Recent content by Keeptechcoolandsimple

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    Essential Phone 2!

    boo hoo
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    Essential Products Inc. cancels next smartphone, is up for sale

    for lack of better words, this sucks.... i was looking forward to seeing what they could do 2nd gen with the kinks worked out.
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    I can't all about google apps.

    it sounds like you have a Chinese market version of the phone. my understanding is any phones made for the Chinese market will not support Google services. search how to get Google Play on China only phones for tutorials on how to get it.
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    U.S. holidays on calander

    if you're using the Google calendar app, click on the 3 bars on the upper left hand corner scroll down and see if "holidays" is checked.
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    Samsung Galaxy s9 - How to change screen display while wireless charging?

    try an app called IFTTT ( short for if this then that).
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    Why do I have a lock screen come up on my telephone Android Samsung j7 Sky Pro

    go to your phone settings, look for lock screen or security and check to see if you have it set to have it on. you shouldn't need to use Norton defender to turn lock screen off.
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    Double Gmail notifications

    well...on the screenshot one says "inbox" and the other says your email address. maybe you have your Gmail linked to another email app or maybe inbox wasn't successfully uninstalled.
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    My phone will not stop receiving amber alerts. I tried everything!

    https://www.androidcentral.com/amber-alerts-and-android-what-you-need-know this article helped me.
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    Lost all my google services with EMUI update 4.0.3

    my first thought reading this was where did you buy the Huawei device? maybe you bought a china-only device from an unauthorized seller? I've heard recently that Google is shutting down access to Google services from unregistered devices. this would apply to china-only devices because you...
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    Need pictures from old phone to new phone

    take advantage of Google. upload said pictures to Google photos and access them on any device with Google photos
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    Why is my photo and videos auto delete

    are you backing up your videos/pictures to a cloud? if so, maybe you have it set so it deletes them locally to save space once it's been uploaded to a cloud?
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    Loving the Essential

    This phone is aging really well. i had to Port the pixel camera but other than that, updates have been quick and consistent, and the design and craftsmanship is holding up really well. picked one up on a Black Friday sale as a backup phone on a impulse. it's since become my daily driver.