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    Nothing on the New Google Maps?

    I just downloaded the update. I can't believe there isn't a thread. This update fixes many of the issues with the most recent and most horrible major update. Once again there is a toggle to get to a wide view, rather than having to go to a menu. And when you go to wide view you don't lose...
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    When Verizon Sends You a Replacement Phone . . .

    That is all they send! My wife's phone got replaced under warranty by Verizon. I knew they wouldn't send everything, particularly a simm card. I thought they'd might possibly send a battery and I'd have to return one, but no battery. No big deal--I was planning on keeping the one I had...
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    Help Another charging issue!

    My wife's S4 suddenly started giving a message that it wouldn't charge without the original charger, even when using the original charger (I've tried two original and several others that work with my S4, and connecting it to a PC). I switch batteries with my phone, and it still won't work...
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    What Internet Site(s) For Tech News?

    Over the past couple of years I've stopped visiting more and more tech sites for news, and now with the redesign of the Cnet site I'm left with none. I wasn't that happy with their news, but making it hard to read makes it even worse. What sites do you people regularly visit?
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    Help Google Services Sucking Power Again

    I'm having a problem with my phone where the battery is drained and it even runs warm. I tried rebooting already. The culprit is again Google Services. I did recently update Google Maps. Anyone else having this issue recently?
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    Google Maps Web via Chrome to Phone to Google Navigation (Phone)

    Okay, in addition to messing up Google Navigation on the phone and Google Maps on the web, they've apparently totally broken using Chrome to Phone to send an address from your computer and then using Maps to navigate on your phone. Am I missing something? Is there a work around? I want to...
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    New Chrome Browser

    The new Chrome browser allows you to use data compression in the bandwidth management setting. I've been using it a day or two with 30%+ savings, and no apparent hit on speed (actually it seems faster).
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    If You Could Move To Any Other Country . . ..

    I'm getting rather sick of the United States for many different reasons (rampant consumerism, near complete complacency in the face of erosion of the Bill of Rights, a health care system that will likely collapse of its own weight, and near complete intolerance of any difference of opinion...
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    More Verizon Update Battery Charging Issues

    I upgraded my Verizon S4 from the MJ7 update to the MK2 update about a week ago. Prior to that I was able to get my vehicle charging issues resolved by buying a better cable. Now, with this update the charging issues are back. Before with the smaller gauge cables it wouldn't charge at all...
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    Old Person Rant

    Okay, I'm over 50 and I have a question. At what point did they quit teaching people to walk on a roadway facing traffic and to not park in front of someone's mailbox. People born after 1984 don't seem to know either of those two things, but I'd like to pin down a specific date! ;) :D
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    Drying Out Electronic Devices

    This forum reminded me I own a blue tooth device for my hearing aid, so I started using it again. Unfortunately I had it in my robe pocket and my wife put it in the washing machine. As soon I discovered what she had done I stopped the machine, removed the battery and put it in a sealed...
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    50 Things Turning 50

    For those of you over 50 years old, you might enjoy this from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle's on-line only newspaper): 50 things turning 50 in 2014 - seattlepi.com I was struck by how many of the classic old TV shows were apparently started in 1964. Addams Family, Munsters...
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    AppOpps Launcher

    Anyone use this? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixelmonster.AppOps You need 4.3 or better, but supposedly it allows you to control the permission of individual apps. Apparently it only launches a feature that Android keeps somewhat hidden starting in 4.3.
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    People Without Social Media?

    A lot of the threads I start seem to be based on Jimmy Kimmel! This is another one. He had a sidewalk piece where you were to guess whether the person's Facebook main picture was a selfie. I was expecting at least one of the people to not have FB, but no, all the ones they showed did. But...
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    How is Obamacare Affecting You?

    For me I'm self-employed but make too much for a subsidy. That doesn't matter though because my doctor doesn't accept any of the exchange policies, and you only get a subsidy through the exchange. My premium and deductible are both going to almost double! When I hear the supporters of...
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    Stupid News People (TV)

    Jimmy Kimmel has run a couple of pieces lately on L.A. TV news covering all the recent "extreme" weather in L.A. Basically covering a sprinkle as if it were a hurricane type of thing. I thought that would be a good topic here, so here's my first contribution. I often get the impression that...
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    Question About Moving Apps

    Can anyone answer the question in this thread about whether the Samsung S4 actually moves apps to the microSD card? http://androidforums.com/android-lounge/803093-question-regarding-storage.html#post6308591
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    Wired Tethering and Windows Firewall

    First, let me admit I feel like an idiot. It took me well over a year to even try wired tethering, as opposed to a wireless hotspot. The former is so much better. For one thing, your phone actually charges rather than drains! But wired just sounded so low tech! :o But I'm having a problem...
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    Using Old Phone as a Security Camera

    I'm looking for an app that will make some use of my old Android phones. So buying a webcam is not the answer I'm looking for. What I would like it to do is take pictures or video, preferably with motion detection, and store the data on the microSD card. No connection to the internet is...
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    4.3 Issues of Interest (Verizon)

    This is intended to be a thread where people can note changes in 4.3 (for Verizon) that might be of interest. Previous threads have pointed out that folders now stay open after you select the program you want to run, and that you need to initialize your camera app after the upgrade. I will add...
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    Help Verizon Update--How Do You Remove the Reminder?

    I have no plans on installing the Verizon update until either Google fixes Maps/Navigation or I buy a third party product. Is there a way to get rid of the reminder that there is an update available?
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    Help Home Button Issues (Delayed Lock Related???)

    I've been having intermittent issues where my home button doesn't work. It doesn't seem to be a physical problem because it's pretty much not working at all until I reboot. I think it may be related to a new update of Delayed Lock, because it started right after I updated and bringing that...
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    "Real Navigation" Program (Please don't move)

    I asked this question in the applications area over a week ago and got no response. So mods, please don't move. I'm looking for a response from S4 owners. I'm looking for a real GPS program for if and when I get stuck with the new version of Google Maps/Navigation. The three requirements...
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    Google Play Store Errors

    I had a problem with the Play Store on my wife's Galaxy S4. I thought I'd report the fix. The first issue was an error: DF-BPA-10 when starting a download. One site suggested uninstalling updates in for the Play Store, and that just resulted in a new error: RPC:S-5:AEC-0. I would also get...
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    10 Key?

    I don't remember for sure how it was done (holding the symbol key????), but on my old Moto phone I could have the keyboard display a 10 key type layout for numbers. Is there a way to do that with the standard Verizon S4 keyboard (or an optional keyboard)?
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