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Best Window AC Unit with Heat Pump?

I had an overhead Mini-Split AC unit in a long and narrow section of my house that crapped out. The HVAC company quoted me $3k to replace it, which seems reasonable, but I'm not convinced I even need the mini-split. They installed a window unit for now, which seems to be working fine, and they agreed that buying a window unit that does AC & Heat would probably be the cheaper and easier solution.

So I started hunting Amazon for options and found this:

The room is narrow and only 300/400 square feet. There's a deep window that's perfectly positioned for a window unit to blow through the room. I think I only need a unit with about 8,000 BTU, but a limited number of units have heating capabilities.

Then I read the reviews: "Cannot be used as a primary heating unit. Will not work if outside temperature gets below 41 degrees."

That's a deal breaker! I lucked out finding it buried in the reviews. Is that typical of window AC units? Anyone have experience with these that can recommend a specific product?

I also worry that my electric bill will increase drastically and in hindsight wish I would have replaced the minisplit.

Hmm... what to do?

Removing / consolidating copies of contacts

I presently have a Moto e6 phone. While trying to backup my contacts onto my desktop computer, I mistakenly downloaded a set of my contacts back into my phone and now I have two versions of all my contacts on my phone. :(

Is there a way to easily remove the copies so that I only have one version of each contact? (other than going through all the contacts manually and deleting them)

Thanks for any help you can give me.

messenger plus...!

I struggled with it for countless years, and only use it as a cloud type back up so I can delete it, and hate the modifications, a big thank you for the text I just got, it will be discontinued soon, I believe Nov. Seventh! It saids to download the google messenger..
I am not a savor for messages at all! I find them real annoying.

Serious Power Help Needed: Does Bluetooth or WiFi Internet use more battery power?

Hi all,

I'm unable to charge my phone, which really sucks!!! However, I have bought 3 batteries for my phone so that I'm able to turn it on. 😢😢😢😢😢

Since I only have access to a small amount of power, what's the fastest way to get my photos etc off the phone?

This is my phone here: Huawei Ascend G510 - Full phone specifications

Should I use bluetooth or WiFi?

Thanks for any help!!!

Is there any way to get rid of this Whatsapp notification?

As per title. Whatsapp has recently started popping up this notification - at least every day and sometimes several times a day - that says it can't complete a backup. I don't want it to do any backups and when I "Tap for more info" as far as I can see backups are turned off - see attached screenshots.

So can anyone suggest a way I can get rid of this irritating notification? All ideas will be very welcome.

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Missing files

Hey everyone. I'm having a really frustrating issue with the files on my phone. I have have folders of photos in my gallery, but I go into my files and they're not there. Or the folder says it's empty, which is really weird. I'd like to move the photos to the cloud, but they're not there to move. Does anyone else have this problem? Or have any ideas as to why this is happening? Thanks.

Vivo Fold3 Pro-Wipe Cache Partition

A few procedures that I personally find helpful after installing an update are wiping the phone's temporary Cache Partition and using Vivo's iManager.

Wiping the Cache Partition is considered best practice after a major firmware update and can solve a lot of issues, such as lagging and apps foreclosing. This does not affect your data or settings and is very simple and easy to perform.

These steps will show you how to clear your phone's temporary Cache Partition of any corrupt files and detritus that may cause issues for you.

1. Power off your Vivo Fold3. OPEN the phone and press and hold down the Power+Volume Up keys together until the "Vivo 5G FASTBOOT", screen appears, (Fig: 1), and select Recovery Mode by using the Volume Down key followed by the Power key to select.

(Fig: 1)
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2. On the next screen, "Vivo 5G RECOVERY", (Fig: 2), select, "Clear data", by touching it on screen.

(Fig: 2)
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3. On the, "Clear data", screen, (Fig:3), select, "Clear cache", and then, "OK",. This will NOT affect your settings or data.

(Fig:3)
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4. When the cache partition has been cleared, (a matter of moments), you are taken to the cache cleared screen, (Fig: 4), where you should select, "Return" and you will be taken to the, "Clear cache", screen, (Fig: 3), where you select the back arrow at the top of the screen. This will return you to the Recovery screen, (Fig:2), above), where you should select, "Restart".

(Fig: 4)
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5. Once your device has rebooted you can then use Vivo's iManager, (Fig: 5), in the App drawer to, "Optimise", your apps and carry out a number of other tasks.

(Fig: 5)
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Screen Mirror from Phone to Phone ?

Hey everyone,

I'd like to screen mirror from one Samsung S20 FE 5G to another of the same model. They are both running Android 13 and One UI ver 5.1 & both recently updated. I've tried connecting them via the native app Smart Share wirelessly and even connected them via the USB C cable. Neither phone will even recognize the other as an available device. I have also tried the "second screen" route, whereby you access the settings menu for Smart Share then > about > & tap the smart share logo 10 times. This was supposed to access the developer options, but did not work on either of these phones. I'd like to be able to stream movies stored on the first phone to the remote mirror phone so that the kids can watch what I'm watching in the back seat on road trips & would come in handy in other situations as well. I find it hard to believe this is either impossible or difficult. Am I missing something or is this impossible to do?

Thanks for your input........j

p.s. - Just out of curiosity, I tried connecting two older Samsung phones via the native "screen mirror" function (Galaxy S3 & Note 4). They also failed to recognize each other as available devices to connect.

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Hi all,

I have been on these forums before. I had a great time.

Eventually though I asked for my account to be closed maybe 2 years ago.

I still occasionally browse here, especially for the funnies.

Last few days I looked at starting a new account, but there's no option for that.

I tried the forgotten password route, though my account was definitely closed at my request.
I did not remember which email I had used, so I found my Gmail address (which I don't use for anything important or personal) had a username still open here. I probably started it a long time ago and forgot about it. It's showing no history, but that could be for many reasons. I think I never used it though.

My username previously was
Madasa.

If this account and username breaks rules, I'm fine with that and Mods can close it.


Nice to see you all. TM


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Man! This was difficult to post or add emoji's. What's a poll question thingy I had to make up? 😏

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Busted zipper

A while back I got a jacket from walmart. Yes, I should have known better. It was ok until a few days ago when the zipper started going bonky. At first it was separated just a little at the bottom. Then it split at about the middle, with the top and bottom both open. I couldn't slide it and had to pry it apart, which opened it but I could not refasten it. Yesterday I tried to fix it and the slider came loose. How do I fix this thing?

set notification audio?

Hello, I have a Pixel 6 with Android 14. I'm not sure how to determine what texting app I'm using. but I assume it's the default one.

I want to use "adb put ..." to upload some audio files for texting notifications. What type of files (.mp3, .mp4) do these need to be, where should I place them, and how do I assign them as the default audio notifications, please?

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Transfer gallery albums

I am trying to transfer my photo albums from my note 10 + to my S24 ultra. I don't know whether or not smart switch transfers gallery albums. I'm afraid that it will just dump all of my photos into one album and I have 106 albums. It would take way too long to put them back into different albums. Does anyone know how to transfer not just photos but photo albums from one Samsung to another? Thanks.

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