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  1. joe71

    Decisions, Decisions

    Okay once again I need to get another device:mad:. So I have five devices I am looking at. The Moto 5 G stylus 5G (2022) The Motorola edge +(2022) Samsung Z fold 3 Samsung S 21 ultra Pixel 6 pro. I know I want something with a stylus or stylus compatible. I know some of you will ask what about...
  2. joe71

    Texas shooting

    People who are going to start screaming about the need for gun control after the tragic events in Texas today, my response is shut the F up, no one cares, 19 students dead ages 8-10 plus two teachers, last week 10 killed in New York, no one cares about mass shootings anymore and...
  3. joe71

    RCA TV

    Something I came across at an abandoned casino resort in Nevada
  4. joe71

    Software and security patch updates.

    Okay I have been using the Moto G7 power since May. I bought it for $229 plus tax at Walmart. When I turned the phone on I checked the software and it had Android 8 (Oreo install) so I checked for a software update. For almost five hours it downloaded and installed various security patches...
  5. joe71

    Friday flash back

    Saw this old Verizon pay phone at a Kmart distribution center in Ontario California
  6. joe71

    The Rooster that cross the road

    So today I am rolling through yuba City California and I had been stopped at an intersection so right before I start rolling forward I scan quickly left to right, right to left, left to right and then I see it A rooster standing on the corner:thinking: He started walking in the crossing lane...
  7. joe71

    Pie for Nokia V2

    Okay my pixel 3 was getting a little hot and the battery was about to run out. So I switched back over to my Nokia V2. I am expecting some important emails and calls don't want to miss them. So I am on a call and the phone image symbol thing indicating a update is available to be installed...
  8. joe71

    Aliens and Facebook

    Okay so by now most of you have heard, seen or read about some huge plan to over run the top secret military base known as area 51 in September of this year. Perhaps you yourself have signed up for this stunt. For the record there are two roads that lead into area 51. However both roads end at...
  9. joe71

    Landscape headache

    Okay unless I am watching music videos or a movie, I keep my phone on portrait mode. Over the last week or so I will turn off the auto rotation after I am done watching what ever but then a few minutes I will go to use my phone and it's back in landscape mode. I will check and make sure the auto...
  10. joe71

    Back with Nokia

    So I am back with Nokia. Spent $49.99 plus for the device. My moto e5 play took an extended dive in icy sludge. So for the price you get a fairly standard device in way of build. It looks like the majority of other smartphones on the market. The phone comes with a headphone Jack and dual front...
  11. joe71

    Moto E5 play pop up problems

    I am constantly getting this pop up ad for this slot game, I don't have any games installed on this phone (Moto E5 play) i will be trying to text or send an email or I will be on a call and it will go off. I swear to God if I meet the man or woman responsible for that game I would force their...
  12. joe71

    How no coffee at truck stop led me to my new phone case

    You average truck driver can go with out having a decent home cooked , sit down meal for weeks or months on end. You quickly learn as much as you would like , you're chances of getting a hot shower daily just aren't going to happen. Clean clothes? Bring about four to five weeks of clothes...
  13. joe71

    Houston we might have a problem

    So yesterday I am rolling through Ohio headed to Pennsylva, I have this truck driver GPS app downloaded . I use it and an old fashion Atlas for directions. So as I am rolling along I hear the phone ring, I am not going to answer because I am driving, I glance to see who it is if it's work or the...
  14. joe71

    Deer on Broadway

    So last night early this morning I was driving through Pennsylvania and I passed this electronic marquee that flashed "Watch Deer on Broadway" a short later I passed another marque that flashed "Deer on Broadway, watch out" And finally a third sign "caution deer close to Broadway" so as I drove...
  15. joe71

    Got me a Moto E5

    So I have been planning and then putting off getting a second cellphone. As a truck driver communication is a top priority and for nearly a week communication with the company I work for was a huge issue. primarily caused by my cellphone service provider and being in the mid west. For almost a...
  16. joe71

    Google+ the end

    The only two social media sites/forum's I seriously follow and post at are Androidforums and Google+. I did mocospace for a short time (a few months) and I was on Facebook for several years but left years ago after all I started getting was telemarketing ads or news bites and nothing from the...
  17. joe71

    Question about using headphones and charging at the same time

    First off I am sure that this has been ask before however my phone keeps acting and wouldn't allow me to real search for it. My question is if there is a dual charging port that allows you to charge and use headphones at the same time? I have tried Amazon and it seems they do make devices but...
  18. joe71

    Ready to move on

    Back on January my Nexus 6 crashed and died. It got stuck in strange factory reset mode before finally just dying. I had no intention of replacing my Nexus 6. To me it was the perfect phone. I was going to keep that phone until it fell apart and then I was going to purchase a new frame, no...
  19. joe71

    LG G6 barely two months in

    Okay I have had the LG G6 for just a little under two months and to be honest after two months it has barely began to grow on me. I only got the G6 because of the price and it was one of the few phones that still had a head phone jack. I have notice several issues that started out small and at...
  20. joe71

    A Sith Lord hijacked my Nexus 6

    Okay, yesterday I was out and about running errands. I was somewhere standing in line and decided to pull out my phone and check the news. I was scrolling through the articles and saw one that caught my attention. However I accidentally opened the wrong article, something about this Jedi...
  21. joe71

    The rainbow screen of death.

    So back in 2011 my wife saw the original note on some Korean drama program she was watching and fell in love. She attempted to purchase one through TMobile (her carrier) but it never happened. Finally 2012 came and so did the note 2. My wife got one and she was crazy. Time went on and 2014...
  22. joe71

    Ongoing issues on the N6

    The split second you power on any device, whether computer, phone, a game boy, you're living on borrowed time. We natural expect our phones to run at least six months to a year, hopefully a little longer My Nexus 6 has been going almost non stop for two years. In that time period I have had...
  23. joe71

    The Nexus 6 year 2

    January 2017 officially marks my second year with the Nexus 6. It also sets a personal record for the longest I have gone using one device. Prior to this my record was 18 months with my late great Samsung Galaxy, S3. I have owned 10 phones in the last seven years and none compares with the Nexus 6.
  24. joe71

    Shopping for my next Nexus

    This week Samsung mobile officially announced the release of the new Note 7. The minute that pre orders started being taken my wife was on the computer placing her order. For whatever reason the order wouldn't go through. So yesterday after she got off work we went to a T-Mobile store where she...
  25. joe71

    Help nexus camera settings after 5.1 update

    Okay this question is primarily for nexus 6 users, but if anyone has had similar issues with any device feel free to share. Okay the question it seems to me that after I did the android 5.1 update some settings for the camera on the nexus 6 went missing am I wrong or did the settings change?
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