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    Use S2 as a Specialized Portable Wireless Router

    Is it possible to use my Samsung Galaxy S2 as a Specialized Portable Wireless Router, taking the place of the TP-Link TL-MR3040 as outlined in this post?: dslrcontroller dot com slash guide-wifi_mr3040 dot php. The MR040 has been customized to let the camera's output be sent to another phone or...
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    the system does not support open operating sytems

    Hello I have just rooted my phone and I need to install an application During the installation the app says "the system does not support open operating sytems" and kicks me out I know it can be solved since on another phone I have rooted it did not prompt me with this. Thank you
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    Help Need help music playorder 4.44 stockplayer

    So I was on 4.12 with stockplayer android. Was having the time of my life. Had 135 songs which I renamed like this: *usual file name of a soundtrack, like 01 - battle. mp3* or whatever I added a number and space before the title of the track. So I would have 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc. This worked swell...
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    Help Random 1GB files appearing on SD

    Hello all. I have noticed that recently random 1GB files are appearing on my 32GB micro SD card. They have weird symbols for the name and extention, here is a name of one of the files: ╪╜a0╜a (followed by a similar 3 character extension). They are all the same size, all have...
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    Help Battery life only 2 to 3 hours now

    I can remember when I first had my S2 I use to get 2 or 3 days worth in standby and little use. Now even with a new battery it's hopeless. Capacity is full with apps but why is battery life so bad ?
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    Phone won't boot after resetting

    So i rooted my Samsung galaxy 2 a while back to use one feature that in the end i did not need. So nothing has been altered really. I then went to reset my phone completely and now it wont get past the boot screen with the Samsung logo. I can't go into recovery mode either. Any help??? -Stuart
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    Help Fixing Google Play and default browser's internet

    (long story, so please bear with me) I'm using Galaxy S2 I9100OZS International (Hong Kong) version. What happened: 1) Originally couldn't access the Play Store (was given the very common "no connection - retry" error). Followed some online/YouTube advice by clearing cache, checking date &...
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    Help question about GPS

    I have downloaded a GPS program(for measuring distance and area) on my Samsung galaxy s duos2 first the program ran very good , later it became too slow and sometimes an error messege appears: Error:java.io.EOFException How can I solve this problem ? I tried to restore the factory settings...
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    Help can SGH-I777 be unlocked???

    Seems that whoever I ask, they say they can't unlock it. Why not? Is this true? Galaxy SII
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    what other digitizer fits sgh-i727?

    I need to change the digitizer on my Skyrocket. What other LOWER priced digitizers will work for this? Thanks
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    Help Push Notifications, PLEASE HELP

    When an email is sent I get it immediately. From what I know, to save battery life you can change that setting to let's say check every hour. I have been reading up on it and it says you go to hit setting menu button, choose account settings and that is where it ends on our version phone. There...
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    Help Undo OS upgrade through Kies

    Hi, I few weeks ago I decided to upgrade the OS on my Galaxy S2 to the latest version Kies would let me upgrade to. I did this to unlock some features in apps that were available for the updated OS. However, I have noticed that my phone has slowed down a lot and heats up a lot too. I would like...
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    Help Galaxy S2 keeps turning on

    Hello guys, i wanna ask u a question. After i Power off the phone and leave it for about 4 seconds, it will turn on again itself. I tried Factory reset, wipe cache and all of this things still the same thing. Any help?
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    facebook trouble loading news feed msg

    Hi..just wany to share my problem and i am seeking help. I am getting an error message- trouble loading newsfeed, everytime i login to the app. After this error message a popup comes up saying "login again". As i click on the popup..my fb app logged out and when try again to login..i get the...
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    tomobile sg s2 to boost mobile?

    i have a tmobile samsung galaxy s2 model sgh-t989, wondering if there is anyway to make it work with my boost mobile account? i am kind of dumb to this hole phone switching thing but hoping somebody on here can help me out. haha. thank you in advance
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    Help Rooted Galaxy SII (i9100) hangs on boot

    From time to time my rooted Galaxy SII (i9100) hangs on boot, getting stuck on the Samsung boot screen with yellow "caution" triangle. So far the only solution I've found is to perform a full restore using CWM (fortunately I keep a fairly recent backup). I have tried using Advanced Restore to...
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    Help SGS2 - Move apps from 'device memory' to 'usb storage'?

    Hey everyone, Currently, my applications are installing from the Play Store into my phone's "Device Memory" which only has about 1.8GB of space. I want my apps to be installed in my phone's "USB Storage" which has 11GB of free space, but I can't seem to find any way to do so. I've...
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    Help unreliable call log - sometimes fails to show missed calls

    Anybody know what might be the cause of my Galaxy s2 not always showing received calls in my call log? Today I got a voicemail icon that didn't appear until some hours after the voicemail was left and the call log has no indication at all of the call having been received, even though the...
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    android 4.3 installed

    The Wife has an s2 that is rooted. It has has 4.3 installed. Anyway, she has bought some wristband thing that she is supposed to wear when she goes out walking or down to the gym or something. This device says it needs an app called Dynamo and android 4.3 on a paired device. However when I...
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    Help Phone boots only into Recovery mode

    I have successfully rooted my Galaxy SII i9100T with Jelly Bean 4.1.2 (using ironass's most useful Guide), and then removed the yellow triangle with Triangle Away. I then attempted to install CyanogenMod CM11 M10 Android 4.4.4 KitKat firmware, but a problem with the file aborted the...
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    Help SMS fonts

    Hi, All the sudden the fonts in my messages is extremely BIG. In Display, Font size is tiny and Default font. I am not allowed to add the picture yet :( ... How can I correct this? Thanks
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    Help stuck on boot

    My tmobile galaxy s2 is stuck on flashing samsung logo. I've tried everything but Odin thing I don't have a cpu so that's a problem help pls!
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    Change notification toggles

    Hi hoping someone can point me in the right direction, I hve the I9100P on stock JB 4.1.2 but would like to be able to customise/change the pull down notification toggles without flashing a complete custom ROM, is this even possible or is it a stupid question, thanks in advance for a response...
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    Charging problem

    Hello guys. I wanted to ask you something about charging my T989. As matter of fact, i live in Europe, and i have this phone since some months (it's a gift from USA) but i don't have the original stock charger of the phone. So, i bought a stock charger the other day, and since that day my phone...
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    I bricked my phone and need help!

    I have a rooted galaxy S2, and today i formatted the internal storage. now the phone won't boot up, it won't even go into recovery mode. i understood there is wasy to refalsh a rom onto a phone. I really need help with this. is there a way to solve this and get my phone back?
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