Recent content by Chinookman

Alrighty folks so am sharing my "manly skills of quickly pushing buttons" w/o thinking.....OUCH...!!!! Did a soft reset, went to test, same thing..... So hooked up phone to laptop, did full back up. Performed factory reset and just now finished up. Performed test and here's what I now get for...

HEH....installed VLC and plays everything well but the MP3 because the default is set. Did a quick phone reset and still the same. So did a full back up. Just finished the factory reset and am in the restoration process. Man this was painful....lol..... We'll see in a few hours once 18 months...

Downloaded VLC. Went to try MP3 and no options to select play. SO whatever I selected last night is it. sigh....... Well Ph*q...it......many thanks for all the ideas......go let it go for the day and consider reset the phone. Gonna move all personal files to laptop Then proceed. I'm pissed at...

I'll work on that. Backing phone up using smart switch on laptop. Thanks....

Using DEX to laptop and tried to set Samsung Player and Google Player as default. Trying to remove the other one. Well neither one gives me the option to set as default. It's grayed out.

So followed instructions and reset ALL permissions per default. Tested again. Fail. I get a small box and top left has letters, "WP". Hit play, no response then maybe 20 seconds later say does not support this type of file. So maybe I'm looking for a different player? Hey thanks btw, cause I...

So followed instructions and reset ALL permissions per default. Tested again. Fail. I get a small box and top left has letters, "WP". Hit play, no response then maybe 20 seconds later say does not support this type of file. So maybe I'm looking for a different player? Hey thanks btw, cause I...

so downloading mp3 to listen to later and FF asks which action to take, download, or use samsung player, google player or sound player. I figured sound player was a simple app so selected it as 'always'. Discovered the app say does not play this format of mp3. So now thinking ok, find app...

Thanks for the detailed info. Helped me clear up wife's fear mongering ads. Also installed brave browser which also helped. have a good one!

Samsung Tab 10-2 ATT dictionary & word with double letters not displaying Wow no one has any ideas? Hmmmm OK, so if I missed the old posting in the correct category please make the thread move and educate me please, thanks.... Here goes. The tablet will often times NOT display double letters...

Re: Galaxy s4 Loses Service Without Notification-yup me 2! Wife went out of town and had to call me on her sister's phone her's went dead....she has had to do the battery pull ever since the last ATT update...she is very frustrated because she is NOT A TECHIE and when I am contracting out on...

Thanks for your feedback I'll look into getting one from them and hope Patriot cna do a data recover....got pictures of 4 generations with great grand mom and kids sigh......

You explained my phone symptoms to the "T"......I wonder if Patriot can do data recoveries? I will ask them. Now my question will be "is this a Samsung issue" Android issue or SD card issue. If one cannot use the card to hold data and apps then what's the point, right? If Patriot is the issue...

Yep i do have a pretty good rapport with the folks at the local store so i will take a drive today and see if they are very busy or may have the time. Thanks.....C-man....

Hey folks I've done a search until my head hurt. here is my sit-rep. on my 2 hour drive home i listened to a video play using the samsung video player. Never gave it a thought set the phone down for the weekend unitl the drive back to apt. and ready for monday morning. to my sinking heart the sd...