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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,133 ✭✭✭Patty O Furniture


    Hi, i wonder if anyone has this problem above with the vodafone Smart 4 Turbo smartphone as i got my mum & brother the phone last year.

    But it only seems to appear on my mum's phone, she can't even text as it appears often & has to click ok on it to get it off the screen even when it rings also.

    Dunno whether to try the Vodafone/Tesco forum as she's with Tesco, i went into the VF store in L'kenny, just to see if i could get advice even though it's on Tesco network, he would only go as far to say, it needs an update through the settings but to no avail, it still pops up:(

    Any help would be great, as it's driving her nuts!

    Edit: Actually it's the Vodafone Smart 3 as i had to look up the purchase,
    although i think it's Vodafone 875 Smart mini in other places here, afaik it was for protective covers, as it was confusing both :confused:

    http://imgur.com/8VGF8WG

    Thank, i had actually used the wrong link from imgur, instead of the direct link.

    What will a factory reset do?


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,742 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    You'll need to upload the screenshot to imgur or somewhere, boards attachments are temporarily unavailable. Sounds like a factory reset is needed though.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭Paul Tergat


    Hoping someone can help - how do I get adobe flash player on anrdoid tablet?


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,742 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    Hoping someone can help - how do I get adobe flash player on anrdoid tablet?


    https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installing-flash-player-android-devices.html


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,179 ✭✭✭ZeroThreat


    I have a Samsung A5 (2017 model).

    Recently I've noticed the decimal point has disappeared off the popup numeric keypad. I know there were some software updates to the android OS a week or two ago. Does anyone have a solution to this? Do I need to download some sort of App?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 15,698 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    hey guys, i recently got a new android phone and tried to restore my whatsapp history via a google drive backup. all the media was restored but only the group chats, none of the individual chats.

    any help/tips/tricks to get the individual chats?

    thanks very much


    ETA: phone is lost so phone clone is not an option


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭sentient_6


    It should have just worked automatically. Are you following the process and validating your number first and then letting it search for the backup in drive?


  • Registered Users Posts: 15,698 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    Yes, it is searching for a backup, but not giving me the option of which backup to select.

    i had my old phone with all messages/pics/etc which i made a google drive backup for about 1 month ago.

    when i install whatsapp and verify, it automatically selected the daily backup with no messages rather than the 1 in google drive. very frustrating!

    any thoughts?


  • Registered Users Posts: 15,698 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    or is there a way to move the unwanted (for now) backups from google drive, store them some place else, so i'm then left with the backup i want?


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭gucci


    Is there a way to restore Chrome to factory settings on an android phone?

    I have a Samsung J5 (16GB) that is really low on memory, I'v stripped everything off it and tried loading apps onto micro SD etc But chrome is hogging 7GB of space?
    A girl I work with has same phone of similar age and her chrome app is 1.2GB? She says she uses it regularly and hasn't really made any effort to slim it down?

    Any advice? Can't really see much (helpful) on net about it. I'm prepared to restore my full phone to factory settings if that means it will work. Just don't want to go to that hassle and have some sort of forced update that will leave me back at square 1


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,742 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    gucci wrote: »
    Is there a way to restore Chrome to factory settings on an android phone?

    I have a Samsung J5 (16GB) that is really low on memory, I'v stripped everything off it and tried loading apps onto micro SD etc But chrome is hogging 7GB of space?
    A girl I work with has same phone of similar age and her chrome app is 1.2GB? She says she uses it regularly and hasn't really made any effort to slim it down?

    Any advice? Can't really see much (helpful) on net about it. I'm prepared to restore my full phone to factory settings if that means it will work. Just don't want to go to that hassle and have some sort of forced update that will leave me back at square 1

    Clear app storage.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭ddub11


    Hi Guys,

    Still looking for help with this.
    I bought a new Huawei last week and somehow i seem to have set up a group chat with a friend of mine which i dont want.

    So the problem is when this friend sends a text its grand but if they send a picture it goes to the group chat and not the normal text (if that makes sense).

    I just want to be able to receive normal texts which allows pictures to be sent as well and not have anything going to the group chat.

    I have tried deleting the group chat but as soon as a picture is sent by this person it goes straight to group chat.

    I have gone to 3 different phone shops including where i bought it and none of the staff have seen this issue before.I have no idea if i have set up something and it can be reversed(which seems unlikely) or theres an issue with the phone and it should be replaced.

    One of the guys in eir offered to send it away to be fixed but i feel if thats whats required then to me theres an issue with the phone so im entitled to a replacement.

    I have even factory reset the phone but still the issue is there any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭leche solara


    ddub11 wrote: »
    Hi Guys,

    Still looking for help with this.
    I bought a new Huawei last week and somehow i seem to have set up a group chat with a friend of mine which i dont want.

    So the problem is when this friend sends a text its grand but if they send a picture it goes to the group chat and not the normal text (if that makes sense).

    I just want to be able to receive normal texts which allows pictures to be sent as well and not have anything going to the group chat.

    I have tried deleting the group chat but as soon as a picture is sent by this person it goes straight to group chat.

    I have gone to 3 different phone shops including where i bought it and none of the staff have seen this issue before.I have no idea if i have set up something and it can be reversed(which seems unlikely) or theres an issue with the phone and it should be replaced.

    One of the guys in eir offered to send it away to be fixed but i feel if thats whats required then to me theres an issue with the phone so im entitled to a replacement.

    I have even factory reset the phone but still the issue is there any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

    What application are you and your friend using to send the messages to each other?


  • Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭ddub11


    What application are you and your friend using to send the messages to each other?
    Hi, thanks for the reply we are just using the normal message app that is on the phone and we can message normal text no bother, but if my friend sends a picture during a text conversation the picture goes to a group chat for some reason and even if i delet the picture/conversation from group chat if they send another picture it will go to group chat again and not normal text.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭sentient_6


    Who sends pictures\media through sms these days? Use WhatsApp.


  • Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭ddub11


    sentient_6 wrote: »
    Who sends pictures\media through sms these days? Use WhatsApp.
    I send pictures through sms,now iv helped ye with your enquiry can ye help me?

    I dont want to use Whatsapp,either way id like to have the option.


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    boards.ie is not mobile friendly at the mo? what's going on?


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,881 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    fryup wrote: »
    boards.ie is not mobile friendly at the mo? what's going on?

    If you click https://www.touch.boards.ie/ should bring you to the mobile site.


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ^^^^^^^

    nothing happens with that link?

    this last week whenever i use boards.ie on my mobile i get the wide Desktop version


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭T-Bird


    fryup wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^

    nothing happens with that link?

    this last week whenever i use boards.ie on my mobile i get the wide Desktop version

    Check the settings, you might have it defaulted to request desktop site. Have you tried another browser?


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,881 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    fryup wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^

    nothing happens with that link?

    this last week whenever i use boards.ie on my mobile i get the wide Desktop version

    Maybe delete cookies then try it


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭thesandeman


    fryup wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^

    nothing happens with that link?

    this last week whenever i use boards.ie on my mobile i get the wide Desktop version

    Go down to the bottom of the page.
    You should see "touch site" in yellow between "contact us" and "log out".
    Tap on "touch site" and you should be back to normal.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭dennyire


    Push Notifications

    Hi hopefully someone can help me

    How do i enable push notifications on my android

    I think it must have been previously enabled

    I have googled and tried the answers going into settings etc but getting nowhere

    Any suggestions would be appreciated

    Thanks



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭dennyire


    By the way Im not Tech savvy



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,209 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Hi, this morning this error appeared on every Firefox tab I had open on my phone (Xiaomi MiA3), not sure if it's caused by Firefox on that phone (89.1.1) or by something else. Closing everything, clearing the cache and rebooting the phone didn't fix it. What can I do next?




  • Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    how do I increase the length of time my mobile rings before it goes to voicemail??😶



  • Registered Users Posts: 19,587 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Will be setting up a smartphone for a first time user, wondering if I need to add a credit/debit card to Google in order to download from the Play Store or is there some way around that? I only want to download 3 or 4 apps to their phone, they are elderly so the internet isnt really a thing but now theyve finally gotten a smart phone it would be nice if they had access to RTE and maybe a weather app



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,336 ✭✭✭ofcork


    You dont need to add a card for that.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Mach Two


    Tablet problem here. I am trying to download an app from Google Play store. I have a Fire HD 8 tablet. Google play store only seems to recognise a Vodafone vpb 300 device to download the app to. Can I rectify this.



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