...my phone thinks I need to know what amenities the hotel has. I've managed to shut off most of the other annoying alerts my phone wanted to throw out, but this one I haven't found in the menus. Where do I go to tell my phone I don't need to know about every hotel?
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I am getting "Shopping Trolley" notifications appearing regularly. The notification looks like this:   The notification is about "Store savings" at a local supermarket and that is it!   Is this notification from Google Maps or another application like Google Assistant? I'm struggling to find the specific setting to disable the notification.  I am also interested to know if this notification could in any way be targeted advertising generated by the store. My marketing preferences with the store are opt-out and this strikes me as very dumb advertising. Surely Google isn't doing this? Is there a means that a store can generate notifications like this? Could it be targeted if they have my email address?  These are pain and I want to understand why they are spamming me and disable them without disabling everything else.  I can see various options under Google Maps, settings, notifications. Which setting would apply? Could it be "New on maps, Get occasional updates about new features in your area"? I can't see what setting to suppress!  Thanks for all help.
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What is a good word(s) for someone who excessively asks for information that they have no business knowing?  This person constantly asks what other people have on their schedule. This same person (and I apologize if I am getting too personal) was recently caught rifling through other employee schedules. I have terminated the employee and was issuing a termination letter.
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I've logged in and out, restarted my phone, updated, but the Pokemon footsteps indicating whats nearby wont show up.   The Pokemon still appear in the menu, but I cannot click to select them, nor does it show their distance from me with the footsteps.   What is going on?
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I was reading one of  and was surprised that what he described in a comment still hasn't been implemented.     well, don't thank me yet -- this functionality was pulled, and we   haven't quite figured out a way to change it yet. Current thinking is   for the star click to trigger a "do you want to be notified about this   question?" with some "always do this" options. –  Jeff Atwood♦ Jan 3   '12 at 9:03   This sounds like the best idea since toasted waffles, so why hasn't it been implemented yet?  I often find questions that intrest me greatly or I feel may greatly help me in the future. Often these questions might have a good answer at the time or the answer may change due for other reasons (ex. software updates).  I would like a way to recieve updates in my inbox for super-special questions that I designate (a sort of super-favorite). I find the "favorites" tab to be inconvenient and can easily become cluttered if you favorite a lot of questions.
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Is there an off/disable control anywhere? I realize that the INFO button toggles it off, but it comes right back on as soon as you tap the shutter, and that it a problem in low light situations where the LCD keeps blasting me in the eye.
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Will the alarm still go off if I turn off the phone before?  Example: when I have low battery, I have to go to sleep and wake up at X o'clock, and there is no charger around. Should I turn off the phone?   Note: If it makes any difference my phone is Galaxy S running froyo
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There is an icon in my notification bar that looks like a  (far left):    Does anyone know what it is/means? I have been unable to find out.
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I've travelled a lot.  Living in New Zealand or the UK means anywhere is likely a flight, but I've always flown economy.  Twice between LA and Auckland I managed to get the exit row after talking nicely to the check-in girl, but apart from that, nothing.  I've spoken to ticket agents, tried 'check in chicken' (where you wait until the last minute before checking in, hoping there's an overbooking of economy) but have never managed to get an upgrade, while others I know seemingly get them quite often.  What strategy have you used or do you suggest to achieve this?  My next flight is from Melbourne to Tokyo, and I plan on trying all of these ;)  (Related questions on  and  upgrades)
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So, I have this iphone that my parents found. I need some advice on how to find the owner. It's a puzzler though.  It was dead and I'm an android user so I couldn't power it up to find the owners info. So, I took it to the Apple store assuming that since I thought Apple was all about service, they would just take care of it.  No such luck. They said they couldn't help me. They did let me charge it up though. Might I point out that it's really stupid how long you have to wait for usability when plugging in a dead iPhone.  Anyway, when it finally became usable (20 minutes of standing foolishly in the Apple store later), it immediately popped up a little message saying it had no sim installed and when touched it just displayed a lock screen. The store employee told me there was nothing that could be done with that except a wipe.  I doubt a carrier would be helpful since there is no sim. I was under the impression that the sim couldn't be removed from an iphone though. Is that inaccurate?  Anyway, it also said the date was December 31st and my parents just found it a little over a week ago so I'm assuming it was sitting in that location for quite some time, which isn't all that surprising considering where it was. I guess maybe the clock isn't updating due to the lack of a sim... Just a guess though.  So now the only thing I really have to link it to it's original owner is the background pic on the phone which isn't much to go on at all. ;) Especially since it's half covered by the missing sim message.  Any ideas? You would think in this connected world that this wouldn't be that hard. Unfortunately I think it might be.
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I lost my phone on vacation and activated 'Lost Mode' for a couple of days. The night before heading home I decided to do the Remote Erase ´cause I thought there's no way I'd get it back, I also called my carrier and canceled the data service on my number. The phone has been offline ever since but the hotel just called to say they found my phone at the spa and they are mailing it back to me. So I want to cancel the 'Pending Erase', all I care about is recovering all the pictures from that trip that I hadn't backed up on iCloud yet... Will removing the device from my iCloud account work?  And if I don't have service on the phone, will the 'Erase iPhone' command still go through when I turn it on?  Please help! I have two days to figure this out
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There is a strange icon that shows up in my status bar only when I'm at a certain restaurant. It looks like a cross between a house and wifi.   I suspect it might be a free wifi hotspot or something related to a nearby phone store, but I can't find any information about it in manual for my phone.  See the following screenshot:
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Well it might not be a huge issue to some (I suppose it depends on how you use the chat system) but when I "Ignore this user everywhere", their messages still appear on the sidebar for the 'other rooms you're in' if they say something. Albeit I can ignore this feature and the text within it, I just find it odd that I can still see it.   This is only a nuisance when you truly are annoyed by a user and ignoring them in the chat was the best possible alternative to leaving the room or starting an argument (no references here, but any long time chat user has been annoyed by some help vampire at one point in time or another and would just prefer to ignore them for good).   If you have no clue to the sidebar or preview I'm talking about: this is for you,    I have chosen to Ignore this user everywhere (Neal) and then switched to a new room, yet that users response appears in my 'preview' for the 'other rooms you're in' if he is also talking in them.  Note: My ignore of Neal was mostly due to jest, this in no way is to reflect on Neal but the chat feature (I hate to ever single anyone out here).
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We're going on a cruise leaving from Texas in a couple of months, and I'm not sure what to respond to this question with - we're arriving and then staying in a hotel for one night before departing on the cruise and visiting 3 other countries before eventually returning and flying home.  Should we say "yes" to this question and enter the hotel we're staying at in Texas for one night as the point of contact?  Thanks
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I receive this kind of messages almost every day, and I'm tired of them.   Screenshot (click image for larger variant)  I want to block them, but I have no idea how are they called.  I'm looking for a way to block this messages, either via an app (doesn't matter if it needs root) or programatically (if I can detect these messages, perhaps I would be able to create an app to block them).  EDIT: The message icon is the same as the SIM Toolkit. Could this be related? As far as I know, Cell Broadcasts don't show with "OK" and "Cancel" buttons as this message.
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When I try to change the "Notifications mode" using the volume key, it always defaults to "Alarms only" mode, but I would like this to be set as "Priority only".  I know I can swipe down to access "Do not disturb" and set the "Priority only" mode but I want to do it with volume keys  Is there any way to set "Priority only" as default mode when using Volume keys
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One of my family members texts me at night when they are having nightmares. I want to know when they text me at 4 am instead of sleeping through it.  Is there a way to make text notifications keep going off until read?
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The shrine indicator (shrine detector? GPShrine?) has both visual and audio cues, so when I'm near a shrine, it beeps constantly. Unfortunately, I occasionally play the game near other humans who are engaged in their own activities, and my wife is decidedly unimpressed with this feature.   When I got the shrine indicator, I could have sworn that the dialogue said I could press [Y] to disable it... but pressing Y pulls out my weapon.   Ideally, I'd like to just make it stop beeping, but stay on for visual cues. But I'll settle for being able to turn it off entirely at times.