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Unless you’ve recently been rescued from a deserted island, you’re surely aware of the dangers posed by the Covid-19 virus.
I won’t go into the sad details here, but the path of destruction this pandemic is leaving its wake is nothing short of mind-boggling.
The federal government has put out a wide variety of guidelines for us to follow in order to stay safe from the virus, but there’s one detail that I haven’t really seen addressed as well as it should be…
If you use an Android device you might have noticed that there’s a mysterious folder named LOST.DIR on your SD card.
If you look inside this folder you’ll see that it contains a bunch of weird numbered files.
Many people end up deleting this folder, thinking it might be a virus, but truth be told, it isn’t.
Question from Jim: I have a TracFone Motorola Moto G smartphone and at least twice a day I get a notification that says this:
Launch Device Pulse
I’ve tried everything I can think of to make it stop giving me those notifications. I even deleted the “Device Pulse” app and I’m still getting them.
Can you tell me how to put a stop to it? [Read more…]
If you use Facebook on your smartphone, chances are you access it via Facebook’s mobile app.
Do you frequently notice that your phone’s battery charge is evaporating faster than a drop of water in the Mojave desert?
If so, the culprit could well be that app. [Read more…]
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Question from Pam: Rick, I have recently gotten a new iPhone so I’m giving my old iPhone 11 to a friend.
I have wiped it clean, so I am good there. But now the battery is not staying charged much at all.
I’ve heard that you have to take an iPhone to the Apple store to have the battery changed, or they would give you a new phone.
Well, with my experience I’m pretty sure I can change it myself if I order a battery, and it’ll be cheaper too.
With your knowledge, do you think I should to take this phone to an Apple store to have the battery changed, or can I do it myself? [Read more…]