Recent content by Cynthia Johnston

  1. Cynthia Johnston

    Note 9 to Note 20 Upgrade?

    Y'know, THIS is what turned me to the LG V60 Dual screen... the N20 being a money sink. Plus, uh, dual screens and NOT losing the mainstays of microSD slot headphone jack.
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    One year until upgrade

    Well, analyzing the benefits to cost... looks like the Note 20/plus/ultra/Plus-Ultra! is losing out to the LG V60 dual screen. All the bells and whistles of the Note line PLUS it's still keeping the headphone jack AND the MicroSD slot AND has a second screen! All for USD $900 vs the USD $1600...
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    How to allow WhatsApp exception to Do Not Disturb?

    For me, I use Silence Premium. That app supplants the OneUI, allows multiple schedules and allows by-app exceptions.
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    New to Samsung Pay

    Bumping to ask if the last message helped out....
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    New to Samsung Pay

    Not if you have them run it as 'credit'. Even with a debit only card, it goes through touchless for me.
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    New to Samsung Pay

    With the Note9, ALL readers are stop-and-go! The Note9 has a magnetic transmitter along with the NFC so as long as you put it within the range of the swipe slot, it'll transmit like a card swipe.
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    New to Samsung Pay

    It's just like setting up G Pay, it just allows the on-phone magnetic transmitter to send out the pulse. If you've done it - and it sounds like you have - the process is essentially identical.
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    can't get Google into dark mode

    The wallpaper, icons and fonts. You need to put those in separately. Using a theme does all of that in one package. Once you do that, it'll unlock the phone dark mode. Switch that and Google will do the rest.
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    can't get Google into dark mode

    KIDS, it's simple. You can't activate dark mode for everything UNLESS you stop using a packaged theme! You can find the individual components OF the theme, but if you use the complete packaged theme, Samsung locks out the light/dark choice automatically! That's the whole problem, right there...
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    Nav bar navigation on Android 10 Note 9 is weird

    Weird. IDK why it's so different....
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    Nav bar navigation on Android 10 Note 9 is weird

    Yes they did! I'm using a N9 on Sprint myself. What you do is select the small-bar nav option, then select the 'more choices' selection on it. That will allow you to select the '3-bar' or '1-bar' style. I will admit that the 1-bar does look cleaner, but I've been on the 3-icon for so long, it'd...
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    Mophie Juice Pack for the Note 9

    That's not necessarily true. Can you connect to the computer with the Morphie on it? If so, then you can DeX as well....
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    One year until upgrade

    Well, my suggestion is to take a look at the 'Note 11', - or whatever they're calling it, - and see if it's a big enough step up for you. If not, stick with the 9 and tough it out for one more cycle. By then, the 9 will be 3 cycles out and the 'Note 12' WILL be advanced enough to pull the...
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    Sprint Android 10

    Using it now! It's BUDDAH!
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    Constant buffering?

    No, phone with screen off is NOT the same as restarting it. Hold the power button down and SELECT 'Restart Phone'. The bathroom reception thing? Might be a 'sink' for the radio signal the phone uses in that room - no pun. Similar to how TV reception - way back when - would be worse when you...