Recent content by mg3796

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    Error: "Avoided poor internet connection"

    Just to close this out ... I have given up and done a factory reset, which has fixed the problem. I'm hoping this isn't going to be a regular occurrence.
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    Error: "Avoided poor internet connection"

    No, there's no option "Avoid weak connections" Thanks for your help anyway. Grateful for any other suggestions!
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    Error: "Avoided poor internet connection"

    I have an ASUS Memopad 173X tablet, Android v4.2.2, which has developed a problem that I can't connect to wifi networks. Symptoms are a long delay whilst "obtaining IP address" and then the error message "avoided poor internet connection". It first happened at a public wifi hotspot in a hotel...
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    Sign in to Android with non-gmail google account

    Thanks. Sorry for delayed response. Yes, I now understand: on Android there is no difference between "logging into gmail" and "logging into google". Whereas from Windows, they are different things - you can login to google without logging into gmail (which I have been doing for some years), to...
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    Sign in to Android with non-gmail google account

    Hi I'm an Android newbie - I've just purchased an Android v4.2.2 tablet and I'm having a basic problem that I can't sign in (using the tablet) to my google account, which is not a gmail account: it's xyz@myisp.com. I can sign in OK from my windows-based PC and netbook - but from Android, the...