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How to assign custom ringtones for your important contacts

Posted on May 14, 2022

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By default, when people call you on your smartphone the ringtone will sound the same regardless of who is calling you.

And that can be a problem if your phone starts ringing while it’s sitting on a table on the other side of the room.

The caller could well be someone you really want to talk to, but it could also be a call you’d rather skip for the time being.

Unfortunately, the only way to find out is to stop what you’re doing and go pick up the phone.

Well, there’s an easy fix or this problem… [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I remove the PIN from my Android phone?

Posted on October 18, 2021

Question from Angie: I started dating a guy a few months ago. I really liked him but he had an annoying habit of picking up my phone and looking at my called logs.

I think he was checking up on me to see if I was calling other guys. I didn’t like him spying on me that way and I told him so, but he kept on doing it.

I finally put a PIN on my phone so he wouldn’t be able to get into it.

We recently broke up so I no longer need the PIN. The problem is it won’t let me remove it (that option is grayed out).

What do I need to do to remove the PIN from my phone? [Read more…]

How make your Android phone’s battery charge last a little longer

Posted on October 16, 2021

Does it seem like the battery in your Android phone dies a lot sooner than it should? If so, you’re certainly not alone.

A while back I wrote a post listing 7 tips for extending your Android phone’s battery life, and they all help quite a bit.

Well, here’s a bonus tip that will make your battery last even longer. All you have to do is change your phone’s wallpaper to one that’s solid black!

You’re probably wondering why using a black background can save battery life, and that’s a good question. And the answer is really pretty simple: The brighter the screen, the more current the battery must supply to keep it lit up.

Bottom line: Changing from a light colored background to a solid black one allows your phone to operate with less current being drawn from the battery.

Switching your phone to a solid black wallpaper is easy. Here’s how: [Read more…]

Scam alert: Malicious apps can ‘root’ Android devices without the owners’ permission

Posted on July 19, 2021

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One of the great things about modern smartphones and tablets is their ability to run apps that perform a wide variety of useful tasks.

If you can think of something for your device to do on your behalf, there is probably an app for it.

In reality, smartphones and tablets are in fact tiny computers, and the apps they run are actually computer programs, and there’s a downside to that…

Any device that can run a computer program is subject to being attacked by hackers. [Read more…]

How to disable automatic app updates on your smartphone or tablet

Posted on July 17, 2021

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Do you have an iPhone, an iPad or an Android device?

If so, you probably know that by default your device will update your apps automatically as soon as updates become available.

Auto-Updates are fine if you are comfortable with accepting every app’s “permissions” and you are almost always in a place where there’s a strong cellular or Wi-Fi signal available.

But if you prefer to review the permissions before allowing your apps to update (yes, permissions are updated at times) or if you are often in places with weak signal coverage, you’d probably be better off setting Auto-Updates to “Off”.

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