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  1. w8wca

    Android 9 (pie) quirks?

    Anyone know if our Note 8 will get Android Pie (9) mine is SM-N950F/DS so I may not
  2. w8wca

    .apk files & Oreo

    I just looked at a fresh Back Up I did with Smart Switch for my Note 8 There are NO .apk files in the back up. I have them in my back up files for my Note 4 Did Oreo drop .apk files? Or does Smart Switch no longer back up the .apk files?
  3. w8wca

    Oreo - Contacts Icon shows Notification does not go away

    My Contacts Icon (I keep in Nova Dock) now and then shows a Notification "dot" The only way to clear it seems to be to clear Contacts Cache and reboot. Anyone else with Oreo have this problem?
  4. w8wca

    Help Samsung Pay Notices (from a .tw Note 8 Used in USA)

    I probably should not have - but I registered my Note 8 with Samsung - had to register for Taiwan because it is an Asian unit I bought. I am now getting Samsung Pay notices in Chinese (?) (Well I think) My question is: If I factory reset my Note 8, and start fresh - will it still give me the...
  5. w8wca

    Smart Lock shows blank screen? Try this.

    All the sudden the Smart Lock Setting screen is just blank I type in password and it goes to a screen that has Smart Lock at the top and the 3 dots at top right they are just a menu How It Works and Help UPDATE: I found a fix: from...
  6. w8wca

    Always on works now!

    My Zenwatch 3 ran out of battery early SUnday - and I noticed that after updating to Google OS (vc Android Ware) The Always on Display now works. It never did on mine
  7. w8wca

    Bixby Thinks Spring starts Thur. 3-22

    My Note 8's Bixby tells me spring starts Thursday 3-22. Anyone else have that issue?
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    ZenWatch 3 sometimes does not charge

    About once every 2 weeks I grab my ZW3 and head out to work - only to find out it did not charge This is Super Annoying! So much I am even considering giving up on smart watches (Unless I switch to Apple Phone and Watch - that's not likely) Anyone else have this problem?
  9. w8wca

    Note 8 Amber Alert Settings?

    My Note 8 is one of the 'gray' market ones (from aisa?) (I am in USA/OH) SM-N950F/DS Android 7.1.1 Stock ROM not rooted Anyway I cannot find settings for alerts except for in message settings "Roaming emergency alerts" on or off Anyone with one of these find the setting to turn off amber alerts?
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    Best Fonts to read Passwords

    I had a couple of fonts on my Note 4 that had Crossed 0 (number) And they also made it easy to distinguish betweek Il and 1 (Large I, little L, and Number 1) They were Bender , Dekar and Jolly But they do not work on my Note 8 Anyone find good Font for reading these type characters? I...
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    Help MailDroid

    I have been using MailDroid for ages. Lately on my Note 8 (But even on my Note 4) It will just be black (or white ) screen - and basically lock up. I have cleared Cache Partition and even cleared Data in settings app manager maildroid - reset it up. It Still ends up happening now and then...