Recent content by Mikejboss57

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    Who has 2 or more phones they go between?

    Pixel XL and Moto E - The only reason I wound up with the second phone was because when I bought my pixel XL 5 or 6 months ago, it was so buggy I needed a backup phone. The Pixel is fast and has great graphics but I've developed a real fondness for the Moto. It's almost like it knows...
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    How to deal with no Developer menu

    I guess it's no surprise to anyone that there is no longer a developer menu under settings after the 8.1 update. I searched and here and didn't find any discussions on the topic. I was just wondering how to deal with not being able, for example, to turn on USB Debugging. Won't that make some...
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    Using Google Assistant with the phone locked

    Me again... I sorry, I I may have misremembered. I Your question was bugging me because I recalled it being so easy. And just because Cortana is my default assistant doesn't mean the GA isn't there. So I did some experimenting and discovered that I am incapable of seeing the obvious. I always...
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    Using Google Assistant with the phone locked

    Hi. I have a Pixel XL but never used the GA to unlock because my finger just slides so naturally into the print reader when I pick it up. But I have a Motorola running Android 7and had a tablet also running 7. I've asked the GA to unlock the tablet and it didn't hesitate. I just said, "Okay...
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    How do I delete a DISABLED Google account from my phone?

    Hi there. Unfortunately, I have had some issues with the whole business of the link between a phone and its corresponding email accounts being broken. Just be thankful that the phone was not purchased with the account that was closed. (And I have it direct from Project Fi that the email account...