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    How do I send a text message from my Androin smartphone

    Thanks for the heads up regarding the subject line, glad I mentioned that, you learn something every day. Actually I joined Android Central in 2013 when I got my Nexus 7, and found the forum members very helpful, so when my wife bought me the Alba smartphone running android I thought I would...
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    How do I send a text message from my Androin smartphone

    It does seem to be working I did a couple sent to my self and both arrived . I found if you require a Subject Line you click on the menu (3 dots top right). I think for the moment I'll stick with the app I've got unless someone can suggest a better replacement. Thanks for your help M54
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    How do I send a text message from my Androin smartphone

    Hi Madd54, yes it is similar to yours but in the form of a smiley with two dots for eyes, and if you open it it does have the envelope looking icon with a + sign and on opening that you are offered a page to send your message with To: at the top, and at the bottom type: your...
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    How do I send a text message from my Androin smartphone

    That made me smile, I think if I was that good a mind reader I would be a rich man:) Give puss a stroke for me.:)
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    How do I send a text message from my Androin smartphone

    Sorry Belodion, I meant to say many thanks to both your posts, and I couldn't find an edit to correct it. Getting old, although at 89 I suppose I am old.
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    How do I send a text message from my Androin smartphone

    Thank you belodion, I will have to persevere with it now I know it's the right app. So far in spite of enabling the T Mobile on my Android and sending a message using that green messaging app it never gets to my phone..... sorry I have just found the one I sent myself, Trouble is smartphones are...
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    How do I send a text message from my Androin smartphone

    Thank you for your reply. The only app I can see is a green SMS button on the home page, I use gmail and that offers you Compose, on my PC and tablet but not on the Alba Smartphone running Android,, although I have gmail on my Android with all my mail showing properly I cannot find a button to...
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    Google Nexus 7 (2012) Open Office for Android

    Many thanks rx Sorry for the delay in answering I have only just noticed your reply. I have got over the problem when I found that Softmaker do an app for Android.
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    Google Nexus 7 (2012) Open Office for Android

    Using Open Office spreadsheet on Android all seems to work fine, unless I password it, if I download a password protected spreadsheet from Dropbox it does not recognized the password. I have tried opening a new OO spreadsheet in Android and when I put a password in, it says there has been an...
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    Google Nexus 7 Tablet (2012) Ultimate Rotation

    On my Nexus 7 I have the Ultimate Rotation app and find it excellent, there is one thing that puzzles me, if I tick some of the options I get the message 'Needs 2147483647 entries' I am at a loss to know what this means. I would appreciate someone to tell me.
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    Screen rotating issues?

    I have the Ultimate Rotation app and find it excellent, there is one thing that puzzles me, if I tick some of the options I get the message 'Needs 2147483647 entries' I am at a loss to know what this means. I would appreciate someone to tell me.
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    dropbox

    Thank you Y2 My N7 is on charge and as soon as I can I will try both your helpful suggestions, I hold my head in shame that I didn't think of that, but as you can guess I'm new to Android. Very many thanks.
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    dropbox

    I am using Kingsoft Office, on my Nexus 7, having written a document how can I drop it in dropbox? At the moment the only way I have achieved this is to send it to me in an email and download it to my PC. When I was using Olive Office when you pressed save it gave you various options including...
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    Open With

    Thank you for your post SRKMAGNUS and your offer of help (hope you won't regret it:) I have so far managed reasonable well, finding the best apps for me and how they work, having used (and still do) Windows XP initially the Android OS seemed so different, but after a while you find so many...
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    Open With

    Many thanks ST I D/L ES file explorer, now have to get my head round it. Keeps the brain alert:)