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Self-tutoring about smart phones: the tutor mentions what appears to be a coming problem. I’ve only had one smart phone: a Nexus 4. I’ve received a message that it may cease to work after 2022. Is that true? I’ve looked …
Self-tutoring about mobile phones: the tutor mentions executing a factory reset. I mention in my post from Aug 19 how my mobile phone was nearly disabled from constant pop-ups of the message “Unfortunately Google play services has stopped.” Clearing the …
Self-tutoring about Android mobile phones: the tutor mentions a recovery. My mobile phone is from 2013 – a Nexus 4. I’ve no plans to change that; I’m comfortable with it. A few days back I got the pop-up message: ‘Unfortunately, …
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Self-tutoring about smartphones and email: the tutor mentions a recent solution he encountered. In my post from April 18 I mention an email stall on my smartphone and how I fixed it – that time. I encountered another stall a …
Self-tutoring about smartphones: the tutor mentions a situation. A couple of days ago I had to email some photos from a smartphone. I sent them, but they remained in the outbox; apparently they wouldn’t depart. I wondered if something was …
Self-tutoring about a smartphone: the tutor mentions a solution he found. Recently my smartphone (Nexus 4 from 2013, I believe) started popping up a message pane: “Unfortunately, Google has stopped.” It would pop up over and over, sometimes only a …
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Self-tutoring about mobile phone usage: the tutor mentions a change he made today. My son mentioned to me the other day that he’d turned off auto-correct for his phone’s texting app. “You can do that?” I asked. “Yes. Go to …
Self-tutoring about smartphones: the tutor shares a way to clear the browser cache on an android phone. Here’s how I did it: Go to Settings, then Apps. Select the App whose cache you want to clear: in my case it …
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Self-tutoring about technology: the tutor inquires about screen size, resolution, dp, and ppi. Apparently, dp is 160x(screen size in inches). Resolution means, as I understand, the logical, rather than physical, linear elements across the screen. The reason: ppi (pixels per …
Technology self-tutoring: the tutor checks the importance of unplugging an unused phone charger. I’ve read in more than one place to unplug a phone charger when it’s not being used. Doing so I find inconvenient, but I’ve done it anyway …
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