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    Alternative to Helium for app data backup

    I have a Galaxy S4 not rooted using Jelly Bean. I tried using Helium to back up app data numerous times, but it never works. Almost every time the GUI crashes within 3 seconds of the backup starting. The notification panel shows Helium is still running. It continues for 1-2 more apps then...
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    Help migrate contacts from dumb phone

    I need to get contacts from a deactivated dumb phone to my Galaxy S4. The dumb phone provides for export only by SMS (no longer an option) or Bluetooth, and even then only 1 at a time. It does use .vcf. I have 2 Google accounts on the Galaxy S4. When I send each contact, can I have it go into...
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    Help Questioning an update

    I just activated a SPH-L720T having Android 4.3 with Sprint (USA). I have a notification saying System update downloaded, touch to install. Upgrading my Galaxy S2 from GB to ICS caused me no end of trouble. I tried to downgrade back to GB but it failed. I tried several times to upgrade it to JB...
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    Help disappearing apps

    After starting my phone, I often find apps are missing. Usually 1-3 are missing, but I have had as many as 6-10 go missing. Anything can go missing; it isn't the same apps over and over. All I have left for each is a gray icon that can't be used. Restarting might bring back some or all of them...
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    atashi wa Miyuki desu ^.^

    I just went from a dumb phone with Verizon to an Android phone with Sprint. After so many years with dumb phones the new one almost doesn't seem like it's a phone. I got the 64G iPod Touch a few months after its introduction, but the way I use it is more like how most people use the iPad ( =...