Recent content by Dick1030

I appreciate the response but messaging sounds more like a cell phone than a tablet. Where I have a tablet with Wi-Fi and no 3G or other phone type connectivity I have no messaging capabilities and no way, therefore, to shutdown Amber Alerts through messaging, unless I am somehow missing...

Last night, my Tab 4 8.0 set off a very loud alarm at 2:30 AM for an Amber Alert, waking my wife and myself. I am quite aware of the importance of these alerts and I do get them on my iPhone but they really are not very helpful on my Wi-Fi tablet in the middle of the night. Is there a way to...

There is an app to check your time or renew date. Go to Google Play and download and install "TracFone My Account" It will tell you your remaining balances for Minutes, Text & Data, as well as your service end date. It also has a widget that keeps a running balance on one of your spare...

In addition to closing the cover tightly, I found one obvious improvement to my Wi-Fi reception. My router was on the floor on the lower level of our house. I raised it to the top of a cabinet about 4 feet higher and was amazed at the better reception throughout our house.

When I got my Nexus 7 I had pretty good reception where I needed it. The past couple of days my WiFi reception dropped to poor or non-existent just a half a stairway up. I searched the forum here and found this thread. I took my Nexus 7 out of its cover and looked closely and found a very...