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    Help Any way to remove icons from the status/notification bar?

    I have a GS5 running 5.0 that is not rooted. At the top of the screen I have the permanent icons for Bluetooth and the Alarm clock and I'd like to not see them. I don't need the phone to constantly tell me that my BT is on and that I have an alarm set. Is there any way to get rid of these...
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    Any way to get more icons in a homepage group?

    On my S3, if I made a group of icons on the home page it showed them 4 across, just like the regular icons on the home page do. On my S5, it only shows 3 across so they go off the bottom of the screen. It's also not very evident that it's a scrollable window so I forget that I have other icons...
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    Help Unfortuntaely, Settings has Stopped - when connecting to secured wifi

    So I have a brand new HP Slate 7 which connects fine to my wifi at home. However, when I try to connect at work,it crashes as soon as I tap the Connect button after entering my password info. It's running Android 4.1.1. Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this? I can connect fine...
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    Root [Sprint/Cricket] Rooted S3 with the new firmware prompt. Not sure where to start

    Howdy, I have an S3 that is rooted but running the stock ROM. A few months back I started getting the prompt for whatever the new firmware version is. I can't install the new version as is but I know I can redo the root or flash something that would get rid of the prompt. Can anyone direct...
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    Things disappear from the screen.

    OK, this is weird. Started noticing it last week and have no idea why thsi is happening. When I run some apps, certain items that are supposed to be on the screen just simply aren't there. In Google Nav, I open it up and when it showed me my directions, the entire header of the screen (the...
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    Help Any way to link Ringtone and Notification Volume?

    I thought this was working before, but maybe I'm just crazy. But I know it's not working now. I'm on Verizon and got the JB update a week or so ago. I'm just trying to find a way to link the Ringtone and Notification volumes together like it was in past versions of Android on all my other...
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    Wifi not seeing available networks

    So I've had this phone for a month or two and never had a problem unti lthe last week or so. Now, the phone stops seeing that wifi networks are available when they are. Everything just shows up as Not in Range. If I simply toggle wifi off/on, it then sees everything and connects just fine...
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    Installing a new Rom on an already Rooted phone?

    So I have an Optimus S that's rooted but running the Stock Rom. (2.3 I think). Anyway, I'm looking to install something else as I've had nothing but GPS problems since Sprint pushed out the update from Froyo to Gingerbread. I'm looking for some guidance as to where to start since most of the...
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    Best Rom with good GPS support

    Hi all, My wife has an Optimus S and when it had Froyo it worked great. Then Sprint pushed out the Gingerbread update and she started having all kinds of problems with the GPS. Mainly that it takes forever to get a lock and it drops the lock all the time and just sits searching for it again...
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    Help Any way to disable Silent Mode?

    So on my previous phone (Optimus V w/froyo), when I would turn the volume down it woudl go from loud to real quiet to vibrate and that was it. So all I had to do what hold the down volume button until it was done. However, I recently got an S3 w/ICS for work which has an extra mode. It goes...
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    Root Do I need to keep all these apps on here now?

    Howdy. So I have a stock Optimus V that I rooted. I didn't install any new ROMs or anything. I really only rooted so I could use the Wireless Tether feature, which I really only use every once in a while. Anyway, after rooting, I now have apps like: Busybox Free - 5 megs Rom Manager - 3 megs...
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    Help Optimus S having GPS issues with Google Navigation

    So my wife has the S and the 2.3 update on it. If I open Google Maps and tap the GPS icon, it locks right on and finds where we are. The icon stays solid in the status bar. From there, if I hit the dropdown and choose navigation, it then goes to Searching for GPS and the icon in the status...
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    Help Phone is running out of space, but it's not.

    Howdy, I don't know what the threshold is but when my phone gets down to like 17 megs free on the internal storage, I get the little icon in the corner telling me I'm low on space. When that happens, I also start getting errors when I try to send a text or open my browser that say "Phone...
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    Help Password prompt after power off. Pattern after sleep.

    I have a Samsung Mesmerize (US Cellular) and I can't figure this one out. The phone has had a password on it since it was set up in the store. I want to get rid of that and use the pattern thing instead. I went into Settings / Location and set a pattern. The pattern works if I press the...
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    Help Where do I get PC Suite for this phone?

    I'm trying to install Proxoid for my new Optimus S and it says to install the Samsung PC Suite. I can't seem to find where I download this form. Can someone help me with this? Thanks.
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