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    Help Find My Device app on one phone finds device, same app on another phone says "Can't reach device"

    As the title says, I have the exact same Find My Device app from Google on 2 different phones. I needed to find a third phone. On one of the first two phones, the app found the third phone. On the second phone, the app said "Can't reach device." Yes, it was connected to the internet. How could...
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    Help Posh Micro X S240 - where to find ROM with Gapps?

    My Posh stopped working and needed a reflash, see my thread at https://androidforums.com/threads/reset-to-factory-missing-from-recovery-menu-help-please.1285408/ The phone is now working but the new ROM does not have the Play store or other Gapps. Anyone know where to find the ROM that comes...
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    Help "Reset to Factory" missing from recovery menu, help please

    My Posh Micro X s240 will not boot. When I press the power button, the Posh logo comes up but nothing else happens. I can get into the recovery menu by pressing Up Volume and Power simultaneously, which gets me to the Android lying on his back and the recovery menu. According to several...
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    Help How to transfer all apps to new phone with Google after flashing new ROM?

    Hello, I bought a new Android phone. As soon as I logged in to the Play store, I was offered the option to import all apps (not just Google apps) from my old phone to the new. I accepted and it worked great, dozens of apps successfully were installed on my new phone. Afterwards, however, I...
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    Looking for app that that can GPS track non-smart phones

    Hello, I'm looking for an app that can GPS track non-smart phones. The app Find My Friends appeared to fill this need, as its page on Google Play says: "Just send non-smart phone users an invite via text. Once they reply with a 'yes' their icon will appear on the app’s map." See...
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    How to get a browser with Flash on Android TV box running 7.1.1?

    Hi, Just got an Android TV box running version 7.1.1. I can't seem to find a way to watch web pages using Flash. It was suggested to use Dolphin or Puffin browser instead of Chrome, but the Play store says both of these are "not compatible" with the device. The workaround at...
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    Looking for app that records GPS location history that can be accessed remotely, even if phone dead

    Hi, I put a droid phone into model rockets that I launch. That way, if the rocket lands far from the launch site, I can track and find it with Google Find My Device or other GPS tracking apps. Works great most of the time, only problem is that sometimes the phone shuts off on ground impact if...
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    Is there some reason why SMS locator apps do not work with FreedomPop?

    Hello, I have downloaded 3 different SMS locator apps (Locate vis SMS, TrackLoc, and SMS Locator) to a Nexus 4 phone with a FreedomPop sim card. With these apps, I'm supposed to be able to send an sms from another phone to the Nexus 4 with a "locate" command, and the Nexus 4 is supposed to reply...
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    Looking for small, light Android phone with GPS and Barometer

    Hi, To use an app that would enable me to use a phone as an airplane/drone/model rocket tracker, I need a phone that has all of the following: * small and light * Android 4.1 or higher * GPS * barometer * unlocked I used the Phone Finder at http://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3? but could not...
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    Lost "Battery" in Settings - Smart Manager issue?

    After rooting my Grand Prime, noticed that in the Settings tray there is no longer a Battery selection. The Battery app was helpful for finding things that were using a lot of battery power. I read somewhere else that the Battery is lost when Smart Manager has been disabled. So I looked in...
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    Root Grand Prime G530T1 root?

    Hi, Asked about this a year ago and was told there is no safe root for the T1 version of the GrandPrime. Any new developments since then? So much bloatware, really need to root. Thanks, b
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    No data refresh, no sympathy from CSRs - can the "system" be wrong?

    My son got a MetroPCS line with the $30 1gb plan on December 19. He used up his 1gb before January 16, then he was throttled. We paid for another month on January 19, so he should have received a fresh 1gb then, but he did not. He told me the next day it was still slow. He complained about...
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    Help Yahoo Mail stops working on N4, what's up?

    Hi, On my N4, I have 2 email accounts running on the stock email app, Yahoo and my company email. Every couple of days, the Yahoo mail stops working. I get an "unable to login" error message, even with a strong signal. The company email keeps working with no problem. Turning the phone...
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    Help Wi-Fi stops working on Nexus 4

    Hi, About once a day, wi-fi stops working on my N4 (4.3). If I click on Settings > Wi-Fi and try to turn wi-fi "On", nothing happens. If I turn the phone off and then back on, wi-fi starts working again. Any thoughts on why this is happening and any fix? Thanks, b
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    Looking for tutorial on gesture typing with Nexus 4

    Just yesterday discovered the Gesture Typing feature on my Nexus 4 and I really like it. But despite searches I have not found any tutorial on how to do certain things. The feature is similar to Swype, but I reviewed the Swype tutorials and several commands must be different on the Nexus 4, or...
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    Help How to enable/disable voice roaming (network roaming) on Nexus 4?

    Hello, I see that my new Nexus 4 has a Data Roaming checkbox to enable or disable date roaming. But what about voice roaming (network roaming)? I could not find out any way to enable/disable this. On every other phone I have had, there was a selection for Automatic or Home Only to allow or...
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    Help Search or Menu button on Nexus 4? (for K-9 email search)

    Hello, I just installed K-9 mail. It is said that this has an email search feature, but I could not find it. Google searches indicated that the way to initiate a search is to press the Search button or to press Menu then Search. The Nexus 4 does not have a Search button and I cannot seem...
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    Where to find phone number and carrier info on N4?

    On every cell phone I have ever owned, the name of the carrier was displayed at the top of the screen, next to the bars showing signal strength. However, my new N4 does not appear to show the carrier name anywhere. I looked at the settings but could not figure out a way even to display my...
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    Unread email count?

    Hello, I just got a new Google Nexus 4, working great so far, upgraded from an iPhone 3gs. Just one question: It appears that the Nexus does not show on the start page the number of unread emails in my mailbox. Is there a way to make this happen? Some adjustment of the settings, or perhaps...
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