Recent content by thecaptain42

Good idea testing Sammy charger pins being shorted--as I expected, they are. I have seen cables for sale with data wires shorted. I agree, that could be tried as a data cable and would fail. I think if you're using an OTG usb adapter, you would not be using the charger at the same time, so...

A pretty good description on shorting the data wires can be found here: http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/284055-we-need-special-samsung-usb-cable-charge-2amps.html Be sure to read garublador's answer. That is why iOS and Android chargers greater than 1 amp are different. Even...

Fascinating! Still charged at 25%, I connected the MediaBridge charger to monitor the charging amps. When the screen blanked (5 minute timeout), charging current went to .05 amps. After about 10 minutes (5 minutes of .44 amp charging and 5 mins of .05 amp charging), got rid of the screen saver...

I bought a white MediaBridge dual USB car charger with 2 usb ports: 1.0 amp & 2.4 amp. I saw, what seems to be slow charging, so customized a cable to measure the actual amps. I got a 3' microUSB extension cable. Dug the red positive wire out of this cable and cut it. Got a digital dc amp meter...

Strange, I got an email saying: Here is the message that has just been posted: *************** hmm so every time you put the tablet down, you intend to log out and then into the dummy user? *************** and don't see it on the forum, so, I'll answer that No, I don't ever logout of the...

I'm thinking when using a PIN (or password), if someone gets a hold of a 2014 Note (lets assume he is a thief), it will be very difficult to use the Android Device Manager to remotely locate it and perform a factory data reset as he would need to select a wifi access point. If there is a PIN...

Thought I had the problem looping at boot identified, but guess I have no solution yet. Pretty much from the delivery, I had 3 users setup, 2 of them with a 7-digit pin code. 2014 unit worked perfect for about 21 days. Then bought Amazon.com : 6 ft USB A to MicroUSB B Cable : Computer Usb...

On my Galaxy S3 I see the little closed envelope. On the note 2014 all I see is icons for compose, search, archive, delete. That was my gripe with the note, no closed icon. This is with the standard gmail app that came with the latest updates.

On my Sprint Galaxy S3, if I read an email and decide to make it "unread", it takes only 1 click "mark unread", all done with 1 click. On the Note 2014, if I read an email, and want to mark it unread, need to click "back", long depress that email, click "mark unread". Then, unfortunately, to get...

All 250 of my contacts that have phone numbers got transferred to the Note 2014 Contacts. I have another 120 "other contacts" that have no phone #, just an email address. They don't show up in the "contacts", but, got transferred anyway. When, in gmail, when I need an email address of a contact...

OK, DB doesn't work like I thought it would. On my laptop (not connected to the Internet), I can play these mp3's very quickly, as they are stored on my hard drive. I assumed Android devices were the same, but, see they're not. You're right, if I turn off wifi, the copy (stream) process doesn't...

In my DB folder, I have several 50MB mp3 files that are about 2 hours long. If I launch DB, navigate to them and click one, I see a horizontal scroll bar, with my file name and a music note icon. Progress goes very slow, never finishes in my 10 minute display timeout. Looks like this 50MB file...

I'm just getting started with this Note, but, I would guess the bad guy would need to "connect" to a wifi hotspot I already connected to (and keep connection info). I can see the remote wipe taking place if it was a device connected to a cell tower, but not the bad guy's wifi connection.

I've implemented Screen Lock Secured with password (Settings, Device, Lock Screen). I have a pretty strong alpha/numeric with punctuation and upper/lower case string that is pretty long. Does anyone know if this is actually quite secure or if it can be cracked as easily as old Windows operating...

BINGO, that was it, thanks. To make matters worst, I was running with SwiftKey and didn't see hand writing mode. Once I switched to the Samsung kybd, worked as advertised. Actually went into Excel & added text in a cell, really cool.