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    Thread [Q] Edge lighting notifications for Signal

    hi there, So my edge light notifications work but not with Signal, that is what i want. in detail. When the screen is on, i can see notifications, when it's OFF and you get a message they do not show but it does vibrate, i tried every single option possible on the phone. (maybe it depends...
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    Post How to Reset Gmail Syncm [Q]

    anybody can help with this? thanks
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    Post How to Reset Gmail Syncm [Q]

    and here's a real world example. sent an email from my outlook account, first one came immediately - great, then sent a second one and didn't show up. it's already 10 minutes past that. and here's how the sync section looks like https://www.dropbox.com/s/vk17t8ok53zqzss/Gmail-sync.png?dl=0
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    Thread During a call some networks allow to browse in 3G / H some don't, why's that?

    hi there, I am in roaming and i have a choice of 3-4 networks in the new country i am in right now. They all have the 4G+ option which is good however i noticed that with a few, when i am in a call, i can also browse, dropping the network to H+ while some others during a call, just show 3G but...
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    Thread How to find associated app downloads that have residual pieces under "Downloads"

    How to find associated app downloads that have residual pieces under "Downloads" hi there, asking some expert dev his opinion on this..... I noticed that i have some files listed in my Downloads of my Galaxy S8 which came from an app (PDFs and one downloadfile.bin) which are impossible to...
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    Thread Latest update June 2020 for Samsung S8, is it clear or sneaks in additional tracking?

    hi guys, the other day i got a notification that there's a new update dated June 2020 for my S8, i haven't installed it yet, mentions something about messages and security. BUT does it sneak in additional covid frameworks or something like that? i currently blocked the C word framework and...
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    Post Removal of new sneaky COVID menu and feature, is it possible?

    hi i have tried and it worked on my wife's S8 however on mine i got stuck for some reason, when i do 3 dots > uninstall updates, i get Uninstalling Google Play services unsuccessfull i restarted and shut down the phone, tried to uninstall play store too and doesn't work, so one phone...
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    Post Removal of new sneaky COVID menu and feature, is it possible?

    interesting, any thoughts on a De-google phone instead? i have a 2nd phone a samsung A6 i can use for experiments, any tipcs? i want to give it a go!
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    Post Removal of new sneaky COVID menu and feature, is it possible?

    Absolutely ,i have 2 x S8 and on my wife's phone same thing happened. tempting to roll back to Nokia! do you have those blobs?
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    Post Removal of new sneaky COVID menu and feature, is it possible?

    hmhm that is in my google account settings, it popped up without asking anything
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    Thread Removal of new sneaky COVID menu and feature, is it possible?

    hi guys i just noticed that google just sneaked in this new voice under the Google account settings, which is for COVID notifications. i am extremely upset, i don't want that so how can i get rid of that? at the moment is all blank on my phone as well do i need to root the phone? can we hack...
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    Post Gmail Sync not working anymore or very delayed 2+ hours

    i have just done all steps on https://support.google.com/mail/forum/AAAAK7un8RUWVh3ALxBeb0/?hl=en&gpf=%23!topic%2Fgmail%2FWVh3ALxBeb0 and it syncs once then takes again ages and is stuck.
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    Post gmail sync problems (even in pie)

    hello there, my gmail sync is really slow, as in 2 hours, did you ever found a solution since posting this? thank you