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Samsung Fold4-MARCH update

Samsung have started to roll out the March update for the international Fold4 devices, F936B.

Build = F936BXXS5EXBF

Build date = 04 March 2024

Download = 351.41 MB

Camera version = 14.0.00.50

Security patch = 01 March 2024


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.



Software update

EXBF UPDATE FOLD4 2 Screenshot_20240314_053439_Settings.jpg

Black Friday and Cyber Monday

My wife use to loose her mind on black Friday and cyber Monday. I remember one black Friday she sent me and other family members to stand In line .
One cyber Monday at midnight she had command post set up with multiple computers, laptops, tablets and phones. She even commander my phone and then consider having me run out to get a prepaid phone so it could free up her phone for shopping and she could use the prepaid for web suffering and talking.
I said no :thumbsdowndroid:
What was worse is for weeks afterwards it was a steady stream of packages. She would open one and be all ex:thinking:cited, open the next one be staring at it and then glaring at me :maddroid::mad: wanting to know why I order what whatever and I would be like I didn't order anything (how could I you had control of all devices and then she would be like oh yeah it was some kind of flash special limited time sale:D:cashdroid:
Then I would be like what's it for??
The wife would look at me and go I have no idea :):thinking:
Me:maddroid:

Worst Bullying Experience

So I got two bullying stories. First one happened back in 6th grade. There was this bully name George. George had this crew (two other students) that would bully, beat up, steal from other students and generally the teachers wouldn't do anything about it.
Now If they actually saw it happening then they would step in and do something. Every Tuesday or Wednesday was chocolate milk day. White milk was free but chocolate milk cost 5 cents.
On chocolate milk day I would get a dime a chocolate milk for me and one for a friend. George would come a long with his crew and steal students chocolate milk money, it got to a point where we would just hand it to them.
Then one day I decided that I really wanted chocolate milk. So when George and his hench crew came calling, I decided that I was going to take a stand.
I beat the living you know what out George and his associates. I was the one who got in trouble because a teacher had seen me throw the first punch. George and his crew soon stopped asking or demanding chocolate milk money from students.
Years later I ran into George and we had a good laugh about it.
The second incident happened a few months after I got married back in 1994 we were living in Oakland.
One evening I am going to catch the bus and this guy approached me. At first he said nothing then there was the social greeting, Hi, evening, how its going. Something a long those lines. For a moments nothing, then he asked me how money I had on me? Before I could respond he goes how about I hold it for you. I said no, but thanks for offering. He stepped closer and told me to show him my pockets so he could see what I was carrying when I didn't move he got pissed and threatened to knock me out and take my jacket and everything else I had on me.
Up till that point I hadn't been taking the guy serious, but then I looked at him and remember asking dude are you trying to mug me??? I had never been mugged before, I got all happy :D :thumbsupdroid:
I even started asking questions, the guy started getting really angry ,he told me that he was going to give me one last chance to do what he said.
I look at him and told him something along the lines I had no further use for him which first confused him then absolute set him off ,but before he could do anything I grabbed his jacket and stepped to the edge of the curb and shoved him out into the bus lane and held him there.
The bus was coming and the guy kept looking at it and me. I said nothing just kept staring at the guy, smiling. About a foot or two from it hitting the guy I spun and threw him on the ground .
I got on the bus, guy got up and ran off.

Cabin Fever

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 Fold5-MARCH update

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

BXBM UPDATE FOLD5 Screenshot_20240313_094551_Settings.jpg

The Water Heater Thread

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

On-body detection issue

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.

Samsung s23 contacts problem

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.

Windows 11

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?

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Nox Security

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.
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...).

File Cleaner

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.

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