Recent content by BlueCat57

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    Tip to save home screen layout before updating to Marshmallow

    I was SO EXCITED to finally received the Android 6 update UNTIL I saw that all my time setting up the perfect home screens (please correct the terms I use) had been wiped out. The update wiped them almost clean!! (except for a couple of Google and Samsung apps) So, here's my tip: As soon as you...
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    Using Google Now to add items to task/shopping lists?

    I've been looking for this sort of functionality. As I'm driving to work I want to speak my to do list as I think of items. Once I arrive I want to open that list and prioritize the items. I know that the Amazon Echo's Alexa can add items to a list. Maybe one could use a voice controlled To Do...
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    I seem to have a CONSTANT location notification since Lollipop update...

    I'm having a similar problem with a random notification beep since I started sharing my location through Google+, Verizon Message+/Glympse, and Commute Sharing in the Google App/Now Cards. While I don't have a solution yet (other than turning off all notifications and/or sounds, kind of like...
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    Status bar at top keeps going in and out, can't pull down

    I think you got it in one for me. I was wondering if it was OK to shut off all of the notifications on my Kindle Fire HD (2nd gen). I had already done that but side loaded Gmail (and the necessary other apks to make it work) after I had shut off notifications. It appears that shutting off...