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  1. Fulltime Traveler

    Help How to separate ringtone and notification volume? (Marshmallow)

    Is there a way?
  2. Fulltime Traveler

    Help No Internet Access During Calls?

    I just found that the phone loses Internet access during voice calls. Is this new with the last system update?
  3. Fulltime Traveler

    Unlimited Data, RIP

    Verizon to throttle 4G LTE users with unlimited plans starting October 1 | Android Authority I guess it had to happen sooner or later.
  4. Fulltime Traveler

    Help CPU Usage utility?

    Is there a utility/applet/function that will tell me how much processor capacity each process is currently using? My Bionic has taken to becoming unusably slow about once a day. It will take a minute or more to do anything until I reboot. I would like to know why before I do another factory...
  5. Fulltime Traveler

    Help Gingerbread to Jelly Bean

    My old Bionic is suffering from the effects of a hot coffee bath. I just bought a refurbed one on eBay. The refurb will come with Gingerbread. Will the upgrade to Jelly Bean happen without my intervention, or is there something I can/should do to get the upgrade. Thanks.
  6. Fulltime Traveler

    Help Battery Calibration

    The original battery in my unrooted Bionic was crapping out earlier and earlier in the day over time so I bought a replacement on eBay. I have run it through several charge/discharge cycles. The system battery meter shows the new battery falling very quickly to 20, 15, 10, then 5%. Then...
  7. Fulltime Traveler

    Help Replacing Bionic wth a used one

    A friend of mine broke her Bionic and wants to replace it with another one. Used. She is a Verizon subscriber. Does she move the SIM from her current phone to the replacement? Does she need to make sure that the replacement is a Verizon model? TIA
  8. Fulltime Traveler

    Help Prevent upgrade to Jelly Bean?

    In case VZW eventually rolls JB out to the Bionic AND FoxFi doesn't support that combination, is there a way to prevent the upgrade?
  9. Fulltime Traveler

    Help No Camera Shutter Sound

    Recently I noticed that my camera shutter sound no longer works. In the camera settings I have Shutter Tone check box checked. All my sound settings are set at the mid-range or higher (media, ring, notification, etc.) Ideas? Thanks.
  10. Fulltime Traveler

    FoxFi No Longer Free

    The version of FoxFi that was released on November 16 is hobbled. According to the release notes, "The free version now has a usage limit (from a few minutes to 30 minutes) for each activation. But you can restart it to continue using free mode, or purchase the full version key to unlock."...
  11. Fulltime Traveler

    Help Events missing from Calendar - ICS

    Since the ICS upgrade, I have been poking around to see if there are any problems on my Bionic. I just noticed that there are many events on my Google calendar that no longer show up in the Calendar app on the phone. All future events seem to be there, but there are many events in the past...
  12. Fulltime Traveler

    Help ICS: Paste an image to the home screen

    Before ICS, I had a jpg file on one of my home screens. It won't open now, but that's OK. I deleted it. Now, how do I paste a jpg to a home screen with ICS?
  13. Fulltime Traveler

    Help Phones connect with router, but not Internet

    Yesterday I helped a friend hook up his laptops to an old Linksys WRT45G router, which I connected to his DSL modem. The router had previously been configured for his satellite Internet connection. I did a hard reset on the router, restoring it to factory defaults, before I started. I used...
  14. Fulltime Traveler

    Help Stop Automatic Email Fetch

    I have my Bionic set to manually fetch email, but it seems to ignore that setting and periodically download mail from my ISP's server. Any ideas?
  15. Fulltime Traveler

    Help Create Ringtone for a Contact

    I'm new to the Bionic. On my Droid Eris, I could use the included Voice Recorder app to record something, then go to specific contact and select what I had recorded as the ringtone for that contact. Is there a way to do that with the Bionic, preferably without downloading an app? There...
  16. Fulltime Traveler

    Help "Homescreen has stopped" unexpectedly when trying search with app screen open

    I have had this phone for a week or so. It has the 902 update. It's a stock phone. I just discovered that if I am in the Apps screen and press the search icon on the lower right corner of the phone I get a black screen with the message: "Sorry! The application Homescreen (process...
  17. Fulltime Traveler

    Clearing Logon Info for a Single Web Page

    I inadvertently entered the wrong user ID on a web site, then told the Eris to remember the logon information. Now that incorrect user ID and password show up every time I go to that page. Is there a way to clear this information for that page without clearing all saved passwords for all the...
  18. Fulltime Traveler

    Help PdaNet

    Does PdaNet work on the Droid 2?
  19. Fulltime Traveler

    GDocs question

    I have a spreadsheet in Google Docs that I want to access on my Eris. I want to have a local copy on the Eris because accessing it on Google Docs from the Eris is too slow. GDocs Help says: Before you start working with your documents, create local copy by download them to your device...
  20. Fulltime Traveler

    How to restart?

    I can't remember how to do a restart. It involves holding down two or three keys simultaneously, but what keys are they? Apparently I have had this Eris longer than the span of my short-term memory. I know that I once knew how to do it. Sigh...
  21. Fulltime Traveler

    2.1 Weather App - two questions

    1. Before the 2.1 update, I could press the word "Weather" at the bottom of the weather app screen and it would launch a web page with details on the weather for the current city I was displaying. Pressing "Weather" no longer does anything. Is there a fix? 2. When I press on the plus sign at...
  22. Fulltime Traveler

    Free Eris (with 2-year contract)

    From Walmart: HTC Droid Eris (Verizon Wireless) | LetsTalk.com
  23. Fulltime Traveler

    Screen Capture?

    Is there a screen capture app for the Eris?
  24. Fulltime Traveler

    Stereo Bluetooth Headset?

    1. Will a stereo Bluetooth headset work for listening to Pandora on the Eris? I ask because I saw one thread in which somebody said "No Bluetooth for anything other than telephone sound" on the Eris. 2. If it will work, any recommendations such a headset? I'm no audiophile, so my main issues...
  25. Fulltime Traveler

    Veterans Discount

    Some folks may be unaware that Verizon gives vets a 15% discount on the primary voice line and a 12% discount on the data plan that's on that same line. You need to show your DD-214 or retirement papers to get the discount.
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