[Q] Deleting Old Messages - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I know the stock messaging app has the option to delete messages over a limit, but the limit itself was set after the fact. So my limit is around 500 but I got some threads over 500 already (from before), any easy way to get rid of them?
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
Galaxy Nexus 4.4.3 (Cyanogen Mod)

A_A_M_I_R said:
I know the stock messaging app has the option to delete messages over a limit, but the limit itself was set after the fact. So my limit is around 500 but I got some threads over 500 already (from before), any easy way to get rid of them?
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
Galaxy Nexus 4.4.3 (Cyanogen Mod)
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Long press the thread and hit delete for threads. Otherwise long press on messages to delete them individually
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SeraphSephiroth said:
Long press the thread and hit delete for threads. Otherwise long press on messages to delete them individually
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Yeah I know that one but I don't wish to delete the entire threads, just the ones over the limit! Deleting them individually would take too long

A_A_M_I_R said:
Yeah I know that one but I don't wish to delete the entire threads, just the ones over the limit! Deleting them individually would take too long
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I was under the impression that setting a limit shortens existing threads
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SeraphSephiroth said:
I was under the impression that setting a limit shortens existing threads
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Yeah, I was under that impression too but here I got threads with 500 while the limit is at 450 at the moment. So just want to get rid of those extra 50 messages or more in each thread!

A_A_M_I_R said:
Yeah, I was under that impression too but here I got threads with 500 while the limit is at 450 at the moment. So just want to get rid of those extra 50 messages or more in each thread!
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You could try setting the limit 50 lower and see what happens
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SeraphSephiroth said:
You could try setting the limit 50 lower and see what happens
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Yeah, it didn't do anything. I guess it only applies to new threads :S

A_A_M_I_R said:
Yeah, it didn't do anything. I guess it only applies to new threads :S
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Oh! I have an idea. But it's a bit of work and it relies on you having root and Nandroid manager
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SeraphSephiroth said:
Oh! I have an idea. But it's a bit of work and it relies on you having root and Nandroid manager
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Yeah, I'm rooted. Actually I just installed this CM nightly recently, so even when I restored the messages via Helium the extra ones didn't get auto-erased as it got restored. It brought in all 550 for this one thread even though the limit was 500 at the time!
But yeah, what's your idea?

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Removing "Sent from" signature.

Hello to the forum. This is my first Android phone. Just came from the iPhone and I doubt I will ever go back.
I did a search and have not been able to find anything on how to remove the "Sent from my Samsung SHG-I777 using Tapatalk" Is this a Tapatalk issue? Mail issue?
Great forum.
Meilannu said:
Hello to the forum. This is my first Android phone. Just came from the iPhone and I doubt I will ever go back.
I did a search and have not been able to find anything on how to remove the "Sent from my Samsung SHG-I777 using Tapatalk" Is this a Tapatalk issue? Mail issue?
Great forum.
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2 completely different apps.
in tapatalk, you go into settings, and hit Tapatalk signature set it to NONE
in mail, look in the settings and you will find the option to turn off the signature or set it to whatever you like
that being said, which one are you looking for?
Pirateghost said:
2 completely different apps.
in tapatalk, you go into settings, and hit Tapatalk signature set it to NONE
in mail, look in the settings and you will find the option to turn off the signature or set it to whatever you like
that being said, which one are you looking for?
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I figured out Tapatalk need to remove it from aol mail.
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Figured it out. Did not realize you had to click on settings after bringing each app up.
Meilannu said:
Figured it out. Did not realize you had to click on settings after bringing each app up.
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one thing to get accustomed to in the android world:
nearly every app has its own settings menu.
Pirateghost said:
one thing to get accustomed to in the android world:
nearly every app has its own settings menu.
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Thanks for the info. Off topic, did you root your phone? Are you using the GS2?
Meilannu said:
Thanks for the info. Off topic, did you root your phone? Are you using the GS2?
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yep and yep. the GS2 is my main phone now

TITANIUM BACKUP USERS! Which apps do you Freeze?

Was just curious...
I currently have
Android Keyboard 2.3.6 - Don't use it
Badge Provider1.0
Calendar 1.0 - Theres a 1.1 I'm using.
ChocoEUkor 1.0
Clock 1.0 - Theres 2 of these...
Com.Samsung.app.playreadui 2.3.6
com.samsung.inputeventapp 1.0.0
CSC 1.0
Mobile Print 1.4.1 - Don't use it
Pico TTS 1.0 - Don't use it
Samsung Keypad 2.3.6 - Don't use it
Samsung TTS 1.0 - Don't use it
Service Mode 2.3.6
Speech Recorder 2.3.6 - Don't use it
wipeoutreciver 1.0
So what do you all have disabled and have you noticed any gains in performance/battery life?
I don't freeze a single thing....I download every rom and completely tear it apart. Anything that would be froze I just completely delete the APK....pretty much every one in your list and a hundred more. I also delete all the apps that installed to the system such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.....and just reinstall from the market. Makes the rom super light shedding crazy MBs....no running system crap....pretty much if I clear my ram there is five things running in services until I launch something....I have been on Omega for over a month and a half with NO issues whatsoever running Codeworx kernel and getting 16 hours up with 5 1/2 hours of screen on and about 45 minutes of voice calls not to mention texts all day.
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Check this spreadsheet.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...1gdDJRekl4QmkyNmIzUmRvX2h3UDVkQXc&output=html
Impressive.
That list has served me well for a long time now....wish I had one back in the beginning of the Captivate days..would have saved me a bunch of time I wasted rescuing my phone....sure miss the fun though...the suspense of uninstalling the APK that was going to kill it. Kind of like guitar hero....it just wasn't as fun after you're good at it.
Don't forget to hit Pulsers thanx button for putting that together.
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LiLChris06 said:
Check this spreadsheet.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...1gdDJRekl4QmkyNmIzUmRvX2h3UDVkQXc&output=html
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Thanks for the link
i only freeze something as a test for battery life. Once I know that there aren't any ill effects of freezing it, I'll remove it. So my rom's dont really have anything frozen, unless I'm testing it.
nyydynasty said:
i only freeze something as a test for battery life. Once I know that there aren't any ill effects of freezing it, I'll remove it. So my rom's dont really have anything frozen, unless I'm testing it.
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Ya I think I'm gonna adopt that same methodology
Also anyway I can save a color coded copy of that spreadsheet as a PDF? when I try the colors go away and it's black and white
Alucardis666 said:
Ya I think I'm gonna adopt that same methodology
Also anyway I can save a color coded copy of that spreadsheet as a PDF? when I try the colors go away and it's black and white
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You can save that page as .htm and that retains the colors.
jazzboyrules said:
You can save that page as .htm and that retains the colors.
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Thanks. That worked
Still would be great if I could get a PDF though.
Alucardis666 said:
Thanks. That worked
Still would be great if I could get a PDF though.
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Print it as a PDF
Tried. Looses color :-/
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Alucardis666 said:
Thanks. That worked
Still would be great if I could get a PDF though.
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Use a .pdf printer
I freeze the stock mms app. I use handscent, and hate getting double messages
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highaltitude said:
I freeze the stock mms app. I use handscent, and hate getting double messages
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Lol! Just turn off notifications in the stock message app.
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Caliesv said:
Lol! Just turn off notifications in the stock message app.
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My thoughts exactly. lol. But I also have the stock messaging app removed. Go sms is superior.
Alucardis666 said:
My thoughts exactly. lol. But I also have the stock messaging app removed. Go sms is superior.
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Agreed. +1 for go sms
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Caliesv said:
Agreed. +1 for go sms
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One more vote. Go sms is much more powerful.
Just stumbled across that link to the spreadsheet. THANKS for this! I have a feeling this will come into use frequently.
nerdyjim said:
Just stumbled across that link to the spreadsheet. THANKS for this! I have a feeling this will come into use frequently.
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Yea I kept the spreadsheet as reference for what to remove when going from ROM to ROM. it's awesome.

[Q] SMS limit

I'm a youth pastor and send texts to around 80 students about events and things we are doing. I send mass texts to them quite often and the most annoying thing I've run into is the SMS hour limit. I can't remember if it's 100 or 160 but either way after I surpass that number within an hour (only two mass texts to my students) I then see a popup warning after every individual text. I then have to manually click yes after each warning or my messages never send. I found this thread but it doesn't seem to work...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=626771
Any suggestions?
WeWearFedoras said:
Any suggestions?
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Google Voice supports mass sms
Wow I had no idea there was a limit and I text a lot. Is this carrier specific I wonder?
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Mass texting is not the problem. There is a setting embedded in the Android OS that makes a warning popup after you reach a certain number of texts PER HOUR. It is not carrier specific it is within the Android OS settings. any other ideas?
Hmmmmm. Very interesting. I don't have the slightest clue.
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Can you post the screenshot?
And which rom you are running.
I'll screenshot the next time it happens. I'm always running the most current version of tasks' AOKP ROM.
WeWearFedoras said:
I'll screenshot the next time it happens. I'm always running the most current version of tasks' AOKP ROM.
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if its a system popup, there must be some way to bypass it....
jdbeitz said:
if its a system popup, there must be some way to bypass it....
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If you read the thread I linked in my OP it seems that it is a system warning and not carrier or ROM based.
WeWearFedoras said:
If you read the thread I linked in my OP it seems that it is a system warning and not carrier or ROM based.
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I read it, i was just stating that it must be reachable either in the framework.jar or somewhere else in the system files.
jdbeitz said:
I read it, i was just stating that it must be reachable either in the framework.jar or somewhere else in the system files.
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Didn't mean to suggest you hadn't read the link but just commenting about where I got the info that it seems like a system file somewhere.
Screenshot..
Hmmm what about if yer using the straight talk or something and not a carrier like att I don't know how that stuff works? U know what I mean the pay by use stuff?
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I found a few things on Google for you.
http://android-by.blogspot.com/2012/03/remove-sms-sent-limit-per-hour-android.html?m=1
Here's the link I found it at. But I have no way of testing.
http://db.tt/mLOeEwA6
Here is a drop box link I made for you if you want to try. Hope this helps in some way
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What the heck did you Google? I looked everywhere and couldn't find that lol. I installed the app and disabled the limit...I'll test it tomorrow and let everyone know how it works...thanks!!
Looks like it may be a go sms message... have you tried using the stock sms app?
WeWearFedoras said:
What the heck did you Google? I looked everywhere and couldn't find that lol. I installed the app and disabled the limit...I'll test it tomorrow and let everyone know how it works...thanks!!
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SMS limit remover lol. Since the play store no longer had it
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Actually elite SMS screwed up my phone. It rebooted right after install and reset many of my ROM settings and completely disabled my home button. Had to do a full wipe/reinstall to fix everything... any ideas what happened?
WeWearFedoras said:
Actually elite SMS screwed up my phone. It rebooted right after install and reset many of my ROM settings and completely disabled my home button. Had to do a full wipe/reinstall to fix everything... any ideas what happened?
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Have you just tried the normal, stock SMS app?
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As far as I know I can't text groups larger than 10 with the stock messaging app... unless I'm missing something?

[Q] annoying VZWNMN 6250 texts

I am wondering is anyone is getting text messages from 6250 if you have been getting the VZWNMN text and you have fixed it or no were I can find out how to fix this will someone let me know ty
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webb7735 said:
I am wondering is anyone is getting text messages from 6250 if you have been getting the VZWNMN text and you have fixed it or no were I can find out how to fix this will someone let me know ty
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Trinity_carbon Kernel 3.0.64
Overclocked and undervolted
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I believe going to Backup Plus and deactivating it will work. If not you can try this:
Go to your my Verizon account, remove all email addresses from your vz backup feature in "manage email settings", hit apply. You will then get a text saying VZWUEP: DELETE. This confirms the texts should stop.
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shangrila500 said:
I believe going to Backup Plus and deactivating it will work. If not you can try this:
Go to your my Verizon account, remove all email addresses from your vz backup feature in "manage email settings", hit apply. You will then get a text saying VZWUEP: DELETE. This confirms the texts should stop.
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It wont let me delete my email without setting up another email account.
webb7735 said:
It will let me edit my email I have to make a new one, I don't see a place where it will let me delete it.
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Thats the way I got mine to stop when I first found out how to shut it off. Maybe see if you can turn the entire feature off or try Googling and see if you can find a new way. I havent disabled it in quite a while.
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shangrila500 said:
Thats the way I got mine to stop when I first found out how to shut it off. Maybe see if you can turn the entire feature off or try Googling and see if you can find a new way. I havent disabled it in quite a while.
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shangrila500 said:
Thats the way I got mine to stop when I first found out how to shut it off. Maybe see if you can turn the entire feature off or try Googling and see if you can find a new way. I havent disabled it in quite a while.
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I just downloaded a SMS blocker that seems to be working. I don't know very much about the guts of the device to go in and change a bunch of letters and numbers around just yet. So I done it the easy way. Thanks for the advice though.
I activated Verizons manage safe guards settings but when I tyres to add the 6250 # it would let me because it wasn't a ten digit #
Just log onto Verizon site and unenroll in backup up assistant notifications.
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kintwofan said:
Just log onto Verizon site and unenroll in backup up assistant notifications.
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That didn't work.
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clipsruck said:
That didn't work.
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The trick, although i know you will hate to do it. You actually have to call Verizon and have them remove backup completely from your account. I do so much flashing i would get this all the time. That seemed to turn out to be the only fix. The text is from the server asking they phone, Hey are you there and do you have time to update your backup file? When they turn it off at the server, it no longer sends the remote assistance request.
There is something that can be altered to stop it from happening. I'm going to try to get in touch with the dev who did it and see if he'll tell me his secret.
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clipsruck said:
That didn't work.
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Have you looked here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31072690
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Where is the explore option in the new maps?

Just as the title says. I updated to the new maps and cannot find the explore options for local places.
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derichio02 said:
Just as the title says. I updated to the new maps and cannot find the explore options for local places.
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To add to your questions about the new maps, I can't find:
- Measure
- Large Text
- Display Zoom buttons
I must be blind/missing something, and can't find those either.
Redflea said:
To add to your questions about the new maps, I can't find:
- Measure
- Large Text
- Display Zoom buttons
I must be blind/missing something, and can't find those either.
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Those Lab options are gone. Not sure if they will return or not
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derichio02 said:
Those Lab options are gone. Not sure if they will return or not
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Thanks....that is so unfortunate, I used them constantly w/the previous version. I hope they get re-integrated, the measure tool was particularly useful.
derichio02 said:
Those Lab options are gone. Not sure if they will return or not
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Yup, no measure or zoom buttons = no upgrade for me, i use them all the time. I heard that they were shooting for a more iphone look. ie. less options. Funny really, everything apple made fun of with their "1984" anti conformist ad campaign they actually became. I digress lol
chetqwerty said:
Yup, no measure or zoom buttons = no upgrade for me, i use them all the time. I heard that they were shooting for a more iphone look. ie. less options. Funny really, everything apple made fun of with their "1984" anti conformist ad campaign they actually became. I digress lol
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Could you pull the current maps apk and post it? I'd love to revert...
derichio02 said:
Just as the title says. I updated to the new maps and cannot find the explore options for local places.
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Its still there just tap the search area then hit back to hide keyboard.
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Redflea said:
Could you pull the current maps apk and post it? I'd love to revert...
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freewarelovers.com/android/app/google-maps This is cool repository for any version of most free apps. Sorry if this isn't allowed don't see why not its not an illegal site, no warez there.
Tada10 said:
Its still there just tap the search area then hit back to hide keyboard.
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I still can't find it on mine. When I hit back on the search I do not have any options
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derichio02 said:
I still can't find it on mine. When I hit back on the search I do not have any options
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I would edit the addresses in that picture lol.
prshosting.org
Here's mine.
prshosting.org
prsterero said:
I would edit the addresses in that picture lol.
prshosting.org
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They aren't my addresses lol. I deleted them though no one needs to know what area I'm in. Thanks
I still do not see these options for the life of me. I wonder if its an option I do not have checked?
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Maybe check if location is enabled under settings. Mine works fine.
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Location is enabled. Is anyone else having this problem? I can't be the only one lol
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Explore didn't appear for me until after several minutes in Maps then it just showed up.
Try exploring in a more populated area possibly. I live in LA so there is no shortage of exploration.
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Try exploring in a more populated area possibly. I live in LA so there is no shortage of exploration.
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I commute to LA everyday. I work by LAX. Still no explore option
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derichio02 said:
I commute to LA everyday. I work by LAX. Still no explore option
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Strange. Well you can always uninstall and reinstall from the play store. That actually even got rid of some of the lag I was experiencing in the app.

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