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    Motorola .BAK File replaced my own file on Android 12

    In this case, "the careless" seems to have been me! I am not sure how the original file disappeared, but I don't think, now, that it had anything to do with the appearance of the .bak file. By careful experimentation, I have ascertained that deleting an unwanted .bak file does not do any harm...
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    Motorola .BAK File replaced my own file on Android 12

    Hello, tech wizards. On my Android phone, I created a file of easily-forgotten data (in DOCX format). I used SoftMaker Textmaker app to do this. The file was not confidential, so I did not apply a password to it, and my intention was to store this file in a folder on my SD card, which I did...
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    Google drive settings

    Thanks for that, Dannydet. I managed to download the file, after doing as you instructed. It was created on my computer using Apple Pages app. So, the phone cannot read it (it says, Unknown file). However, I am downloading a flle viewer for Android, which I hope will allow me to read what is in...
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    Google drive settings

    I hope that this forum is the correct one to post about this. I use a Motorola smartphone, and have Google Drive installed on it. On my Mac computer (which is an old one), I used to have Google Drive installed, until about two years ago, when my Mac could not support or use the update, because...
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    Will all my tasks be lost from my Android Calendar app?

    A belated thank you, Dannydet, for this helpful reply (the last few days have been hectic, and I could not use my computer). I am unable to find out which calendar is on the phone. I have tried in various ways, but all I see is "Calendar". However, in Settings, I did find Backup, which includes...
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    Will all my tasks be lost from my Android Calendar app?

    I am using an Android smartphone (which happens to be a Motorola). Because my digital organiser is on the blink, I have transferred all of the entries in it, into the Calendar app that lives in my phone. At some time next year, it will be time to replace my smartphone, and I am concerned about...
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    Galaxy s20 + 5g phone is not reliable

    Svim, I'm overwhelmed by your kindness, in explaining all that to me! With regard to the SIM card tray, yes, it had a very slightly curved appearance, and how I'm so sure of that is that, at first, the card would not stay where it had been placed — in its correct little rectangle, in the tray...
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    Galaxy s20 + 5g phone is not reliable

    Thanks indeed, svim, for the trouble you have taken in replying (all that typing!). I have to be very careful with my wife about her phone. She is very reluctant to try new things, so I very much doubt that she would want to use the Cloud. However, the Files app is set to list, so I shall...
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    Galaxy s20 + 5g phone is not reliable

    Thanks for that useful information, ocnbrze. I shall now discuss these possibilities with my wife. I'm sorry about the delay in replying, but my computer has been out of order. Also, Android forums seemed to have stopped working. It's good to see it back again. With kind regards, S.
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    Galaxy s20 + 5g phone is not reliable

    I'm sorry — I thought I had said what kind of phone it is. It's a Galaxy s20 + 5g. She does not use the standard Gallery app, she uses A+ Gallery, which we both think is much better. However, if one tried to delete an image, a complicated alert comes up, saying that permission must be obtained...
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    Galaxy s20 + 5g phone is not reliable

    Hello Android experts. About three months ago, I bought a (brand-new) phone for my wife. In all other respects, she finds it quite satisfactory, but there are two things that she wishes could be improved. 1) The most important of the two is that, when she is in a telephone conversation with...
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    Help Is this phone a definite fire-hazard?

    That's very reassuring, ocnbrze. Thank you very much. I have been astonished at the lengths people on this forum will go to, to help someone. Thank you all, again! S.
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    Help Is this phone a definite fire-hazard?

    Wow, svim, that is some reply! Thanks for the plethora of information and advice.
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    Help Is this phone a definite fire-hazard?

    Windroid: My wife doesn't keep financial information on her phone. She only keeps her family photographs on it. As far as Web usage is concerned, mostly, she uses online dictionaries. I shall bear in mind what you say about obtaining a new one (in due course). Thanks for all your information and...
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    Help Is this phone a definite fire-hazard?

    I'm profoundly grateful for all of these replies, and I appreciate the trouble you have all taken to type out such long and detailed responses. Thank you all, very very much! My wife can hang on to her beloved phone for a while longer now. That's just as well, because I don't know how we would...
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    Help Is this phone a definite fire-hazard?

    Thanks, Mike. However, my question remains: does a battery become a fire-hazard simply because it is old, even if it is not swollen? And of course, if the phone eventually starts to malfunction through an aged battery (or for any other cause), it will be obvious that it needs replacing. Even my...
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    Help Is this phone a definite fire-hazard?

    It's seven years since I bought a Samsung Galaxy s7 smartphone for my wife. After reluctantly giving up her old Nokia, she grew to love it. However, after all this time, I'm wondering whether the Galaxy s7 ought to be let go of. It's not that it doesn't work satisfactorily for her — she is...
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    Frustration after system update

    Thanks for the extra information, ocnbrze. I'm sorry about the delay in replying, but I have been busy away from the computer. One can never have too many tips, so I shall remember that. S.
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    Frustration after system update

    Thank you. I shall try doing that. I should post in due course, if that works. Hey! — it was simpler than I thought, to download it again, and it works as it used to do. Thanks very much!
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    Frustration after system update

    Can anyone comment usefully on something that I discovered yesterday (26 Feb 2023). My phone is an Android — a Motorola moto g22. On 25/2/2023, I allowed a system update (update number: STAS32.79-77-28-18-2) and everything seemed fine. However, the day after the update, I clicked on DuckDuck Go...
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    no SIM tray on old Galaxy s7 phone

    Hello. I'm getting a bit frantic. My wife asked me to insert a different sim card into her rather old Galaxy s& (it's six years old). I was the one that set it up initially, and there was no difficulty in finding the SIM drawer then. However, I have spent over an hour, looking for it (even seen...
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    Galaxy S7 jack-plug size?

    Hello: I need to buy a loudspeaker for my wife's Galaxy s7 phone, but choosing the right one is an ordeal. My main concern is that the jack-plug must be of the correct size, but I don't have any way of being sure of this. Can someone tell me, with certainty, which size it is, so that I can buy...
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    Emails and Smartphones

    Hello experts: I shall try to be as brief as possible. When, six years ago, I bought a brand-new Samsung Galaxy S7 for my wife, I had to set it up for her to use, since she has no knowledge whatsoever of digital procedures (I am not much better, but I managed it because I just followed...
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    Retracting camera setting window

    Hello! Can someone please tell me how to cure the following problem with my wife's Samsung Galaxy s7? (She relies on me to do the troubleshooting — ha, ha!) When the camera app is opened for use, at the top right of the screen is a little cogwheel (the camera settings icon). However, though the...
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    Why won't my green telephone icon work, when a call arrives?

    Hi wizards. Mostly, I use my Galaxy s5 for sending texts, but found out recently that a call from a caller stored in my Contacts could not answered. I pressed the green telephone icon repeatedly, but it simply would not answer. This caller kept on ringing from time to time, and the same thing...
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