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    Google now news cards

    Does everyone get cards from websites that are not very good? There will be cards for topics I like but the sites they go to are crappy sites. Like they are the ones you get when doing a search that are playing games to get ranked higher. So yeah I am interested in android but I don't want...
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    Root Towelroot

    I rooted using towelroot and installed super user. Can I remove the towelroot app or will that mess up something?
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    Squishy back

    After a drop the wireless charging would not. It would work if I put pressure on the back when the phone was on the charger. So if pulled the back off and put a layer of tape under the flex circuit on the back that connects the charging coil to the front of the phone. That got the wireless...
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    Notifications hide themselves after a while.

    I am seeing some different behavior as far as notifications go vs how my jellybean device worked and I want to know if this is normal on kitkat or if there is a setting I am missing. If I get a notification from the calendar the calendar icon will show in the notification bar for a while then...
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    Google Qi charger

    Has anyone mounted the google wireless charger in the car? If you have post some pictures or give me some ideas one came with the nexus 5 I got from ebay and I would like to mount it in the car.
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    Help me get this thing working!

    I bought a nexus 5 from ebay. I am using the walmart family mobile plan which uses the tmobile network. I put my sim in the nexus 5 from my previously working android phone. On the nexus I am able to make voice calls but can not get data to work. Not sure what to do any advice would be great.
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    LTE coverage

    Is there a way to tell if I would get LTE on straight talk using either tmobile or at&t? Right now I am using the walmart family mobile plan on tmobile and I believe they limit that to whatever 3g is. I am fine with it but if I can get LTE for 5 bucks more a month why not. I have a nexus 5...
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    Do I need to unlock to use walmart family mobile.

    I currently have the 30 walmart plan from tmobile. I want to switch to the Walmart family mobile plan which uses tmobile's network. Am I going to need to unlock the phone so I can use the Walmart family mobile sim or won't it matter since it's the same network? Also they say the data is 3g...
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    Location history???

    Now that they took latitude out of google maps is there some way to get to my location history from my android device anymore? I am a field service tech and I was having fun looking at the location history and seeing how many times I go to places. You can look at it in a browser but it's not...
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    Top pull down qslide apps.

    My phone updated to JB and now on the top pull down menu they added another row of stuff. I figured out how to remove the apps from there but it still shows the bar anyway. Is there a way to get rid of this bar or to put different apps on there? I don't really want any of the ones that were...
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    Save passwords for websites in Chrome

    Is there an app or some way to save passwords on websites that chrome does not ask if you want to save it for?
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    3rd party messaging app issue

    I installed a 3rd party messaging app and now the stock one and the 3rd party one notify me when I get a message. I also get two copies of the incoming message. Is there something I can do about this? I can't disable the stock app.
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    Help Low volume

    Anyone else think the volume on this device is low? The exhibit 2 I had was quite a bit louder. Is there a setting I could be missing or an app that could help? I tried one volume booster app and it ended up being crap ware.
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    Remove phone icon from dock.

    Is there a way to remove the phone icon from the dock with the stock launcher? I was able to remove everything but phone.
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    Help Galaxy S2 or Optimus L9

    I need to get a phone on tmobile and would like something with ICS at least. I was thinking the new optimus L9 because according to tmobile that is the only phone they have with ICS but it looks like the galaxy s2 will upgrade to ICS as well. The s2 look like it has better specs than the...
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    Root What will happen when I install the over the air update?

    I am rooted with zergrush and have a bunch of stuff frozen with titanium backup. When I install the over the air update what will happen?
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    Root Toggles between charging and not charging

    I am thinking I might have a hardware issue here my phone keeps switching between having a charger connected and disconnected when I am running off the battery. If I have the charger connected it stays on charging. I have rooted with zergrush and have stuff frozen with titanium backup but I...
  18. M

    Bigger battery

    Is there a bigger battery I can put in this thing? I have seen some phones you can get a different back for and use a bigger battery.
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    Audio cable with play/pause button

    Is there such a thing as a audio cable with a play/pause button? I use my phone in the car for podcasts and it's annoying to need to turn on the screen and fumble around just to pause it. Having a hard button to pause would be great.
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    Help Browser brightness

    Is the separate brightness setting for the browser a Samsung thing or is it part of Gingerbread? Is there anyway I can get rid of it aside from using a different browser? I can't see why anyone would want that setting.
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    Root Give me the stock apps

    I am new to the Android phone hacking so I might be using the wrong terms here. I want the stock google apps instead of the samsung tweaked ones and they do not appear to be available on the market so I guess some hacking is needed to get them. I have rooted the phone, bought titanium...
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    Need clarification on some things

    I have an Optimus V and it's feeling pretty slow so I am looking from an upgrade. Here are my questions if anyone can answer them it would be great. Is the exhibit 2 going to be a significant upgrade? How does the exhibit 2 compare to the galaxy player 5.0. We have one of those too so...
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    Worth upgrading to

    I have an Optimus V which is feeling pretty slow and the list of programs that will not run on it is getting bigger all the time. I am thinking of getting the Samsung Exhibit II because the 30 tmobile plan from wal-mart is pretty close to what I have now (I am on the 25 dollar unlimited data...
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