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  1. puppykickr

    Casting is a pipedream

    I give up. If casting is possible (I am not convinced that it is) then it is beyond me. After installing a myriad of worthless apps with bogus claims, and never being able to cast anything, I am turning off the tv and watching movies on my sorry ass phone again. Thanks for nothing, bullshit...
  2. puppykickr

    WHY?!?

    It seems impossible. I cannot connect the internet to anything but my phone. I have not watched anything on a real television in years, other than an occasional DVD somewhere where someone still has one of those. I recently got internet hooked up at my mother's house, and it is great...
  3. puppykickr

    Making Copies Of SMS

    I cannot remember where, but if I am right there have been at some time or another questions about how to copy SMS (text messages). Whether it is for copying or transfering to another device, I have found that Simple Messages (a Simple Mobile Tools app) allows for texts to be copied. Just...
  4. puppykickr

    New Device In Collection: TCL A3

    My workmate needed a cheap phone, so off to Wal-Mart we went. Long story short, after I helped him set up some things on it I decided to get one for myself- just for gaming. The specs are a bit better than what I have had before, with 3GB RAM and 32 GB internal. An SD card slot allows upto...
  5. puppykickr

    What 'adult beverage' are you enjoying RIGHT NOW?

    I love black liquorice. So, I spent way too much money and bought a bottle of absinthe. It is 138°, and downright delicious. I like it so well in fact, that I drink it (small sips at a time) straight- without the sugar or water. Soooooooooo good.
  6. puppykickr

    I hate 5G

    This is only getting worse. My cellular service has basically gone to 0. Now, the wi-fi - which I have to depend upon because cellular no longer works- is also failing. Everyone thinks that 5G is soooooo much better, then comes up with excuse after excuse when the switch is made and nothing...
  7. puppykickr

    Bad Update (opinion)

    An app that I have recommended many times has an update that removes some nice features. Simple Gallery Pro will no longer have the ability to see, find, or use 'hidden' folders. The developer claims that this is due to 'Android 11', but I have an Android 11 and the hidden files stuff worked...
  8. puppykickr

    InviZible Pro

    Ok, so I am testing out an app that I have found. I tried TOR with the standard fair Tor Browser and Orbot years ago, and periodically do so again to see if it has gotten any better. Normally, the answer is no. This time, it is a little bit better. But, because of the slow speed, constant...
  9. puppykickr

    Everything 5G Is Trash

    Everything 5G is trash. Now the family's router has two frequencies- 2.4GHz, and 5GHz. The 2.4GHz works fine. Now my devices keep trying to link to the stupid 5GHz connection, and then the signal is weak and I cannot connect. Even if I stand in front of the stupid thing, an app I have tells...
  10. puppykickr

    The Guys At My Shop Are Amazing Cooks

    So, there are two guys- the manager and his right hand man- that are unbelievable cooks. Calling them cooks is an insult. I would call them chefs, even though they have not been through such schooling. There are so many examples, such as a smoked pepper sauce made from 22 kinds of hot pepper-...
  11. puppykickr

    More Crap To Worry About

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dont-copy-paste-commands-from-webpages-you-can-get-hacked/
  12. puppykickr

    What Is Going On At AT&T?

    I am standing here, in an AT&T store for 20 minutes. Nobody is here. The door is unlocked, all the lights are on, TV, everything. No. Body. Here. I have knocked on the employee door twice, no answer.
  13. puppykickr

    T-Mobile - Is it really as bad as they say?

    YES. A most emphatic YES. Check out my signal strength at home. Really surprised that it even connected, usually it will not even do that. It only works while I am at work, a place where I have no time to mess with a phone. More than half way through the month, and have not even used 400MB of...
  14. puppykickr

    Additional App Repositories For F-Droid

    As I am sure some here may have noticed, I will get an app from F-Droid before any other appstore. And as I have a tendency to post large amounts of links to apps there, it has sometimes been an issue when the app link is from a repository not on the F-Droid site or included automatically with...
  15. puppykickr

    How Did I Prevent Bloatware And Google From My New Device? (My latest experiment)

    TL;DR: I think I found a simple, quick way to prevent bloatware from ever being downloaded onto a new device, and also not have any Google junk as well. So, after years of frustration with bloatware and Google, and without root only being able to disable every such crAPP on my old 5.1- I now...
  16. puppykickr

    Most Worthless Cellular 'Service'?

    Is T-Mobile the most worthless cellular service? Cannot use the phone or data while indoors. Phone calls are broken up and dropped even with 4 out of 5 bars of 'service'. How can such a useless 'service' even continue to exist, and why eould they even bother to try to be in this area if it...
  17. puppykickr

    Wi-Fi keeps stopping/starting

    Ok, so as some here may know, I smashed my junk device because it constantly was trying to update. 'security update' Which, of course, had nothing to do with security, and everything to do with forcing updates to all the Google crap that I don't want- along with updates to all the apps that I...
  18. puppykickr

    "Wi-Fi Manager will not work without Google Play Services..."

    After I smashed my most hated device the other day, I had to find a replacement. Because I have been rather impressed with the cheap Motorola devices that can be had at Wal-Mart, I headed over there to see what could be done. I know that there are unlocked versions of their cheapest, locked...
  19. puppykickr

    I smashed my phone today

    So- today I smashed my phone. Like I literally deliberately dashed it into the asphalt driveway with the full intention of destroying it. I did not even bother to get anything off of the worthless digital turd first. The other night, the screen became unresponsive in about 25% of its area, and...
  20. puppykickr

    Help with contacts

    As most here will know, I have a hate/hate (as opposed to a love/hate) relationship with Google. Because I don't strive hard enough in life for better, I cannot afford a very decent device. The debate over the wisdom of this is not the point of this discussion- it is what it is. Anyway, lol...
  21. puppykickr

    Sans Disk 256 GB card is junk

    I have no computer, so phones with SD cards are my only storage. Late in April I bought a Moto e6 that has 256 GB SD card capability. The idea was that I could back up all the other 32 GB SD cards I have onto this one. I had successfully backed up one, and was getting ready to do another...
  22. puppykickr

    I Hate Google

    I hate Google! Did I mention that I hate Google? So, after a nightmare of trying to get a damn phone just to do phone things, it seemed that I had finally succeeded- well, at least the stupid thing could make and receive calls- sometimes. Sometimes even texting worked. Data was basically...
  23. puppykickr

    Chrome Is A Pig

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/dumping-google-chrome-resulted-in-one-colossal-benefit/?ftag=TRE-03-10aaa6b&bhid=29131719726798208162557997289592&mid=13375237&cid=2217531939&eh=ba0a5147b75b3e3ead58804ca6363f4f7e7bced71d6d3a6b00389b96de3f6476
  24. puppykickr

    Screwed For Cellular Service

    As some of you may be aware, I was recently screwed out of cellular service by my provider. If someone asks, I will rehash what that was about. Anyway, after being without a working cellular for a month, I decided to break down and go with a pre-pay provider that my ol'lady uses- Straight...
  25. puppykickr

    Q-Link Screws Up Bigtime With 5G Rollout

    Q-Link, one of the largest providers of free cellular service via the government plan, has recently switched from 4G to 5G. Unfortunately, what I and many (if not most) of the users of this service have found is that Q-Link was woefully unprepared for such a switch. Not only were the majority...
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