Recent content by DebbieHeaney

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    How to preserve overall battery lifetime?

    I know a couple of tips that may/may not work? Batteries are a bit like us humans and have an appitite. If you were to start eating every 2 hours regardless of how hungry you actualy are the body would get used to that and start expecting food every two hours so you would then start to feel...
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    Did Google ever get around to re-instating access to the SD card?

    Thanks "treetopsranch" but i could do with more than "think". Does anybody know for sure? "IF" it has been re-instated in 5.0 that then leads to another question. Will The UK version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505) on EE PAYG be getting the 5.0 update? A "quick" thumb through the forum and...
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    Did Google ever get around to re-instating access to the SD card?

    Get around to re-instating access to the SD card? I'm still not happy (http://forums.androidcentral.com/android-4-4-kitkat/389885-not-happy.html) they locked it out in the first place! I'm only asking to save trawling a large forum looking for the answer. I've disabled automatic updates for...
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    What's the news on 4.4.3 KitKat?

    I haven't noticed any bugs with 4.4.2 so little to no point in taking the 4.4.3 "update" then? Thanks folks.
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    What's the news on 4.4.3 KitKat?

    I'm starting to see threads that mention 4.4.3 Kitkat and some bugs people have encountered with it. I found one thread that has a link to only unoffical details of what 4.4.3 does. Come on Google, get the finger out and give us all offical news!! I NEED deffinative information before i even...
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    WHY did google scrap SD card access?

    I can add one more to that list back at the top (by xperia2995) and that is online storage. More and more companies are slowly pushing ever harder for people to take up online storage. Surprise surprise Google do online storage (Google Drive). Whystore your stuff on your SD card when you could...
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    Samsung Galaxy S4 - Mobile Data doesn't work after update to Kit Kat

    Similar problems here when trying to use Mobile Data. It will work for a while then stop working. a reboot gets it going again for a while.
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    Not happy

    If malware is of such concern to developers then what they would be better doing is screening and vetting any and all apps uploaded to Google Play before the apps are made available to the public. Those that pass vetting get published, those that don't get binned. This way we get a fully...
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    Not happy

    Hi srkmagnus, It's mostly spreadsheets i want to edit and the occasional Word document too. I have a few spreadsheets and word documents that i have created and use a lot on the PC. At times it has been usefull to transfer these to the smart phone so i can take them away with me and...
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    Not happy

    Thanks Golfdriver97. Same old same old really. This is done for "security reasons". standard issue nowadays for any software update, i'm not saying upgrade as i still thinks it's a step backwards which is more a downgrade. YES I DO see and understand how having unrestricated access to the SD...
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    Not happy

    Ohh! don't forget about the costs of online storage! Or the costs of making sure i can afford the mobile data to access online storage unemployed person here = no money to waste on things i shouldn't need just because some inconsiderate person says i have too. I thought the whole point of...
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    Hello

    Debbie here Using a Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9595). Was running Jelly Bean 4.3 now running 4.4 KitKat. Only joined up to complain about something. Probably won't be here much? then again if the android devolopers keep doing daft things i might be back
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    Not happy

    I've only signed up to these forums to say i'm NOT happy about a feature of Android 4.4 Kit Kit. Can't write to external storage. Who's bright idea (not) was that? Had i know about that in advance i WOULD NOT have installed 4.4 kitkit! I don't transfer filies between PC and smart phone very...