Recent content by J Ervin Bates

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    Terrible battery life on the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4

    I just began having battery issues with this last OS update a few weeks ago. I have since discovered the problem appears to be in the Instagram app. Force stop and no issues. Reactivate it and fast drain. Any ideas why? Oh and all non essential apps are gone or deactivated. Posted via Android...
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    Not receiving picture messages.

    I also have a relatively new Samsung Galaxy S2 (bout two months old) and I have the same issue. If someone sends me a photo via MMS, it only says downloading and never shows the photos. If I have the sender resend the pic, it comes through fine as long as I am keeping the phone "awake" to watch...