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The Dopesplay DR158W Lapdock looks like a laptop but it has no core CPU. It is just a large battery, touchscreen, keyboard and some controllers with USB ports. It allows for Apple iOS and Android cellphones to operate like a laptop. In the case of Samsung Galaxy cell phones it Read more…
In this video, we’ll be taking a look at the Dell Latitude 5431 unboxing, disassembly, upgrade, benchmark and review. This ultra-portable computer is perfect for students, business travelers, executives, and more! Is it the best corporate laptop, best home laptop, best student laptop, or the best executive laptop? Lets find Read more…
In this video we explain how to factory reset a Lenovo Smart Display 7. we had a unit that we were giving away and wanted to make sure we didn’t have anything private on it. The problem was that The process to reset Lenovo Smart Display 7 was not nearly Read more…
Do you have a Samsung, LG or Nokia Android cell phone that keeps showing you the error message attachment limit reached when you try to send a picture or a video or an animated GIF through the text messaging app? In this short video we explain how to Work around Read more…
We have several articles on Google Chat / RCS, if you want more details The complete list of wireless companies supporting RCS (aka Google “CHAT”) as at Feb 2023 Telco Country América Móvil Latin America AT&T United States Bell Canada Boost Mobile United States Claro Argentia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Read more…
In this video, we’ll show you how to change your Samsung voice to text to the Google Voice Keyboard without ever leaving the app! We’ll also show you how to use the Google Voice keyboard to input text into the app. We show you have to change from the Samsung Read more…
Are you confused by all the different codes on an SD Card? All SD memory cards are not created equal. They can only write data at a particular transfer rate and they all have speed rating (aka SD Card Speed Classes) The simple table below will explains SD Card names Read more…
We recently received a question about the diamond shaped kite with “S “in the middle if it. That is the E911 Map icon which lets you know that your cell is configured to send location information to emergency services based on some clever mathematical guesswork. For instance, if your cell Read more…
To avoid accidental power downs, Samsung has changed the functionality of the power button on their newer phones like the Samsung S22 and S21. Now the power button will power up your Samsung Galaxy, but not power it down. Obviously you will need to power it down from time to Read more…
We recently had a question from a reader named James who had looked at out Complete List of Android Icons and not found an icon on his phones home screen, so we went to work! What is Android Extra Dim? Samsung Extra Dim is a configuration option new to Android Read more…
If you have a Samsung Galaxy S9 you already know it was (is?) likely the best cell phone ever made but it just became unsupported and so millions of people will be forced to upgrade. The question is, what is the best replacement for a Samsung S9? The answer is Read more…
If you live in the modern world, you are going to need to access QR codes, boarding passes and other screenshots and pictures, all the time. Fumbling through apps and digging through folders is a time consuming, frustrating pain. Fortunately, there is an easy way to add a shortcut to Read more…
Last year we collected all of the Android icons we could find and documented them in The Complete Guide To Icons on Android Devices. Since then readers have sent us notes and pictures ask us to identify their miscellaneous icons, after which we add them to the master guide of Read more…
In case you were not already aware Shaw BlueCurve and Rogers Ignite in Canada and Cox Contour and Charter in the United States have licensed Comcast’s X1 platform used for on-demand viewing including the the mobile / browser app. As such their troubleshooting steps are all the same. While the instructions below Read more…
In the first half of 2021 Apple announced they would begin checking photos on Apple devices for child pornography and many privacy advocates became concerned that Apple was overreaching. On August 5th Apple explained the details in highly technical terms that most people can’t understand. So we decided to simplify Read more…
In recent builds of Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft has added a MOST RECENT SIGN IN feature and that is very helpful if you think someone else may have been checking your email. To see the last time someone logged into your email, just click FILE and look at the INFO section Read more…