Recent content by Paddy Landau

That's sad. Thanks for the response. I'll disable the PIN, and contact WhatsApp to ask that they provide an option to remove this reminder.

I have added a PIN to my WhatsApp for security, as recommended. But, every few days it asks me to type my PIN. Again. I understand that the PIN is important. However, not only is it well committed to memory, but also it's in my password manager. I don't need to be repeatedly interrupted to...

You need to upload the music to Google Play Music. You can do this directly on your browser in Windows (or Mac or Linux). Open https://play.google.com/music > menu > Upload music. You might be asked to install Google Play Music Manager to complete the process. To the best of my knowledge, you...

Chrome used to automatically hide the address bar when I scrolled down on a website, and show it again when I scrolled up. This is useful on a small screen. Unfortunately, it no longer does this. Well. it no longer does this for me, the main user (owner) of the phone. It still does this on a...

The best way to speed it up is if many people "star" the bug report. Without that, Google will assume that it's a low priority fix as Google usually does. So, to everyone who reads this: please go to the bug report and press the star at the top left (it will turn yellow when you do this).

This has been reported as a bug. Please visit the tracker, and press its star (at the top left). https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/72386511

It sounds like a problem with the Samsung Internet Browser. No matter what a website does, even a malicious one, the browser should allow you access. Google Chrome hides the URL when you scroll down, and redisplays it when you scroll up. But, sometimes — including with Google News — you need to...

It is inevitable that when I want to take a photo, I have been out and about, and the camera lens on my phone is dirty even though I clean it regularly. Why do no phone cases have a camera lens protector? It would be so easy to have a protector that you can clip, slide or rotate away from the...

That's clever. I eventually decided to go the simple, albeit more expensive, route of getting a photo sphere camera. I got the Ricoh Theta S, and it works very well. (You can find much more expensive photo sphere cameras, or you can go the cheaper route of getting a photo sphere tripod for...

Further update: I received my replacement "new" refurbished phone. The Smart Lock still didn't work. The Google chap had me restart the phone in Safe Mode (apparently, something that the previous support representative should have suggested), but still it doesn't work. Oh well. It seems that...

I promised an update if I was given a solution. Settings > Storage > Cached data > Clear cached data. This did not work for me. Wipe the cache partition. This also did not work for me. Do a factory reset — from Recovery Mode (not from Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset). This too...

This started happening to me yesterday. I have tried all sorts of ways to fix it, but no. I have contacted Google, and was given a non-answer. I have requested a call-back for tomorrow. I'll let you know if a solution is forthcoming.

That shouldn't be necessary. I had Trusted Places before I encrypted. When I encrypted the phone, although Trusted Places was still there, the encryption slowed my phone badly. I did a factory-level reset, and Trusted Places is still present.

My experience with Smart Lock is that what you put the main account applies whichever account is currently using it. Maybe you should report this as a bug.

It turns out that I posted the bug in the wrong place. I have re-posted it in the Google Product Forums.