I bought a ton of used older phones and rely on SIM swapping. Nothing bad happens. Worse thing is you get the wrong type of phone and end up with no service or no data/only bars.

I'm using a prepaid SIM in an old Verizon Galaxy S4 Mini. The notification shade shows 'no service' and under settings-->About phone-->Status it shows network type "Unknown" but works otherwise. I can use MMS/SMS, phone and data if I had data. I only have MMS (don't need data)

The only time I saw a SIM PIN ws back in the old Cingular days. Like 2001, if you put a post-paid SIM into a Tracfone you'd get a prompt asking for a PUK code, which the carrier called 'hacking' and often threatened to cancel your service or got hostile just for asking for that PUK code, but that was a long time ago.

You can't. Modern Samsung and their forced updates (and other bad decisions) are why I use a S4 Mini in 2023. All I need a phone to do is SMS/MMS and play music and control my TV. Don't need modern crap for that. Don't even need a data plan.

When a modern Samsung phone knows an update is available it will endlessly nag you until you give in. You can prevent it if it hasn't happened yet by using No Root Firewall and killing the data/wifi access to 'Software Update' but once you get the nag you'll keep getting it. If you made the mistake of hitting 'install later' it only gives you 3 postpones and then it will install whether you want it to or not.

"security patches" aren't just that. A lot of times an app gets updated or unwanted UI redesigns have been part of a so-called 'security update'. I no longer trust nor believe in updates. The day they took all the life out of Samsung Health in an 'update' I had zero control over forever scarred me.

I ordered the TORRAS case and look forward to comparing it with the Thin Fit P. Hopefully it'll last longer



UPDATE:

It could not have been more perfect timing! I dropped my phone and the front piece of the Spigen (was was left of it) went flying... as did my S Pen. Within hours, the TORRAS arrived. It's an impressive fit, although different around the power button. So far, so good - although it will require a drop to really test it.

Spigen is shipping out a second warranty replacement of the Thin Fit P, which I'll leave in the box unless needed. I can always sell it.

"There's an app for that" - get screen coordinates:

As for the zooming, I'm needing to do that too. I configured camera to zoom with Volume Up/Down, but, sadly, it errors on that input

.t....his is the version anybody any idea how to get upgade for this

At last, I found that the issue was caused by that x64 system image. Use the above x86 system image instead even if your host is a 64-bit version of Windows.

Ruthless will not allow me to customized my icon look, so back with Nova. There is no option of changing the icons whatsoever!

I was also experiencing the same problem: anytime I used a different app, Pandora would quit playing and have to restart at a different song. It would seem you have to remove the app from Battery Optimization. This is the fix that worked for me:

https://help.pandora.com/s/article/Trouble-Streaming-Pandora-on-Android-1519949305958?language=en_US

Please ensure that you have your device set to allow Pandora to run in the background.

• From the home screen or app drawer press and hold the Pandora icon.
• Tap the "i" icon to access the App info.
• Next select Advanced, then Battery.
• Confirm that Background restriction is set to "App can use battery in background".
  If Background restriction states "Restricted", tap on Background restriction to remove restriction.

This is why firmware updates on any device some with warnings not to disconnect or shut down part way though, and why they won't run if the phone battery level is too low. A firmware update requires overwriting the existing firmware, and hence if you interrupt it at the wrong point there is a risk of something vital being rendered unusable.

Try charging it for a few hours, just in case the disappearance of this "one slider" is due to the battery running down while you've been trying to recover it. But if you can't get it into the bootloader/download mode your only option will be professional repair: a workshop with the correct equipment can probably get it going again (as long as there's no physical damage, which isn't what this sounds like).

My, how time flies!

On the 29th January 2021 the Galaxy S21 series of phones were launched.

So, Happy Birthday to the Galaxy S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra.

My, how time flies!

On the 29th January 2021 the Galaxy S21 series of phones were launched.

So, Happy Birthday to the Galaxy S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra.

My, how time flies!

On the 29th January 2021 the Galaxy S21 series of phones were launched.

So, Happy Birthday to the Galaxy S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra.

ocnbrze said:

curious as to what app you find much better. care to share?

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AIReader low data use, low battery drain. easy to format text. does not collect everything ebook related in the phone. load books from file on the phone one at a time instead of moving the entire folder from the phone to the app. Free - no intrusive ads.

I vote go with Oppo for the win!

Clinton Stiefel said:

I am new to this forum and need some help from everyone...
I just copied some info I have and posted here...
There is a 5G cellular tower constructed adjacent to my property in village of Ursa, Il.

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Welcome to our site, Clinton! I can't address your concerns but I can welcome you. Enjoy the site! We have off topic fun and a forum games section as well. Take a look around! You'll find that our site is very well-moderated! We sniff out Spammers in a millisecond and ban them permanently, so you can feel safe here! Again, Welcome!

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AugieTN said:

There's a ton of Kung Fu type games. I thought I might know the one you were talking about, but when I started looking I discovered there was so many. This video might help

I hope it helps

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Thank you for the reply but in that video there isn't that game i forgot that the game that i'm talking about was in 2d but the game had a good graphic for 2016 so it was not a retrò game

Not to my knowledge, I've looked around and wasn't able to get anywhere. Using the native sms/mms messaging, I always have to manually trip clips to send.

Clementine_3 said:

Maybe just a little...

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I'm sure it'll be way more than a little faster lol

Even then, the carrier should be texting alerts to the OP's phone letting them know about end of support.

Development thread moved to the dev area for better exposure.

TOR became more a headache once CloudFlare became a thing. I wish CloudFlare and other CDNs would burn for all eternity.....Them and their ridiculous captchas. Poor Alan Turing is spinning in his grave..

These appear to be Chrome notifications. Try going to Settings-->Notifications and see what shows up under 'recent' and turn those off. These kinds of 'ads' are also often associated with 'news' apps as well.

Modern Samsung phones are garbage. Especially the flips/folds. They're basically doing a worse version of what the Kyocera Echo did in 2012, like most modern tech. Doing the same job in a far more frustrating way. I dream of the day we get the pace of actual tech progress we had back in 2010 back and start adding features and innovations instead of regressing like we've done since 2015+. If any OEM made a slider phone today, they'd find a way to mess that idea up as well.

The Z-series still suffer the crease issue which is unacceptable given these phones are double what a CrApple is in price.

There is GrapheneOS, which is a Google-free Android that is promoting privacy, but you have to get a Pixel to have it, which means giving Google your $$$ anyway. Seems we true Android geeks are damned if we do, damned if we don't in this 'future.' All Google seems interested in doing is following Apple.

*Posted from Windows XP, because even modern Windows sucks.

Hi,

I'm trying to learn Exchange On- line Power Shell and was hoping some of you may have come across a particularly good training videos for Exchange On-line Power Shell module.

Not so much Power Shell in general, but Exchange On-line Power Shell specifically.

Thank you very much..

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