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    Google sign in blocked on Edge on Pixel 2

    I'm finally able to sign in to Google sites on Edge on my Pixel 2. No settings were changed, it just appeared to be a 10 or 11 day Google timeout since first using the Pixel and installing Edge app same day or a day later. That's a bit longer than the help article above was suggesting, but...
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    Google sign in blocked on Edge on Pixel 2

    I finally found one Google site that would allow me to sign in: Find My Device. After that, I immediately went to try YouTube, Google Groups, and My Activity, but was still blocked on those. Those sign ins are linked - signed into one means you're signed into the others. Find My Device must...
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    Best android phone for windows phone users

    What are those problems? I was glad for the SD card slot on my Lumias and Galaxy S7, and wish I had it on my new to me Pixel 2 with 64GB built in.
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    Google sign in blocked on Edge on Pixel 2

    I already tried that. It didn't do anything because all the apps on the phone, including Edge, were considered secure by Google/the phone.
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    A question for other Windows Phone/Mobile converts

    I'm relatively new to Android, coming from Lumias 630 and 650. I haven't really worried about the calendar yet through several months of Galaxy S7 ownership (which I broke recently, went back to 650 for a few weeks), and now a Pixel 2 that I'm just getting used to, only got it last Friday. I...
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    Google sign in blocked on Edge on Pixel 2

    I'll pass on asking there. I already asked the question on reddit in the Pixel sub, and got a couple downvotes just for asking. I guess no one uses Edge there, and many are anti-Microsoft or something. I asked here, because I figured more people might be using Edge, and some might have...
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    Google sign in blocked on Edge on Pixel 2

    Can anyone help me figure out how to sign into Google sites with Edge on a Pixel 2? Google sites work, but don't allow me to log in for YouTube and Google Groups, the only Google sites that I use. I don't get an error message. It's just that nothing happens when I click on the sign on button...
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    [GUIDE] Cricket Lumia 650: Debrand / Microsoft Pay / Double Tap to Wake / Seamless Updates

    OK, I got past that eventually. Tried several browsers, downloaded Chrome, etc. Finally it worked on my main/original browser Edge for some reason or no reason other than retrying a bunch of times, so I finally got that .ffu file downloaded. I spent the last two or three nights trying to get...
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    Why most of WP users switch to android and not iOS?

    I'm assuming the phones won't stop working after they lose official support though. And a person that is happy keeping a phone a long time is probably less likely to care about updates, as long as a phone doesn't become worse to use. I wouldn't care myself as long as function remains (unlike...
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    [GUIDE] Cricket Lumia 650: Debrand / Microsoft Pay / Double Tap to Wake / Seamless Updates

    Is it possible to still do this? I'm a total beginner, more so than the person with post #25 . On the LumiaFirmware link, There wasn't an obvious place to download the firmware that looks like a link. I clicked on "01078.00042.16352.50003 - OS 10.0.10586.494" and it just says "Retrieve the...
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    Why most of WP users switch to android and not iOS?

    I'm still on Windows mobile, and haven't yet ever used iOS or Android in my life (going from work-issued flip phones to personal L630 to L650). Your point here would an argument for Android for me. I've only had two smartphones, and I don't intend to sell them - they get used up. I'm leaning...
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    Who is still using a Windows Phone? Honest Question.

    I don't replace things unnecessarily. My Lumia 650 is a year old, and works fine, so I'll use it until it breaks or dies, which might be years. Just like I've kept my 1996 Subaru going, though I bought a 2010 Prius a couple years ago, as the Subaru is rusting out. I only have experience with...
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    Which is better name if Microsoft have plan to release new window phone (surface or Lumia )

    Lumia. I like the name Lumia, and don't associate it with failure. And I like my Lumia 650, and 630 before that. If anything is associated with failure, it's Window Phone, or Windows Mobile... Bill Gates is even using Android now.
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    For Windows 10 Mobile users (What are you doing with your current device?)

    My phone is a 650, upgraded from a 630 after I cracked the screen. These are the only cell phones that I have ever owned, previously getting away no cell phones at all, then with work flip phones. I like the design of the 650 and W10M. I don't mind the fewer apps so much, or that there aren't...
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    Is there any way to speed up camera roll sync to Onedrive?

    That's what I was doing for hours. It obviously doesn't work if it's not on Onedrive yet. I was also going to the Photos app on the 650, hoping that having it open would trigger a sync to no avail. May I'll try the Onedrive app on the 650 next time, but with no expectations. It should just...