Recent content by 13ilgal

Why do all my contacts show up twice? Most are contacts that I manually entered way back when, and I think they synced from someplace when I bought the phone, then they were added again when data from my GS3 was ported to this Note 4. Even the Verizon-standard shortcuts (#BAL, #DATA, etc.) are...

I am happy with the standard time/weather widget but I want to get rid of the notation that displays the last update time. Browsed through settings and can't find a way to clear it. Any ideas? Thanks.

On my GS3, if I swiped through home screens in one direction only, I would eventually end up back at the "main" home screen. In this Note 4, if I swipe left I get through 5 screens and it stops. To get back home, I have to either hit the Home button or press the tiny home icon on the screen...

I haven't used my Google maps for a few months. Today, it found my destination and worked flawlessly EXCEPT I could not get it to narrate the directions. I had my volume all the way up (all 4 options: Music, video games and other media; ringtone; notifications; system) Within the app, I clicked...

About a month ago, I accepted a Samsung Update to my Galaxy S3 phone and it caused all kinds of problems until I did a factory reset (thus forcing me to reload all kinds of apps, settings, etc.) I am now being prompted to update my Note 10.1 and don't want to proceed without knowing what the...

Hi, all. Here are my GMail settings: Settings > user@gmail.com > Notifications (checked) > Inbox sound & vibrate (Sound on; notify once) > Label notifications (checked) > Vibrate (unchecked) > Notify for every message (unchecked) Still getting the vibration with every new mail. Any way...

Reloading & reinstalling apps after a factory reset. I want to reload the app that had a screen shortcut of "Navigation", with a solid blue arrow on it. I can't find it in either of my Google accounts at the Play Store, and it's not on the phone. Does anyone know what app I am talking about...

My phone was working flawlessly - good battery life, smooth operations - until the (&^*^)(&*(&(^%&$$^ 4.3 update. No cell service, no wi-fi-, intermittent black screens, freezing, battery drain from 100% - 30% in 2 hours with NO USE. Ridiculous. So off I head to the Verizon store and am...

Over the past several years, I have rarely used more than 500 MB of my 2 GB data plan - most of my traffic is on WiFi. However, this month, the use by the OS alone has shot up to 1.48 GB - most of it running in the background (I retrieved this info from Settings > Data Usage). My 3G Watchdog app...

I *think* my problem is the proximity sensor but I can't find any setting to correct the issue. Occasionally I'll be on a call where i have to key in a number on the keypad during the call - ID number, etc. I pull the phone away from my face to access the pad and it goes black. What's weird is...

This is probably old news to many forum users, but I came across this article today about managing the multi-window feature of the GS3 and thought I'd share it. How to use Multi Window with your Samsung Galaxy S III - TechRepublic

This should be easy, but I can't figure out how to sign out of GMail, and how to sign out of the App store. Want to share the tablet without having my email exposed, or giving kids access to the Amazon App store.

Hi, everyone. I have a U. S., Verizon-edition GS 3. I know how to use the built-in settings to monitor data and wi-fi usage, but I'm wondering if there is a setting, or a widget or app, that can track text messages? (My plan allows 250 sent/received per month). I can find this info on my Verizon...

I *know* I have read about this someplace but I can't think of what it is called so my searches have come up dry. All of a sudden, all of my calendar reminders are being read to me. How do I turn off this feature? I am packing for a trip and all of a sudden I hear this voice coming out of my...

Hi, everyone. While reading the feedback forum on Woot today about the Note 10.1, a user commented on a feature of S Note that sounded awesome, but I can't get it to work. The purpose of that forum over on Woot is to discuss features, etc. for people considering a purchase, and I'm not sure if...