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which phone is that?

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£20 its an HTC.

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You think maybe its the desire HD?

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Possibility, that was just announced to not get ICS.

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And it is only a couple months older than the sensation isn't it?

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Desire HD: October 2010
Sensation: May 2011

Considering Google said they wanted phones supported for 18 month its appauling that the Desire HD isn't getting it.

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Just checked mine and still 2.3.3 with no update offered and on T-Mobile :(

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Sony Xperia S, higher DPI screen than the iPhone, pretty much the new Android flagship (for the month or two until quad core):

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/9749/sxsx.jpg

Lovely looking.

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I'm sure they are better now but I would never touch a SE again after some of the shoddy build quality I had on my previous three SE phones.
T610, w850 and k610i if memory serves so not recent by any means but enough to make me want to stay away.
My other halves w880 and her sisters w810 where also shocking.

That being said I used to feel the same about Motorola but I quite like the look of the new raze.

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The Wildfire.

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I've only had 3 phones that weren't SE and all of them were terrible. I'm a big fan of SE but really wanted a touch screen and theirs at the time were much more expensive. At least I get a HTC and Android update in May :)

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I prefer Nokia myself but since Nokia don't like android I will be switching to either HTC or Samsung on the 28th Feb. With Samsung being the much more likely choice.

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There was a time when nokia was my choice for mobile. But since smart phones came out, and particularly android systems..never looked at a nokia.

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I'm using a Nokia n900 at the moment and its a fantastic phone (more like a micro laptop). But in nokias never ending quest for the perfect mobile OS They went and dropped the maemo OS like a stone in favour of the next big thing and ruined what could have been a promising line of phones.

Edit: had an n95 8gb before that and that was also a great phone and a fair bit ahead of the competition smartphones at the time.

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Nokias have been the bain of my life for 6 years. E71s and E72s randomly losing settings or just plain not working often means I've got several of them on my desk at various stages of being rebuilt.

Thankfully the contract ends next month and the finance powers that be have promised to be take on board what the techy powers that be have to say.

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Both good phones in my experience, just goes to show that avoiding a brand like I do with SE and you will probably do with Nokia from now on isn't always the way to go.

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Ironically I've had the same E71 throughout. Only problem I have is it rapidly discharges from time to time which is linked to the back case overheating. Many of the problems my users experience is microsoft for exchange causing problems. The most important non-phone use for us.

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Very good deals on tablets at Carphone Warehouse;

Archos 7 HT (2.1 Eclair/No Official Market) - £75
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mob...-7-HOME-TABLET

Archos Arnova 10 G2 (2.3 Gingerbread/No Official Market) - £140
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mob...s/ARNOVA_10_G2

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 (2.2 Froyo) - £200
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mob...ALAXY-TAB-WIFI

Motorola Xoom (4.0 ICS) - £250
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mob...OLA-XOOM-WI-FI

I'm now stuck between the Xoom and the iPad 3, its just too cheap for such a quality product to pass it up.

Re: Google Android Will this work in USA
 

Question is in the title - Would UK phone work in USA ( I keep getting lost there when driving on my own!)

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It will work as a satnav.

Whether it works as a phone will depend on your network.

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You wouldn't want to use a UK phone in USA as a satnav as that will cost you a fortune in data costs won't it? :)

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It will if you use Googlemaps and pull in the data. There's a couple of off-line solutions based on openmaps, that basically store all the maps on your SD card, so don't need a data connection. I've tried some of them in Spain, and wasn't overly impressed though (but that was for inner city navigation where it can be a bit tricky to get a GPS lock). They might work better when driving.

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Anybody used a HTC Evo 3D? Ive seen these on offer in ASDA for £250 and Im finding it hard to come up with a reason not to get one.
Was thinking instead of getting an s2 and upgrading at the end of February like I was going to I would get one of these and go on a £10 pm 30 day rolling contract instead.
Only problem I'm finding is that a lot of reviewers seem to be complaining about constant crashes and reboots though through some further digging this seems to be related specifically to the firmware that the sprint network in the US is using on their handsets.

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Galaxy S2 is to get official release of ICS on March 1st (give or take a day!)

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_gala...-news-3752.php

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That's great news was trying to find the release date for ics for my lovely s2.

To be honest i have had Sony and Nokia and if i had to choose it would be Sony as i did prefer the build on them. Have had the n95 8gb which was good but build was poor after that went for the satio which if it was android would have been a great phone but Sony put symbian on it and then ditches the phone after less than a year.

Now im a happy s2 owner and not regretting it

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Just to update my previous post. I bought the evo 3d and its phenomenal. Maybe not as good as an s2 but not far off and the price just makes it even better. 3d is just a gimmick. Getting ICS too but no solid dates yet.

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Possibly already released??
you can manually force the update check by tapping Menu > Settings > System updates > HTC software update >

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Thanks for that, I had already tried checking for updates. At least I have some solid information on ICS for my phone now :D

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The Asus Transformer is finally getting it's ICS update tomorrow for UK users.

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Thats good news.... Strange that Nexus S owners don't have it yet...and we were supposed to be one of the first!

Although with all the issues that have been reported its possibly not the best upgrade path right now.

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I was looking at getting the Asus transformer prime, but at £500 they can FRO

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The ICS update for the Transformer is now available. Mine's installing right now. :)

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ICS is much better than Honeycomb. There's a lot more of the OS that's hardware accelerated so everything's silky smooth now. The system-wide spell checker is nice, coming from a Mac background.

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Can anybody recommend a good Android Tablet, (hopefully ICS support) for around £250.

iPad is a NO NO.

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To be honest I think you are looking at a second hand one for anything reasonable - unless you want to the Kindle Fire.

Personally I'd wait now as the new tablets from MWC will be coming soon - this includes ones like this http://www.reghardware.com/2012/02/2...ndroid_tablet/

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anyone having problems with opera mobile version 12? i stupidly updated this morning! now this new glitch ball of an upgrade takes ages to respond to request. both submitting web addresses and google searches take ages to respond to my submit. loading pages has slowed down too.

how can i downgrade back to the version before this mornings version12 update?

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I have had the problem with slow searches but not with normal browsing. If you really want to roll back I have an 11.5.apk file.

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it sucks my samsung galaxy hates it. yeah please can you upload the latest before this flop of a version 12

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Pm me your email and ill send you it. It's about 14mb so too big for here.

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thanks mate :tu:

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Any time.

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Do Opera fix bugs quickly? Strange 1, at first it just stalled but then gathered pace... then back to stalling.

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I have the flashlight app (useful for seeing things, sort of what is says on the tin :D)

But they put an update out 2 days ago...I updated, and dang thing wouldn't close easy.

But day later, update came out fixing that bug. I like the service, which all apps should try and copy...fix it quick..don't charge me for using..my idea of a good app (and be useful, of course)

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opera mobiles been fixed. update available via the market

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Rooted an Android for the first time the other day, much prefer it :)

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could you explain this to me with simple words Russ. I found a lot.. ginger stuff and all that but i dont get it. what for?

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Just bought a Motorola XOOM. Really impressed with it so far. Just wish the ics update would hurry up and roll out to uk users.

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By rooting it you can change loads of things in the phone, increase memory, change the appearance etc. It does invalidate the warranty though.

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ill have another look later :tu:

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A tip here if you have several android devices.

I have a gmail account on my HTC phone, on the weeked end I bought a android tablet and set it up with the same gmail account, and I can download apps on it i have bought on the phone and vise versa with no extra charge.

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On yeah ICS looks cool on it

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By rooting, you are returning it to a format that sheds all the crap your provider has put on it. I like simple explanations :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_%28Android_OS%29

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bloatware :mad:

i need to find all the correct files and factory reset before doing anything https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/03/31.gif

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Android market replaced by Google play... play shop :D

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Rooting allows you 'root access' to the phone, giving you access to the OS. I rooted my HTC Desire, because it ran out of memory, and couldn't run Ginger (there's the word) Bread, which is a version Android that came out after I bought the phone, and isn't supported by HTC for the Desire.Rooting the phone allowed me to install applications to the SD card, overcoming the memory limitations of the phone. I can also run an ad-blocker now, and do some geeky things.

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cheers dan :tu: the memory work arounds appealing. im still doing some reading. is it easy to revert back to normal if either things go wrong or you just want to? i have the factory reset key i use to default or do i need to load firm/soft-ware again. im going to test on a samsung galaxy young

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Yes, reverting is pretty easy, at leat it was on my HTC Desire... First, there's the rooting process. In my case, I was instructed to use 'unrevoked' something. The rooting process itself doesn't change much in terms of experience. What it does do is give you the option to backup everything on your phone, including the OS. That, in itself, is a major advantage of being rooted. There's some additional options for 'install to sd' as well.

Next, you can opt to flash a new OS to the phone. I chose Leedroid which basically mimics the Desire's touch and feel. You can pick and choose though. Being rooted allows you to create back points. Making sense of all of this isn't easy in practice though. Finding the most recent 'ROM' for your phone isn't as easy as it should be.

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I would think it shouldn't be easy...you are afterall taking a phone that was set-up for one purpose, and using it for another. Virgin or whoever you get your phone from will obviously want to keep it locked down.

I err to buying google pure phones, so i don't have to worry about that.

Thenry, though it should be fairly safe, you do screw any warranty. I suspect that is rare but thought I'd remind you. I don't work for any mobile company or operating system :D

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Yes l wondered where it had all gone

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Another benefit of rooted phones - ad blockers work :)

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Just picked up a refurbished Advent Vega tablet for my Dad as he wants to learn to use a computer and I thought a tablet would be the easiest route. £117 delivered (via Currys/PC World's eBay store). It's a nice spec (Tegra 2 CPU like my Transformer) and once I've rooted it and installed Honeycomb on it (it comes with Froyo installed) it's going to be great.

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Nice but if IIRC you will have the same problem I had with my hannspad if you switch to honeycomb and its that you lose flash due to lack of video hardware acceleration. Is ics not an option for the vega?

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IIRC Flash works fine under VegaComb, being a Tegra 2 based tablet (not that lack of Flash would matter for Dad anyway as he wouldn't even know what that means). There is an ICS ROM but it's only an alpha build at the moment.

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video players use flash Lew. Skynews, some tabloid sites etc.

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The hannspad is tegra 2. Uses the same chip set as the vega and there are many variants. One of the more popular roms for the hannspad is even called vegantab after the vega.

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nandroid is cool too if you want to flip and change between roms :)

Get the 'quickboot' app from the market to get in to recovery quicker without having to press power, vol down and another button etc :D

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ICS for 16 of HTCs handsets is getting closer and has started already in some countries. Here is a list of devices that will receive it currently.

The full line-up of HTC handsets on the Ice Cream Sandwich win-list is as follows:

DROID Incredible 2
HTC Amaze 4G
HTC Desire S
HTC Desire HD
HTC EVO 3D
HTC EVO Design 4G
HTC Incredible S
HTC Sensation
HTC Sensation XL
HTC Sensation 4G
HTC Sensation XE
HTC Raider
HTC Rezound
HTC Rhyme
HTC Thunderbolt
HTC Vivid

Source

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I cannot wait for ICS on my Desire S

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Yes l am looking forward to receiving it soon as well.

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Well took the plunge last night for my SGS II via the ODIN method as my KIES software managed to go bonkers again, so didn't feeling like trusting it to update my phone

ICS is a definate improvement - the SGS II was fast anyway but it's got faster, although due to the TouchWiz it's not significantly different at the moment.

One thing I have noticed so far is it seems that Facebook profile pictures no longer sync to Contacts

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Samsung Kies is a disgrace of a software

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I'm amazed its getting it, didn't HTC say when ICS was announced that no phone older than the sensation would be getting it? Good on them really, Doesn't that give HTC the oldest handset running ICS when its released?
Best thing I ever did was choosing a HTC handset, Absolutely love sense and my EVO is the best phone Ive ever had.

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Anybody use an Airplay app for their Android device? I've been looking at some since the new XBMC has airplay connectivity but I just don't trust them at the moment. Any recommendations?

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Okay here's another one for you. I recently bought thumb keyboard pro on my tablet and was considering trying it for my phone, do I have to buy it again or can I just Uninstall it from my tablet and put it on my phone?

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If you are signed in with the same Google account doesn't it allow you to install it on your phone anyway?

If I go to play.google.com I can do this for any app:

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I think it will stay with the account so an uninstall - reinstall on other device should be ok. I have had items on one device, go to a new phone & they moved on to it without issue. Dont know if apps check to see if they are currently installed/running on another device (phoning home :confused: )

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So one license multiple devices then?

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It might be configurable per app (I've not tried them all), but seems to be

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Yeah I'm signed into the same account but it wants me to pay again on my phone.

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I have both a android phone & tablet.

I can install paid apps on both without paying twice.

the only thing I cannot do is install certain apps are are dedicated for a particular device

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Odd, don't suppose you have this particular app?

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I dont have this app, but I tend to download them on the relavent device.

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Which I did, I wanted the full sized keyboard for my Xoom. I just thought It would be nice to try on my phone since I always seem to hit the full stop button instead of the space bar when typing certain words on my Evo.
Im going to try rebooting the Evo and clearing the market cache, see if that helps. Thanks all.

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Sorry what I meant was I download via google play on a PC to one device, then download on the other device via google play.

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That worked. Thanks.

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Just a heads up, my HTC Sensation has just told me ICS 4 is available to install via the update button, this is a sim free phone.

Shame i am now off to work and can't install it! :)

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Not long for my evo 3d then. They did say anytime into q2 which did start on Sunday.

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sorry if this has been answered already. is there a way i can set opera mobile to google uk rather than us.com ?

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I just put www.google.co.uk in and save it on the start page.

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poor lack of options on this by opera! cheers snoopy

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You can also go to google.co.uk and long press in the search box and select add search engine. Now this still reverts to google.com for default searches if you exit the app but it stays saved on your search engine list and is quicker than having to go to google.co.uk each time. Also AFAIK this does not change default behaviour if you type your search into the address bar instead of the search bar.

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that needs fixing. why does it not stick with the search box having so many options

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I read it was something to do with revenue generated from the link they use by default.

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with google? can they not add uk to the default.

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For anyone who has an Advent Vega tablet, I can strongly recommend the VegaCream ROM. It's based on the latest AOSP 4.0.4 sources and is very stable. Also, it comes with the Play Store installed so you can install all of the Google apps without having to faff around.

I used the NVFlash installer as it is by far the easiest method, but if you have Clockwork Mod Recovery installed you can use that as well.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/10.png

Get it here (link to latest version is in the second post of the thread).

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Trying to find a different working swype type app for my nexus7 I have come across SlideIT.
Seems quite good, very easy to use & set up. Very customizable too

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can users using android on here give rep or even enter text and have it stick so you can submit that text in the drop menus/boxes? ive tried the standard browser, opera and dolphin. all of them now seem to not want to function correctly when dropping a menu you enter text in. example, i can click on a members rep icon and the box appears but when i go to enter text the full box disappears and im left with an outline of only the text box then everything disappears after clicking go or back to close the keyboard.

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watch the memory usage on SlideIt I believe it's a fair bit higher than Swype, may not matter to you if you have enough RAM free

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All works fine on my nexus 7 and my Galaxy s 2, Have you tried the CF android app?

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no. i didnt know there was one

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found it but its unable to load menus. it keeps telling me to refresh.

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No issues yet.

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For those who like to flash custom ROMs, CyanogenMod 10.0.0 is available. If you're already running a nightly or monthly build it's available in the CM Updater (Settings -> About phone -> CyanogenMod updates).

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Can anybody tell me if there is an App that tells you fire extinguisher types and other safety stuff?

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