The built-in wifi calling allows you to have service with your regular number over wifi. The E911 address is a requirement so if you call 911 an address comes up- yes you can be anywhere since it's a cell but that's how it works. You register your home address and then forget about it, if you happen to call 911 from somewhere else just give that location.
There are plenty of other VOIP services that will work over wifi (Google Voice and many others) but not with your cell # and not with the built-in wifi calling app.

I haven't gotten to watch the video yet but sounds like it'll be a good one. Love this idea

You got a new phone? Congrats...we haven't heard 😗

It's a good thing to keep this thread alive. There is some great content from way back then to be had. I recently read through the Tell Me A Joke thread. That is a great read as well.

My wife has had her old pixel for a while now and after Verizon dropped it's messaging app she just migrated over to Google. It took a while for her to realize that she wasn't getting a text notification. I had to Google how to set up a notification sound for her but her phone beeps at her now.

OMG i forgot that Michelle Rodriquez appears in the show. i also forgot about Mr. Eko. i really like this character and his back story.

this show is soooooo good.

Rgarner said:

Thanks much, but how do you do that? I'd like to be able to find these things myself. At least it shows they are neither gone nor forgotten...

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I just searched the website via Google like this

site:androidforums.com chromebook rgarner crimebook

You can put in any key phrases you want

Too bad i still had to work.

You can always install Windows 11 using Rufus, which offers you bypassing the system requirements and everything else.
And there's Windows X-lite, which is Windows 11 with all of the bloatware removed.
I run X-lite on all of my computers with no issues

Huh

Confirmation that the Global version, (PD2337F), of the Vivo X Fold3 Pro will work fine on the Global networks for most countries...



However, those in the USA will need to check with their carriers first...

Thank you. That's the explanation I was looking for.

Good news for him, OB.
Hope that the outcome is good.

This is what I use. Never a problem.

I'll close the thread now. Since the above poll did not remotely reflect the national vote tally, no one wins the Hawaii vacation.

Thanks for explaining crappie or crapple.
The Tap Yes worked once yesterday, but not working today. When I choose to get a security code, they never work ("Wrong Code") Where Google sends a list of codes, they don't work either. Again with the "wrong Code".
I guess I have to stick with text message.

Wonder of wonders, the thing somehow reset itself. It seems to be working ok. I guess we were lucky this time.

Wifi would have nothing to do with the phone being paid off or even whether it has an active account. You should still be able to use your wifi even with no SIM installed, just not for Wi-Fi calling.

It's important for me to understand what "bloatware" you're talking about. Did you get your phone from a cell provider? If so, they are notorious for pre-installing and re-installing bloatware... er, "featured content" - Verizon being one of the worst offenders. Most of it (games and their own VZ garbage) can generally be uninstalled or disabled. It's one of the main reasons I always buy my phone unlocked, straight from Samsung.

Here's the downside to disabling updates:

Android is a complex operating system and there are some pretty naughty people out there in Internet Land, looking for vulnerabilities in the Android code they can exploit. There are also good guys trying to do the same thing, so they can alert Google. It's a race: when the good guys find a problem, a security patch is then sent out to manufacturers and carriers to close that vulnerability. Unless you never get online with your smartphone, either on Wi-Fi or cellular data, those are really important security patches that are included in the regular updates that go out. If you deliberately disable updates because you don't want to deal with bloatware or OS features you don't need, it's only a matter of time before your phone is so out of date that it becomes a target for the naughty guys. Anything from keyloggers to a complete takeover of the device is possible. There may be better ways to solve your problem.

Fox Mulder said:

Yes because having the hotspot turned on means the wifi radio in the phone is on and that will draw more power even with no devices connected. How much more is hard to say but anytime you have the individual radios enabled (cell, wifi, Bluetooth, NFC) it will increase battery drain to some degree. Data being passed will increase the drain more.
To find out the actual impact on the battery you would have to try it but as I already stated it would be best to have the phone on a charger while using the hotspot.

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Ah, thanks for that, Fox Mulder. In future, I shall not switch the Hotspot on until I am ready to use it (even though sometimes, I forget to take my phone upstairs to the study, and must go back down for it). When the tethered computer is in use, the phone is always put on the charger.
With appreciation for your help,
S.

Good news, everyone...the tv is ok. Except for the scratch thing, it's fine. The batteries were in the remote wrong. Now we can change the channel and the volume, hooray. I'm glad I thought to check that before I spent any more money on it.

That might be. I think, though, that the real reason was that some silly idiot didn't make sure that Shizuku was actually running before attempting to use Canta. Whether it really cans those nasty, needless apps shoved at us mainly by carriers or just removes them from active duty is another question...

And if it fails a week after you get it the staff will invent excuses to deny you warranty cover (what Tesla have been doing this year with a lot of new cars, widespread enough that it's clearly a company policy).

And if it's anything like what he's done with his social media company, everything you type will be used to train his Large Language Model and you won't be able to opt out of that from the phone itself.