Recent content by BKHoward

After reading the reviews I do not plan to use the Always On. My watch tells me what time it is, and I use third-party text and email apps so the notification icons are worthless. Furthermore, even if the notification icons worked with third-party apps, you have to unlock the phone to take any...

Re: My battery drain so fast Sorry, didn't even stop to think about where you live or what cell service you use. VZWAVSService is a preloaded Verizon app that nobody seems to know for sure what it does. Verizon tech support won't even say! Disabling it has had no effect on the phone, however...

Re: My battery drain so fast Don't use an SD card and disable VZWAVSService. Those two changes have reduced my Android System usage from the 20-30% range to single digits and increased battery remaining after a 15 hour day from 10-12% to over 30%. The average Battery Life on reported GSam has...

I had the Unknown SIM Card icon a few weeks back. Simply powering down and rebooting cleared it and no repeat since.