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    Text message app suddenly unable to send image attachments

    I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S9, model number SM-G965U, running Android version 10. It is not rooted. The text messaging app I use is simply called "Messages," and it's the default messaging app Samsung and/or T-Mobile included with this phone. My problem is that when I try to text a pic to...
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    BuzzKill app not sounding the alarm

    I recently installed BuzzKill, and I want it to do something specific regarding the Jiobit app. Jiobit is a GPS tracker my cat wears on her collar, and it the associated app on my phone gives me an alert if my cat runs away from home. The problem is that Jiobit's notifications trigger the...
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    How to mute or stop Samsung Account notifications?

    Thank you Nick, this was an excellent suggestion! I have installed Buzzkill. Not only will it mute Samsung account for me, but I have also instructed it to give me a special alarm any time the app for my cat's GPS tracker has something to tell me!
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    How to mute or stop Samsung Account notifications?

    I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S9, model number SM-G965U, running Android version 10. It is not rooted. I am annoyed because, on what seems like a daily basis, I get a notification from the app, "Samsung account," to let me know Samsung's legal terms have been updated. When this happens, my phone...
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    Camera on Samsung SGS7 stops recording audio after about a minute

    Can anybody suggest how I might fix this problem? It just began happening quite recently. The camera doesn't seem to start recording video until a few seconds after I thought it had started recording, and then, after about a minute, the audio stops being recorded. Troubleshooting steps I've...
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    What is this mysterious letter S icon?

    A friend of mine is trying to figure out what app or service is causing this letter "S" to appear on her phone's lock screen. Does anybody recognize this icon, and can you tell us where it's from? I'm talking about the letter S that is between the planet icon and the +3. Thank you!
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    How to stop LG Q7+ from sending read receipts?

    Hello, my friend's LG Q7+ insists on sending out receipts to let anybody who's texted her know whether she has seen their SMS messages. I think this is a heck of a privacy flaw, especially if somebody really pushy and stalky is texting you. Sadly, when I go into Settings/Apps/Messaging, I can't...
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    Malware trying to force install of battery saver app

    Hello, I hope I'm posting this in the right forum. Apologies if I'm not. My father has a cheap LG phone (probably running Android 5 point something), and when he attempts to launch the default browser, he is automatically redirected to Google Play (or, perhaps, a fake app store that looks like...
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    New to rooting, have some basic questions...

    Hello, my phone is a T-Mobile Android K7. My only reason for wanting to root it is to get rid of some of the pre-installed apps, because the internal storage is only 8GB, and those pre-installed apps refuse to let themselves be relocated to the SD card. So, in no particular order, here are the...
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    Help T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S5 crashes when trying to take picture

    This is happening on my friend's phone. I'm not sure what version of Android it has, but I assume it's whatever it came with. I further assume she's using the stock camera software that it came with. Basically, when she tries to take a photo, the phone crashes. She says the problem just went...
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    Pebble smart watch not working with Android music player

    Hello, I gave my best friend a Pebble smart watch for her birthday. She is being very nice and trying to pretend the damned thing has some useful purpose, but she's hit a snag when trying to use it to control the music player on her Samsung Galaxy SII. Specifically, the watch gives her a...
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    Need better alternative to SMS Backup & Restore app, plz.

    Hello, my friend needs to back up all her text messages before I do a factory reset on her Samsung Galaxy S2 in an attempt to fix its problems. I had recommended she try SMS Backup & Restore because I saw somebody in this forum recommend it. Unfortunately, she's trying it out, and it does not...
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    Friend's phone keeps corrupting MicroSD cards

    I see that there are several existing threads on this subject, but I don't see a definite fix. My friend's phone is a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy SII running ICS. It's corrupted more than one MicroSD card, though I can't say whether the cards are from different manufacturers. I guess my biggest...
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    Boat Browser: Swype and voice recognition don't work.

    I really like Boat Browser, but it mysteriously won't allow me to enter text using voice or Swype. This is on an SGS2 running ICS. Anybody got any idea what the problem could be? Swype and voice recognition work just fine with all my other apps.
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    Question about reading e-books in Google Play

    I downloaded an e-book last night and discovered that Google Play apparently has an e-reader app built right into it. That's great, but I can't find an icon anywhere on my phone for just launching that app, and I have no idea where Google Play stored the e-book. Therefore, when I want to return...
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