Recent content by hellosailor

For the best battery life? 1. Disable fast charging. Doesn't matter how well it is done, fast charging shortens battery life significantly. 2. keep the battery between 90-95%, and 20-30%. Never 100% unless you think you will really need it, never less than 20% unless you have to. Can't be more...

Battery replacement is the same process on almost all new phones. It is "simple" the same way that surgery is simple. The phone is often glued together, requiring the use of a heating plate to soften the glue enough (but not too much) to allow the rear care to be pried off. Some can be pried...

When there was a federal government, these problems were easier to solve. Since the FCC is mainly shut down now, the solution is not as simple. The FCC takes complaints, both on their web site and by toll-free call (neither can be used right now) for wireless carriers. If your new phone solves...

You do not know that your phone has bad battery life. You only know that something has run down the battery while you *thought* the phone was sleeping. You might have malware running on the phone. Or, some application might be consuming power in many ways. If you use the phones own power saving...

Sounds like Google hired some design engineers from Apple and Samsung. Knowing Google, they'll trace the problem to "Only happens when the user holds the phone in their hand. Suggest to the user that they hold the phone with their FEET, this will fix the problem. Phone was not designed to be...

Actually, the folks who make lithium ion cylindrical batteries, as used in everything from Tesla's to laptop computers, all say not to charge over 90% for the longest battery life. And although the prismatic packs in phones usually use a slightly different chemistry, the rule still applies. Not...

A new SIM card and wiping the device? Well, the nuclear option (wiping the device) will in theory cure anything that is corrupted or set incorrectly. But a new SIM card?? I keep hearing about all the wonderful things that can be programmed and set on the SIM card including "all" of your phone...

If you put the flash drive back in a PC, any PC, can you verify that the movie files actually ARE ON IT? And is the software you are using on the phone able to view movie files from external media? I would expect some do not support OTG at all, even if the phone fully does. Two separate issues...

"in groupd of about 100. (USB can't handle much more than that.)" I've done literally thousands of files in one batch over USB with no problem. To SD-whatever cards, is USB adapters, and to USB hard drives. Or to phones. USB has no problem with thousands of files, but the OS may have a...

The usual procedure these days is that at least some portions of the case and interior are glued together, typically you need a hot plate to warm up the glue to remove the rear cover, then remove a lot of screws, micro ribbon connectors...basically you need about 1/2 hour of a "watchmaker's"...

IIRC Knox will not allow rooting. Could be wrong about that, but rooting is considered a security problem, and Knox isn't going to like that.

It is possible for an OTA to quietly mangle everything on a phone. I was really amazed when I downloaded a free trial of GlassWire, which sits in the background and reports every task that reaches out over the Wifi or cellular connection--secretly stealing power. That's a good way to see one...

You (the nameless OP) don't mention if you are just using a plain cell phone, or if there is VOIP or WiFI calling or call forwarding or a hunt group or any other features involved. Which REALLY makes it hard to guess. If that's a plain cell phone you have, with no complications, the first thing...

bgard- A friend of mine had problems with Verizon after an OTA upgrade wiped out some features that he wanted, needed, and in fact had bought that particular phone for. Verizon politely said "TFB". So I told him to file a complaint with the FCC or our state commission, and he filed with the...

You need file recovery software. I've got no idea what's out there for Android, but you can always put the flash drive in an adapter on a PC or Mac, and there's gobs of known-reliable software on those platforms, usually with 30-day personal free trials. You might want to do a drive copy, and...