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    Root How to install TWRP and root your Galaxy a3 2016

    Disclaimer Rooting is not a risk-free business. It will void your warranty and possibly brick your phone. By reading and using these instructions, you implicitly accept all responsibility. Please note These instructions are for the Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) model SM-A310F only. DO NOT...
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    Galaxy a3 2016 has 8 core cpu

    Did you know that the Galaxy a3 2016 has 8-core CPU, not 4? Someone over at xda has found a way to activate the 4 cores that are disabled by Samsung. Warning : 1. It requires root 2. It trips Knox counter Use at your own risk! Link: http://tinyurl.com/jcgbje8
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    Cannot believe how bad the YouTube app has become

    I just cannot believe how bad the YouTube app for Android has become. Every update brings new bugs, without fixing the old ones. Just to name a few: - Videos are out of sync with the audio. - After a few videos, the error "there was a problem playing this video, tap to retry". Only...
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    Plugin to clear recent apps?

    Is there a plugin for non root users that clears the recent apps list? Android 5.0.2 if that matters. Thanks!
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    How to revert to previous Nova Launcher

    Nova Launcher recently had a major upgrade, but many users (including me) don't really like it (understatement). A lot of functionality has been removed, and the Play Store is littered with one star ratings and bad reviews. TeslaCoil offers a download link to the previous version on their...
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    YouTube alternative?

    Recent updates of the YouTube app have brought nothing but new bugs, without fixing old bugs that have been around for years. So I'm looking for a decent alternative. It has to be able to show my subscribed channels, and it has to be able to play the video's at 720p or better. It also should...
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    HavNeed free shopping app

    Introducing the most simple shopping list app ever. HavNeed was written with one thing in mind: simplicity. Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmail.guydevoss.havneed How to use HavNeed The app has two lists. The Have list normally holds all the items you buy regularly...
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    App Tip: Manage your permissions without ROOT (Jelly Bean and KitKat)(

    As you may or may not know, Android (Jelly Bean and up) contains some native code from Google, that manages permissions on a per-app basis. From WikiPedia: "The "App Ops" privacy and application permissions control system, used for internal development and testing by Google, was...
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    Youtube app shows only 3 playlists

    The new YouTube app only lists 3 of my 10+ playlists. Am I missing something here? Thanks.
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    Disabled apps return

    I have a problem when I disable apps (bloatware) that I don't use, like Twitter, Google play games, and others. After a few days, they reappear in the app drawer and I have to disable them again. But after a while they keep returning. Anyone else seeing this happen? Is there a solution to this...
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    Camera Shutter Sound

    Is there a way to make the camera's shutter sound louder? I can barely hear it, and in a noisy environment I often wonder if the photo has been captured.
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    NFC launcher that launches shortcuts

    I'm looking for a NFC launcher that can launch shortcuts. The ones I've tried only launch apps or change settings. Thanks in advance.
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    Tool for Shazam users

    When you tag a song in Shazam, you can share the tag info via the Android clipboard, but it's format is not really what we want. Example: "I just used Shazam to discover I Sat By The Ocean by Queens Of The Stone Age. blabla" followed by a link. Sometimes we only need the artist, the song...
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    Can you just replace the lcd on the note 2

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxgZeb5QytM&feature=youtube_gdata_player This is one of many good tutorials on youtube.
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    New Note2 user

    Hello all, Just a quick post to introduce myself. I've been a happy Galaxy S2 user for two years, and last week I upgraded to the Galaxy Note 2. I chose the Note 2 over the S4 because of the better battery, the larger screen, and of course the S-pen, which I think is an awesome accessory...
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    [SOLVED]GPS not working with Jeboo kernel

    Thank you for reading my post. I installed the new Jelly Bean on my phone and it worked great. But then I rooted it by flashing this kernel (jeboo_kernel_i9100_v1-2a.tar) and now my GPS is all messed up. Instead of seeing 7 or 8 sattelites, it has trouble even seeing just one. Hence I can't...
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    HoloWeb

    I came across this Youtube video. Stylish Web Browsing with Holoweb Browser -- App Review - YouTube It's a demo of a new and very promising web browser. Now before you all yawn and say 'yet another browser'... this one is made by one of the XDA members, it's only a few 100kb (yes kilobytes)...
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    DTMF problem with Sapir ROM

    I have a problem with my Phone Banking accounts, they misinterpret my DTMF codes. The phone sends them, I can hear them, but they seem to be invalid for some odd reason. When I dial a number manually, all goes well. Anybody experienced something like this? Any help would be hugely...
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    HOT: iPhone users soon without FaceBook???

    Apple Replacing Facebook App With Myspace | The Daily Currant Starting October 1st Facebook's app will be removed from the App Store. All existing Facebook apps for iPhone and iPad will automatically be converted to Myspace apps. If users wish to connect to Facebook instead of Myspace, they...
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    Help Can I avoid ICS by not using Kies?

    Just bought my S2 and I absolutely love it. It's on Gingerbread 2.3.6. I also own a tablet (Asus Eee-pad transformer0 that also ran great (it was on Honeycomb when I bought it). But Asus released ICS without any way to refuse it, and now it's very unreliable. Like 80% of all transformers...
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    Help Entering special characters with keyboard dock

    Does anybody know how to enter the special characters (like
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    Help Shazam

    I tried Shazam on my TF but it keeps saying 'Unable to establish a connection.' The same version is running fine on my HTC Wildfire. Anyone with the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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    Honeycomb is coming!

    Androidwordl.nl reports HTC is starting to distribute Android 3.2 Honeycomb upgrades to Flyers in France (for now only 32 GB + 3G models). According to the site, it is not clear why HTC decided to start distributing the upgrade without prior announcement. The upgrade is numbered...
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    Maxthon browser, you should check it out

    Friends, my quest for the perfect browser is over. Just discovered Maxthon Browser (free on Android market). Check it out. It is a tabbed browser, specially for tablets. I was so pleased to see it's default user agent setting was 'desktop' :-) It still needs work, like for example they seem...
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    Google Earth crashing since 3.2.1

    Ever since the recent upgrade, I'm having problems with GE. It freezes when I pinch to zoom and sometimes just resets my tablet. Am I the only one experiencing these issues? Thanks in advance.
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