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    Thread [Q] Is anyone else's compass backwards?

    So my compass appears to be installed backwards. In Google maps it points exactly the opposite direction. In a compass app it also points backwards. Is this happening to anyone else? Are there any fixes?
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    Thread [Q] Do music controls on headphones made for iphone work?

    Do you headphones with music controls made for iphone work properly on the note?
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    Thread [Q] How long does updating bootloader take?

    I'm updating to the newest bootloader and I've been waiting on Odin to finish for the last 5 minutes. Does it really take that long? What should I do? Here are the messages from odin: <ID:0/003> Added!! <ID:0/003> Removed!! <ID:0/005> Added!! <OSM> Enter CS for MD5.. <OSM> Check MD5.. Do not...
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    Thread Help me decide between the incipio NGP, Faxion, or Silacrylic

    Right now I have the Silacrylic. I like the protection it provides and it's the thickest case that I can live with. I don't like how hard the silicone around the top and bottom edges makes the phone difficult to get in and out of my pocket. Two other cases interest me; the Faxion and the NGP...
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    Thread Workaround for noisy headphone jack

    Some of us have had problems with a noisy Galaxy S3 headphone jack full of distortions and static. Those of us that have it have noticed it for every phone. I wanted to find out why. I have a number of headphones and they all have different impedance (ohms). The headphones I use while out and...
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    Thread Where do I find stock roms? Post in Dev Forum is broken.

    Does anyone know where to find stock roms for AT&T? The sticky in the dev forum is broken. The latest "stock rom" is an international rom. The earlier "stock rom" is a rooted rom.
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    Thread Notification says i'm low on storage. I should have 1gb left

    I keep getting a persistant low storage notification. It persists even after switching roms as soon as I restore all of my apps. In settings it shows that I have about 1 gb free. However, many of my apps are on the sd card and the phone will not allow me to move them to primary storage because...
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    Thread Is Galaxy_s unlock by helroz removed by Odin or clockwork flashing?

    I've sim unlocked my phone through Galaxy_s unlock by helroz on stock éclair. I've since flashed cm7 and then restored a nandroid backup that was made before unlocking. Should my phone still be unlocked? Would using Odin re-lock it?
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    Thread Will cyanogen mod prompt for a sim unlock code

    I'm travelling to Hong Kong tomorrow. AT&T gave me my unlock code. I do not have another sim card to unlock my phone right now, unfortunately. I am running cyanogenmod 7 on my captivate. If I put a foreign sim in will cyanogen still prompt me for my unlock code? Is there some other way to do this?
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    Thread [Q] Is anyone elses touch screen really very innacurate?

    My nook color is running a custom rom. I've used several roms and my touch screen is always very inaccurate. When I touch the screen, it registers the touch a little to the side of where I touch. It gets very annoying and really hampers the usefulness of this otherwise fine tablet. Does anyone...
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    Thread At&the now detecting tethering by packet type value

    Is it possible to change the tethering application built into most roms so that it won't deincrement the ttl value?
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    Thread [Q] How do you access clockwork mod on the nook?

    How do you access clockwork recovery on the nook? Does the 3 button combo work? Is it different if you are running a rom off of the sd than if it's run directly off of the nook?
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    Thread [Help]Google screwed up my market account. Forcing app repurchase after odin restore.

    I have had this phone since launch. I bought several apps when the phone was completely stock. I bought even more when I was running custom roms. I flashed back to stock using odin today and now I can't re-download any of my paid apps without paying again! I am using the same exact google...
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    Thread [Q] Help. Android market wants me to rebuy applications i already bought on my phone

    I already own an android phone and bought a bunch of applications. I just rooted and installed the market on my nook using the same email address that is on my phone. For some reason the market on my nook wont let me download my paid apps without buying them again. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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    Thread Anyone use Sandisk 16gb class 2 card? How is it?

    I've just ordered a nook color. I would like to just run roms off of the card. Does anyone have the 16gb SanDisk class 2 card? I speed tested one I already own with crystalDiskMark 2.2. The results were 4.65mb write. 18.62 mb read. The results could be being held back by my terrible usb card...
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    Thread Does modem software affect wifi?

    I am having an odd problem. At school and only at school, I get system core force closes. I am wondering if that could be due to the school's complex wifi setup. Does modem software affect wifi?
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    Thread Apps backed up in TiB on 2.2.1 roms won't restore to 2.2 roms

    I tried a couple of 2.2.1 roms but found I lose signal using them and the browser doesn't work quite right. when I try going back to 2.2 the apps don't restore correctly. Some restore. Most don't have their data restored correctly and some don't restore at all. TiB doesn't throw any errors...
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    Thread Help. Since flashing Serendipity, Titanium backup will not restore to other roms.

    I've been using titanium backup for awhile without any problems. Recently I flashed Serendipity. Since then, I have tried flashing perception 9.5 and cog3. When batch install "all missing apps with data" with either of those roms, Only half the apps completely install, some have errors on launch...
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    Thread Titanium backup restore problems with Perception 9.5

    I really want to use perception 9.5 since I hear its very stable. The new jpx roms have a lot of browser problems. When I try batch restoring missing apps and app data, only some of the apps actually have their data loaded correctly. Launcher pro has tons of problems, half of my apps seem to not...
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    Thread Can perception 9.5 still be downloaded?

    Where can I download it? The link seems to be gone from the thread.
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    Thread Are there plans to port voodoo to froyo?

    I hope there are. The froyo builds out now still have noticeable lag to me, despite some things being faster. If there are plans, is there an eta?
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    Thread Titanium backup won't restore apps. Won't even restore new backups!

    I'm having some trouble restoring backups. I recently reflashed my phone. All backups were verified. I have used the help button and redownloaded busybox. I have rooted my phone and given root privileges to TiB. I have usb debugging mode enabled too. When I batch restore, the batch completes as...
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    Thread Titanium backup: which file hold wifi passwords?

    My phone seems to be getting very slow after flashing a few roms and restoring apps and system data with TiB, even after using oden. I want to reflash again but this time restore the bare minimum of system data. I have figured out where all of that data is, except for wifi passwords. Does anyone...
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    Thread [Q] After custom is it safe to run "restore all missing apps + all system data" ?

    [Q] After custom is it safe to run "restore all missing apps + all system data" ? After going from just a custome kernel to a full blown rom, is it safe to restore all missing apps and system data? or will this cause problems?
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    Thread K9 for pure multitouch zoom is super finicky

    Has anyone else noticed that it's nearly impossible to zoom in and out of messages in k9 for pure. Is it like this in the normal k9 too? Its so frustrating, I may have to go back to just using the gmail app. The downside of the gmail app is of course that you can't zoom all the way out or...
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    Thread New facebook app won't let phone sleep.

    I like the new facebook app until I noticed my battery draining fast with the screen off. Spare parts shows facebook's partial wake usage to be full time. I have syncing shut off. It shouldn't keep the phone awake at all. One step forward, two steps back I guess.
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    Thread Voice calls using excessive battery power

    I am at 30% battery. I have made 4 minutes of voice calls today. The settings app shows voice calls taking 10% battery. Is this normal? Is the settings app battery use pane accurate?
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    Thread Captivate will not hard reset.

    I have tried hard resetting my phone, but I cant' get it to work. With the phone off, I hold the "volume down" key and press the power button. If i press the power and release quickly, nothing happens. If I hold it long enough for anything to happen, the phone just starts up normally. What am I...
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    Thread do you use auto-brightness or manual?

    I have been using auto-brightness, but I feel that it is usually brighter than necessary. I'm trying to get better battery life ( get a day just fine as is using the phone quite a bit) but I'm going to experiment with manual brightness to see how much life I can save. What do you use? How has it...
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    Thread Different gps problem. ( think). Need help.

    My gps started out working great. I got it on launch day. Then it started seeing plenty of satellites (8+) in gps test but wouldn't use them no matter how high the signal was. Now it only reports for a second and stops updating. For instance, It will view 1 satelite. The signal will go to 15 or...
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    Thread Changing user agent string causes browser to crash

    I really want to change the browser string to desktop, but every time I do the browser crashes when I try to back out of settings and then whenever I try to start the browser until I reset the browser. Has anyone else run into this problem and been able to fix it?
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    Thread Has anyone gotten PDAnet DUN to work with OSX and this phone yet?

    Has anyone gotten PDAnet DUN to work with OSX and this phone yet? I'm having trouble.
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    Thread Music in 2 locations. How can I get both in same library.

    I have over 16 GB of music. I will need to put music on both the internal storage and sd card. How can I get both locatins to show up in the music player at once? Is it possible to create a symlink on the sd card? If so, how? Or is there an easier solution?
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    Thread What rumored release date have you heard/read?

    I'm hoping for a thread to list all the release date rumors. If you read it on a web site, post a link to the article. If you heard it from someone, describe who told you.
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    Thread epson vs nova screen. differences?

    I've been reading that there are two different screens being used. One from epson, and one from nova. What are the differences between these screens. Are they both still 16 bit? Is the brightness different? Any other differences? Is there any way to tell which screen you are getting before you...
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    Thread Why is there so much hate for TouchWiz 3.0?

    Why is there so much hate for TouchWiz 3.0? It seems to add a lot of the little functionality that vanilla android is missing. It seems to add even more functionality than Sense, but without all the super flashy resource sucking effects that sense has.
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    Thread Is stuttering while scrolling through lists normal for android phones?

    I'm new to android phones. In fact, other than reading about them, my only experience with them is playing with the evo 4g for about 10 minutes. I was surprised at the significant stuttering while trying to scroll through lists. It made navigating the sprint tv application very very frustrating...
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    Thread has anyone tested opera mobile? Is it significantly faster than hermes without hiccup

    I love my hermes but web browsing is frustrating. Especially when opera mobile freezes up, sometimes for 5 seconds or more at a time, while rendering or even just scrolling. Does opera run significantly faster or more smoothly on the kaiser? Has anyone tried it? Thanks, Dan ps. i really...
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    Thread How much faster will Opera run on the kaiser compared to 8525?(talk me out of iphone)

    I'm considering getting the iphone because web browsing is a priority to me.(i also only have a mac computer with a windows partition which i wouldn't mind getting rid of that i use solely for my 8525.) But i would like to avoid it because yahoo push mail would just plain suck. I would also miss...
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    Thread How do i use Bluetooth Explorer to transfer files with a mac?

    I've tried searching and all i can come up with is "i use bluetooth explorer to transfer files with my mac." I cant seem to get it to work myself. I do have bluetooth explorer. I would apreciate it if someone could either give me directions on how to set up and use this or point me to a post...
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    Thread Tethering (phone as modem) with mac osx

    I just ordered a macbook which i will be using as my primary computer for school and other things. I will be booting up windows xp to work with my cingular 8525 and that is fine with me. I do however want to be able to use my phone as a modem within mac osx tiger. Is this possible? I'm ok with...
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    Thread help: noviiremot error message

    I wanted to try out noviiremote. I know most people dont get good range, but i thought i would try it anyway. I installed it and set up the code base. As soon as i tried pressing a control(any control) an error message pops up telling me that the infra red port is in use by another program.i...
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    Thread What is the LEAST resource intensive weather today plugin?

    I really do like having the weather displayed right on the today screen of my 8525. But what is the least resource intensive weather app with a today screen plugin?
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    Thread Where can i get the rubber plug for ext antenna port cover

    I've had the 8525 for a day and allready the rubber plug covering the external antenna plug is missing. where can i get a replacement?
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    Thread How can i use a hardware key for Task Manager

    I really would like to assign my "comm manager" button to the task manager for closing programs. How can i do this? Thanks for any help you can give me
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    Thread Is there a way to get rid of the "cannot connect" message?

    I use aim 24 hours a day every day on my phone. When i make a phone call i get the message "cannot connect..." every second during the call. It makes very difficult to do things like press buttons or read things off the screen while being bombarded with this message. Is there any way to get rid...
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    Thread Trouble with wizard not keeping pop3 emails after send/receive

    I have been using my 8125 to access my gmail acount. It works fine for the most part. But once i've downloaded an email. And read it. Later i will send/receive again. All my previously read messages disapear and will not be re-downloaded. Is there any way to keep these messages in my inbox...
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    Thread Bluetooth active sync wont connect

    When i try to connect to active sync with bluetooth it opens the port, and then says connecting on both the computer an wizard for a few minutes before just closing the connection. It never connects or syncs. Whats wrong?
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    Thread PIE+ is still recognized by espn.com as a mobile device

    I recently started using pie+2.1. It works well in alot of respects. I went into plus options, and changed the "user agent" to IE6. But when i go to espn.com. It forwards me to its mobile site, Which is completely stripped down and only text. How can i get it to recognize it as a desktop pc as...
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    Thread help. My screen keeps misaligning very often.

    My touch screen has been getting out of alignment quite often. 3 or 4 times a day. I'll go to use it after leaving it on standby, and the touch screen alignment will be off by a half centimeter or more. its making very difficult to use. Sometimes very difficult to even get to the settings screen...