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A couple of days of testing has in fact left me more frustrated than ever ... I simply don't understand. On my phone (Samsung J6 dual-sim) I now have no fewer than 3 alternative email apps (in addition to Gmail): BlueMail, Thunderbird and K-9. About 30 minutes ago I sent myself an email from...

@VidJunky. Thanks, this is all very helpful. One thing here: "Sync frequency" is not a setting which is present on my phone. This idea of using a "pull" email app is great. Someone else suggested ThunderBird, which can be set to "pull", highest frequency every 15 minutes, which is a serviceable...

I'm going to make another attempt to find a solution to this. This has been the bane of my life, all the time without interruption, since I bought my first "smart" phone in 2012. I've always had an Android. Please don't give answers which are Apple-only: this will not help. I should mention...

I've phoned my main bank about this a few times... they always claim that, er, "this is a very unusual complaint". But it happens with many of my banks and investment platforms, to be honest. And with HMRC (UK tax authority), for example. I haven't really talked about it to many people. But...

Thanks, helpful thoughts here. Actually no, I've never thought of opening the Messages app before clicking "send me an OTP"... I'll definitely try that. I notice it very much when the screen is awake. No, it's really all about OTPs ... only, as far as I'm aware. No, over the years I've learnt...

Dear all, I have a pretty old Samsung - J6 dual sim. I'm in the UK. I have a constantly tormenting issue, which I've had literally for years. Every time I want to log in to a financial account online (on a computer, not on the phone) I have to wait to get an OTC (one-time code) sent. About...

Funny thing today for me: I tried to copy over an .htm file from the PC to the Android. It mysteriously refused to copy over. Then I noticed that it was still open in LO Writer on the PC. When I closed that I was able to copy. This is difference to copying a file on a PC: just because a file is...

This just started today. I phoned a couple of numbers and either the callees couldn't hear me at all from the time they picked up the phone... or they picked up the phone and 5 minutes into the conversation my microphone cut out. At least I think that's what happened. As with so many...

Hi all, I have had a Samsung Duo S7562 for some time now. It works pretty well and I'm able to do quite a lot of things. But, for example, even after installing 3 different apps from Play Store to supposedly remove contacts from the SIMs and the phone itself (in fact I just want to see the...

Hi all, Completely new to forum. Did quite a bit of googling but to no avail. I find the whistle quite annoying but I have configured it thus (notification when email arrives in a particular account). Anyone know if it's possible to change the whistle to sthg else? How? Tx