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  1. Paddy Landau

    Help What video editor is super-simple for a non-technical person?

    Someone I know needs a super-simple video editor. All that they want to do is take a really long home-made video (filmed on their phone), extract a few interesting clips, and throw away the rest. It is perfectly OK, even desirable, if the extracted clips are left as separate videos rather than...
  2. Paddy Landau

    Help Personal safety app for sharing location: Android & iOS

    Sometimes, one of my children won't be in the safest area. If I go to pick them up, I like them to be able to see where I am so that they know when to expect me, and to stay safe in the meantime. Conversely, if they're using their own transport, e.g. cycling, I like them to keep me updated where...
  3. Paddy Landau

    Gmail advertises an app for my non-existent iPhone

    Today, I opened my Gmail (on my desktop browser), and received a message advertising Google's Gmail app — for my iPhone! (See attached screenshot.) I've been with Google for years. I've used Android and Gmail for years. Google knows that I already use its Gmail app. Google knows that I don't...
  4. Paddy Landau

    Help What does "Embedded in *" mean in Chrome site settings?

    I have Android 6.0.1 on my Nexus 5. In Chrome, I go to Settings > Site settings > All sites. There, I can view permissions and storage for each individual site. Today, I noticed that a few sites have the wording "Embedded in *". For example, Facebook has three entries: 1. m.facebook.com...
  5. Paddy Landau

    Help Maps Navigation restarts itself when voice-activated

    I start Google Maps Navigation using voice, e.g. "OK Google, navigate to the hospital." Navigation starts and navigates me there. Once I have arrived, I exit Navigation by pressing the return button several times until I reach the Home screen. After a couple of seconds, Navigation restarts...
  6. Paddy Landau

    Help Phone lost all Desktop icons

    My phone was working fine. I got into the car and turned on the phone to get to Navigation, but my Desktop was empty. All the icons, folders and widgets had gone! (I could still access my apps from the ::: button, whatever that button is called.) The Launcher was still fine, as were the...
  7. Paddy Landau

    Is there a way to download large maps for offline use in Google Maps?

    Google Maps lets you download selected areas for offline access, useful when travelling to areas without data access or when roaming to save on data costs. The limitations are that you need to know precisely where you'll be going, and to painstakingly cache a series of maps. There used to be a...
  8. Paddy Landau

    Help What's the point of Google's new high quality text-to-speech?

    Google has rolled out its new high quality text-to-speech for selected languages. I use English (UK), which means that in addition to the low-quality female voice, I have the option to download and use low-quality male, high-quality female, and high-quality male. I have downloaded the...
  9. Paddy Landau

    Preview Post removes the Message

    When I post a new thread or reply to a thread, the "Preview Post" button correctly shows the preview
  10. Paddy Landau

    How to restart phone (instead of turn off then on)?

    Occasionally
  11. Paddy Landau

    Help Incoming NFC goes to Google Plus instead of receiving photos

    If I beam photos (using NFC) to my wife's Samsung Note 2, it works flawlessly. But when my wife beams photos to my Nexus 5, my Nexus 5 immediately goes to Google Plus, and the beam terminates without displaying any error. No photos are transferred. In both cases, we're using the built-in...
  12. Paddy Landau

    Help Is dual recording possible?

    Today, I learned about the existence of "dual recording", where you can take a video using the front and back cameras at the same time. The video from the front camera is shown as a small box within the large video. I read that this is supported on the Nexus 5, but I have not found out how to do it
  13. Paddy Landau

    Google Play on website no longer showing all orders

    I was looking through all my orders on the Google Play website (on my desktop) to see all the apps that I have purchased: Google Play > (cog) > My orders This page has always shown all my orders in descending date order, including devices, books, and apps (free and paid). Today, right in...
  14. Paddy Landau

    Help Unable to change default calendar app

    I have a new Nexus 5, which is a lovely phone. There is one thing that I just cannot solve despite ages Googling. I have downloaded aCalendar, which I used on my old phone (Android 2.3.6). However, I cannot find out how to set aCalendar as the default calendar app on the Nexus 5...
  15. Paddy Landau

    Confused how to root my phone

    I have an old model (ZTE KIS), which has a tiny internal memory. I want to root the phone so that I can uninstall the bloatware and move a couple of the apps to the SD card (starting, of course, with a Nandroid Backup). This will allow me to install apps, such as antivirus, which don't fit at...
  16. Paddy Landau

    Accented letters in TouchPal Keybaord

    I wonder if anyone reading this post would know how to add accented letters when using the TouchPal keyboard? Examples include the letters
  17. Paddy Landau

    Can I add shortcuts to the Launcher?

    I've not seen any threads about this... Is is possible to add shortcuts to the default Launcher? My situation: I have installed TouchPal's Dialer and Contacts app, so I no longer need the default Dialer and Contacts apps that came with the phone. I removed the default Dialer and...
  18. Paddy Landau

    Deleted repeating calendar entries still show on phone (not on PC)

    Generally, my Google Calendar synchronises well between my computer and my phone. There is one problem, though. Suppose I have a repeating entry every Tuesday at 10, which started back in 2009. I have a habit of deleting the entries as they pass, so the only ones still existent are in the...
  19. Paddy Landau

    No sync to Google Contacts only when creating a contact on the phone

    I have a strange synchronisation problem with Google Contacts. When I create, modify or delete contacts on Google Contacts (on my PC), they synchronise almost immediately to my phone. When I modify or delete contacts on my phone, they sync within a minute or so to Google Contacts (on my...
  20. Paddy Landau

    Newcomer with "new old" phone

    I'm a brand-new user of Android, having just acquired a ZTE KIS as a free gift from my provider. My previous phone is about 7 or 8 years old. Yes, I know