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    SmartSwitch quit allowing Outlook sync

    Belated thank you for the tip on MyPhoneExplorer. I have yet to implement it fully (don't want to double up my Android contacts when I do!), but I did install the Windows client on my PC, and it looks like the functionality is what I need. I will try to post back when I have time to implement &...
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    SmartSwitch quit allowing Outlook sync

    Does anyone have an actual answer here? I use Outlook on my desktop PC, and I need to synchronize contacts & calendar from my local Outlook .pst file to my Galaxy A51. Smart Switch used to do that but quit doing it in the last automatic update, and I cannot get the old version back. My contacts...
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    SmartSwitch quit allowing Outlook sync

    Outlook does not provide any native way to synchronize with my phone. All my contacts are in Outlook on my computer, and Smart Switch does have an Outlook sync option. I have been synchronizing my Contacts and Calendar (one way) from computer to Android since I got the phone about three years...
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    SmartSwitch quit allowing Outlook sync

    This has happened before on an auto-update of Samsung Smart Switch: I am prompted for the update, and when the update is done, Smart Switch comes up prompting me to transfer data from one phone to another. But that is not why I use Smart Switch; I use it for the sole purpose of synchronizing...
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    Help Hot spot no longer shares internet after OS update

    Sorry about the late post back here. The problem still exists, but I finally called the provider who told me, "You don't have a hot spot plan--only a data plan." I objected on the basis that it worked that way for three years, but their tech support was not helpful and just kept repeating that I...
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    Help Hot spot no longer shares internet after OS update

    But the hot spot does provide internet access when I connect it to WiFi and tick the WiFi Sharing option to allow the hot spot to provide internet to my laptop when the Android is connected to WiFi. Just not when connected to mobile data. But the Android itself has access to mobile data even...
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    Help Hot spot no longer shares internet after OS update

    The same thing happens when I connect my iPad to the hot spot: the hot spot serves out a DHCP IP address but does not provide internet access.
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    Help Hot spot no longer shares internet after OS update

    My Galaxy A51 installed update to One UI 5 (Android 13) a couple of weeks ago, and ever since then, my Hot Spot will not allow internet. That is, I can still connect my laptop to the hot spot on the Galaxy, and it correctly provide a DHCP IP address to my laptop, but the laptop says No Internet...
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    Voice notes

    A51 is my first Android. In my environment, I make voice notes all day long as I drive about my business, then transfer them on my computer, where I listen to them while working there entering information into various programs: time & mileage logs, QuickBooks, Outlook, etc. It is very...
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    Smart Switch auto-sync

    The A51 is my first Samsung phone. I installed Smart Switch to do my one-way sync of Outlook contacts to the phone. But I have to manually start the sync. Is there any way to configure Smart Switch to auto-sync when the A51 is connected to the computer or at least when it is connected and I then...
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    Shortcuts

    Although I have been supporting various Android devices for clients, I just finally made the move from my ancient Blackberry (don't laugh--my mobile device needs are extremely few but very detailed!) to a Galaxy A51. Now I am trying to figure out how to make super-accessible shortcuts for a few...
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