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    Google Photos: Storing photos as original quality and file size?

    To add a twist... I have Google Drive set to show a folder called Google Photos...which of course IS my Google Photos (being uploaded as "high quality". If I download the DNG file (which was origially 19MB) thru Google Drive, it downloads AS A DNG FILE (but still reduced to 3.3MB). If I...
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    Google Photos: Storing photos as original quality and file size?

    Same thing is happening to me. On my phone (a Galaxy S8+), the DNG file is approx 19mb...on Google Photos, when viewing on my Windows PC thru the Chome browser, it's 3.3MB...and to make matters worse, when I download that file, to edit on my PC, it comes down as a JPG (of 3.3MB). So is Google...
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    How do I move folders from the home screen to the app drawer?

    Kodak2, that's actually not true, at least in Android 8 and above (I can't remember the details of previous versions)...you definitely CAN create folders in the app drawer...at least I can on my S8+ running the Samsung launcher.
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    Recover a lost file (not a photo) from internal memory?

    OK PJ, thanks. So I'd have to root it to have any chance. I get it now...something about a non-rooted phone that does not allow "rooting around" the storage areas. :) Thanks. Got it. -- Bill
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    Recover a lost file (not a photo) from internal memory?

    P.J.... Thanks for that. Question... How do the "photo recovery" apps work (many also claim to recover, call logs, and all sorts of other items)? I mean, I understand the basics of file recovery, so what I am wondering is how can those apps recover all those claimed file types, but at the...
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    Recover a lost file (not a photo) from internal memory?

    Hi folks, I recently reset my Galaxy Note 4 (trying to fix my non-working (except with the stylus) menu and back buttons...didn't work). I tried to remember to back up individual app settings and such, but of course I forgot a couple, one of which is "Torque". I thought Torque was backing up...
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    S6 edge recently used apps disappear

    Same thing on my Verizon note 4. Weirder still is if I press the task manager, the apps are there. It'd just that "recently used" is not showing them. Bill
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    How Can I Force Facebook Notification Email Links To Open In Official App Instead Of Browser?

    Oops...shoulda mentioned...already tried that...didn't work.
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    How Can I Force Facebook Notification Email Links To Open In Official App Instead Of Browser?

    Anyone have an answer to how to force email links to open the official Facebook app instead of the browser and mobile site of Facebook? Thanks...
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    Lapdock on DROID Bionic with ICS and Webtop 3.0

    I can use Netflix and HBO Go just fine.