Recent content by nightowl66

I need either a pin or my fingerprint to unlock my phone. Why is it when I have it in my pants pocket it is able to unlock and dial someone?

I got my S7 a few months ago I have a problem making calls in my house. People I'm talking to say I cut out so I have to go outside. I live out in the sticks but never had had a problem before with my previous phones. My signal strength is around -113 . I chatted online with Verizon, they had me...

Is there a button/widget I can add to the home screen to turn the screen off instead of using the side button?

I did a FDR a couple weeks ago and the HTC clock app updated since then. On my lock screen the time and weather are shown for my location and are correct. The weather has the location icon next to it. I have my location services turned on. Underneath that is a house icon, then it says "Ohio", (...

Phone was slow and starting to lag before marshmallow update. Now it's worse. I have "backup my data" turned on in backup and reset settings, also "automatic restore" is enabled. If I do an FDR and reinstall all the apps will my customize settings be backed up also?

I have my old unrooted Razr Maxx that's not on the network I just use it over Wi-Fi to stream video. I don't have an HDMI dock just a cable. when I hook up HDMI cable to the phone sometimes it goes into webtop mode other times it doesn't even though it's selected to do all the time. Is there a...

I have the motion launch gesture de selected yet when I pick my phone up the lock screen still appears sometimes. How can I turn this off? I don't want my phone display coming on unless I hit the power button. Sometimes when the phone is in my pocket it seems like if I get a little sweaty the...

They said we have the update by the end of the year, in 8 more hours that will have been a lie. I was doing an online chat with Verizon and asked about the marshmallow update she checked on it and knew nothing about it

Is there a way to make a shortcut on my home screen to turn off text notifications? I leave my phone on vibrate when I sleep in case of a call, but the text vibrate wakes me up also. I would like a quick way to turn the notification on and off.

A few week ago when I opened my HTC Sense remote app on my I got a message that the sense app was no longer going to be supported and to switch over to Peel Remote app. So I did. The Peel app has never worked right. I have uninstalled and reinstalled numerous times with no avail. I have...

My lock screen weather doesn't show the correct temp most of the time. It used to. It is set to update every hour, but it will be off by 20 degrees. It does follow my location, but temp doesn't change. Is there a way to disable it?

When I went to use the remote, I got a message that it will no longer be supported and a option to download and import remote settings to peel remote app. I did that and everything was imported into the peel app. But when I went back to peel app, it was like starting the app for the first time...

I have both a Gallery app and a Photos app for viewing pics. Maybe I missed the Photos app before, but I don't recall seeing it until the last update a few weeks ago. Is it new and what is the difference between the Photos and Gallery app?

When I am on the phone the screen shuts off, I can't get it to come back on unless I hit the power button which is set to end the call. Any suggestions?

I have my old maxx that I don't use anymore. I did a fdr but didn't do the setup. Can I go through the setup with my account,but not activate it to make calls so I can keep using my current phone, but use it over WiFi?