Recent content by Phillip DeVore

I may sound like a shill for a moment, hang on. I called CPR, Cell Phone Repair, to ask about bringing in my F2. In describing the sitrep to the tech on the line, she got me up and running with a quick explaination in about 3 or 4 minutes. So if it is electronic and needs a fix, I will be...

Today while trying to enter work information, since I live and die by my phone's abilities, the inner screen stopped responding to any kind of input. It had been acting silly all day, and doing odd things in programs mostly since the last security update. When I closed the last app I had open...

However long it has been now, three or four days, there have been no further issues with my gyroscope at all. Or the phone in general. Annoying putting everything back on after the FDR, but it could be worse. It could be raining.

I just got off the horn with Samsung Support. It said that the person was not an employee of Samsung but could offer assistance. They had me enter into the keypad *#0*# This brings up a white screen with several boxes that allow you to test multiple things. One of the boxes was sensors. When I...

I've tried to contact Samsung and find out if there's anything in place for those of us who wanted the Fold but had to get something else when it was pulled. My S10+ is okay but it isn't a Fold. My previous S8+ died in July so I couldn't hold out, I had to have a phone. Of course, Samsung...

While stock gives you more options over look an feel, I have to go with El Goog's Messages because they allow me to build a send to list as large as I want. So I do without dark theme or any other customization capability, because the company famous for that very thing has decided their app...

Yeah international is the way to go. It pissed me off to no end when the carriers let crApple steamroll right over them and allow their tablets to make calls and texts right from within their own system of apps.

I was having a similar problem recently. Turned out that I needed to clean out the USB C port on my S8 Plus with a tooth pick. All the lint from a year of going into my pocket added up.

Unbelievable! My 10,000 year old Active updated this morning. And it freed up a gigantic amount of storage. This phone was scraping the free up more space threshold constantly. Now it has 12 Gigs of free room. And it didn't take any of my stuff away. I will have to dig and see if it got rid of...

My trusted places has been broken since I got my phone about a year ago. I hunted through the interwebs just to be told that a lot of people have the same problem. About three months ago I got pissed off and contacted El Goog tech support only to be told that it's a known issue that is being...

I really like how LG has owned up to their problems with these phones and are helping us out but I have sent my phones back so many times now, I am washing my hands of the whole thing. I just wish my V10 wasn't feeding me Bootloops this morning. Need to find a replacement today. Not LG. Not...

I wish my V10 would allow me that courtesy. Every time I turn off advanced messaging and close the app, it will pop open telling me that I NEED to turn on advanced messaging to take advantage of all the features that the service provides. And if I hit the menu square and clear everything, when...

Just received the January security update. Will start a new thread with the stupid things it does to my V10 as I discover them.

So there is an "update" this morning. Still 5.1.1. Security "enhancement" is 8 months behind. No other discernable traits yets.

I would rather shoot myself in the foot and buy another phone outright then talk to the people at AT&T Wireless tech support.