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    Moto G5s plus dropped Google timeline

    no I haven't but it's my next stop - thx cuz
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    Moto G5s plus dropped Google timeline

    Hello the other day on the 7th of August I was embarking on a short trip and activated Android auto plugged it into my Pioneer in car system, and somehow or other I subsequently lost the Google Timeline function which has hitherto provided me with a really good service identifying locations time...
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    protecting photos in format

    I'm getting a lot of unwanted ads which just crash in periodically. if I format the phone in attempt shut them out, will my photos be safe, ie they are ok on laptop. I have gcloud appto do a restore. also I guess I should remove sd card first.. C
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    forgotten pin

    thanks I've got the Google login and associated password I just thought there was one connected with gcloud but it's probably embedded with Google
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    forgotten pin

    I want to do a reboot of my phone and have G Cloud to action the restore, but, have forgotten the pin. There's a Google function to solve this I think - can anyone direct me to it please? Thx
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    Moto G Plus 5th Gen is it worth it?

    I came to G5s+ from droid turbo - this seems faster. super build quality, fast charge. love it. Moto app on droid turbo used to read txts to me can't seem to find that function. no regrets for the money its great. looks better than G6
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    Why I don't receive oreo update

    got it in New Zealand
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    permissions - droid turbo

    thanks for the advice. yes continues to display the location fault in safe mode. I'm going to have to take it to a tech somewhere as I don't really understand how this works - you know, I don't know what I don't know. phone is holding charge well and otherwise functions as intended. thanks for...
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    permissions - droid turbo

    yes it notes no permissions granted. when I touch that section I go to screen headed Gallery, which has contacts and storage switch-on buttons, both are off and will not switch on.
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    permissions - droid turbo

    I can't open the gallery app with all my photographs because it keeps saying that it needs access to device storage, and the next prompt is to '..select permissions in app info to enable...' I tried that and it doesn't lead anywhere except a list of apps that are all mark yes. I've done a...
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    Magnet inside phone?

    why haven't Motorola put up a post explaining this in monosyllabic terms??
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    photo albums

    When I set up an album on my phone, will it syncs to my laptop and can I subsequently add to it?
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    How to increase text size?

    Bugger, I'm in New Zealand and although I have a Verizon phone, I'm not on their platform.
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    copy & paste

    Help. When I try and copy text from an email, and paste it into a new email, I end up with an earlier copy / paste set of text. It is driving me nuts and in a house full of apple phoners it's embarrassing.
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    How to increase text size?

    Is there a way to get a larger section of the screen for typing txt messages. Running 5.1 on Droid Turbo