Recent content by bobdrad

I have a new Galaxy Watch 8 and an Android 16 Pixel phone. When I put my phone into Do Not Disturb mode at bedtime, my watch doesn't set the mode. I'm not finding a setting to sync this behavior either in my watch settings or the Galaxy Wearable app settings. How can I set my watch to follow...

Bluetooth version comes from hardware, not software. Software can support different versions of Bluetooth hardware, but the standards are designed for backwards compatiblty. To the extent that it's not working that's a bug, that they will fix. I advise patience and trying the simple things...

That's not plausible. I have the same issue. The phone and car were working previously, so the hardware is compatible and there is no need to update the car firmware - it's just a bug in the Android update (which should always be backwards compatible for Bluetooth). Have you tried forgetting...

Oh wow, I never realized how ambiguous that term is. I would say that if my door can be locked it is, by definition, lockable, and therefore not unlockable :-). Sometimes English sucks. Thanks for your patience.

Mine is definitely unlocked, because I thought there was a counter that limited how many times you could lock. I still don't understand how it can be unlockable yet locked, but...

According to Wikipedia Nexus phones all come with unlockable bootloaders. So how could that be my issue? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus

I flashed the factory image for Oreo. I did not wipe /data or cache first, since I figured installing the factory image would overwrite everything. I followed the instructions here (Option 1, using flash-all)...

I need to run some crucial apps that detect root (boo!). My phone was indeed rooted, so I installed stock firmware (Oreo). But the apps still claim my phone is rooted!!! If I install SuperSU it says my phone is NOT rooted. So I am in the worst of both worlds. How can I clean up my phone, so...

Same issue here. The solution is to call Verizon and ask them to switch you from Visual VM to Basic VM. Unfortunately, I didn't buy my Nexus 6p from them - I bought it unlocked and migrated a SIM card to it. They tell me that because my phone is unsupported they are unable to reprovision my...

... that you know of. That's the point. Somebody who harvests your data or joins your phone to their BotNet isn't going to send you a postcard telling you they did it. Unless it's one of those new encrypted, decrypt-for-ransom scams gaining popularity. Then you'll get a nice postcard asking for...

This post is rather old, and this method does not work for me with a Samsung Galaxy 4, Android 4.3. I don't know if it's a difference in Android version, or whether Samsung has replaced the Contacts app with their own. In any case, the following works for me: Go into contact in either the...

When I click on some Quicktime content in my Chrome browser, something is responding "cannot play content". I presume it's trying to launch some app which is inappropriate for the particular content. How can I tell what app is trying to handle the content, so that I can clear it?

I wish you were kidding. The single most important reason to update is to receive security patches. Unless you are completely OCD and closely monitoring the patch history for every single app you own, you'll miss a patch which closes a known security vulnerability. So it's important to leave...

Thanks for the helpful info!

As I see it I'm stuck because there is no stock Verizon lollipop ROM available yet, and even if there were, it can't be rooted at this time.