Recent content by MikeSD

I've noticed something that is concerning. I have an S20 Ultra 5G. It works fine. It has always worked fine. Cable video has always been great. It still is great. However, the S24 can't seem to keep up with the video. The video blurs, stalls, and has to keep downloading. I'm sure it must...

The fact is, you can't actually change resolutions on your phone. Resolution is fixed. Zoom is an entrely different thing.

Problem solved. It was not the resolution, that was the problem. I took a screenshot yesterday and it was fine. Today, I took a screenshot, and it was smaller content. I checked both images, and they were both the same format and resolution. Something else was wrong. I noticed he content...

If you want average photos, I guess that's ok, but the great photos are taken by the other 1%

Well duh! I never even knew about that setting. Which begs the question, if I never knew I could chnge that, and never did change that, why do I have so many screen captures with different resolutions? There must be something else that's changing it, automagically, for some reason. Because I...

One thing I noticed on the S24 Ultra, is when it goes into crop mode vs. optical zoom, it puts a grphic up that shows it's cropping. It displays a large rectangle, with a smaller one inside. So you can tell it's cropping vs just zooming in closer.

Thanks for the comments. First, I'm definitely NOT expecting to get the same performance with a phone than my Canon pro gear. But I don't always have my Canon with me. And something is better than nothing. Regardless of the lingo, it should be described somewhere. And there is nothing wrong...

I love the S24 Ultra. I've been using the S20 Ultra 5G since it came out. But I really never considered phone cameras much of a camera. I don't think any can touch a real camera, for photography. I'm a believer more glass is better. :) And the better the quality of the glass, the best chance...

I NEVER trade in my phones. You can always get more by selling it yourself.

I don't know why I never noticed this. I have a Samsung S20 Ultra 5G and a Samsung S24 Ultra. For 2 years, I have been capturing screenshots of the outcome of a game I play, everyday. In all those games, over 2 years, the screen capture has been 1440 x 3200, 5MP. But I recently changed phones...

Ok, I can do that. I always do a factory reset when selling. It's just that when I gave my wife my phone, she continually asked me about notification popups, even though I removed those apps. I was just worried that a notification might still come through, if the new owner uses the same app...

Is there something confusing about what I said? I get notifications on my phone from my security system, apps, etc. I don't want the next person who has my phone to get those. Those push notifications seem to be pushed notifications to my phone, by a unique ID I know this happens because i...

Is there a way to block, reset, or permanently block all notifications to my phone, if I sell or give away my phone. I do NOT want a future owner to continue to receive my notifications. Seems to be related to the specific phone vs. me. Is there a way to configure the phone so that ONLY new...

This is very annoying. I was never asked if I wanted to waste my phone resources. While going through my Gallary of images, I noticed that some screenshots had a link that said "Go to Website". It can only provide that info, if it also saved the website address, and who knows what other info...

Slowly but surely. I've got my charging working. Bad nfc charging antenna. The small tab was relevant. I've also determined the missing component is from the top mic circuit. That mic isn't functional. I think it was a cap. since part of the mic circuit replacing should be easy. Comp not as...