Recent content by Jeff Rueckgauer

It doesn't matter how it's configured. I did a factory resets and behaved exactly the same before I added any apps or changed settings. I chimed in on several discussions of this on Google's developer forums over the last 7 years. Lots of people have raised alarms about this as a major security...

I said it is just as prone to not locking regardless location, the power button being used to lock; or the claimed "4 hours of inactivity" policy. Keep your apps locked-down and hope for the best.

Verizon Galaxy S20 FE updated overnight. Right out of the gate I have 2 gripes. 1) My ringtone. It was set to a custom mp3 that worked just fine for years. Now, it repeats immediately without any pauses between. Doesn't happen on the built-in choices. Deleted and re-copied the file. Same thing...

It has never worked consistently. Smart Lock doesn't, period. On any device I've had. I can be at home, put the phone down for a few minutes, and it will lock. Other times, I have pressed power to lock; or left it on a desk or table for a good half hour or longer, at home or elsewhere, and just...

Dropped overnight on my Verizon 5G.

SIP is Session Initiation Protocol. It's for VoIP calling through services like CallCentric or Localphone.

Never mind. I found the solution. The more recent "Galaxy SIP Accounts" tool worked. Thanks, Mustang, but that isn't for SIP. I posted the solution below.

Finally upgraded from my S6. How do I access the SIP settings to add my accounts? The "Galaxy SIP Settings" tool I had on the S6 doesn't work on Android 10. BTW, I'm on Verizon.

First thing I did was try cleaning out the contacts. I wasn't sure about the OS update being blown away. I would think not but I had a Samsung tablet from 2012 that I had to reset. It did revert the OS to the OOB and I had to reapply the update. (And that wound up bricking it and reflashing...

A couple of weeks ago, phone was sitting on my desk all day. Out of nowhere it started flashing a message that an unauthorized charger was detected and charging had been disabled. (It wasn't physically connected to anything.) Plugged it into the charger (original Samsung). Would beep, say it...

I am experiencing flakiness with fast charging on my S6 since Nougat. Sometimes I have to reconnect the cord a few times to get it to take. Also sometimes it says it is fast charging but not doing anything. A partial workaround (not perfect but does work more times than not for me): Press the...

Sorry about necroposting. Pay is no longer working for me at stores it has worked since the beginning. Samsung suggested deleting and re-adding my card. No luck. I deduced that all of the places I was using it have Verifone terminals that previously weren't accepting chip, but now are set up...

We have a Tab4 7.0. 4.4.2. GCP was working more or less OK for several months. Haven't used it since early spring. Tried to print something and no printer. Tried re-sharing the printer in GCP. Clicked on the acceptance link. Spun a little, then no acknowledgment. Niente. Try to print something...

Re: N7 2012 Keeps Freezing An update of sorts. I got another tablet (Samsung Tab4, which has its own drama), and left the N7 powered off in a drawer for a few months. For giggles, I charged it up and turned it on around Christmas and to my surprise, it worked. Perfectly. For almost a week...

Re: N7 2012 Keeps Freezing Please note that I already said it crashes immediately after connecting to wifi. It can't even get online, to register after a reset so it is definitely not reloading anything. I tried re-flashing. The process fails with a cryptic "WriteFailed" message either on...