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    Microsoft silver light for android or something similar?

    I want to listen to a radio show and the website asks me to download Microsoft silver light. I check the market and I see it's available for five dollars however I just want to listen to this one radio show today and don't want to pay five dollars. Is there a free app available?
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    How do I eliminate dead zones in my apartment?

    I get horrible horrible reception in my apartment. I have a nexus and my girlfriend has a thunderbolt. Sometimes our calls drop for reasons I can't even explain. 1 day we might have 4 bars in a spot and the next day we don't have any reception. I'm sitting in my chair sometimes I have reception...
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    Looking for a brightness widget

    Beautiful brightness isn't working for me on jb. Samsung galaxy nexus. I'm looking for a widget that goes from 100% to my current setting and back again. I see some that go 0,50,75,100 but I just want the two settings
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    please what's the name of this app

    I remember you could use this app and point it in a direction and it almost saw through buildings so to speak and would tell you the businesses located in that building or area. If I pointed it at a mall it showed me the stores that were in there, etc etc...anyone have any idea what that app...
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    [International / GSM] Am I bricked/screwed? Was flashing a kernel

    Hello everyone, I have a pretty major problem. I flashed the minimalist kernel and made a backup beforehand. I've flashed tons of kernels on the verizon nexus as well as my previous droid and never had any kind of problems like this. After the install was completed it got stuck in a boot...
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    Root Dear God, please somebody help me root

    I've rooted 6 droids and 2 nexuses so this shouldn't be so ****ing hard. Revolutionary root is the only thing people talk about these days. I've looked at 4 different forums. I've read xda but I can't post there!!!!! Revolution doesn't ****ing work for me!!!!!!!!!!!! I try typing in their...
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    Root Looking for a Stable ROM that is still supported

    My girlfriend has finally asked me to root her phone. My D1 was rooted and my Nexus is rooted so now I'm researching the Thunderbolt. She is NOT going to want to play w/ different ROMs like I do. She just wants it basically for wireless tether. Root the phone and it better work she says, lol...
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    [International / GSM] clock is wrong

    The first time this happened the clock in the upper right hand corner was wrong but beautiful smaller home was right. That was with codename android rom. Now with AKOP it's the reverse. Any idea why this is going on? Is it rom related?
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    Need a blue tooth headset; text to speech

    I have a plaintronics headset now that isn't working too well. I would like to know if anyone can recommend a bt headset that has voice commands and allows me to hear (and perhaps dictate) text message through the bluetooth headset. I use an app called drivesafe.ly so if you know something that...
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    Help Problem transferring music to Nexus

    I thought that by typing in the subject it would pull up an answer since this must have been discussed before, but I was wrong.... cliffnotes: what's the best way to transfer a CD to my samsung galaxy nexus? Here is what I did. I ripped the music into windows media player. Then I thought I...
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    Help Any way to amplify the notifications, change navigator voice?

    I can barely hear my notifications and I've got real good hearing! Is there anyway to amplify it and does anybody else have a problem w/ all notifications and ring tones being too quiet? Is there a fix in the works? Also I was driving today and the navigation voice is just awful. I like the...
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    [International / GSM] Problem setting up android sdk

    I just can't get the sdk installed. I tried on 2 different computers. One was w/ Vista, and oneis w/ Win XP and am following the instructions from here: Howto: Install the Android SDK - CyanogenMod Wiki I have a problem w/ this step. I unzip the file to the root of my C drive and then : 4...
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    car charger recommendations please

    I'm getting fed up w/ these cheap car chargers. I've had cell phones since they came out and always have used a car charger. Every time I get in the car I plug it in.I used to keep my phones for a few years and never went through more than 1 car charger. Now, less that a year I'm ready for my...
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    Question about screens

    I've got a droid and as anyone w/ a droid knows it's impossible to read the screen outside on a sunny day....and sometimes even on a cloudy day. Why is that and are the newer phones easier to read outdoors? Can I read the D2, DX, Iphone 4, etc on a sunny day? What kind of screen should I...
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    Root D1 can't reply to mail w/ gmail

    I'm on a rooted D1. I've had this problem w/ the last couple rooted ROMs. When I reply to a person's email it gets stuck in the outbox. The other day I happened to check it and there were 9 messages in there from the past 3 days that never were sent. I type the message and hit send, but it's...
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    Updated google docs and lost data

    My documents show up in the google docs app, however when I click it to open the document is blank. This is the case for every document I have. I just checked on my home computer and it's still there, however why doesn't it appear on my phone? I even went to the google doc website on my phone...
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    Root Need to take my rooted phone back to Verizon for repair

    Based on advice I received in this thread: http://androidforums.com/droid-all-things-root/161354-blurry-camera-d1-w-lithium-bb-0-4-a.html it looks like I have to take my phone to Verizon for repair. I had to send my first droid in because the speaker phone wasn't working so they sent me a new...
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    Root blurry camera, D1 w/ lithium and bb 0.4

    D1, running lithium mod I noticed that the camera images are really blurry when taking pics further than maybe a foot away. I flashed back to BB 0.4 and still have a problem. Anyone know what's going on, which ROM I should use and if there is a fix?
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    pda net no longer free w/in the last 3 weeks?

    D1, rooted w/ Lithium mod. Just a few weeks ago I was using pdanet without a problem. Today I tried and it says that secure sites require me to pay to use the service. Did something change? I have version 2.42. If there is still a free version please send me the link because I can't find it. I...
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    What's the benefit of multi touch keyboard?

    I don't get the point. What's the benefit of a multi touch keyboard over a regular keyboard or swype? You can hold down one key, but it still recognizes the other keys? So what? What am I missing?
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    Root Nandroid backup question-which is most recent?

    I've got about 15 nandroid backups. The first five all are named by seemingly random numbers. The rest are named, perhaps from backing up w/ ROM manager? I always backup w/ ROM manager, then do a nandroid. I never name my nandroid backup nor do I think it's possible. I'm guessing it doesn't...
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    Root Tethering droid w/ usb using hotel wifi w/ bb0.4

    I am connected to my hotel's wifi at 54 MBs, but if I select the tethering option for bb 0.4 it says I need motorola driver A844 I think it was. Is that this: USB and PC Charging Drivers - Motorola, Inc. USA Right now I have pda net hooked up, but it's only connected at 2.4MBs so it doesn't...
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    Root BB 0.4 text messaging question

    In the past my name would be linked w/ my facebook picture and show up whenever I texted. Now, however it shows the droid when I text and not my picture. How do I get the pic to sync w/ my facebook pic or for that matter how do I add a pic instead of the droid?
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    does google docs backup my data?

    I have a spreadsheet that I edit daily. For some reason my data from the last 8 days is lost even though I know I had it was up to date 3 days ago. Is there a way to view this spreadsheet on google docs from 3 days ago so at least I can retrieve that data?
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    Root how to install bugless beast bootloader

    There is one of the apple being eaten or destroyed. Where do I find it? Is it on my phone someplace from when I flashed bb 0.4 or do I have to download it separately and put it on my sd card?