Recent content by RobertB-DC

My wife got a Garmin wristband fitness device, which uses an ANT+ dongle to communicate with her PC. I figured I'd see what happens if I plug the dongle into my OTG USB adapter, since it magically allowed me to plug a mouse into my phone (not terribly useful, but a great icebreaker at parties)...

I guess the Motorola bloatware is better than the T-Mobile bloatware... at least I can go into App Info and "Disable" most of it. I'm not going to root this phone for a while, but Disable seems to be all I need. Besides not running and wasting CPU cycles, Disabling will prevent the apps...

I'm needing to replace my Samsung Relay Slider soon - in fact, I bought a Moto E last month but had to return it because of a bad screen. I had the E long enough to decide I wanted more than the absolute base model, so I was going to get a Moto G, largely because they've added an SD slot to the...

I just got my Moto E, and since Motorola is kind enough to allow me to void my warranty without any delay, I'm taking them up on the offer. Even though they warn of the possibility of DEATH (in capital letters) when using a rooted phone. I'm just the kinda guy who looks death-by-rooting in the...

I'm having an increasing number of Wifi connectivity issues. For quite a while, I've had trouble when leaving a Wifi hotspot - the phone wouldn't connect to the data network (even though voice/txt was fine). I had to reboot to get my 4G data back. Now, I'm having trouble even staying connected...

I've got a stock Galaxy S Relay 4G, not rooted, software current, which has suddenly started displaying a blank blue screen, requiring a battery-out reboot. There doesn't seem to be anything in common between events, except that I'm performing a screen-tap action. I've also started...

I've had my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide since last summer, when my low-end Optimus T took a swim in the washing machine. I haven't bothered rooting it, because it has enough speed and RAM to keep the bloatware from being a burden. (The Optimus T, by comparison, barely held up with just the bloatware...

Washing machine threads are so prevalent that I hesitate to create a new one... but my Optimus T is doing something different than what is reported on other threads. The initial part is the same as everyone else's story. Phone, washing machine, oops, remove battery + SIM + SD. After...

I'm curious whether anyone else has found Carrier IQ on their Optimus T. According to Lookout's free CIQ detector (market link), my phone doesn't have it. This came as quite a surprise, though, to my stepson, whose own Android phone (a much more advanced model) has it baked in. The strange thing...

I finally reached my saturation point, deleting apps I like because of megs and megs of bloatware on my Optimus T. All I want to do (at this point at least) is delete the bloatware, and maybe run a low-level backup using (root-only) Titanum Backup. I don't want to overclock the poor thing -- it...