Recent content by wwu123

I had intermittent problems before with pink tint with another device - research suggested that when you have a pink or purple tint via HDMI, there's a handshaking problem that causes the wrong colorspace to be sent - RGB vs YPbPr. Can be due to a loose connection or build-up of capacitance...

The Chromecast is definitely fulfilling my expectations for it, which is to stream kids videos from an iPad or Nexus7 that my two-year old toddler can choose on her own via the touchscreen interface. Now Barney, on the other hand, is letting me down... his Pajama parties are, well, different...

Probably means the WiFi pucks which I think use Wimax cellular, similar to the hotspot that Clear wire offers. Many use that for their home Internet now instead of wired broadband and home router. The puck is so small you can also take it around town.

Unfortunately world phones largely excluded Japan (or vice-versa) during the last 15 years, but it has gotten much better the past few years. Anyway the answer for Japan is *#*#4636#*#* WCDMA only for Softbank, if you're roaming from AT&T, must be something defaulting wrong because of UMTS...

this is crazy, having to try all sorts of APN's in every new roaming country. opensoftbank? smile.world? softbank? WCMDA only? GSM (PRL)? What does data roaming even mean then? No glimmer of hope right now of getting any cellular data - it's like I was thrown back to 2005...

I'm in Tokyo now, on at AT&T iPhone LTE plan but roaming on Soft bank. Phone shows UMTS:3 connection but Mobile State Disconnected, andI'm getting no mobile data at all. Had no problems roaming in Taipei last few days. May play around with the settings, but if I can't get it to work I may...

On my Nexus 4, if I enter the wrong password, I get a message "You have unsuccessfully ... 1 out of 4 tries .... " or something like that, and basically says "user data will be lost" if there after that many unsuccessful attempts. When I opted to configure the e-mail with my company's Exchange...

I think that because you have to register all the AT&T wireless phone lines that are authorized to use your microcell (to prevent passersby from using your microcell and thereby your home broadband access), that non-AT&T lines are unlikely to work. I have not tested however, in fact I've...

Is anyone noticing dropped calls after 4.2.2? I can't tell if it was the update or just coincidence, as I only used the phone for about a week or so before, and maybe only 1-2 calls/day. But I didn't really have any issue with phone calls until just the past few days. Now Iately I've had a...

Not necessarily so hard to do on Android platform once Google and device partners make it a priority. Two comments: all the phone encryption can be moot if the data and files are synced to Dropbox et al, and the access might be more easily cracked there or on another device/PC. For large...