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    best durable case for n5x, for work

    i'm getting an n5x to replace my n5 this week. i work in construction, and would like a fairly durable case, but one that can also accommodate a hard glass screen protector. i used the spigen slim armor for my n5, but they don't make that case for the n5x. i can tell the camera lens protruding...
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    Help can't hear incoming texts or emails since kit kat (and now 5.0)

    hi, i have two nexus phones, both a 4 and a 5. ever since kit kat, while talking on the phone, i won't get an audible beep or sound when an incoming text or email comes through. this is particularly annoying, because i drive a lot (wired headset) and have the phone tucked into my visor. why...
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    Help mms and hangouts head scratcher

    hi, i have an issue with hangouts and attaching photos to some texts. most of the time it works, but sometimes instead of getting the selection popup, i get another one asking me to join google + (which i don't want to do). at that point, there's no way to send the photo. also, if i just got...
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    Help n5 ridiculously small sim tool slot

    has anyone figured out an alternative to opening the sim tray on an n5? the tool is so small, that i'm afraid to try anything else (paperclip, etc) in case i lose the tool. and i hear replacements are hard to come by as well.
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    how do you get the front camera on???

    for crying out loud, i can't see how to do this! :)
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    Help friend's s3 (AT&T) won't update from 4.0.4

    my friend's phone has been acting up, so i decided to take a look at it. i see she still has 4.0.4 android on it, and i tried to update it. at first i get hte obligatory "check back in 24 hours" nonsense from at&t, then when i called their tech support, they said i needed to do the update...
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    Help 4.3 nexus 7, 2012 login errors

    Hi, I was late to upgrading to 4.3, but I am having problems on some login attempts at certain sites. It mainly seems to occur when an email is the login. I got on here with no problems. Anyone know what is causing this? There are no other updates available now. Thanks
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    Help no power control widget...notification disable?

    hi, i see a lot of the reviews of this phone dismiss the notification shade as clunky and overwrought. i'm not going to get into that, but i would like to know what the alternative is to the old standard android power control "notification" toggle. at night, i turned that off, and would only...
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    headphone (wired) wake from sleep to dial app?

    hi, the one function that i keep an iphone for is that i can long hold a mic on a wired headphone set, and it will open up to the voice command function, whereupon i can say "call so and so" and then make a hands free call. i seem to recall there's nothing like that built into android, but are...
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    411: trying to send gps coordinates through google maps

    okay, so this may be weird, but it seems like maps should be able to do this. my brother in law and my niece were in the chicago area today (i'm in la) and they were going to go see a house her mom lived in when we were kids. the addresses are kind of weird in the chicago burbs, so all i...
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    AT&T sim card swap android/BB

    hi, i currently own a couple android devices, and have been able to swap the sim between them and iphones, without any hitches. what i'd like to know is if this will still work if i get a blackberry z10? i won't call at&t, because they still swear i can't swap my sim between iphones and...
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    Help swype after jb very slow

    i cannot type on a screen keybaord at all. i love swype, but have noticed a considerable lag since the jb update. anyone else notice that? any fixes known for that?
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    Help atrix keeps shutting down wifi with google play music

    hi, i have uploaded a bunch of music to the google music play server, but when trying to access it from the atrix 4g (with 2.3.6) it will only play one song, then shut the wifi down. i have checked every place i can to make sure the wifi doesn't go to sleep, but i must be overlooking one. any...
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    google music play killing me!!!!

    i have spent the last five days uploading a ton of music to the google play cloud server, but am having nothing but headache after headache trying to use it. i have multiple android devices too. none of them can get through a 20 song playlist without freezing up, and some don't get anywhere...
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    Root Anyone have latest links and procedure to root on 2.3.6?

    i just bought a used atrix 4g today, and am trying to root it, but all the links to files i have found are way long gone. anyone have a fresh way of doing this root, and the latest links? i'd appreciate it.
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    Email delivery delay fixed with jb 4.1

    the most annoying ill with my at&t htc one x has been cured by the new 4.1 jb update. no more lag for email delivery. it's about time, but i'm thankful!
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    Help wallpaper from gallery

    hi, i have downloaded some 720 x 1280 images i'd like to use as wallpapers, but when i open them up through the gallery/wallpaper menu, the sizing thing won't let me select more than say 1/3 of the image. what am i doing wrong?
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    native email app on n7 (not gmail)

    what is that app called? i'd like it on my phone (atrix hd) as well. i never really warmed up to k-9 mail. i like the interface on this one, and it handles my legacy hotmail accounts beautifully.
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    Help weird text receiving glitch--photos.

    my friend has an s3. when i text her pictures, they show up as photos that she had texted to her a while back. the photos never got stored to the gallery, but they are still in the text history. the ones i actually send now show up after the second opening. any clue what might be causing this...
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    changing default lockscreen apps

    i had installed sms pro and it became the default text app on my lockscreen, but now i am trying handcent. i can't find a way to make handcent do that. any way possible?
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    Help did i just buy a dud?

    i got a player 5, but am really wondering if i got a dud. wifi is spotty at best (on my home wifi that has no problems whatsoever with the dozens of other devices that access it). and from what i can tell, the compass/gps are completely wacked out. it would be nice if this device would stay...
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    Help contacts not syncing 411

    okay, i had this problem before with my s2 (funny, not with my iphone, go figure). i have my gmail account setup to be default for contacts, with syncing in the account menu. but if someone calls, and i want to add them to my contacts, it only stays on the phone, it won't ota with gmail, or...
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    Help moving apk to inspire 411

    i just got a used inspire, and i have some apks i'd like to move to the phone (they're on my computer now). do i need to root the phone to be able to do that?
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    Help resetting unlocked d3

    hi, the d 3 i just got is unlocked world phone version. i want to do a factory reset to make it clean. will i lose the unlock if i do that? i am using it with an att card. thanks
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    Help phone showing chinese letters now!

    i have an unlocked d3 world phone, but after i took the sim card out (i want to use this primarily as a standalone gps device) a lot of the copy is showing up as chinese characters now. Specifically, the date on the not bar, and a lot of the app names and setting text. any clue why this may be?
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