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    GPS icon keeps flashing although I have excellent siginal

    Hi all My S5 GPS icon keeps flashing although app like endemondo and Google maps say i have an excellent siginal. Any idea why this would be ? Any advice or comments Many thanks for your time Regards Mike
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    Help Connecting S2 to Virgin Media Superhub 5G ?

    Hi all Just had a superhub 2 installed and would like to connect my phone Samsung S2 to both the 2G and 5 G wifi. I can see both on my phone and can connect to the 2G fine...however when I try and connect to the 5G network I get and authentication error or not in range error come up (although...
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    New Phone Google Play Store error 403

    Hi all I have just brought a second hand play S2 to replace my broken one...... I can log into gmail ok but when I try and download apps from google play store I get the error message stating the app 'could not be downloaded due to an error (403) I have tried everything deleting account and...
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    Rooting S2 ?

    Hi all.... Are there any Security risks in rootings a phone..... A 'local shop' have quoted
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    Samsung S2 : Turning off without power button

    Hi all The power button my S2 is broken (Switch detached from mother board) ! I can turn it on by holding down button volume button and then charging However is there any way of turning off............rather then removing battery which is what I am having to do at the moment Is they any...
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    Help S2 won't switch off...Once off won't turn on ?

    Hi all Having a problem turning my S2 off......I press the side button and choose power off and then ok.....phone then shuts down but about 20 seconds later come back on. If I take battery out.....and replace I get a screen toggling between a flat battery icon and a half charger battery...
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    Help s2 stoping notifications for junk emails

    Hi all Why is it I am now getting email notifications for junk emails. Never use to happen and is very frustrating. Any ideas why and how to stop. Many thanks for your time Regards Mike
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    Picture resolution keeps dropping to 640X480

    Hi all Just noticed my picture resolution 'sometimes' drops to 640X480.....after I have taken a picture in the Panorama mode.... Really annoying :confused: any ideas why this would be ? Many thanks for your help and time Regards Mike
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    Help Closing open app quickly

    Hi all I often have a number of apps open on my phone....Ie Tunein Radio/GPS tracker/GPS boost/Endemondo etc... Is there than an easy way (ie an app) to close all these down rather than going into each one a shutting them down one by one. Would appreciate any advice. Kind regards and...
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    Current 4.1.2 phone stating new update ?

    Hi all Recently upgraded to 4.1.2...........which went fine. Phone is now stating there is another update available.....any ideas what this is and what I will get if I upgrade. Many thanks for your time Regards Mike
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    Shooting Panorama Picture in high quality ???

    Hi all Upgrade to 4.1.2 [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Just noticed when shooting a Picture in Panorama mode even though the camera resolution is set to 3.2M (2048*1536) once taken the picture file size is really small around 150kb. Any ideas why this is
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    Upgrade from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 ???

    Hi all My S2 is currently running on Andriod Version 4.0.3. Noticed I could upgrade to 4.0.3......Is this something that people simple do as part of their phones maintenance....or do I need to be worried. Worried incase it adds any bugs as my phone appears to be running ok....or will this...
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    Help Hotmail emails delayed..?

    Hi all Noticed that some of my emails don't get through when sent....sometimes appear the following day ! !Is there a setting for when emails are received ..did see sonething about peak non peak setting when setting up...but could not see any more info.... Would appreciate any advice...
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    Home Screen when switching on ?

    Hi all Is there a way to choose whicg screen appears when switching the phone on (after screen power off) At the moment it 'comes on' with page 7 rather than page number 1 (which has my main icons on) Many thanks for your time and help Regards Mike
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    Help Delayed receipt of emails (lag)

    Hi all A number of timee email sent to me have not been received for an hour even though I have a good wifi connection at all times. Are there setting to pull email through every minute or so becauase this have caused problems (email used is hotmail) Would apprecaite any comments or views...
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    Help NO LED Notication App : Capture of Credit Card details ?

    Hi all Wanted to install this app as the S2 does not have LED notification of email/SMS etc.... When installing noticed you had to give permission for the app to capture credit card details.....this really put me off installing the app. Why would they want this ???? Any comments would be...
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    S2 auto stwitchng to strongest wifi

    Hi all I have a wifi repeater (different wifi name) in a different part of my house....(due to main point not reaching all rooms) Is there an app which will automatically switch wifi points as I go from one part of my house to the other.....as the moment I have to manaully do it ? Many...
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    S2 Sending mutiple photos via email ?

    Hi all Would like to send mutiple photos via email and wondered if there is an easy way from the photo gallery like ticking 10 photos I would like to attach. I understand I can do it one by one by clicking the file icon from the email screen but that can take a long time. Any...
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    Text to Speech options when opening app ????

    Hi all [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]When I open an app on my S2 I get an option stating
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    Galaxy S2 Internal Memory

    Hi all Slighly confused by the internal memory on the S2. I thought it had around 16GB of internal memory but when I checked...setting/storage/ it shows internal memory as Total Space =1.97Gb Apps 238MB Available as 1.70GB So this adds up to only around 3.9GB ???? Any ideas where the...
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    Help Size of Contact Icons on display

    Hi all Added my favorite contacts on a screen...... Ie Add/short cut/contacts/named person... The contact icon which appears on screen is very small ....4 on each line and I wondered if I can increase the size to make it easier to read.... Many thanks for your help. Regards Mike
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    External GPS antenna for Smart phone (HTC desire)

    Hi all [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]As you might guess from previous posts I suffer from a poor and intermittent GPS on my phone and wonder if you can but external GPS antenna
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    Factory Reset : Firmware deletion...

    Hi all I recently updated my desire to run on Andriod Version 2.2.2 Software 2.33.161.6 If I do a factory reset will it go back to the earlier version ? Many thanks for your time Regards Mike
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    GPS Coverage different networks

    Hi all How dependent is the network coverage for a good GPS siginal on a smart phone (samgung SII) Currently I am on vodafone but am thinking about switching to O2.....would like to have a good GPS track on my cycle to work hence my question. Many thanks for your time and help. Regards...
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    Factory set up.. backing up

    Hi all I would like to do a factory reset on my HTC desire.... Had a number of problems since upgrading to Anroid 2.2.2.... Is it possible to go back a version and if so how is this done......if not and a factory reset in the way to go....how best is it to back up data etc... Any...
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