Recent content by dgphotog

By any chance, did you get an assurance that it will be a brand new phone, or will they pull the "like-new" line? It may be too new a model to have shelves of refurbished available, but it always irks me that I must inherit someone else's problem unit when I invoke the warranty replacement (at...

Thanks again, Smvim for your thoughtful and helpful response. I might at some point go the route of taking matters into my own hands and screw drivers, but I do count on warranties, so I may chicken out. On external batteries, I'm with you. In fact I have a couple of them, one has the capacity...

THanks Smvim for that battery primer. I will join Battery University. I hope they don't "charge" too much.

Thanks for getting me to sign in in order to fully participate! I have been a member for years, but not taking advantage. I'll change that habit now. To answer your question, I'm anxious about joining the world of fixed batteries because I know all too well how they compress in time, which...

I've been thwarting the 5.0 update on my S5 since it became available about a month ago. It is getting really boring and I'm afraid at some point it will 'force' itself on me. VZW has no clue when Samsung will release it and when VZW connected directly to Samsung - once I was on hold for 45...