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    Battery draining when appointment alarm

    Hello, On my Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet, I've got a battery draining issue. Actually, it always works flawlessly, BUT when an alarm due to an appointment launches (because of a programmed appointment in my calendar), the tablet seems to consume its battery until it gets at 5%. Anyway, the result...
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    Samsung Galaxy Tab 2: external Samsung keyboard issue

    Hello. I've got an up-to-date Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, for which I've also got an external keyboard. This keyboard is a Samsung one. For some characters, I've got issues. For example the "@" is impossible to write. I therefore downloaded the program "External Keyboard Helper". I however need to...
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    HTC Desire taking random time to recognize there is an SD card

    Hi, I have an HTC Desire which works normally, for many years now. However, the only big problem I'm currently trying to solve is the following one. Let us consider that I either disconnect the phone from USB charging (disconnecting thus the connection to the computer) or that I turn my phone...
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    Help General keyboard freeze

    Hi, My virtual keyboard on my HTC Desire sometimes freezes from time to time, with no apparent reason. This is completely random to me, and I'm using the latest available build. Note that I also deinstalled incriminatory programs such as ATK, etc. For example, I might be typing an SMS, and...
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    Help After airplane mode, it sometimes does not go online

    Hi, It does not happen often, but when I switch off the airplane mode after having used the airplane mode for a long period of time, my HTC Desire is sometimes unable to connect to the network, and displays that there is no available network. Solving the problem is generally achieved by going...
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    Help Using K-9 Mail is okay, but how can I deactivate the built-in Mail client?

    Hi, I'm currently using the K-9 Mail e-mail client, which suits my needs perfectly. However, the built-in Android mail client (`Mail') is still on my phone too, and I can't find any way to remove it. How can I? Thanks.
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    GSM waves' sound is heard through headset

    Hi, When you're making a call with a speaker near a mobile phone, you hear noises resulting from electromagnetic stuff, in the speaker. The problem is that I hear such noises in my headset. It appears as not normal, and also happens if I have the headset at the maximal distance from the mobile...
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    Determining localization according to network's antennae

    Hi, Is it possible for the current city to be displayed on my Android phone by simply asking it to retrieve localization info from nearby antennae (assuming they provide such info)? Thanks.
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    Connecting to a wireless network with WPA-EAP, TKIP pairwise encryption, TTLS eap, and MSCHAPV2 ph2?

    Hi, I need to connect to a WPA-EAP network, with TKIP pairwise encryption, and with TTLS EAP. The phase2 is achieved thanks to MSCHAPV2. (These info constitute an excerpt from my wpa_supplicant.conf that I use on my Debian laptop.) The network is recognized by my Android phone, but I'm asked...
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    Connecting to a wireless network which redirects to a login page

    Hi, I need to connect to an institutional wireless network whose only security is achieved thanks to a login webpage. Once I'm connected to the wireless network, the first thing that I can do is to go to the login webpage. The problem is that most applications do not support this kind of login...
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    Turn screen off, but let CPU, etc., working as if screen was on

    Hi, I would like to turn off my HTC Desire's screen but to let it work as if screen was on (i.e. WiFi, etc.). There are plenty situations where it might be interesting to do this: You're downloading huge files, and you want to economize battery a little bit; You're using GPS-tracking...
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    Video codecs: why are .WMV, .MPEG, .MPG, .AVI, etc. impossible to watch?

    Hi, Why are .WMV, .MPEG, .MPG, .AVI, etc, impossible to watch? Have these codecs already been ported to Android, or not? I mean... can I download them somewhere (bundled with a program or not, )? .3gp is not the only format around! Thanks.
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    Constantly signaling position through (Google) Latitude without the mobile's internet connection

    Hi, When doing `outside sport,' I would sometimes like my friends to see constantly (given a time interval) my position. This is possible, through (Google) Latitude. But it needs a GPS and an internet connection. The GPS is included in my HTC Desire, but as I'm using a prepaid card, I can't...
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    How do you use an Android device in the sun/in a light environment?

    Hi, If it's sunny outside, I can't see anything on the screen of my Android device (HTC Desire). Do you have any solution to this? Thanks.
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    Accelerating the Android device's starting

    Hi, Is there a way to accelerate my HTC Desire's starting? Okay, it should not turn it off often, but, well, you sometimes want to turn it off, and it takes > 1 min. to recover from its fully operational mode! Thanks.
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    Blocking messages from given numbers

    Hi, I would like not to read the messages from some preselected numbers. Some person is annoying me (as it always happens in life), and I dislike receiving stupid and incongruous messages from that person. How could I achieve this? I found apps for blocking calls, mostly for WM, but I here look...
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    Network availability looks generally lower with my Android phone than with a traditional mobile ph.

    Hi, As stated in the title, it looks like my Android device shows a `lower' (mobile) network availability than a `traditional' (i.e. not smartphone-like) phone. Why? Am I the only guy experiencing this? Thanks.
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    Alarm Clock won't ring if the device is turned off?

    Hi, It looks like I am obliged to let my phone turned on to make it ring for the alarm clock. Am I right? At least, this is what seems to happen with Math Alarm Clock (I did not test yet with the built-in alarm clock). Thanks.
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    Sending e-mails in plain text

    Hello, With the default Android's e-mail client, how could I send messages in plain text? I have not found any such option. Thanks.
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    Using AZERTY layout with English/American language

    Hi, I would like to use my HTC Desire in English or American, but with an AZERTY keyboard layout. I've tried all the options, and when I choose English or American language, I always have to use some QWERTY keyboard... Is there a workaround? This appears to me as some not-too-illogical thing...
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    Modifying naviguator info

    Hi, For some websites, I need to show a specific OS (here, Debian-powered), together with a different browser (i.e. Gecko-based, such as Mozilla Firefox). I would like my HTC Desire to submit different info (or at least to submit nothing) than its original ones when surfing on websites. How can...
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    Refreshing or simply downloading meteorological data when using WiFi looks like unimplemented

    Hi, As stated in the title, I think that the only way my HTC Desire downloads meteorological data is through the data connection of my mobile provider. But I would like this phone to download meteorological data directly from the Internet when I'm already connected to the Internet, e.g. using...
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    Naviguating using GPS *and* voice through Google Maps

    Hi, Google Maps looks like a good alternative to naviguate using my HTC Desire's GPS. The fact is that I would like my route to be explained in some vocal way (better for driving, isn't it?). I already have Speaking Pad from `IDEAL Group, Inc.' installed. This application lets me type some...
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    Sharing Internet in the other sense

    Hi, When connecting through USB my HTC Desire, I am sometimes asked if I want to share the Internet. The fact is that it would try sharing HTC Desire's internet to my computer, but it has here no interest, as the opposite is most current for me. Is there a reverse implementation of this as an...
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    Playing .asx or .pls streams

    Hi, How can I play a .asx or a .pls stream? I tried Stream Media Player, but to no avail. Thanks.
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