This nifty Google app automatically switches specific phone settings depending on where you are.
And in the end, regardless of who's watching, it is we who decide where to go, which phone settings to activate and whether to be suckered into a purchase.
There's no word on when the update will grace the 8X's brethren on other carriers, but if your smartphone happens to call the magenta network home, mosey on over to the "Phone Update" settings section to check for the fresh release.
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To sign up, simply head over to the "Phone and SMS" settings page in Gmail, add your mobile number and complete a verification process.
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Each application that runs on the screen of the phone has its own settings screen, and these are all handled from the display on your smartphone.
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Like SwiftKey 3, Snapkeys Si only saves your personalized language settings on the phone.
The phone will also adjust its settings if it's traveling at high speeds in a car, he said.
Unlocking is a technique to alter the settings on your phone to let you use it with compatible cellular networks operated by other carriers.
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Users will also be able to change the settings for their phone screens, such as brightness level and the time that elapses before the display goes dark.
He sets his phone on the dash and adjusts the settings so his image appears to the others as if he were in the same boardroom with everyone else.
There's little room to customize Windows Phone 8 other than bundling some applications and settings.
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The phone tech, Brian, changed a few settings and advised that I should wait a day to see if it helped.
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Right now, you can only find it within the Siri Settings section of your iPad or mobile phone.
To remove apps from your Android phone, open the Android Menu, go to Settings and select Applications, then click Manage and, when you find the offending app, click Uninstall.
In desperation, I have tried resetting my phone as a brand new device and not restored apps or settings at all and it still uses data across the cellular network whilst on Wifi.
Some of the features of the LEAF, like the settings for recharging its batteries, will be operable remotely by phone.
An astute tipster also noted that USB storage mode is no longer selected from settings -- it's chosen at the time the phone is plugged in.
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Once enabled in settings, you can tap and hold the screen, rotate the phone horizontally and you'll be sent to the camera app.
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That this app or operating system or even a forked version of Android, has permission to control key parts of the phone: from its WiFi connection to the lock screen, to its system settings.
Soon, emergency managers will soon be able to descend into the chaos and confusion of post-disaster settings like those that prevailed in earthquake-ravaged Haiti last year equipped with reliable cell-phone service.
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He notes that full-size projectors are already entrenched in board rooms, and argues that in casual settings users are more likely to share a notebook display than transfer files and set up a phone projector.
For most people just accept the default settings on anything: we know that from the ease in which people manage to hack into mobile phone voicemail systems.
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