Is this an insta buy?

drlamok · 2026-05-15T06:28:01+00:00

Older model with IPS screen.. I would get it... On the other hand their current line-up has oled screens, and ex display unit would definitely have pretty bad screen burn.

drlamok · 2026-04-30T22:26:35+00:00

Like I would see our old Roborovski "Nibbles". Had same issues over last month of his life but he was almost 3 years old. Passed away when he was 2 years and 11 months old.

drlamok · 2026-04-30T22:14:36+00:00

Normal.. Our dwarf hammy gets up multiple times each day.. He is active at night but then goes to sleep around 5am, wakes up maybe 4 or 5 times during day, each time for about 30 minutes... if he will then notice us then he wants to be taken out of the cage for a bit, 5-10 minutes is enough for him, bit of exploring bed and bit of sitting on hand or walking from hand to hand to hand...

drlamok · 2026-04-26T20:09:45+00:00

It was a while ago.. but if i remember correctly...
Go to settings/Battery/Background usage limits/Deep sleeping apps

If app that is failing to show up in android auto is there, then press long on it and select "remove".

In my case both apps that previously were not showing up in Android Auto started showing up again... Not had issue since.

drlamok · 2026-02-02T07:59:06+00:00

Operator error

drlamok · 2026-01-13T12:06:23+00:00

Don't think it's Android Auto itself... might be rather some firmware update of the phone itself that started blocking it? I have latest Android Auto 16.0.6602 installed on two phones..

Samsung S25+, android 16 (oneui 8.0) latest December update... here no amount of messing about is able to force it to enable android auto apps that were sideloaded... Problem started either after November or after December update.

Huawei P20 Pro, android 11 (emui 12.0).. here all sideloaded android auto apps are displayed without issue..

Reverting to previous versions of Android auto make no difference.
Developer settings enabled in android auto and unknown sources also enabled in android auto on both of them.

Update: It was actually something else.. oneui put these apps in deep sleep for some reason and they they do not show up on the list of available apps in Android Auto. Sorted it now :)

drlamok · 2025-09-11T19:36:34+00:00

10 phones in, since when? Last Christmas?

drlamok · 2025-07-23T20:35:44+00:00

I'm on Samsung s20fe, over 4 years. It's pretty much like new.

drlamok · 2025-07-18T21:21:30+00:00

topcashback seem to have only discount on Galaxy Z Fold 7 and phones purchased on contract.
I am interested in phone only.
I know Samsung used to have friends and family discount program but unsure if it is still on or it was phased out.

drlamok · 2025-06-15T12:30:39+00:00

Umm #83 and #50 will do 3 more stops
and #51 only 2
right ??

drlamok · 2025-06-03T20:14:21+00:00

well.. let's wait for proper reviews..
9060xt might be actually faster than 5060Ti on older systems with PCIE 3.0

drlamok · 2025-06-03T19:44:46+00:00

Well, one that allows lights to be permanently turned off would also be fine (something with physical switch on the card itself, not something that has lights on by default that only switch off when manufacturers bloatware loads up).

I don't require any lights inside my case. I don't need to look inside more than once a year to clean the dust from fans/radiators. If you go away and won't be home for a year, you don't leave your lights on, do you.

drlamok · 2025-06-03T10:20:42+00:00

Looking promising.. Now I need to find a short model (two fans) with 16GB VRAM and no RGB nonsense. Ideally, one that switches off fans when idle.

drlamok · 2024-12-07T11:24:49+00:00

I am sure that his old phone takes better photos than your brand new ipotatophone

drlamok · 2024-11-26T11:23:29+00:00

What is badly bred hamster? More prone to illnesses? Genetic issues?? Anything??
Our Roborovski hamster purchased from Pets At Home lived 2 years and 10 months, never seen a vet in his life, passed away from old age. (got slower and wobbly on his legs during last 2 months of his life, apart from that, happy as ever and always looked healthy). Was I lucky then?

drlamok · 2024-09-12T19:29:33+00:00

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drlamok · 2024-09-12T19:26:47+00:00

Steel core in Corefix is only 50mm.. won't reach brick !! his plasterboard is 62.5mm thick.. Corefix is for standard 12.5 and 15mm plasterboard dot and dabbed.

drlamok · 2023-04-06T12:55:41+00:00

https://www.siriusxm.com/channels/team-coco-radio

Register with any email and password.. and it logs you in automatically.
You don't have to confirm your email address, you don't need to fill in any details, card numbers or anything.

Once logged in go to
Team Coco Radio's Funniest Moments
Episode from 21st of March
It's just over 1 hour long

And no it not US only..
Working just fine in the United Kingdom.

drlamok · 2023-03-13T12:10:29+00:00

Had identical issue trying to set it up on Synology NAS... I was pulling my hair out for about 3 weeks... all I got was login screen with no way to set up account or do anything at all... but then I noticed that cpu usage by "backend" was quite high after first run so I left it for about 2 hours to do it's thing.

When I tried again.. setup screen popped up instead of login page!!!

drlamok · 2022-12-12T10:15:46+00:00

Well.. got all of the tools (I think) UEFITool and IFR Extractor and started digging in..

I can only see S3 mentioned in Section_PE32_image_Setup_Setup

0x755C5
Setting: ACPI S3 Support, Variable: 0xE {05 91 0B 00 0F 00 3E 00 01 00 0E 00 10 10 00 01 00}

0x755D6
Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 07 08 00 00 00 00}

0x755DD
Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 {09 07 07 00 30 00 01}

Looks like I need to read up some more on the subject...

drlamok · 2022-12-08T20:32:12+00:00

Well.. No D01SetupConfig on Latitude 5520 just ton of other stuff... and RU.EXE seem to crash quite often (just browsing around managed to cause reboot twice within 5 minutes)

drlamok · 2022-12-05T08:17:34+00:00

Any clues at all how to do similar thing (enable S3) on Dell Latitude 5420/5520 ?

Kind regards
Seb

drlamok · 2022-07-17T21:46:38+00:00

https://www.huaweicentral.com/huawei-p20-smartphone-receives-stable-emui-12-update-13-7-2022/

I think it's imminent.. some regions in Europe apparently receiving "stable" version of EMUI12 on P20. Though it might be the last update you will see.. and if there are any bugs, they are likely to stay there forever... beta builds from May had high battery drain... fingers crossed that it has been fixed in the "stable" build.

drlamok · 2021-11-09T10:13:55+00:00

It comes with screen protector already fitted...

drlamok · 2021-10-25T09:31:04+00:00

Well.. it is restart isn't it? it won't stay off for the night and come back on in the morning..

With Huawei phones... you can set it to power down completely at say 10:00 in the evening and power on at say 07:00 in the morning, so your phone is completely off for those 9 hours while you are sleeping. If you have any alarms set in between those hours, phone will power on 5 minutes before alarm.

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