, you have this huge screen your going to touch obviously and you don't give a small microfiber wipe? ugh
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    Root Can anyone link me to an easy unrooting guide..

    Okay..I need help here and I'm not very good at rooting, I'm going to go out on a limb and say I got lucky when I followed a guide correctly and rooted my phone and installed Cyanogen Mod 7.02. I'm having TONS of issues with the 3G going on & off it went off 4 times today and I'm absolutely...
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    I hate where the camera button is..

    Was trying to take a picture of myself..Don't really want to use both hands would much prefer to use just one hand..But when I try and take a picture of myself my fingers or hand are always touching the touch screen and always screwing it up.
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    Root Is it safe to install a rom over another rom?

    I've made a titanium back up earlier today and want to install Liquid Gingerbread 1.7 over Cyanogen Mod 7.02
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    Root Need help with sound settings

    Okay so while going to change my ringtone..I had wanted to set something I got downloaded to my phone but I accidentally checked "Use this by default" and chose Android so now I only get to choose from default ringtones & such. How could I go back and revert this? I haven't found any options to...
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    Root Well..I'm finally rooted..

    I must say, it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be I just followed 2 video instruction guides and got it done right nice and easily. I'm noticing the speed boost running Cyanogen Mod 7.02. and I got to say if you guys aren't rooted give it a shot you will love it.
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    Root I think I am going to root in the morning..

    After watching these videos...It seems pretty simple and I'm pretty confident I can do that.. Before I do this though should I delete everything from my SD Card? Or leave it as is? As for ROMs I am leaning towards putting Cyanogen Mod 7 or Liquid Gingerbread. Video One - How to root...
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    I am probably getting scammed on Amazon..

    So I was selling an Xbox 360 Street Fighter 4 Arcade Stick "Tournament Edition" I listed it as used like new and forgot to mention that it does not come with the instruction manual and wire to plug a headset attachment. So someone buys it and the day he receives it files an A to Z claim saying...