Recent content by JRSIV

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    A Plea for the Note 10

    Bear with me, just take the ride...I try to get three years out of my smartphones so after getting into them in 2009 with the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G (known as the HTC Magic outside the US) and upgrading to a MyTouch 4G when the 3G bricked, I tried the Samsung line with the Galaxy S3. Great phone...
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    How much does your Note9 battery drain???

    I've been really pleased with the battery on my Note 9. The wife and I both got one over the Black Friday sales and coming from an S6 the difference is night and day. (I try to get 2-3 years out of a device if I can, have done so since my first smartphone in 2009 the MyTouch 3G). This is a...
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    Yahoo Mail Disappearing?

    I have a MyTouch 4G (stop laughing...) and have experienced this vanishing voodoo email bug for months. The change of settings described earlier in the thread helped solve most issues but not all...just another voice chiming in that this a serious bug popping up on several different HTC phones...
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    Gingerbread Rollout Thread!

    Still waiting for my OTA update. I know T-MO brick and mortar stores have an SD card update available, but I dont wanna go through everything getting wiped and reinstated. My Mom purchased hers last November & received the OTA update a few weeks back. It's great- more responsive, better...
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    myTouch 4G Wi-Fi tethering is free?

    My Mom and I both have MyTouch4G's. On her phone she's been using the Wi-Fi hotspot feature with her laptop for months, with no charge. Until today... When I first fired it up for her months ago I first called T-Mo because I believed the service cost an extra $14.95 a month but was told by a...
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    Gingerbread Rollout Thread!

    I had a nightmare experience when my myTouch3G Fender edition recieved its Froyo update, so this Gingerbread update for my myTouch4G has me spooked. I hate "pushed" downloads anyway, we should have a choice whether we want an update or not. Is there a way to opt out of this update? Any help or...
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    Help! Locked out of my phone :/

    This was a lifesaver! My wife messed with my Fender MyTouch until I got the dreaded 'enter email/password screen'. After 100 attempts with a password and email I KNEW were right (triple checked against Google online on my laptop) I found this. 'null' huh? Whatever it takes...