Recent content by skidoo

SOLUTION: DISABLE THE VERIZON CALLER ID APP <<<<< When I first installed Lollipop: 1. Battery drained quickly. 2. Phone got hot for no apparent reason. 3. The user interface was intermittently slow and jittery. I'm used to getting getting long comfortable battery life and routinely playing...

1-Weather, hands down. I don't know how accurate it is, but it's gorgeous, and loaded with features.

Nova Launcher. Zooper. Glasklart icon pack. One single screen. The swoosh at the top is a subtle battery meter.

[Oops. Tapatalk confused me. Sorry. ] Zooper's great. It's like Minimal Text, but more versatile, and with a far better UI.

Car audio or earphones for music; Bluetooth speakers scattered around the house for podcasts. ___ Posted via mobile.

Widget Locker by Tesla Coil (makers of the outstanding Nova Launcher). You can do pretty much anything you want with your lock screen. No rooting necessary. ___ Posted via mobile.

"Optimizing app X of Y." OTA download in Central Virginia (Richmond) worked fine at 8:30am EDT. Installing now. Just rebooted. "Software update complete." Had to re-plant a couple of shortcuts, as noted above. The update re-arranged the quick access buttons on the notification pull-down...

Free tech support is an "externality," in economic terms. "Free" as in beer. And someone else is doing the brewing. ___ Posted via mobile.

Manage Apps -> Browser -> Clear Defaults ___ Posted via mobile.

As far as I understand, GPS can only tell you which direction you're traveling, not which direction your receiver is pointed. Which is where your compass comes in. Your not particularly accurate compass. ___ Posted via mobile.

Spigen Neo Hybrid. Thin and lightweight, but fairly durable, and the back is a nice matte finish (slightly soft) which does not collect crumbs and junk. The "bumper" around the Neo Hybrid (available in 5 different colors) looks nice. Looks pretty metal. EDIT: And not only are your cell...

If it gets any better, I'm going to have to start selling power back to the grid. ___ Posted via mobile.

Spigen Neo Hybrid. That's the case I use the most. Slim, minimalistic, interchangeable bumpers (different colors), good cutouts, excellent button extenders, makes the phone feel great in the hand. Plus, the case probably protects the phone at least a little. Sent from my SCH-I545 using...

What makes Swiftkey better for me than Google Keyboard is the automatic spacing. You can't see the predicted text in Google Keyboard until you hit space. I hardly ever hit space in Swiftkey; hence I type much faster. But maybe I'm missing something? There's also the immediate access to common...

Is the sound OK in other apps? I've had my S4 for about two months, and it sounds great. But I'm usually listening to Rdio, Google Music, or MixZing. I'm sure I must have at some point or another, but I can't specifically remember ever using the built-in player app.