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    defective droid? should i exchange?

    I've been searching and reading but can't anything exactly like my situation, so here it is... I've had my phone for a couple of weeks and haven't had so much as a glitch with the thing...until yesterday. I had the phone mounted to the computer to copy some stuff to it and I forgot to unmount...
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    power on/off = battery pull?

    I'm coming from a blackberry where a "power off then back on" is different than a "battery pull" to soft reset the phone. But whats the deal with the Droid? Can I really just get away with "powering off then back on" instead of having to pull the battery to reset? Thanks!
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    Help Droid contacts only syncing to Google "All contacts", not "My contacts"

    I seem to be having a sync issue with my Droid... When I add a contact to my phone, it doesn't sync into "My contacts" in Gmail; it'll sync into "All contacts". So, a couple of questions: 1) How can I get the phone to add new contacts created on my Droid into "My contacts" in Gmail? 2)...
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    MyBackup Pro questions

    For all of you who are using MyBackup Pro... 1) Do you guys backup to your SD card or to their online server? 2) Daily or weekly? 3) It seems to me that when you backup to your SD card, you can back up EVERYTHING; but when you backup to their online server, you're limited in what you can...
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    screen locked but volume rocker still active

    I listen to Slacker Radio a lot and I noticed that even though my screen will be locked, the volume rocker on the side of the phone will still be active to change the volume for the music. I'm kinda on the fence about whether I like this or not (sometimes it's annoying to unlock the screen just...
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    Clear search list in Android Market?

    How do I clear the search list in the Android Market? I tried clearing all the searches everywhere else, but nothing clears the Android Market list. TIA.
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    gchat/gtalk - help!

    I've only had my Droid (and also gchat/gtalk) for about 5 days and I'm still learning but I'm having some issues with gchat/gtalk... - I sent an invite to a friend and she accepted but she's not showing up on my friends list even though I'm showing up on hers. (I changed the gtalk setting on...
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    Can't get rid of pattern lock!

    I downloaded a pattern lock widget and I wasn't sure if I really wanted to use it so I opened the widget and read the first screen or two to see what it was all about but I never set up a pattern on it - I decided that I didn't want the program. So I set my phone aside for a minute and the...
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    couple of keyboard questions

    hey guys, just a couple of questions about using the keyboard... 1) How do you select text and cut/copy/paste with the virtual keyboard? (I know how to do it with the physical keyboard but I almost never use it.) 2) I know that if you tap a field to enter text, the virtual keyboard will pop...
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    "Better Keyboard" app - Anyone using this?

    The "Better Keyboard" app. Anyone using this? And, do you mind if I ask why? I'm for all for trying a keyboard that might be better than the stock one but I just don't get it - It looks about the same as stock, right?
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    please help me quickly confirm something - GPS related

    Alright guys, please bear with me as I'm new to the Droid, Android, and GPS capability in my phone... I downloaded Beautiful Widgets (totally awesome, by the way) and I just want to confirm how the GPS toggle widget works since it seems to just be a shortcut to a setting in the OS as opposed...
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    "mark as unread" in Handcent?

    I must be missing something obvious here, but how do you mark a message as unread in Handcent?
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    no zip codes in my contacts??

    None of my contacts on my phone show the zip codes in their addresses but they're all there in my gmail contacts when i check on a computer. Any ideas?
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    For everyone thinking about Boxwave protectors...

    I've been following a few different threads about the boxwave screen protectors and almost everyone is wondering if they should go with crystal clear or anti-glare. Well, boxwave is running a deal on a bundle of 3 screen protectors for $28 and you can mix up crystal clear and anti-glare ones in...
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    stock calendar questions

    On the stock calendar: Is there a way to change the snooze time? And is there a way for the calendar to handle contacts' bdays and anniversaries?
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    Help check gmail - intervals

    I'm SURE that I'm just missing something here (I just got my Droid 3 hours ago :) And, yes, I tried a search for this), but where in the gmail app can I change the frequency that it checks my gmail account? TIA!
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    Question about how software and OS upgrades work

    I don't have my Droid yet but I have two questions: 1) When VZW releases the software update (I'm hearing 1/22?), how will that work? Will it be OTA? Will you need to back up your phone before you update? Will you lose any info/data? (I'm planning on picking up my Droid this week, so what...
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    Blackberry user switching to Droid: Couple of questions

    I am...err, was...a die-hard Blackberry user but I'm gonna give the Droid a shot later this week,and I've been lurking around these forums for the last few days but I'd like to just get a couple of things confirmed before I take the leap... 1) I'm hearing and reading a lot about problems with...
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