OK, so I first used Unix in 1983 and the internet in 1985 and have an advanced degree in engineering but it doesn't help with this Christmas present.
My first smart phone and while it may be smart, it just makes me look dumb. I just joined this forum but I have been reading and searching the net and the downloaded user manual for answers but they don't help enough so I am going to start with simple questions. By the way, I don't feel comfortable rooting the phone just yet. Seems awfully complicated.
Questions:
On my old ordinary phone, you could mute all sounds (like when at a concert) by just golding down one phone button until it told you it was done. You then just did the same thing to undo it. So how do you do it on this one?
I tried charging this phone with the plug-in charger from my old one. It seemed to think it was charging but wouldn't. The Samsung charger works. I guess not enough oomph. Hate that as I have two old ones (home and for suitcase). Hate to buy another one. Since obviously compatibility is not just the USB connectors fitting, any suggestions?
Every time I touch the phone, I somehow seem to unintentionally hit a button on the sides or front or hit the screen. Such a pain when one is old. I turned on the PIN screen lock because as a retired computer security consultant, I am concerned about protecting myself but this means I either have to type in my PIN every few seconds (vs just sliding the puzzle piece) or I have to leave the screen active long enough to wear the battery down faster. any other alternatives? Would love a real fingerprint ID capability rather than that phony one in the app store.
On my old phone, even when locked, I had the capability to do two useful things (1) I could put my pic as the background (it made it instantly identifiable to me and everyone else) and I could have a banner with short msg & my home phone number so someone would know who to call if they found my phone. Can I do that?
My first smart phone and while it may be smart, it just makes me look dumb. I just joined this forum but I have been reading and searching the net and the downloaded user manual for answers but they don't help enough so I am going to start with simple questions. By the way, I don't feel comfortable rooting the phone just yet. Seems awfully complicated.
Questions:
On my old ordinary phone, you could mute all sounds (like when at a concert) by just golding down one phone button until it told you it was done. You then just did the same thing to undo it. So how do you do it on this one?
I tried charging this phone with the plug-in charger from my old one. It seemed to think it was charging but wouldn't. The Samsung charger works. I guess not enough oomph. Hate that as I have two old ones (home and for suitcase). Hate to buy another one. Since obviously compatibility is not just the USB connectors fitting, any suggestions?
Every time I touch the phone, I somehow seem to unintentionally hit a button on the sides or front or hit the screen. Such a pain when one is old. I turned on the PIN screen lock because as a retired computer security consultant, I am concerned about protecting myself but this means I either have to type in my PIN every few seconds (vs just sliding the puzzle piece) or I have to leave the screen active long enough to wear the battery down faster. any other alternatives? Would love a real fingerprint ID capability rather than that phony one in the app store.
On my old phone, even when locked, I had the capability to do two useful things (1) I could put my pic as the background (it made it instantly identifiable to me and everyone else) and I could have a banner with short msg & my home phone number so someone would know who to call if they found my phone. Can I do that?