Recent content by John Venables

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    S21+ Phone Calls - Everyone can hear as if i am on Handsfree

    Hi All, Making/Receiving calls, my partner can hear both sides of the telephone conversation as If I had handsfree on, but its not My previous phone S20+ didn't have this issue I have just received a new company phone Samsung A12, it seems to have exactly the same issue. Any thoughts/ideas...
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    Looking for Some Battery Guidance Please - Performance is Really Poor

    Hi All..... Looking for some help with the life of my Battery, It has been unplugged since 6am full charged, its now 1pm and its sitting at 30%...so currently, its been unplugged for 7hrs and its already 30% My usage today has been almost nothing(or at least I think almost nothing) couple of...
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    Frustration - Screen Keeps Coming on In Pocket.

    Hi, I have ordered the quick circle case, but isnt available in the uk for another couple of weeks. A little worried about pointing the screen outwards from my leg when in my pocket....But will give it a go & see... I am guessing its something to do with gestures....I nevered had this issue on...
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    Frustration - Screen Keeps Coming on In Pocket.

    Screen Keeps coming on in my pocket effectively disabling the knock code, needing the backup passcode entered and then a new knock code created....This is happening constantly when the phone is in my pocket.....Driving me mad....Turned the lock screen to swipe & now all I hear is bleeping all...
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    UK LG G3 Wireless Charging Issues

    Hi All, Hoping some people may have some advice to offer. I got my LG G3 on day of release. I also ended up buying a Qi wireless chrging plate from Amazon.co.uk....RAVPower RP-WCN7, according to the manufacturer who I contacted after having issues with my 1st one that the plate does work with...
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    Assistance Required with Syncing Outlook and Google

    Guys, I currently use Outlook 2013 on my laptop to control all my contacts, calendar and tasks from my main email account which is a Hotmail Account...However as i am now a full Android phone & tablet user, I want to try and get my calendar & contacts onto google as well as on hotmail. This...
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    Samsung S3(UK) Battery Poor Performance

    Hi All, In the last 2 weeks, my S3 seems to have went from 1 charge a day to 1 at lunchtime and 1 overnight even on Power Save Mode....Not sure what has happened but the battery performance has just plummeted. I am currently on 4.1.2 so dont believe there has been any firmware updates that I...
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    Nexus 7 2012 32GB Version....now randomly rebooting 2 - 3 times a day

    Hi, Hoping for some guidance, my Nexus 7 has started randomly rebooting 2 - 3 times a day, no matter what I am doing with it, even when its just sitting on the sofa doing nothing. There is nothing obvious running that seems to be causing any issues...even during the night, it sometimes...
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    Help Required - Outlook & Hotmail on Nexus 7/Samsung S3

    Hi All, Hoping for some guidance, I use hotmail as my main email service & use Outlook as my main task/contact/calendar/email client on my windows 8 desktop...I am hoping to find a seemless, tidy & efficient way of getting all this information from Outlook onto my android devices and syncing...
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    UK Based User - Nexus 7 in Official Dock Very Very Slow Charging - Looking for Guidance

    Ok...So i took the USB extension cable out of the mix last night, daydream still off....Nexus was 26% when I went to bed at 1am(Way too late), up again at 7am this morning and it was fully charged......so is it the introduction of the extension cable or the increase in length of cable that is...
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    UK Based User - Nexus 7 in Official Dock Very Very Slow Charging - Looking for Guidance

    Hi....Thanks for the Warm Welcome...... Initially I thought Daydream mode was causing the slow charging....However over the last week, i have disabled Daydream & make sure the screen is off when I dock it...But it hasnt really made that much of a difference it has a bit, but not...
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    UK Based User - Nexus 7 in Official Dock Very Very Slow Charging - Looking for Guidance

    Hi All..... My wall socket is a bit away from where my Charging Dock is, so I ended using a usb extension cable from the Official Nexus charger in the socket to the official Nexus 7 cable into the back of the Official nexus dock..... Putting the device into the dock at 14% and charging with...
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    Email Help Please

    Hi.......New user to Samsung S3, I am using the native email app and syncing 4 accounts via exchange. Some emails seem to be merging(only way i can describe) header is for one email but the images are from a different email and in some cases, the body of the email contains html images from 2...