Android Hardware – Daves Computer Tips

Netflix Video Not Playing

Terry Hollett — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 05:21:51 +0000

I’m not really into wrestling or sports, in general, but I have relatives who are. They were trying to watch a wrestling match, but the video wouldn’t play. There were no error messages. All the other videos seemed to be working. I first assumed that because the broadcast date was the same as the day they were trying to watch it, maybe it wasn’t available yet. They waited. A day later…

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How To Improve Your Mobile Signal

Jim Canfield — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 05:04:06 +0000

In the past, I have heard many of my clients complain about spotty cell phone performance to the point where the phone won’t even ring, and the call might automatically go to voicemail. I personally have never experienced this problem, and to be honest, I never gave it much thought. I simply assumed they had spotty area coverage or poor carrier services to begin with. In a recent service call…

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Fixing A Frozen Android Touch Screen

Terry Hollett — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 04:01:45 +0000

My Sister’s Android screen froze up. She tried to restart the phone by holding the power button. The shutdown screen options appeared, but tapping any of the icons had no effect. It seemed like everything was working, but the touch screen. So if your touch screen seems to stop working and you can’t even restart your phone, try this. Hold the “volume down” button and the “power button” at the…

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Record Android To PC – HD Video Capture USB

Terry Hollett — Tue, 20 May 2025 04:46:57 +0000

I wrote about this before, but using a lower quality video capture device called “Easycap”. Read here: How To Record From Cable To Computer Using OBS Studio I recently bought an HD Video Capture USB device called a “Guermok Video Capture Card” from Amazon. They still call it a card. I bought it, received it, and hooked it up, and this is how it went from there… I plugged my HDMI cable into…

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TV On Your Smartphone On Your TV

Terry Hollett — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 06:00:51 +0000

I recently wrote about using Android TV on your PC. How about watching TV on your phone? It’s pretty easy. Go to the app store, depending on your phone, and search for a TV app. Many stations have apps now, so search for your favourite channels. These are my recommendations, but only because I was able to get them to work on my ancient “Galaxy J3 (2018)” Android phone: Pluto TV, Plex, Tubi…

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The Power Of Automatic Rebooting For Your Devices

Stuart Berg — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:46:29 +0000

You are likely aware that most electronic devices need to be rebooted occasionally. However, when do you do it? Many people wait until there is a problem or their devices start acting strangely. Why not be proactive and auto-reboot your devices on a schedule? In a previous article, “Your Home Network Maintenance“, the network reboot necessity and a way to do it automatically using a weekly timer…

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Phones Of the DCT Team In 2024 – Part 2

Marc Thomas — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:05:13 +0000

As I mentioned in Part 1 of these articles, it seems that we were changing phones more often in 2015, perhaps because phones were cheaper. For example, an HTC One M9 would have cost around $650, an iPhone 6s between $400 and $500, and a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge between $700 and $1000. But generally, mobile phones will be more expensive in 2024, possibly because some phones have become must-have…

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How To Make Android Battery Last Much Longer

Stuart Berg — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:22:58 +0000

For any device containing a lithium-ion battery, using it until the battery is almost to zero charge and then recharging until it is at 100% greatly reduces the overall lifespan of the battery. For devices that have very expensive lithium-ion batteries like electric vehicles, the charging may tell you it is fully charged or out of charge, but in reality, it is charged to less than the 100%

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How To Print From An Android Phone

Terry Hollett — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 04:01:28 +0000

Some people come to me asking to print something using their phones. I wanted to find a way to print directly from an Android and with a little research, I did. I tried printing to my Canon (MG2525) printer. Even though it is shared through my network, I couldn’t get my phone to pick it up. Luckily, my uncle gave me his old printer. He mainly used it to copy things, he got an error message…

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Backgrounds Not Showing On Android

Terry Hollett — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 04:04:07 +0000

My uncle called me because he put his phone in his pocket and then lost his background picture on his Android phone. I first recommended he set another picture to see what would happen. Go to your “Gallery” select a picture and on the three-dot menu, tap and look for the option to set as wallpaper. This didn’t work. I told him to restart his phone which didn’t work. It finally occurred to me…

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How To Take Panoramic Pics With Android

Terry Hollett — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 04:03:45 +0000

A “Panoramic” picture is a picture with a broader or wider view of your subject. You can take one with your Android phone but settings may vary depending on your version. Click on the camera icon on your phone. If it’s not upfront go into your settings first. Swipe up from the bottom. Down near the button that snaps the photo, you’ll see a series of options and it’s probably set to “Photo” but…

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Which Maps Do You Use?

Marc Thomas — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 05:07:17 +0000

During my many years as a salesman in the UK and Europe back in the 80s and 90s, a big map was indispensable, along with The Three Ps (phone, pee, and park). Clearly, this was long before the age of smartphones and digital maps, and I still love those paper maps, be they maritime charts, road maps, or Ordnance Survey Maps (topographical/US Topo Maps). But I haven’t used a paper map for years…

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How To Hard Reset Your Android Phone With USB Cable

Marc Thomas — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 04:14:52 +0000

Yesterday I needed to clear the cache partition on my Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra because of a Bluetooth issue. The normal procedure is to switch off the phone, then hold the power button and volume up button until you get to the system recovery menu. I tried this several times but the phone simply restarted in its normal way. I later discovered that due to a software update the phone must be…

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Google’s App Installation Optimization For Android

Jim Canfield — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 05:12:37 +0000

Recently, I have been getting a lot of apps appearing on my phone. After a little research, I noticed that Google’s App Install and Optimization Tool was set to on and it is the furthest thing from an optimization tool “for the user” as you can get. Basically, The App Install Optimization by Google is quoted by Google, This optimization tool certainly optimizes Google’s ability to dump…

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