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    Help 6.0.1 update screws BT SmartTalk app??

    Got the update yesterday. Can't now get a connection on my BT SmartTalk app which is a pain as I am in France for two weeks! Anyone else had this issue?
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    LG repairing N5

    So, Car phone Warehouse are now not allowed by Google to repair faulty N5s. Google won't take them and instead refers you to LG. So how is LG at doing repairs or replacements? I have the faulty GPS and I need it repaired and I don't want to rip the back off in case I damage it,plus it should be...
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    backing up photos to google

    OK, I must be doing something wrong when trying to backup pics on my android phone and tablet to Google+. I have correctly set photos to auto backup on both devices. Firstly, should I look in Google Plus or in the app that simply says Photos with the colourful pinwheel as its icon...
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    What exactly is the purpose of this forum?

    I was under the impression it was for Q and A regarding various Android software. But I see it has now become a place for vendors to simply post ads for their games, etc. which is basically the same as spam. What do the mods think?
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    Google Navigation dynamic routing

    Apparently it is supposed to offer a better route as you drive if the chosen one is jammed with traffic, etc. (I don't mean simply the choice of three routes when you first select your destination). I have yet to see this happen. Has anyone managed to get dynamic routing to work?
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    Help stock email app

    Just gotten a N5 and I have a question about the stock email app (NOT the Gmail app) on KitKat which is pretty much the same as the N4 app as far as the basic workings go . Is there a way of limiting the size of a download, basically preventing it from downloading huge attachments when using...
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    Help import bookmarks

    This should be easy but I can't see how to do it. I have Firefox and chrome. I have imported all my desktop's Firefox bookmarks into the Firefox app on the nexus. I now want to import them into chrome. I have looked at the chrome help files and what it says to do doesn't seem to exist. How do I...
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    Desire to a One S

    So, my Desire is now 2.5 yrs old and needs replacing. I came VERY close to going for a used iphone 4s but am so disappointed with ios6 and the awful Maos app that I have decided to give it a miss and stay with Android as I use Google Navigation a lot. So, the S3 is too big, as is the One X...
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    Possibly a stupid question....

    ...but I am travelling overseas next week and want to put a foreign phone company's sim card into my Desire (which is unlocked). If I do this, apart from having a new phone number will my email, etc all continue to work with the new sim's data plan plus any wifi I'm able to connect to? I don't...
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    Help unable to send email

    I hope someone else may have had this problem.. On odd occasions I am unable to send emails on 3G. This is not a problem that happens all the time, so my email settings must be okay. It only happens every now and then on 3G, never on wifi. I am on vodafone's network and this is NOT g-mail but...
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    Help Can't search for anything starting with S

    This morning I needed to search for a place on Maps starting with an S. But I can't do it! Each time I start a search pressing S, the keyboard disappears and leaves the maps full screen as if I have exited the search function. I also cannot search on Google because of the same problem. But I CAN...
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    Help Facebook and Facebook for HTC Sense: Uninstall??

    I have given up on the useless apps and now use the mobile site. How can I uninstall either or both of these apps?
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    Help Cannot get ical to sync with Desire

    All of a sudden I cannot get changes I make on my mac to sync to my Desire's calendar. Actually I noticed that changes I make on the mac don't even sync to the calendar on Google so are obviously not then getting to the phone. BUT - I can make a change on the phone's calendar and it registers on...
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    Nothing is syncing

    All of a sudden, my calendar which syncs with iCal has stopped syncing. Then I notice that nothing else syncs if I try and do it manually. I have restarted the phone but it made no difference. Anyone else having this problem or know of why?
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    Help Auto time zone not working

    I travel quite a bit worldwide and my Desire always manages to adjust to the new timezone within a few minutes of arriving and switching it on. However this is now not working. Have just travelled from London to Doha where it failed to reset, and now am in Australia where it has also failed to...
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    Offline USA satnav

    Can someone recommend what they think is the best satnav app for the USA (to save on data costs)?
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    Help Annoying screen when no signal

    On my Desire with Froyo: Whenever I lose mobile signal the phone is constantly giving me a screen which shows the available networks (none of which I can connect to as my own carrier is obviously not there!!!) This is a pain when I just want to make use of a wifi connection even tho there is no...
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    Help savinf emals

    Seeing how HTC have now screwed up email storage so that once the email is deleted from the original source it is also deleted from the phone, is there a way to save certain emails in another folder? Or does anyone know if HTC are aware of this problem and are working on it? It started after...
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    Help Mail deletes stuff from inbox

    Since updating to 2.2, I lose anything left in my Inbox after about 2 days. I used to have this problem and remember making a change in settings to sort it out but I can't find anyway of doing this in 2.2. (This is NOT googlemail)
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    Help playing a video

    OK, so I successfully downloaded a video onto my Desire using Handbrake, placed it in the sd card but couldn't find a video player! I ended up finding the video using the Astro directories app, selecting it and it opened in the video player. But where is the default video player when I look at...
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    Help No notification for emails

    I added a gmail ac and now I get no notifications for emails from my non-gmail ac via the flashing led or a vibrate, although I do get an envelope in the notification bar. I got them all before and all the correct settings are ticked for vibrate and flashing led. Have read others have this...
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    Desire Camera - annoying reminders

    Can anyone tell me how to turn off the annoying popup reminders about how to use the camera? They get in the way of a good picture.