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    Some advice please

    My wife has a couple of Fossil smart watches. They use wear and are Bluetooth only. The watch and her phone, a galaxy s10e, are both connected to WiFi when at work and home. She has on occasion, left her phone in work but because the phone is connected to WiFi in work and her watch to our WiFi...
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    Help Ok Google doing my head in.

    I am constantly having to retrain Google assistant on my s8 in order to get ok Google to work. I am probably lucky if it works half a dozen times and then i can ok Google or hey Google away as much as i like and get no response. If i go in and retrain my voice it will work fine for next few...
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    Help Bus ticket unable to be scanned from screen

    Hi folks, my wife has an s7 and buys an electronic bus ticket. Each trip she activates a ticket, a bar code appears on screen and this is scanned on bus. Recently the code is unable to be scanned. She has tried on several buses and has removed the screen saver she had on the phone but still not...
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    Help Security update fails, referred to service centre

    Hi there. I received message that a security update was available for my s8. Downloaded and it seemed to install ok, all the way through to getting a message telling me it had installed. Then i received a message stating update failed and to visit a service centre. Earlier on tonight my wife...
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    Strange stutter on a Web page

    Hi there, wondering if anyone has experienced this issue. When i access this one web site, www.live-footballontv.com it takes forever to scroll up or down the page. It is very stuttery. I just assumed it was some kind of coding issue so have persevered with it. Anyway didn't have my phone to...
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    Apps that make phone more than a phone.

    Hi there. I currently have a Galaxy S8 and over the years i have found some fantastic apps that make my phones indispensable to me. I have listed some of the apps i use regularly, explaining what they do and why i find them beneficial and would love some suggestions for other apps that add the...
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    Help Pop up spam or malware - Solved

    Hi folks, looking for some help please. Upgraded to an s8 in December and I find that I keep getting pop ups on screen telling me my phone has a virus. This happens when I visit various sites, online news papers etc. I have installed avast and bitdefender anti virus but this still happens. I...
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    Great Case and Screen Protector

    Got a great deal on the S8 this week and wanted a case and screen protector for immediate use. Read loads of posts and settled on the 2 items shown here from Amazon UK. I had a similar Spigen case for my S7 and was very pleased with it. First impressions are excellent. Protector comes with a...
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    Help Query on chrome on s7

    I have the Google search page set as my homepage on my s7. When I open chrome on my s7 I need to go into settings to see bookmarks, however if I add a new window, the new window shows the word, bookmark, in the bottom left corner which will open my bookmarks when I click on it. I cannot find an...
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    Media Server battery drain solved

    I have had regular problems with my S7 heating up and battery draining rapidly. Checking battery stats showed media server as being the main thing pulling on battery. Did a search on google and found several posts indicating this as being a common issue. Tried all of the solutions mentioned...
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    Help Camera freezing

    Hi there, had s7 since launch and put a class 10, 128 gig sandisk memory card in it. I find that regularly when I take pictures, the camera freezes for about ten seconds. It will say camera has failed to respond. Knew there was a firmware update due out and hoped this would fix it. Updated today...
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    Might go back to Samsung

    Previously had a galaxy s3 before getting my m8. Love the m8 although never totally impressed with camera. Anyway was still thinking that when contract up I would probably get the m9 due to memory card slot. Standing in pub yesterday however, guy next to me was on his phone pretty constant and I...
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    Apps that make having a smart phone worthwhile. (No games please)

    Hi folks, There are many postings out there asking people to post their favourite apps. I have in fact posted my favourites to several of these. What I would like to know however is what apps you feel are really productive or money saving, please, no games, there are loads of postings for...
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    Help cameras update problems

    Installed latest update to cameras app and find that any picture I take disappears after a few minutes and is replaced with a black icon with a warning sign in it. Anyone else had similar problem.
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    Help Internet freezes when tethered to phone

    Hi there, looking for some help. I have my tab3 tethered to the internet using my EE 4G plan on my HTC one m8. What i have found happening more and more recently is that when i try to browse the internet, downloading pages freeze and i have to fully exit the app to get it to connect again...
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