Recent content by beyondthesmile

Re: S5 And Lag... Does It Or Doesn't It??? Yeah, I realize the videos are specifically trying to demonstrate a point. I find the S5 nice and fast. I admittedly haven't used other Android devices so I have no point of comparison, but for me the S5 is speedy enough. It seems whether the lag gets...

Thanks, Kelly! Unfortunately even my Exchange company (hosted exchange) and administrators could not figure out what the problem was. My settings were correct, and even with adding/deleting/re-adding the account, restarting the phone, ensuring all sync settings were correct, checking everything...

Re: S5 And Lag... Does It Or Doesn't It??? I just got mine and am using TouchWiz. So far I haven't noticed any lagging. I did see it in videos specifically demonstrating the lag, but for me it's been extremely fast. Now, I should add that this is my first Android device and I'm coming from an...

Hi all, I bit the bullet and got an S5 today! So far I love it but I'm having one problem. I set up my Exchange email account on it and emails are NOT pushing to my device. I have SYNC on and set to PUSH. I know the issue is not with my exchange service as the emails are pushed immediately to...

Thank you everyone! I really appreciate the patience and helpful responses. :)

I should add, I am one of those weird people who chooses NOT to sync things between devices. Right now I have an iPhone, iPad, and Macbook Pro. Email/calendar/contacts sync is a must for me and I do this over MS Exchange (which I'm told will work the same way on my Android as on my iPhone). In...

Ah, so given that you have to enable backup.... you can technically choose not to back up photos?

Okay. Maybe they were referring to sending from a specific app? So essentially, if I go to email a photo to someone... I just email the photo. No prompts to do anything else? Sorry for all the newbie questions. iOS doesn't present many options so...while I love tinkering with gadgets I AM a...

Thanks! I don't use a lot of FB-type social media (I don't use FB either), and don't want to inadvertently create an account that things are posting to without my realizing. LOL.

Thanks! I'd read somewhere online that you can't even email a photo without having to first upload it to google+. It's not so much a fear of Google+. I'm not concerned about them having information about me. As you said, Google gets everything they want from me using gmail, Chrome, etc. I think...

Thanks for your patience with all my newbie questions recently. I am ready to make the jump from my iPhone to an S5! :) I have one more question though, regarding Google+. I am not a Google+ user and don't like that it's so easy to inadvertently create a Google+ account, nor that it's so...

can you use icon packs without using a different launcher?

Thank you! I'll look into those apps. Regarding exchange sync, when I set up my exchange account, the calendar should sync to the stock calendar app and contacts to the stock contacts app, as it did on my iPhone (and, a lifetime ago, blackberry)?

So, I'm about to make the jump to the S5 from my iPhone! I use MS Exchange for my primary email account and for two way OTA calendar/contact/email sync. I want to set up my email in the stock email app. Is there anything I should be aware about with respect to MS Exchange for...

Thanks all! I appreciate your help and patience with my newbie questions. :)