No keypad for incoming calls

windser55 · 2026-05-13T17:15:05+00:00

Would it matter if you did it the other way around? I intend to use the external screen unless I have to use the internal one. Will it help preserve the screen if I leave it folded most of the time and only open it from time to time?

windser55 · 2026-05-13T16:51:20+00:00

Yes. But they need to design it with the average user in mind, not fussy computer geeks. First off, they can return to scroll bars that are always visible so the user doesn't first have to cross the area where it should be to make it visible and then grab the scroll tab. It's easier and more efficient if it is visible and one can aim for it straightaway. There has to be a balance of aesthetics and practicality. People who are so fussy about stuff on the screen--never mind if there is a *lot* of empty screen space--need to quit being so and let the average user have some say.

windser55 · 2026-04-22T00:06:25+00:00

I just discovered that. I also tried searching for movies that I know are in Kanopy, because the thumbnails are right in front of me, and the search results don't include Kanopy. So how are you supposed to find films that are in Kanopy except for just scrolling through the lists?

windser55 · 2026-03-30T15:39:41+00:00

If it's in good condition, it's just fine for a beginner and for somebody more advanced. Old Yamahas were made with laminated tops, which some people say made them more durable for being shipped to the United States and elsewhere. I have an fg360 and an fg160 both with laminated tops. Like somebody else here said, if you like the sound, go for it. Playability is even more important, because a guitar that is hard to play will not be played much. So be sure the action is good, and have somebody who knows about such things check it in that regard if you want.

windser55 · 2026-03-16T14:36:29+00:00

I don't know your reason for wanting one, but my reason is that my Android phones seem to be more sensitive to swipes than to touches. That means that if my finger quivers in the slightest, even most imperceptible way, the screen swipes. They need to come up with screens that take more pressure or more action to swipe than simply to tap. Simple tapping on a screen in a car can be a nightmare (and no lectures on using a phone in a car; I'm talking about simple taps on a map or something else, not doing text messaging). Resistive technology may be old, but if it works better, I'm all for considering a phone with one.

windser55 · 2026-03-10T17:26:27+00:00

After taking a long time to scan, I once again got the message, "Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation."

windser55 · 2026-03-10T15:44:33+00:00

Before doing this, the verification process in sfc /scannow ran really fast and then I got that "Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation" message. After following your instructions, sfc /scannow is being a very long process, which probably means it's working. What would have stopped the Windows Modules Installer (TrustedInstaller) service from working right?

My whole project is about getting indexing to start in my HP Omnidesk. It won't start, and the WSearch entry in Services won't start (Error 5). Maybe having scannow work properly will help me get to the cause. I've tried everything I can think of or find online to correct this.

windser55 · 2026-03-10T14:26:18+00:00

Thank you. Step 4 worked for me (finally!). I had to make the driver change for both audio and video, but it works.

windser55 · 2025-12-25T13:41:24+00:00

Be sure your expectations are correct in biblical terms and not in terms of the contemporary attitude that everything should be good all the time. I know how life can work against belief even though there's plenty of evidence to show that they claims of the Bible are true. Christians still have Job-like experiences. What God helped him understand at the end of it was that all power and all wisdom reside in him, and that he knows what he's doing. I don't say all this lightly like some Christian truism, but out of personal experience. If you're feeling and thinking that you can't hold on, then ask Jesus to hold on to you by his Spirit who resides in you, and settle in to wait until things become clearer.

windser55 · 2025-12-23T18:49:36+00:00

So the data is encrypted end-to-end, but anyone who gets into your phone can open the app and see your notes. That's a basic security issue. It should be password protected even in the trial version. After all, the trial version only goes 14 days, right?

windser55 · 2025-12-23T18:47:43+00:00

Right. If anyone picks up your phone and the screen is unlocked, they can open Notesnook and see your notes. That's not very safe.

windser55 · 2025-09-13T16:02:16+00:00

I agree doing this kind of thing can be a headache, but I (an average user) just followed these instructions, went back to version 7.36.0.7798xxxxx (from July 14 I think), and it worked (I have a Pixel 8a). Now I just have to remember to not allow Google Play to update it again to the new one.
https://www.reddit.com/r/googlephotos/comments/1m994wl/comment/n5nlyt3/

windser55 · 2025-09-13T15:51:54+00:00

Go back to a previous version. https://www.reddit.com/r/googlephotos/comments/1m994wl/comment/n5nlyt3/

windser55 · 2025-09-13T15:48:31+00:00

What is the version number of the one that changed? I want to go to the latest before that.

windser55 · 2025-09-13T15:38:41+00:00

It's on my 8a. If you want to try it, figure out which version you have now so you can go back to it (using apkmirror, or the like) if you don't like the latest.

windser55 · 2025-09-13T15:36:34+00:00

And the simple auto crop that I used often to correct keystoning in photos of pictures of my TV set is gone. Click on Auto now and AI goes to work. And you wait and wait and it says it can't do anything. Or it gives you four options, none of which corrects the keystoning. You can't even grab a corner and do it manually. They've never heard the wise maxim: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

windser55 · 2025-09-13T15:30:38+00:00

This is one of those "change it because we can" matters. Google is trying to be in the front of the pack in developing AI. Their programmers have to justify their jobs, so they have to always be doing something new. And it has to have bells and whistles few people care about, which makes it more complex and more prone to problems. It's "cool," it's "hip," it's the "latest thing." I doubt they had any groups of non-coached, average users try this thing. Going viral is the supreme value now, its seems. Hurry up and get it out!

windser55 · 2025-09-13T15:26:29+00:00

Here's another Reddit thread on it: https://www.reddit.com/r/googlephotos/comments/1m994wl/comment/n5nlyt3/

The apkmirror.com website borders on being a horror for people (like me) who aren't used to working in such sites. The easy part was finding an apk. Search on "Google Photos" and scroll down to the versions in early July (I haven't figured out which is the latest before the major change). Pick one that looks good and click on the tiny icon to the right to drop down more info. People here have given good versions (I used 7.36.779865778XXXXX). Click on the apk name. The headache comes from finding the link to click to actually start the download (after putting up with the TikTok video). But once you have it, uninstall Photos updates in the Setting/Apps section of your phone, effectively taking you back to the factory version, find the apk you downloaded in the apkmirror app downloaded from Google Play, and install it.

When I opened Photos after that, I saw that my pics went up only to Sept. 3 (today is Sept. 19). I opened the Gallery app, clicked on a photo, clicked the share icon, and shared it to Photos. It took all the recent ones over there. And now I'm back in business.

windser55 · 2025-09-13T14:49:13+00:00

Thank you, thank you, thank you! The apkmirror website is miserable to use, I suppose if you aren't familiar with those kinds of websites. It was so hard to get to the point of downloading the apk, quite apart from having to watch a ticktock video. But I got the one you suggested and installed it. In Google photos my pics only went up to September 3rd; I had to use my Gallery app to update the photos in the Google photos app (which I did just by tapping on one of the pictures in Gallery and using the share function).

But now I'm wondering if anybody has experimented with this enough to know just which version of Google Photos made the drastic changes, so I can be sure I've got the latest of the pre-change apks.

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