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If you have one or more devices that run iOS 9 you’ve probably noticed that many of the events mentioned in your emails are now automatically added to your Calendar.
Many users find this new feature useful, but others dislike the way it tends to fill up the calendar and make it more difficult to track the events they are most interested in.
Luckily, it’s easy to prevent iOS 9 from automatically adding email events to your calendar. Just follow theses simple steps: [Read more…]
If you have an Phone, iPad or iPod Touch you probably have tons of apps, photos, music and other files on your device(s).
Making regular backups will ensure that you’ll be able to easily restore all of those precious items if something should ever happen to your device.
You have several options when deciding how to back up your iOS device, but my preferred method by far is backing up to your iCloud account. If you’d like to use iCloud to store your backups as well, here’s how to do it: [Read more…]
Question from Gina: Hi Rick. I need help!!! I have an LG G3 phone with 4G-LTE. For the last few days I’ve been unable to connect to the Internet over the Sprint network.
The phone gives me an error message stating that it’s unable to connect to the network. I can make and receive phone calls just fine and I can use the Internet with Wi-Fi. It just won’t connect to the Sprint network.
I’ve checked all the settings and nothing seems to be set incorrectly. Can you tell me how to fix this?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Many of are used to upgrading to a new mobile phone every couple of years and receiving the new phone either for free or at a greatly reduced price. But if you are a Verizon customer, that perk is about to come to an end.
The major cell carriers have traditionally offered their customers a selection of subsidized phones in exchange for having them sign on to two year contracts. If a customer subsequently canceled their contract before the two years was up, they would have to pay for the phone by coughing up a huge Early Termination Fee. [Read more…]
Beginning July 15, all T-Mobile customers who have a “Simple Choice” plan will be able to use their phones to make voice calls, send and receive texts and use their 4G LTE data anywhere in North America with no roaming charges.
The need to pay expensive roaming charges after crossing the border into Mexico or Canada has always been a major issue for cellular customers who travel between the U.S. and our two neighboring countries. But after the 15th, that issue will no longer exist for “Simple Choice” customers. [Read more…]