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I have been trying to figure this out and having no luck. What I really care most about is backing up data from certain apps, documents, and pictures. You probably can't restore certain game data so I won't worry too much about that, but some apps have either automatic backups to SD card or...

I did a factory reset after upgrading to ICS. It was pretty simple because all my contacts are either on google or on the exchange server so I didn't have to back up anything. All my photos are stored on the SD card so I didn't have to back up anything there either. I just wiped it and then...

I used the Razr Maxx for the first time as a GPS on a 3 hour trip. When the battery was down to 70%, I thought I'd plug in the car charger (the Motorola one) and figured it would charge the battery but it just kept it around 70%. Is that normal for it to draw more power than the charger...

I've never really used my phones in the past to play music and never had an ipod, but I am really liking some of the apps like Pandora and starting to put a bunch of my music on the phone. One of my cars has an AUX input so in there I just plug it in, but my truck is older and just has the...

I noticed in some other posts about battery life and 4G vs. wi-fi people mention something about keeping the CPU awake. What exactly keeps it awake (which I assume uses battery)? For example under the battery status, it shows a time for CPU total and keep awake. Can someone explain those?

When I look under battery under the settings, I have a couple questions. First of all, when you click on the graph and it shows the curve of battery drop, underneath it shows mobile network signal, gps on, wi-fi, awake, screen on, and charging. I am assuming the marks under those categories...

I have read about some heat issues with the Maxx but it sounds like those are REALLY hot and I am not having that problem. The hottest battery temp reading I have ever seen was 102. But sometimes I pull it out of my pocket and the screen feels warm when I haven't even been using it. One thing...

I know there is a setting for this in Dolphin, but is there one in Chrome (or even in the stock browser) to not shut the screen off even if you have it set to go off after a certain amount of time?

That title may not be very descriptive, but when I am composing an email, in the To field I can usually just type the first couple of letters and it will drop down a list of a few contacts that match that. I have one contact that I email a lot and it doesn't always drop down that list. I can...

Unless I am remembering this wrong, I could swear that I was able to set the default download directory in Dophin to somewhere on the SD card. I can't find how to do that now. Is there away to do that?

The notification icon size was mentioned in another thread and I don't realy mind that they are smaller, but are any of them in color now with ICS? All the ones I have had so far are grey. Is there a way to make them in color again like they were before?

Before upgrading to ICS, I would use the messaging app to access all the email. If I recall correctly, you would go to that, and then it would show all of your accounts and you could choose one of those. I see that is gone so is there something close to it? I guess I can click on the email...

For the typical contact, I would put their name in once and all of their info including multiple phone numbers if they have them. But then I was thinking about what the best way is to enter a couple where they have one home number and each has a cell, for example, my parents. If you put a...

Sorry if this has been talked about somewhere, but with ICS coming out today or this weekend, is it a good idea to do a factory reset? Or should you upgrade first and play around with it and then do a factory reset? I know when I first got my phone I just downloaded all kinds of apps and kept...

I started to mention this in someone else's thread but thought I would start a new thread specific to this. I have a bunch of folders on my computer that I can access with Motocast and it works very well but I would like to save some on the phone as well. With phones in the past, I have gone...

There is a certain game I was playing and a couple times I didn't close it (I just went to home) and then a window popped up later and said it has been running for 45 minutes and eating the battery and asked if I want to close it. It also sends notifications. That made sense to me that it was...

Doing a speed test on this phone, I found the speeds faster with the 4G than with the wifi in my house. Am I better off just leaving the wifi off all the time since I have unlimited data? Won't that save the battery a bit? Are there any other advantages to leaving the wifi on?

The notifications are nice on this phone, but coming from an HTC, I liked how it had the email icon down at the bottom that brings you to all your accounts and would put a number next to it showing the number of new messages. Is there any way I could do that with this phone? I have brough the...

I have read in many forums how much people hate the skins that come on phones, but as this is my first Android phone, the stock launcher seems pretty decent to me. I also played around with some others like GoLauncher as well. I like the fact that you can have more than 4 icons on the dock with...

I tend to wipe my computer clean and do a fresh install of everything every year or so just to get it running like new again and weed out all the junk that may have been installed and uninstalled over that time. I am wondering if that helps Android as well. Do they tend to slow down over time...

After playing around with the phone for a couple days, I see how it can sync contacts with an exchange server in addition to gmail or backup assistant. I want to enter my personal contacts again rather than transferring them from my old phone (to weed through them and I dont have too many...

I found out how you can change the 4 icons in the dock row at the bottom, but is there anyway to have more than 4 that will show up on every screen? Or is it best just to make one home screen with folders and shortcuts and go from there? I am still trying to figure out the best way to customize...

Hi, I should be getting the phone this afternoon and it will be my first android. I am just wondering what people usually do as far as storage. Do you install all apps on the internal memory and use the external for pictures, music, etc? Where is email saved? Just curious what the best...

Hi all. I think it is finally time I pull the trigger and go with the Maxx. I am coming from a Touch Pro 2 and thought I needed the keyboard, but the one on the Droid 4 was not as good to me as the old one and I am still hesitent on the Nexus, so I think this is the way to go and am going to...

I was just doing some research and think I have narrowed it down to the Razr Maxx, Rezound, or Nexus. It seems like everywhere I read about problems with the Nexus not having that great of reception or call quality or losing signal more frequently than others or in areas where others get...