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    Help How to get horrible "Chat-On" off my phone?

    Hello, this "Chat-On" (orange) application keeps popping up when I accidentally touch my phone (from Rogers Canada) the wrong way. It does not let me back out of it or exit in any normal way- it is their introductory screen with only a single button saying I accept the terms of usage. I think...
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    Help Revert back to share options list (hit "always" by mistake)

    Hello, I accidentally pressed "always" on the share options dialog on my phone! Now I can't get the list of share options back.... Does anyone know how to go back to the way it was? The app is Google Keep by the way- I really love it but geesh, make one mistake and that's it! thanx
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    Contact info on SIM vs on Phone and how to change

    Hello, I am a little confused over the contacts on my Note 2. At first, the phone asked me if I wanted to save the contacts to SIM or phone. I chose SIM because should I need a new phone or whatever, it just seems safer to save to SIM. But it seems like I can't add new fields to a contact...
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    Help Using a prepaid Visa gift card at the Playstore

    Hello, I am very new to smartphones etc and never buy off the internet. But I really love Swiftkey, and I want to buy it. I want to use a prepaid Visa gift card. It was declined but it has plenty of money on it. I think it may have been declined because it was asking me my name and address and...
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    Help Saving Data to the sim card

    Hi I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Unfortunately the earpiece volume was DOA and my cell phone company has sent me a replacement. I need to take the sim card out of this phone and put it in the new phone. Someone told me there is a way to save all my contacts and setup information on the sim...
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    Help Viewing a history of actions?

    Hello Is there a way to get a list of say the last 20 actions done on thIS device? I find I will be on the internet, and then want to send or get a txt message and then go back to where I was and I am just finding verY difficult to navigate about between tasks IF there was a history...
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    Help Battery status widget on Lockscreen

    Hello, does anyone know if that is possible? I want it on the lockscreen, not the homescreen. I would like to use a widget that came with the phone but I don't see one. I downloaded "Juice Defender" and "Battery Widget" from the app store but I can't see how to get them onto the lockscreen. It...
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    Help Is this really a phone?

    I have 2 questions regarding using the phone that are not addressed in the user manual and I am hoping someone can help me. One is how to end a call. I know I need to press the red End Call icon. But when I am talking on the phone the screen goes black. So first I have to 1)turn the phone...
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    Help Does your phone dialer look like this? (the hash key)

    Sorry I can't post a picture because I am using my PC- I just got my new Samsung Galaxy Note 2 yesterday. But having problems with sound and on MY phone dialer, the hash key (#) has a small speaker (a sideways bell) beside the # with a mark crossing it out. I am wondering what that means. My...
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    Help Help- no earpiece/receiver volume on brand new Note 2

    Hello! Well like my name suggests, this is my first ever smart phone (older user) and I can't get sound out of the earpiece. The corded headphones work as does the rear speaker but the earpiece sound does not work. At first I thought I was just missing something but then I discovered this...