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    Root Question regarding backup

    Thanks to John Bean for his help, I am now rooted for the first time. I used the WUGs toolkit which made it all very easy. When I used the toolkit, I backed everything up before unlocking the bootloader. I rooted with a custom recovery image. When the toolkit was going onto the bootloader...
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    Root Questions before first root

    I have a stock Nexus 4 running 4.2.2 I want to root it because I would like to try the app that lets you adjust the colours on the screen, and I really like the look of pie. I also want to start using nfc tags, 1 at home, 1 in the car, 1 at work etc but I understand that you need to be rooted...
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    Help UK navigation/gps issues?

    Hi, I use my phone for navigation in work. My xperia s was fine and so was my galaxy s3. I bought the nexus 4 because I used to have a nexus s and I missed the vanilla android. Now the problem is that while navigating, the navigation app will freeze then 2 minutes later, will catch up to...
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    Help Problems playing videos online and loading the 'gallery'

    First of all, the gallery. It takes ages to open (load the image previews), and sometimes doesn't open at all. Also, when I take a picture with the camera, I press on the preview screen of the pic I just took to have a look at it, the gallery will open, and it will show me a black screen. Why...
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    Contacts number and facebook...

    When I installed the facebook app, all my friends then appeared in my contacts list. Some of them don't have a phone number stored on facebook, but I do have their number on my sim. Rightnow I have some people with 2 contacts. 1 is the facebook contact, and the other is the contact from my sim...
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    Anyone found a nice pocket friendly case yet?

    Been looking for a case, looked through the accessories bit at the top, I like the gelaskins thing but I don't want a cover. I have already got some small scratches on the back of mine but sooner or later I know I WILL drop it and want to protect it a bit better than a sticker on the back. I was...
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    Best browser for 2.3?

    Has anybody here changed their default browser? I have been looking but all reviews are for older versions of android and I don't know how well they would do with 2.3 What is your favourite browser?
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    Help Video conversion for Nexus S?

    Hi, I just wanted to know if anybody here knows any good, free video converting software so I can put some vids on the phone? All my vids are .avi and stored on a harddrive. Also, are there any specific settings you use during the conversion for best playback results on the device i.e video size...
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    Help Total smartphone newbie here

    This is my first post, so Hi, to everyone. I am totally new to smartphones, android etc. My sister has an iphone and thats as close as I have got to a smartphone. I was thinking of getting an iphone 4 but I hate the OS, you play around with it for 5 minutes, then realise that its really boring...
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