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    Chrome loads up 100 tabs by itself over couple days

    Any idea why it does that? I am not clicking and adding tabs, They are all junk tab, adds and weird stuff.
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    Gmail, how to view animated giffs in gmails?

    So far Outlook app will view animated gifs in emails when clicked on the picture, it opens another program like gallery and it plays, how can I do that with gmail? I see in outlook, I can use gallery or photos and it plays.
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    Outlook app never makes a sound when getting mails, notifications are dead

    I went through all settings I can fine reading various websites. I uninstalled Outlook, shut down phone restart and reinstall Outlook, no notifications ever. All other apps have plenty of notifications, sound, popup etc... How can this be fixed?
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    Note 8 verizon phone never updates os, etc...

    I even reset the note 8 phone, but i never get any security updates or OS updates. It is supposed to be upgradeable to android 9. Currently runs android 8.0. So what is the deal here, my daughters Verizon note 8 is running android 9, and os does get security updates.
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    what hotspot does it broadcast?

    This is a verizon note 8. Can I somehow tell it to create a hotspot for wireless n or even g? I think all it does is ac?
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    Android messages flashes black and white, used to work on verizon S4 phone

    I recorded a video. It shows me starting up messages for android. It used to work fine. I uninstalled, reinstalled, cleared cache. Yes, I restarted the phone So how to fix it? Everything else on phone works including Samsung messages https://photos.app.goo.gl/11QhAyWWj9kGqCUq6
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    delete gallery pictures all of them

    I want to free up some space, how can i delete entire folders, like all the pictures. I see there are 360 pictures on the phone. All the pictures are backed up on google photos. I also want to deleted all the videos. Also the gallery app is pathetically slow compared to google photos. I can not...
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    can not install-update anything with over 500mb free?

    The phone says running out of space, how much space does it need to update a 30mb program? Surely not 500mb. I reset the system cache and it has not helped. So the phone configuration is frozen, no updates, nothing can be installed. What should be done? Play store says it needs to free u8p...
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    Dialer microphone icon broke, left bottom next to call button

    Simply, I used to hit the microphone on the dialer, say a store where I want to go, it would load the store info and I could click a dial phone button and call them. Now NOTHING happens, like buttion is dead. A few days ago while it was breaking, it started playing a video (just heard some...
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    phone dialer is broken, where you click microphone

    Simply, I used to hit the microphone on the dialer, say a store where I want to go, it would load the store info and I could click a dial phone button and call them. Now NOTHING happens, like buttion is dead. A few days ago while it was breaking, it started playing a video (just heard some...
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    changed charging port, now NO signal

    I have no service since I have no signal. How do I fix this? OH, it seems to fix itself after several minutes.
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    Help voice mail notification never goes away

    When I pull down the notification bar, I see I have a voice mail. For example says 'New Voice Mail 11:16 AM' 'Dial *86' Then I dial *86 and listen to the voice mail. However the notification always stays there like it is stuck. Other notifications, I can click clear, and they go away but...
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    Stupidthingblockingmyscreenaybottom

    I can't even typeproperlybecauseitsblockingthespacebar.itookscreenshot Howtopostimagesjowingthisproblem? Okuploadedscreenshot.icantmovewidgitthingisstuckatscreenbase.
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    Play store no longer installs apks or is super slow

    Few days ago I installed an app. It did not appear on my phone until the next day. This am I used play store to install mightytext, it never installed. In the past, these installs would happen in moments, very quickly. So I went to apkmirror download site and manually downloaded mightytext...
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    play store my apps not matching whats on the phone

    Had to replace phone. Logged into play store, Looking to install missing apps from the play store, but says they are installed. How do you fix? Edit, I think I need to add a google account? Add & use accounts on your device To start downloading and buying items on the Google Play Store app...
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    Easy Backup 4.9.16 gone?

    Wife lost her phone, We had run that version of easy backup. So she gets a new phone So I went to install the app to restore her stuff and can not find it in the play store? I have several backed up files sitting in gmail and it had everything backed up, so what can I do to restore the backup...
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    our 2 verizon phones, batteries were hot, ran down fast

    Couple days ago, our S4 Galaxy and an LG vs840, both phone batteries were very warm, and the phones were using a lot of power abnormally. Then the next day back to normal for both phones. Is there some common link such as Verizon network exercising the phones?
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    unwanted program showing pictures when phone rests

    This showed up a few days ago, and I dont knw what it is. It uses up battery power. It displays pictures of cities I went through the apps, I dont see anything odd. You slide it over to reopen the phone. I want to know how to nuke it. My 4 yr old grandson may have installed a game and this came...
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    Help vlc plays wtv video well except on 5g wifi?

    On my home network, I can connect to 2 wifi protocols, one is normal, other is 5g Router is Verizon FIOS, and there are 2 connections available. 5g supposed to be faster? But it is not? When I connect to my home network to watch recorded WTV TV shows using 5G, the video stream stops and starts...
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    Help How does gallery app work with the SD card?

    I dumped 1567 photos in DCIM/Camera and maybe only 291 show up, with 1000 photos in autobackup? I pulled the SD card and booted phone, camera folder is gone, but autobackup of 1000 photos remains. How do I make gallery app work again?
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    Help Google photos syncing then delete to save space then restore to phone again

    I recently reset the phone. I have all pics on google photos. I reinstall google photos app on phone. It synced all pics to phone. Then I see option to save space, delete pics from phone about 1571 photos. So I do that. BUT, now phone has to have internet access to view the pictures. So how...
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    from verizon contacts to google contacts is so much better

    It was actually not too hard. I setup my google account on the phone. I used android app called easy backup and restore to backup everything to google drive. I downloaded the zip backup file and unzipped the contacts.vcf file from the zip. Then I signed into google contacts on web. imported the...
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    Help backup both mms and sms message and call logs?

    I tried SMS backup and restore. It works with call logs and sms messages backup to google drive. Is there an app to backup also the mms messages? to google drive would be nice. Was also interested to find one that also works with ICS for an older phone we still use. Edit, I found this...
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    Help S4 camera shutter sound no sound and it is set to be on

    what is the solution? I do hear sounds, notifications. When I take a photo, it USED to make the shutter sound. In camera settings I reset, and I toggled the setting. What is bad, in bright sun, I can not easily tell if it took picture or not, since I dont hear anything.. Ok, it is working. I...
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    Help contact edit will not show picture

    Claims it saves, but no picture appears. Android 4.0 I went into the apps, scrolled to all, and I see 2 contact related apps. They have data, I wonder if deleting the data there would reset something, maybe then pictures would appear?
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