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Just lost my phone in taxi I'm rooted also have face unlock and pattern unlock secondary. Is there anything I can do to assure the finder can't use it. Or can I track it. I'm on monthly 4g so no insurance!
That sucks man. As for gps locating your phone I believe that's offered by your insurance, or if you had any type of Norton, kaspersky, trend micro etc security on it. They offer stuff like that. Otherwise you might be SOL. As for them getting in I don't know. Maybe someone else can shed some light on that answer.
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Go to the play store from your computer and download "plan b" it will be pushed to your phone and allows you to track it.
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A buddy of mine used "Lost Phone" app from Play store
I hate how easy it is for someone to look up how to wipe a phone and easily bypass all security. Usually when someone finds a phone, that person doesn't want to know your stuff.
Where's my Droid can also be pushed, and then you can get it's location
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did u ever set up Lookout on you phone? it comes w/it.. if you maybe randomly did one day, you can find it with that
2nd to the Plan B. That works amazingly. Also, check if you have a cab receipt. You might be able to use that to identify which cab specifically had the phone. You can call into their dispatch office and ask for that cab. Lookout is awesome too.
I called the cab said he saw no phone. Another passanger could have gotten it. I'm not even going to bother now what's done is done. Thanks to you and everyone for your help. I wanted a new phone anyway maybe my wife will get me one for fathers day. I'll wait and probably get a note or galaxy nexus I'm sticking with Samsung I have a windows and a iPhone at home but don't feel like it I can't go backwards .
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I called the cab said he saw no phone. Another passanger could have gotten it. I'm not even going to bother now what's done is done. Thanks to you and everyone for your help. I wanted a new phone anyway maybe my wife will get me one for fathers day. I'll wait and probably get a note or galaxy nexus I'm sticking with Samsung I have a windows and a iPhone at home but don't feel like it I can't go backwards .
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Or you can wait and preorder gs3
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Or you can wait and preorder gs3
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I find that the GS3 is not much of a significant upgrade from the GSII. I would much more suggest a Galaxy Nexus since it will still be relevant for many more months to come. The GN comes with pure stock ICS not that TW crap. The GN is almost certain to receive jellybean directly from Google pretty quick while the S3 will have to suffer through what the SII just went through from GB to ICS
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Or you can wait and preorder gs3
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I thought about that but I'd be paying full price I have monthly no contract. And since the the note is dual core as well as the s3 I rather the larger screen
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I find that the GS3 is not much of a significant upgrade from the GSII. I would much more suggest a Galaxy Nexus since it will still be relevant for many more months to come. The GN comes with pure stock ICS not that TW crap. The GN is almost certain to receive jellybean directly from Google pretty quick while the S3 will have to suffer through what the SII just went through from GB to ICS
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I get what your saying also I hate that stupid button on the s3
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I get what your saying also I hate that stupid button on the s3
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Should've went with nexus style all screen.that was kind of the point of ics
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I would recommend setting up a pin lock on your next device, that way whenever the phone is restarted it prompts you for the pin. It doesn't matter if it's been wiped or not, it registers with your carrier. Also, as added security, I use Avast and from there I can remotely wipe my sd card and the phone, thus removing any chance of someone getting any of my personal info.
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Should've went with nexus style all screen.that was kind of the point of ics
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I totally agree don't know why these manufacturers still making new ics devices with buttons. Besides the nexus the only other device I see with on screen is a new Motorola phone coming out.
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I would recommend setting up a pin lock on your next device, that way whenever the phone is restarted it prompts you for the pin. It doesn't matter if it's been wiped or not, it registers with your carrier. Also, as added security, I use Avast and from there I can remotely wipe my sd card and the phone, thus removing any chance of someone getting any of my personal info.
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I will definitely do that especially for the SD wipe part I was more worried about that . I changed all my passwords starting with Google account and Facebook
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Oh and you should leave your gps enable all the time because i realize that all those apps does not have the capability to turn it on.
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Oh and you should leave your gps enable all the time because i realize that all those apps does not have the capability to turn it on.
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I do I just haven't install any of those apps but I'll with new phone
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Well my lovely wife surprised me when I got home early fathers day gift $400 for what ever phone I want now just to choose note or galaxy nexus. I'm getting the note now second choice eBay or Amazon I've never used eBay but got some good prices. PS hey if I loose the note I'm an ass that phablet too big to loose lol. But will definately secure it
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Now I'm playing the waiting game can't wait to get mine in I will not root it its no point for me rooting it but is there any apps yall recomend getting for it or cases?
Thanks in advance
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I will not root it its no point for me rooting it..
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Heh, that's what they all say in the beginning. I said that too and it lasted.... about a week. I rooted the other day to get the Multi-Window update to work with all apps not just the handful that Samsung limits you to.
I don't know app wise, but if you get tired of the Touch Wiz limitations, I can recommend Nova Launcher. That's probably the best update I have done to this thing. Add much more flexibility to the phone.
I rooted mine as soon as i got home, took about ten minutes....if that. Titanium backup is essential to me ever since my OG EVO.
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Heh mine lasted about 3 hours without rooting while I got familiar with the features of the phone.
I rooted as soon as I got home. Copied the Titanium backup directory from my old phone and restored my apps.
Thanks for yall response I will be getting my phone in today can't wait the part that I don't like so sdvo and it looks like they won't enable that in it
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I ordered mine from wirefly last night. I will have it on Tuesday. I can't wait. I've read through probably every thread in the GmbH forum. Jeez I hate waiting
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I ordered mine just yesterday and it's supposed to arrive on Monday afternoon. I can't wait!!
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I ordered mine just yesterday and it's supposed to arrive on Monday afternoon. I can't wait!!
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Also from Wirefly? I ordered mine on the 15th at 9am and even paid for 2nd day delivery and it's also getting delivered Monday around 7pm :banghead:
I called them and they reimbursed me the 2nd day fee
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I got mine and it's awesome phone love it
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I got mine and it's awesome phone love it
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I'm jelly!
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I'm having gps issues it lock on once and now it won't
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I'm having gps issues it lock on once and now it won't
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Hmmm...I'm seeing tons of partial kernel wakelocks from Google Maps while sleeping overnight.
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I'm having gps issues it lock on once and now it won't
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GPS is taking a LONG time to connect for me. Sometimes I give up, restart Navigation and then it connects in about a minute. But the initial connect is WAY too slow.
My EVO 3D would connect in about 30 seconds max, this thing takes many minutes.
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GPS is taking a LONG time to connect for me. Sometimes I give up, restart Navigation and then it connects in about a minute. But the initial connect is WAY too slow.
My EVO 3D would connect in about 30 seconds max, this thing takes many minutes.
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Something must be hinky. Weatherbug Elite locks on in seconds here. Rooted up to date stock ROM.
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Skripka said:
Something must be hinky. Weatherbug Elite locks on in seconds here. Rooted up to date stock ROM.
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Yes, GPS in other apps seems ok, but in Navigation(Google) is what is taking forever.
So I have had the sdcard problem for the last month or so, and think I have resolved it. Under settings, developer options, click on and check protect sdcard, reboot and the problem should be solved.
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So I have had the sdcard problem for the last month or so, and think I have resolved it. Under settings, developer options, click on and check protect sdcard, reboot and the problem should be solved.
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What problem did you have?
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What problem did you have?
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People were having sd card "removed " problems.
Emiliano, did you read that link I posted in the other thread ? Checking that box might make some apps FC.
Going to give this a shot. I saw the one about a loose connection also but was traveling for the holidays and hadn't had a chance to take my notes apart. Will report back on the results.
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I resolved my sd card by using a card other than a sandisk 32g ultra. I went to a samsung card and now it works as it should.
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Yeah predation, but tried it anyways, thanks.
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So far no issues. I didn't want to spend more money on a Samsung card when I already had a perfectly good SanDisk. Now if you are buying a new card to use in your note, I skip the headache and don't get a SanDisk.
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I was using power amp to listen to the music on my sdcard. When I unlocked the phone after about one hour it did the missing sdcard thing 1 time. Have not been able to reproduce since power amp was closed.
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So the problem has slowly crept back in. The next step is to feed Samsung some more cash for a new sdcard. Almost as bad as Apple.
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So the problem has slowly crept back in. The next step is to feed Samsung some more cash for a new sdcard. Almost as bad as Apple.
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Yeah problem did come back sorry guys, gave it a shot
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Yeah problem did come back sorry guys, gave it a shot
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Maybe you should edit the title of the thread to indicate that the problem isn't solved...
I had this issue on my Samsung Epic 4g. I found it to be an issue with having too many apps running from the SD card.
I went through several sd cards, reformatted countless times, to no avail. Only after taking a bunch of apps off my card, and using primarily the internal memory of the phone did it finally stop doing the "sd unexpected removed" error. It has been almost 4 months of daily use without a single hiccup since.
Try it on your phone and hopefully it can resolve your particular problems.
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I swapped my 32gb SanDisk ultra with my wife's 32gb Kensington class 4 yesterday. Like everyone else I have stopped having the problem. It does just seem to be the SanDisk ultra that has the problem with the note 2.
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My sandisk 32g ultra gave me nothing but trouble and then it died. It is going back to Amazon. I suspect a bad batch of cards.
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My sandisk 32g ultra gave me nothing but trouble and then it died. It is going back to Amazon. I suspect a bad batch of cards.
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I got mine from Low Lat Plaza in Kuala Lumpur in September. It could be a bad batch. It is strange that it is only the 32gb ultra that is affected.
Looks like it is time to get a 64gb class 10. I was trying to wait till my next trip to Asia in June but now might have to bite the bullet sooner.
What kernels are you guys running? I had this problem last night after flashing a new kernel, I couldn't get my card(Sandisk 64gb class 10) to mount at all. As soon as I flashed back to Perseus it mounted just fine. Random thoughts, just something to check.
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Stock.
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Stock
Running stock and no issues with 64 gb card.
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I'm having the same issue (SD card removed every couple hours, but not every time it goes to sleep) with a PNY 32gb card, FYI
Hello, so I've been I've been searching around and haven't come up with a definitive answer. I've had the s4 for a couple months now and have been using an excessive amount of data, when I haven't been doing anything out of the norm. With my s2 I had a5 gb plan and only got throttled once in awhile, but with the s4 my data has jumped tremendously. I've used almost 16 gb this month and 21 gb last month.
Android os is to blame for 6gb this month and 12 gb last month, all clocked in as back ground usage. Why? Wth is this phone doing to use so much data. . I have unlimited no throttling plan, but if I was still on 5 gb I'd be screwed. I just would like to know how I can stop this.
Thanks
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Hello, so I've been I've been searching around and haven't come up with a definitive answer. I've had the s4 for a couple months now and have been using an excessive amount of data, when I haven't been doing anything out of the norm. With my s2 I had a5 gb plan and only got throttled once in awhile, but with the s4 my data has jumped tremendously. I've used almost 16 gb this month and 21 gb last month.
Android os is to blame for 6gb this month and 12 gb last month, all clocked in as back ground usage. Why? Wth is this phone doing to use so much data. . I have unlimited no throttling plan, but if I was still on 5 gb I'd be screwed. I just would like to know how I can stop this.
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Its called tethering.
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Is called that's a wrong answer, as I don't use anything but hot spot which has its on use shown and only have 500mb.
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Dude, nothing on your phone, other than maybe a torrent client, can use 21 gigs of data without your consent. And since its saying "Android system" is responsible for the data usage, its you tethering. Period. You asked, so i answered.
What part of saying I don't tether other than hotspot which I'm limited to 500mb from Tmobile do you not understand? Also said I haven't increased use from my what ive done on the gs2 and actually there are several posts online of others experiencing this as well but no solution. I did ask but you surely haven't answered.
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LTE could be the answer it uses much more data to get data back to you faster.
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Your attitude isn't going to get anybody to help you. People are offering you advice, no need to be rude.
As far as your data, it can be many things. I would start by keeping track of each app's data usage over a few day span.
What towle is saying is right. We do this to try to help people. We don't get paid for this. We do this voluntarily, and if you have a bad attitude nobody will want to help you.
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Well try calling T-Mobile. They can tell you exactly the reason why your phone is using so much data.
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nicotheandroidguy said:
LTE could be the answer it uses much more data to get data back to you faster.
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Thanks for reply, I have been connected to Ite alot lately, but would that show as android OS usage thou? and its background data
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Do you happen to have/use Google Music/All access? Its been known to eat thru data and hit your cap in the matter of just a few days.
edit- BTW if you got to settings/data usage it'll tell you what apps are using the most data;
And another thing. Read the forum rules. No cursing. And be nice. This isn't our problem. It's yours.
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I have been having the same problem too. That is why I have been on Wi-Fi this month. I also do not tether or use Google music. I have talked to T-Mobile reps and I get the same response,"have you been using any Google applications or tethering." Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.
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Adam0524 said:
Do you happen to have/use Google Music/All access? Its been known to eat thru data and hit your cap in the matter of just a few days.
edit- BTW if you got to settings/data usage it'll tell you what apps are using the most data;
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nope I don't stream music, no video, I only email, surf the Web, fb, eBay, I do have to upload Alot pix for work, but no more than I've done b4 the gs4.
And I know about data usage, the most is getting clocked in under Android os
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And another thing. Read the forum rules. No cursing. And be nice. This isn't our problem. It's yours.
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Actually Alot of people have this problem, while searching b4 coming here I've read serval baffled users. Some not lucky enough to have unlimited data and getting poundedwith $800 phone bills for overages.
Like I saidI'm not here to argue, but don't tell me how im using my phone. If you can't handle being told your suggestion isn't the cause than you need not reply.
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Peñaran561 said:
I have been having the same problem too. That is why I have been on Wi-Fi this month. I also do not tether or use Google music. I have talked to T-Mobile reps and I get the same response,"have you been using any Google applications or tethering." Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.
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yes, this is Def a real issue, tethering is Def not the cause for one thing it shows as it's own data consumption for hot spot Tmobile Gave me the same and kept telling me you must be doing this and that. Would say nope sure haven't. There final conclusion was well we don't know. But on the gs2 I never exceeded 6gb, if I still had the same plan id been throttled the second week
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yes, this is Def a real issue, tethering is Def not the cause for one thing it shows as it's own data consumption for hot spot Tmobile Gave me the same and kept telling me you must be doing this and that. Would say nope sure haven't. There final conclusion was well we don't know. But on the gs2 I never exceeded 6gb, if I still had the same plan id been throttled the second week
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Yeah it looks like a software bug that shows Android system using alot of data so that could be play music all Access, tethering, or a bug.
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Install custom recovery and flash a better (& smaller) google apps package. Here it is. Any ROM. Any device. http://goo.gl/g9nBgZ enjoy. ((If you're running android 4.2.2, here's a direct download link to the latest gapps file. Its called yourzgapps. http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00065/sMh/YourZgappsXS-4.2.2-2013.08.14.zip simple. Download, reboot recovery, & flash + reboot + hurray!! ))
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Install custom recovery and flash a better (& smaller) google apps package. Here it is. Any ROM. Any device. http://goo.gl/g9nBgZ enjoy. ((If you're running android 4.2.2, here's a direct download link to the latest gapps file. Its called yourzgapps. http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00065/sMh/YourZgappsXS-4.2.2-2013.08.14.zip simple. Download, reboot recovery, & flash + reboot + hurray!! ))
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I'll give it a shot and see if it helps any thanks
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Yeah it looks like a software bug that shows Android system using alot of data so that could be play music all Access, tethering, or a bug.
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I've gone thru and froze all those apps in hopes of diagnosing that being the cause, ive froze 1 at a time and Monitored the use trying to determine if one was causing it. There all froze and have been for week and Android os still used 1.4gb in a week
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I've gone thru and froze all those apps in hopes of diagnosing that being the cause, ive froze 1 at a time and Monitored the use trying to determine if one was causing it. There all froze and have been for week and Android os still used 1.4gb in a week
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I've got no clue what else it would be sorry.
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All of the apps I've bought over the years all show up now like they were never paid for and have price tags next to them. This is either an error or a major problem. Anyone else share this experience.
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It's a problem on their end, I'm having the same issues right now, and had them for a couple of hours on the 2nd when the phone was released.
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All of the apps I've bought over the years all show up now like they were never paid for and have price tags next to them. This is either an error or a major problem. Anyone else share this experience.
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It's a problem on their end, I'm having the same issues right now, and had them for a couple of hours on the 2nd when the phone was released.
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+1. Also, I cant download anything. I think Google is doing something.
It's working again(for me at least).
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Always worked for me. even when I had busted titanium backups and some were paid apps, I just deleted and re-download, no problem. -shrugs-
When I purchased my Note 3 yesterday, it showed my paid apps as unpaid. It was due to the fact that my micro sim card wasn't initialized for my phone. So one quick call to Customer Care, and voila! The Google Play services correctly displayed my apps as usual. I hope this helps.
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I had this issue bit only with one apk INFINITE FLIGHT SIMULATOR Called Google on request call back they called back in in 20 seconds! Told them the issue and GUESS WHAT" First thing he asked me ARE YOU ROOTED? I said YES WHY? he said that developer does that if your rooted! but they refunded me right away Funny the dev said it was google and google said its the dev