Recent content by jirams

......... from plastic. I had a slight scratch on it and managed to polish it out using 1 micron diamond polishing paste on a Q-tip followed by 0.25 micron paste. The scratch is gone too easily and the remaining condition of the window surface is how plastic rather than glass looks after using...

Is there any evidence of these apps which use the camera flash LED at high power causing failure of the LED eventually?

My friend has an 11 digit mobile number which starts 0777xxxxxxx. When he texts me, 90% of the time my SGS2 reports the number as 077xxxxxxx and of course does not indicate who the message is from because it does not know the number (being short of a 7). If I reply to the message, the...

The current BBC iPlayer app leaves the Notification bar at the top of the screen when in Full Screen Landscape mode. Have I missed a setting - surely the whole display area should be utilised in this mode?

My new SGS2 is on a 2 year contract. Assuming that it needs charging approx daily, then the socket will be used around 700 times just for charging. Do micro USB sockets/plugs stand up to such plugging/unplugging use without becoming intermittent or failing completely? What evidence is there?

I have just taken on my first smart phone contract. Samsung G S II through Tesco Mobile. The phone is at Android 2.3.4. How does the system updating mechanism work - is it prompted to user or automatic? Is it independent of the service providers policies? I see how Application...