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    Help How to bring back the Do not show again popup message?

    Sometimes when you select/unselect something on my S4, by default a popup will display some message and then there will be a check box for you to tick [Do not show again]. If I have ticked the [Do not show again], how can I bring back all the popup again?
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    Help Why some pictures taken when viewed in Gallery appears rotated with black bars top and bottom?

    I took the picture using camera with the camera in upright (portrait)(holding the phone upright) (holding the phone upright). This is how it looks when I am taking the picture http://i.imgur.com/carTaCy.png After taking the picture, in Gallery, when I view the picture (holding the phone...
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    Help Is it possible to disable rotation for single image?

    Q1 Sometimes when I view an image, there are black bars on the top and bottom of the image. I need to rotate the phone to landscape mode so the image will appear full screen without black bars. At this moment, I want to lock the screen to prevent it from rotation (I only want to pause and...
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    Help How to disable phone dim before it goes to sleep?

    After using the phone (Samsung S4), when I leave the phone alone, it will stay at normal brightness for a while then it will dim (lower brightness) for about 5 seconds then the whole screen will turn black (sleep). I want to disable the dim. How can I do it? I want it from normal brightness to...
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    Help How to wake up screen and stay on the last screen that I was reading?

    Q1. If I did not touch the phone screen for some time, it will become black (sleep). How do I wake the screen up (make screen light up) and stay on the same screen? I can press the home key to make the screen wake up (light up), but that may cause the screen that I was last working on disappear...
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    Help How to set notification alert for missed call, sms and any other unread notifications?

    How to set notification alert for missed call or sms and any other unread notifications? For example if I am on vibration mode and I did not notice the new sms or missed call or unread notification, I want the phone to vibrate every 5 mins. Thanks
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    How do you close an app properly?

    If you start app like [Internet] or [Chrome], you see that after closing it by pressing the back key or pressing the home key, you will still see the app in the Active Apps widget. Does that mean that every time still need to go into the Active Apps widget and press the [End] button to end the...
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    How do you close an app properly?

    If I long press Samsung home key, select an app there and swipe left/right to make it disappear, does that mean that the app is fully closed after it disappeared, just like when you just powered on the phone and never opened the app before?
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    If the charger tip touches any material will anything happen?

    I am wondering if a charger (e.g. phone charger, laptop charger) is connected to the power source and turned on, if the metal connector (that is supposed to connect to laptop/phone) touches material like metal, cloth, paper, plastic (e.g. plastic bag) will it catch fire or have anything happen?
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    Help Why clock time will lag in update when turning from lock screen to wake up screen?

    When the screen is locked, screen black (sleeping during standby), I press the power button to wake up the screen. The time will have a 2 sec delay then update. See video from 2.18min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahYMMGJyuS0 How to solve the problem?
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    What Google account do you use in your phone?

    1. Can you explain in detail what do you mean by proper alias? If I have 3 gmail accounts A, B, C. A) accountnamea@gmail.com B) accountnameb@gmail.com , C) accountnamec@gmail.com 2. Does it mean I login to myoutlookaccountname@outlook.com , I can check all 3 gmail accounts? 3. If account C)...
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    How do you close an app properly?

    1. If I am watching a video halfway (video has loaded halfway in youtube) in the internet browser, then I press home key or back key on the phone to close the app. Is the browser app still running or consuming data? 2. I press and hold the home key, and a tile list of recent apps pop up. Are...
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    How do you close an app properly?

    After using an app, what is the correct way of close/exiting it? I usually just press the home key or back key on the S4 phone to close the app, not sure if it is really closed, or maybe still running at background. Thanks
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    How does Google contacts work?

    Where do you see specific controls, such as time intervals? I go into Settings and then Accounts, did not it there.
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    How does Google contacts work?

    Do you guys turn on Sync and turn on Mobile Data all the time, or do you set some sort of schedule? I am assuming turning on sync means turn on the "Sync" button at Samsung S4 dropdown notification menu correct?
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    Help How can I display only Google account contacts in SMS recipents?

    When composing new message (SMS), I click the head and shoulder icon (beside Enter Recipient) to select contacts. The contacts list will display all contacts e.g. SIM card contacts, Google account contacts. How can I display only Google account contacts?
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    Help How to go back to previous screen if you accidentally press home button?

    When you are working on something in your S4,i f you accidentally press the home key (middle bottom physical button) it will bring you to the home screen. How do you go back to the previous screen that you are working on?
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    How to know what apps are downloaded by me and what apps are default apps?

    Click on the apps icon (bottom right of the home screen icon made up of 16 squares in S4) first, now inside your apps, if you press and hold any app (e.g. Camera, Settings, My Files, Gallery, Calculator, Voice Recorder), you will see the same home screen too. I thought dragging the app icon into...
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    How to know what apps are downloaded by me and what apps are default apps?

    What happens if you long tap the default apps e.g. Camera, Settings, My Files, Gallery, Calculator, Voice Recorder icon and drag it to the [remove]? screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/ZEbiw8i.png
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    How to know what apps are downloaded by me and what apps are default apps?

    After I have downloaded some apps, if I want to delete, I do not wish to accidentally delete the default apps. 1. How to know/see what apps are downloaded by me and what apps are default apps that are in my Samsung S4? 2. If I accidentally delete the default apps e.g. Camera, Settings, My...
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    How does Google contacts work?

    When making a call to a contact we are actually accessing to the Google contacts that is on the phone (that are synced from Google account contacts) and not directly accessing to Google contacts in Google account? When you are using/adding/deleting/editing Google contacts information on the...
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    How does Google contacts work?

    I want to store contacts in my Google account. I am wondering how does Google contacts work if I turn off mobile data? Is it that Sync is a must to do so that Google account all contacts will appear in your phone and stored inside the phone, so you can use the contacts even if you cannot...
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    ANDROID FORUMS: Favorite Watering Holes

    In #3 (or #4 #5, cannot remember), after I click [show], this page popup: http://www.blogs.com/images/rickroll007.jpg in a new tab. Is it some sort of virus?
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    Where can I see the default settings?

    The problem is a kid used my phone for a few hours, and I did not know what settings he changed. I mean I am not sure what are the defaults too, some settings might have been turn off/on by him.
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    Where can I see the default settings?

    Hello, Where can I see the default settings of my phone? And where to see the defaults of pull down bar (swipe down from top and the buttons to on/off items will appear)? I mean I wish to see what are the defaults, is there a list somewhere? I am using Samsung Galaxy S4. For example...
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