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    Message from Google Play Team

    I have this message in my Webmaster Tools Dashboard/Messages ... Google Play: Your link request has been sent Mar 18, 2015 Dear developer of com.webs.mdawdy.HTMLSpy, Your request to link Android application com.webs.mdawdy.HTMLSpy has been sent to the webmaster of...
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    Missing Mobile Data icon

    My S4 mini SGH-i257M Rogers Canada is no longer set up to have the Mobile data ON/OFF icon available on the notification screen. When i select to edit the Quick Setting Buttons it is not in the set of choices. This may have disappeared during the upgrade to 4.4.3. Anyone know about this? I...
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    firmware upgrade prompt - but my S4 mini came with 4.4.2

    About a month or so after i received the 4.4.2 update i received another; this was early in the fall, perhaps like October. I did not pay attention to the date or to the description that came along with it other than that it said "increased reliability". I visit 5 of these S4 mini forums every...
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    are they the same?

    I have seen those xda threads also. Haven't seen anything reliable enough for me to take the risk. Once my warranty is up in December i may try the one by ExiLeX420. But he was on 4.2, and i am now on 4.4.2, and will probably be on 4.4.3 by then. I do not know if that will be significant. Mick
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    are they the same?

    Unfortunately, V1cst3r has not been back here since that post. I have seen posts by one other member indicating he has a rooted SGH-i257M, but i have not seen anyone post what procedure they used. I would very much like to know. We do have this thread by ExiLeX420 ... [SGH-i257m][ROOT] A Newbs...
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    S4 mini is battery hungry

    Why would Google Store require VISA for a free App? I download all Apps from Play Store. I have not heard of MacroDroid before so i looked it up. Looks like it does a lot of stuff that does not interest me. I do not see the extreme battery saving steps that BatteryDoctor goes thru tho. Anyway...
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    S4 mini is battery hungry

    What i have done ... I installed CleanMaster and Disabled all of the Apps that the AppManager lists as possible to be disabled except for about a half dozen that i need. I disabled well over 50 Apps, perhaps 70 or more. I installed BatteryDoctor. I disabled most of the automatic options but i...
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    Sprint S4 Mini gets and update.

    I got an update on my SGH-i257M [Rogers, Canada] a month or more ago [perhaps a couple or a few months] but well after the KitKat 4.4.2. I did not keep track of the date. It said "for more reliability" or something similar. It updated more than 170 Apps. That was the only part of the process...
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    are they the same?

    I cannot answer the question, just note that it is I257 not 1257 ["eye", not "one"] :) No one has been able to root the SGH-I257 model, so there must be some significant difference. Mick
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    How long (aprx) will a battery hold its charge?

    I do not know how long as i have not tried it. But i think much longer than a day. Probably a week or a few weeks. Losing charge gradually.
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    S4 mini Battery Problems Solved

    My battery drain is 3% overnight. Hhmmmm, i gotta look into this more. The 1%age point is 50% better than mine :(
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    S4 mini Battery Problems Solved

    Looks like the battery problems are gone, at least for me and my SGH-i257M, Canadian, Rogers. I got a full 7 days from my last charge. I used to get 2 or 3 days. I use it as a simple phone with perhaps a few calls each day. Occasionally, but not every day, i use the internet to check weather...
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    Galaxy S4 Mini 4.3 firmware upgrade question

    Re: Galaxy s4 mini 4.3 firmware upgrade question KitKat 4.4.2 has been available for a few months now. Why the interest in 4.3?
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    Newbie here so plz excuse my incorrect terms but help

    Yes, you can disable apps and you can put them into a folder. You can also remove them from the home pages by dragging them to the garbage can icon which appears at the top of the screen when you press and hold the app icon. This does not delete them as you can still run them from the Apps...
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    Three Questions About Battery Doctor

    Phone is not rooted. So i press the spinney thing on the battery doctor widget and it says "3 apps closed prolonged power by 34 minutes", perhaps with different numbers. How can i determine which apps were closed? It appears that Android may be re-starting the same apps? So is power really...