I am not good with math. I absolutely suck at it in high school (I did fairly well trigonometry and geometry and got through fractions). My daughter is apparently really good at math, the area giving her a bit of a problem is volumes but she will keep at it until she finally understands it.

I know for most people the first day of spring is only a few days away, but as truck driver I still have about six more weeks of winter weather to possible contend with. Wyoming, Colorado, some extreme northern parts of the states can still get snow and bad weather. Usually by May 1st we are in the clear.

Samsung has started to roll out their latest update for the Fold5 international devices, F946B. bringing with it the March Security patch.

Build number = F946BXXS1BXBM

Build date = 28 February 2024

Android Security patch = 01 March 2024

Download size = 399.27MB

Camera version = 14.0.00.46

It is a FOTA, (Firmware Over The Air), update and you can check... Settings > Software update... to see if it is available for you. Alternatively, you can connect to the Samsung PC suite, Smart Switch and check via that.

System information

lol ... Youse guys ...

ocnbrze said:

i could help you, but like i said it is pretty much a waste of time.

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Yeah I know that man. Thanks for the hard look of everything.

AugieTN said:

Why do you want to get away from a natural gas water heater? Gas should be the most efficient choice.

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Efficiency is only part of the equation. We live under PG&E rule and their rates (both electric and gas) are outrageous. With solar, electric is now basically free, so the loss in efficiency is way down the priority list. Electric water heaters have improved as well, so their recovery rates are better.

Belated thank you for the tip on MyPhoneExplorer. I have yet to implement it fully (don't want to double up my Android contacts when I do!), but I did install the Windows client on my PC, and it looks like the functionality is what I need. I will try to post back when I have time to implement & synchronize.

I normally have my phone on a belt clip. It's been a long time since I carried my phone in my pocket. I do remember it made a difference if I had the screen pointing towards my body I would get open pages when I pulled it out. If I turned the phone 180 degrees so the screen was point away from my body it would be fine.

Don't know if you have tried that yet or if that will make any difference for you.

I'm just trying to make sense of where this is behavior being generated. I purposely don't sync my contacts.

I don't see how Assistant could be related. All it does it display a choice of contacts for me to select. That's where it's job ends. I select the contact, and the Samsung app dials it.

I deleted all the related contacts, and remade them with only the prefixed number.

Did you watch the video?

So I clicked on the news icon. lower lefthand corner on the Windows 11 Taskbar. I clicked on a news link and the browser freezes up with this message. On my phone I Googles the phone number 888-262-7152 and came up with nothing, so I figured it must not be Microsoft Support. It took me a while get the browser to close. Rebooted and ran a McAfee scan and came up with nothing. Any suggestions?

Dave012345678910 said:

Isn't Samsung's Knox the one that's supposed to mess with people's ability to root? I think it voids the warranty if they do.

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You can root a phone with Knox (US Samsungs with their encrypted bootloaders and no unlock option are harder, but that's not Knox). And yes, it will leave a permanent indication that the phone software has been fiddled with, which the carrier or manufacturer may use to withhold warranty support. But to be fair it's not the only way that they can tell, just that it's impossible to reset while other tells can be with more or less effort (though whether you are able to undo any indicator that you've modified the phone will depend on why you need to use the warranty...).

Like @ocnbrze I am generally opposed to cleaner apps: they're usually more malware than anything useful, and there's very little for them to actually do.

Besides the risk of the app collecting your data and sending it home to someone, having additional storage available isn't making your phone run any better or faster. Imagine having a huge walk-in closet but you only need one small section for your entire wardrobe. What good would it do for you to install shelves to hold even more... or even knock out a wall to make it bigger? It's unused capacity - the key word being "unused".

The system cache is actually making your phone work better and faster by storing much of your phone's most commonly-used data for quick access. Generally, the only time I would recommend someone go into Android Recovery to wipe cache is after a major OS upgrade (from Android 12 to 13, for example) or if the phone is behaving erratically. Otherwise, an occasional restart of the phone is enough to get it working well again.

treb1797 said:

Wow Chief, that's a nice lookin' catch, & the fish ain't bad either

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The fish was catch and release... the Darling Bride? Nope, she's a keeper. After 33 years I still wake up every day, convinced that I won the lottery of women.

Kira97493 said:

Hello I have the exact same problem if ever o fid a solution to delete this archive folder that I only have for my account gmaon on Android Outlook.

But I can select all emails on the folder to delete them at once.

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How did you select all emails in the folder? It's easy on a computer but I have not found any way to do so on a phone.

Oh, I forgot to tell: the blue spinning circle thing, like the below and ending up on the screenshot, that is fixed recently.
It shows up for a second, disappears and the screenshot is then taken, everything okay.

How about A nice layout to find our media through different photographs, and maybe.. Well.. whatever Rob has in mind.

Has anyone tried Starfield for Xbox X/S series, my buddy is playing it and says it's a nice game...... I can't play it because they did not make it for the Xbox One series ?

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no do not delete it. it looks like it is for data that is directly tied to your system os. it has nothing to do with 3rd party apps.

Thank you Kansas City Chiefs. It's nice to have the extra money come it 👍

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Hadron said:

Is this the thing where they've just had to restrict its image generation because it was committing such faux pas as depicting ethnically diverse Nazi stormtroopers?

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yep:

old_codger said:

Is there a way to hide Secure Folder?
Is there an alternative way to hide apps, preferably also hiding them from the swipe up/down apps list. Yeah, I'm paranoid

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If you use Nova launcher you can rename the app and change the icon. Then if someone looks at your apps they can't find it unless they know what you changed it to.