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    Got a 32GB N5? Pray that you don't have to get it repaired by LG!

    My 32GB N5 developed a fault on it's main board that was causing excessive current drain. Arranged to get it repaired under warranty by LG. When I received it back and was reloading my apps and data, I noticed it seemed a bit short of memory. The battery info settings page indicated that the...
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    Help Notifications getting stuck

    I'm running the stock .211 rom, rooted. I've noticed that some notifications are getting "stuck". E.g. when updating apps through Google Play, the animated Installing notification sometimes stays on display indefinitely, instead of transitioning to the Installed icon. A similar situation...
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    App killer whitelist app?

    Anyone know of an app that will stop specified apps from being killed by the OS's resource management? I use Light Flow Lite which now displays a notification icon when it runs in the foreground. I'd rather not have that icon, and the app includes a setting to run in the background without...
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    Help A few annoyances with the phone

    A couple of issues with the phone have really started to annoy me recently. I'm interested to know whether anyone else notices these things, or whether it is just my phone... Every now and then, I wake the phone up and am asked for my SIM's PIN. This is after having booted the phone at the...
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    Titanium Backup advice please

    I have a Sony Xperia S, rooted and running ICS. It has started becoming very laggy lately. I've heard that doing a factory reset can help in such circumstances. I want to use Titanium Backup (free version, preferably) to make a backup so that rebuilding the phone after the reset is quick and...
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    Root Some useful SXS root-related links

    Here's a few links I found useful. I'm not intending to go out of my way to keep this up to date, but you might find some of this stuff as a handy starting point if setting out to root your SXS. Flashtool - Flashtool - Xperia devices flashing Unlocking your bootloader (if your's can be...
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    Help Pointless message on enabling GPS in ICS

    Since updating to ICS (flashed using the CH generic ROM), I get a message saying "By selecting Standalone GPS Services, you are enabling access to all location information..." every time I enable GPS. This is a bummer, as it stops me automating GPS activation via Tasker. Does this happen...
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    Google Maps Navigation using wrong voice accent

    Since installing the latest update to Google Maps a couple of days ago, the Navigation voice has taken on a US accent, despite the fact that I gave UK English selected in the TTS settings of Android. Anyone else noticed this?
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    Car holder for Xperia S

    Anyone have any good tips for a decent car holder for an Xperia S? I tried a Dash Genie but that was not too successful, mainly due to the curved back of teh handset. I'm now using an old
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    Help Gmail notifications - slow, non-existant

    I'm finding tha Gmail notifications are very slow to appear on my O2 Xperia S, and sometimes do not appear at all. E.g. I just went into the Gmail app, did a manual refresh, and only then did an email (that was still unread) appear that was received on my other devices 20 minutes earlier. As a...
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    Help Screen protector or not?

    My Xperia S came supplied with a screen protector, and I've made a right royal hash up of applying it - bubbles and dust specks galore.:o I gather that the phone does not have Gorilla Glass, but does have some otehr kind of reinforced glass. Do others have any knowledge about how effective...
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    Root Apps on SD card disappeared after Nandroid restore

    I'm using CWM Recovery 2.5.0.7 and CM7.1 with Simple2Ext. Last night, I wanted to try out a different SIM (Giffgaff, FWIW) to check coverage in my area. I'm not an expert on APN-related stuff, so decided to do a full nandroid backup first, so that I could restore things to exactly the same...
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    Help Market "My Apps" broken after activating 2nd Android device

    My Apps in the market has lost track of most of the apps I have installed on my Desire. It should have >100, but is only listing 22. This used to happen regularly a while ago, but the well-known workaround of deleting Market's cache and data, and maybe rebooting, would normally bring My Apps...
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    Root Cm7.1

    Just installed the official released CM7.1. Seems to me that they have done a great job on it; it is very much faster than 7.1rc1. Well worth trying.
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    Root Gmail stops syncing - I'm using CM7

    On a couple of occasions, the native Gmail app on my HTC Desire has stopped syncing, and I've had to go back into Settings | Account and Sync Settings and tick the Sync Gmail setting. Anyone else had this option spontaneously un-tick itself? I'm using a CM7.1 ROM, in case that is relevant.
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