This post is for my dad. He keeps forgetting to unlock his phone before he tries to copy the pictures. Below is are the simple instructions how to copy your pictures from your Android phone to your computer: Power on your cell phone (if it is off) Connect your cell phone […]
If you have an Android phone and you keep pocket dialing people soon after you are texting, you might actually be motion dialing or what Android calls Direct Dialing or Gestures. Direct Dialing causes the phone to dial the number of the person you are texting if you move the […]
There are several reasons you may want to see the DEVELOPER OPTIONS on your Android device but under Android 7, the Developer Mode menu has been removed. You know it still exists so the question is how to enable the Developer Options menu and then how can you disable the […]
In a word, everywhere. Android sells 6 times as many devices as Apple’s iOS globally and 1.75 times as many in the US. Below are some fantastic 2017 data from two very reliable sources. Get the whole report on 2017 Internet Trends directly from Kleiner Perkins Check out this amazing […]
If Samsung Galaxy S6 has been rooted and a non-factory operating system has been loaded you likely already know that there are problems: You voided your warranty You can not longer receive updates over-the-air from your provider The Samsung Galaxy might be unstable Your Galaxy might have a virus or other […]
A few years ago, Samsung introduced a new feature called MultiWindow which allows you to run two applications at the same time. In my case, I had an Samsung Galaxy S6 that had it’s screen ‘bouncing’ around and displaying errors relating to running recent apps in split screen mode. Even after rebooting […]
If you have an Android cell or tablet that has stopped automatically receiving email, there are several places to investigate. The very first thing you should do is power down the cell / tablet, then power it back up and see if all is working. If that does not clear the issue, […]
If you have an ‘N’ block at the top of your Samsung Android cell phone, then you have NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (alternately known as NFC) turned on. NFC does exactly what it says; it communicates to other devices nearby. Specifically, NFC is most commonly associated with ‘Tap’ payment systems. For instance, […]
The answer is a blunt no. I asked Samsung Business Support in Toronto about this. Below is the conversation: Is there a ready way to disable the Marshmallow setting on S6’s that requires a password or PIN after reboot: “Enter password instead of using fingerprint recognition after restarting to protect […]
If your voice commands (aka voice typing and voice keyboard) on your Android cell when you are: creating a text creating an email asking Google a question … and you see OFFLINE MODE UNAVAILABLE, it may be that you do not live in the United States and that is apparently […]
If you have any management software on your Android device and try to remove it, you have likely found that both FORCE STOP and UNINSTALL are greyed out. The solution is to set that program to not be an “administrator”, then uninstall. Below are the detailed instructions and screenshots from an […]
“Call Barring” is a setting used mostly by international travelers and parents to control their costs by disabling some inbound, outbound and long distance calling capabilities. You can set a password on these rules so that your kids (or employees) can not change your rules. As you can see in […]
Having your Samsung S6, s5, Note, Note II or other device send calls directly to voicemail can be caused by several things, most of which are easily resolved: CALL REJECTION IS TURNED ON: Start your PHONE app Click MORE (or three dots icon) in the top right corner of the screen […]
If you have problems with your Android device including the dreaded Black Screen of Death you may be told to WIPE THE CACHE PARTITION. On a Samsung Galaxy S6, you can do this by: powering off the device press the VOLUME UP + HOME + POWER buttons all the same time and […]
If you have a DigiMerge D3000 (like the D3308 or the D3216), support may have told you that there is no playback/monitor app for the Blackberry Z10. This is technically true but easily corrected. You can use THIS simple process to install almost any Android app on your Blackberry Z10. […]
Installing Android apps I sourced from my Samsung S3 to my new Blackberry Z10 was shockingly easy. SHORT VERSION: Copy the .APK (Android package file) for the program you want to run on your Blackberry to your Z10’s memory card Using your Blackberry Z10, click/tap on the .APK to launch the installer, […]