Android and Verizon

2023-04-03 Google Makes It Easier to Share Files Between Windows and Android

2023-01-26 disable the stupid Samsung Free

2022-05-13 to sort clock app alarms, choose more menu->sort->custom order. Then long press and at right edge of alarm item an order icon appears to drag up or down.

2022-05-04 android chrome won't use extensions and that makes viewing sports streams impossible & super terrible; on my phone I installed Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet from the Google Play Store, then I went to more menu->Extensions and installed AdBlocker Ultimate; for the fire hd tablet, I was able to install Play Store (see user guides folder) but the Kiwi Browser won't work on that old OS

2022-03-19 getting rid of "simplified view" popup in Chrome for Android.    go to chrome://flags    search for "Reader Mode Triggering" and select "Never"

2022-01-13 viewing texts online  (local .jpg)  log into MyVerizon then  Account (at the top) -> More -> Text online .

2021-12-12 turning off grouping in Chrome for Android (seems to not work anymore)
    go to chrome://flags    
    tab groups continuation was disabled - i made it enabled
    tab grid layout was enabled - i made it disabled
    didn't seem to change anything

Exporting Contacts and importing them into Outlook

S20+ status icons

3 line menu is "hamburger menu" - per Darryl @ USCB 2021-02ish, the 3 dots more menu is sometimes called "kabob menu"

app used by Verizon to move content from old phone to new phone in play store "Verizon Content Transfer"

Samsung 800-726-7864

“Menu” icon (aka “Hamburger” icon)  = stack of three horizontal lines in upper left corner of the screen = Unicode Character 'TRIGRAM FOR HEAVEN' (U+2630)       use in html    ☰  
"Overflow" icon = three vertical dots = Unicode Character 'VERTICAL ELLIPSIS' (U+22EE)    

grid view tabs in chrome
chrome://flags
search for "Tab Grid Layout", select "Enabled Search term chip"

Stupid "not enough space to install" message :  happens because when displaying used space on phone memory, the space used by application caches is not displayed, but it is actually counting towards used space. Delete the cache (no data will be lost) to make room.

getting rid of suggested name in new email 
bluetooth file transfer
don't show pics in folder and subfolders
internal storage / hidden files and folders

custom notification sounds (e.g. for contact specificic text message notification) put in /storage/sdcard0/notifications  original info
then use the Customize in Message+ as opposed to making the change in Contacts

 

Enable or Disable the Mobile Data Connection

  1. From the home screen, tap Apps.
  2. Tap Settings.
  3. Scroll to and tap More networks.
  4. Tap Mobile networks.
  5. Tap Mobile data.
  6. Tap OK if prompted.

 

App Data Use

to see the amount of space taken up by each app,

(1) this article said to use Google Play.  Click on the more menu, then select "My apps & games", then click on "Installed".  Click on the quasi-more menu (which probably defaulted to Alpabetical) and choose "Size".

(2) settings->storage->Internal Storage-> Apps  [has sort by size, shows data and cache values]

(3) settings->applications->Application Manager [fairly quick, shows value for each app, no sort by size]

getting rid of suggested recipients 

Note:  all email server settings & emails on phone will be deleted

Applications->All->Email->Storage  then delete both cache and data

Bluetooth file Transfer

bluetooth file transfer from phone to win7 computer

open control panel on destination (computer) and search for blue, under Devices and Printers click Change Bluetooth settings

check "Allow Bluetooth devices to find this computer"

click Start button, search for "fsquirt" click recieve files [on work laptop, there is an icon for Bluetooth File Transfer that starts this same application

don't show pics in folder and subfolders

Add a file ".nomedia" to have the pics, movies and music not be added to gallery, etc.  Note that Windows won't allow a file with only a filename extension [and no filename base], so create/rename the file directly on the android device

Internal storage / hidden files and folders

it appears there is a bug in Astro that prevents hidden files and folders from being displayed

Export SMS

STEP 1 Export from Android SMS to Gmail (see info here)   [NOTE: "SMS Backup" + and/or gmail export are not exporting some of the messages.  Try "SMS Backup & Restore" next time

 

STEP 2 Export from Gmail to .pst (see info here)

IMAP connection nstructions from gmail
Note that for Outlook, 2-Step verification is not available, so follow these instructions

Yes. No 3rd party tool needed.
(Outlook 2013)
Connect Outlook to your Gmail account (enable IMAP in settings if needed)
In Outlook, click File
Click Open and Export
Import/Export
Select 'Export to a file'
Next
Select Outlook Data File (.pst)
Select which Outlook folder to export
Next
Give it a location to save the .pst to
click Finish
Done...

SMS Backup+ recommended by androidauthority.com

backs up but apparently can't view contents easily
MyBackup Pro by rerware.com

Exporting Contacts and importing them into Outlook

Android contacts only exports as .vcf and when imported into Outlook, only the first contact is imported.  The workaround is to use google contacts as a free and easy way to convert .vcf to .csv

  1. Open Contacts and click the overflow icon = three vertical dots
  2. Choose Settings, then Contacts, then Import/Export contacts
  3. Choose one of the Export choices and note the location where the file will be saved
  4. Move the file to a Windows machine that is logged into google
  5. Go to https://contacts.google.com/
  6. Choose the Import submenu from the More menu on the left side, then pick "CSV or vCard file" in the dialog
  7. If a dialog is displayed that it isn't yet supported, click the "GO TO OLD VERSION" link, then click "Import Contacts..." in the left column.
  8. Follow the prompts to select the file and import the vCard (.vcf) file.
  9. While still in the old version of Google Contacts, click the More menu at the top and choose Export, choose "Outlook CSV ..." then follow the prompts
  10. Open the .csv file in Excel and save it as .csv again to change line feeds from 1 character to CR + LFs.  This avoids an import error in
    11. step 12.
  11. Create a new Contacts folder in Outloook
  12. Import the CSV file into Outlook with File-> "Open & Export" -> Import/Export -> Import from another program or file.  A prompt will allow the selection of the newly created Contacts folder.

originally got idea from here

last updated:    Mon 2023-04-03 12:27 PM