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    Excessive background data used by ebay and facebook

    Facebook - 200mb in a week. Ebay - 100mb in a week Both background data only. Turned background data off for these apps now but what on earth have they been doing? I'm assuming if it was an application update it would be play store that would be flagged as data user? (also I have wifi...
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    Help Headphone - how to increase?

    Using headphones is fine but I also connect mine to car radio via aux socket and it just isn't load enough. I've tried a few apps on play but none of them seem to work. Any suggestions? Do I need to root my phone first?
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    Help Screen blank - but phone still rings

    Get this quite a bit now. I try to use the phone and screen just wont switch on - totally blank. Got to remove battery and reset. Even if I rings I can hear the phone ringing but I cant get the screen to come on to answer the call. Any ideas?
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    Help Kies - Stuck at 'Connecting'

    Plugged in recognised phone. Stuck at 'connecting' for ages?
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    Help Apps keep unexpectedly closing

    Just started getting this.... Apps suddenly started closing unexpectedly. Reboot - no change. Got a message saying database storage is getting low but I cant get anything to stay active long enoiugh to clear anything?
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    Help Intermittent failure to charge

    Plug in my Galaxy and sometimes it just completely fails to charge. Tried different charger/usb cable but it doesnt make any difference. Any ideas?
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    Help GPS screwed?

    Used to work fine with CoPilot and then one day it didnt work too well. Since upgraded to Gingerbread but it makes no difference. Tried a few GPS test apps and it looks like it can no longer find satellites and keep lock on them. GPS screwed?
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    Help Factory reset - is there an app to restore everything?

    OK. Upgraded to gingerbread. If I wanted to factory reset, is there an app out there that I can backup everything (email, phone log, messages, apps, app settings) and then just run to restore the whole lot?
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    Help GPS problem - Copilot 8.2.0.218

    Used to work absolutely fine. Now I find its completely useless. GPS loses sync, jumps around etc. Recently updated to latest Gingerbread but made no difference. Wonder if its app or fault with my GPS. Any ideas?
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    Help Upgrading Froyo to Gingerbread- dont want to factory reset!

    Do I have to? To be honest, I really dont see the point of an upgrade where you have to start from scratch again. I work in IT and I'd get hung, drawn, and quartered if I suggested to a customer that an upgrade would mean re-installing from scratch !!!!!
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    Cheap USB cables. Data ok but not charge.

    Official cable works OK - obviously. Connects phone to PC and also charges when connected via USB. Bought a cheap cable off ebay. Works fine for transferring files and even though the charge symbol is on the phone it doesnt seem to charge. Am I right in saying that its something like the cable...
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    Help Galaxy hang on start-up ??? - cant get into recovery mode

    Was working fine. Not done anything recently apart from download apps from marketplace. Anyway - powered off and on and it wont start up now. Samsung galaxy screen pops up, then the start up animation, then it displays the S in the middle of the screen and thats it. Any ideas whats going on /...
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    T9/predictive text keyboard app?

    Wifes got a motorola defy which, by default, comes with a standard keyboard only and not the old type T9 phone keyboard. Anyway, she prefers this - anyone know of an app that will allow this use for SMS messaging?
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    Help Updated android market - how?

    Wife has got an updated version of the market on her phone but mine (exactly the same) hasnt? How do I get it?
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    Help Phone type keyboard on defy?

    Yeh. Weird I know but wife likes using this with predictive text rather than a full qwerty keyboard. Is this even possible on the Defy?
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    Help Cant recieve texts from one person - was working

    Seen other people who have this problem where the galaxy blocks texts from one number..... Anyway, this was working. However, now I dont recieve any texts from this particular person. I can recieve off other people and they can successfully send to others just not me. Any ideas?
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    Help Stupid question - upgrading to 2.2

    OK, at 2.1 at the moment and everythings running fine. Got OCLF running and its prety fast. If I upgrade to 2.2 am I going to have to do a reset and lose all my data and apps? Is there any way around this? What will I gain by going to 2.2?
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    Help Large messages sent as MMS?

    Not 100% sure about this but my wife swears blind that if she sends a large text message it gets sent as an MMS. Not cool because SMS are free on her contract but MMS are chargeable. On O2 in the UK. Any truth in this? She also uses the standard messaging app. Just wondered if this is true...
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    Help Turn off phone+mobile data but keep wifi?

    Is this even possible? Flight mode turns off everything including wifi....
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    Apps to boost max volume out of headphone socket?

    Just wondered if one existed? OK for headphones but I plug into aux socket of car radio and its not that loud...
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    Help Reflashing - phone powers up when battery inserted

    Trouble is samsung galaxy screen pops up, goes blank, repeats. I was wondering if reflashing it would help. Note, this is after dropping it in water. Makes it kinda difficult to do the home key-vol down power thing because it starts up when battery is inserted. When I hold these keys...
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    Help Audio output could be louder - Any way to increase max

    Fine for using headphones but I plug mine into aux on my car radio. Could be louder to be honest. Just wondered if there was any way to increase the max volume output?
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    Music player - displays lyrics as well

    Now that would be cool... Dont suppose such an app exists?
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    Help Dropped Galaxy S in water :-(

    Well, wife did with hers.... Luckily it was only in the water for a second and she switched it off straight away. Trouble is it was on at the time. It currently sitting in a bowl of rice in airing cupboard for a few days. Anyone successfully rescued theirs after similar problem? Or reckon...
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    Help Updating firmware?

    Current version is I9000XXJM1. To be honest, find it a bit laggy. Are there better versions of firmware available? Which ones? If I root it first then use titanium backup, can I just copy the entire directory structure back in after firmware update?
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