Recent content by ldwhitley

  1. ldwhitley

    On verge to give up on android I tried very hard

    Which android phone did you buy? Some android phones add a layer of 'help' to 'improve the user experience', and often, that help is unnecessary, unwanted and confusing.. Samsung is notorious for this sort of thing, but it is far from the only phone maker to do so. There are measures with...
  2. ldwhitley

    How do I sync my pictures to my laptop from samsung note 4

    Well... I have two approaches that work for me. 1) My photos from my phone sync automatically with google photos. And I use the chrome browser on my pc. So I use the photos app in the chrome browser to access the photos. If you click on a photo and then the three dots you can download the...
  3. ldwhitley

    why is my camera not working

    That happens to my phone too at times. Its a Nexus 5 and now at Marshmallow, but happend lollipop too. I found that if I powered the phone off and then turned it back on - the camera worked again.
  4. ldwhitley

    How do you move files from the Downloads app?

    I like to use ASUS's file manager for this you can get it on the Play Store. I have ES File Explorer too but its interface is confusing, I find ASUS's file manager easier to understand. WHen you open it up you'll see the download folder, go into it, long press the file to check-mark it, use...
  5. ldwhitley

    Can Office 365 save documents to an SD Card?

    First a correction to my question... It turns out that my Samsung Tab S2 8.0 does have a Micro SD Card slot (duh! I forgot! How embarrassing!) and I was able to put the card in and try it with Office 365. MS does not charge for the full Office 365 on an 8" tablet... so it should work. Right...
  6. ldwhitley

    Can Office 365 save documents to an SD Card?

    My wife would like to move her Word and Excel files from her old windows laptop to her Galaxy Tab S 10.5. Among the files she is moving to the Tab S is one that has her passwords for various sites and she quite reasonably refuses to put that information in anyone's cloud. What she wants to do...
  7. ldwhitley

    Nexus 5 battery life

    Hi Peeps, My wife and I have been living with our N5's for about a month now and I can share some of our experiences with battery life. The phone typically makes it through the day for me but it will depend on how much time I've spent playing Ingress. Ingress run's the battery down pretty...