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classic33

classic33

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Dirk said:
Nah ...too much like hard work.
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Not far to go back home though.
 
Flick of the Elbow

Flick of the Elbow

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Tenkaykev said:
There's a wealth of information and stuff that I haven't discovered yet. I have the Forerunner 245 and really rate it especially as a runners watch. I've on the DC Rainmaker site reading the latest reviews of the Fenix 7 and the new Epix. The Epix looks amazing, but given that I mailny do the " survival shuffle " nowadays, it would be really OTT for my use. Having said that, it does look nice with a fantastic OLED screen...
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I just have the Forerunner 35, very basic and now superceded but I’ve been more than happy with it, all I wanted it for was the GPS and it does that just fine.
 
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Phones are doing my head in tonight, Lebara took ages to swap the phone number across, new phone doesn't appear to have the option to set the SD card as internal storage, a quick look online suggests that phone manufacturers are starting to remove that option, apart from that the new phones very good.
 
classic33

classic33

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dave r said:
Phones are doing my head in tonight, Lebara took ages to swap the phone number across, new phone doesn't appear to have the option to set the SD card as internal storage, a quick look online suggests that phone manufacturers are starting to remove that option, apart from that the new phones very good.
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Do you still have the option to use a card for storage?
 
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classic33 said:
Do you still have the option to use a card for storage?
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Only as portable storage not as internal storage.
 
ColinJ

ColinJ

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Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
dave r said:
Phones are doing my head in tonight, Lebara took ages to swap the phone number across, new phone doesn't appear to have the option to set the SD card as internal storage, a quick look online suggests that phone manufacturers are starting to remove that option, apart from that the new phones very good.
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You need Android Marshmallow or a more recent version. Then you need to format the card for internal use. Does this video help? (It wasn't for a Nokia 3.4, but the method should be similar.)

 
ColinJ

ColinJ

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Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
ColinJ said:
PS The case is okay, but I think I will probably end up buying a vertical flip type later. If I were travelling I would probably use the horizontal flipper so I could use it as a stand to watch videos on the phone in landscape mode. It is much easier to hold the phone with a vertical case though - the screen cover just hangs down below the phone when it is used in portrait mode. That is the type that I have on my old phone and I like that design.
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My wrist was getting sore from the unnatural way that the horizontal flip case was making me hold the phone during calls. (It would be ok for calls on speaker, but is awkward when holding the phone against my ear.) So... I gave way to temptation and ordered a quality vertical flip case from Germany. (There was a cheap-looking one on Amazon for 1/4 the price but I have a good case on my old phone and I wanted one of the same standard. That case has lasted me over 5 years and is only starting to show signs of wear now. I have had cheap cases fall to bits in weeks, so they were a false economy.)

Tomorrow, er, later today... I want to upload my prototype game to the new phone and see if my attempt to make the game adapt automatically to different phone screens has worked. If it has, the game will resize itself to fill the available space, but will avoid the notification/selfie camera area at the top of the screen and the curved corners at the bottom. (If it hasn't, I will headbutt the nearest wall repeatedly until I have knocked some sense into it my addled brain.)

Ah... I have found another minus on the new phone. My old HTC had a prominent notification led which flashed green to notify me of missed calls, texts, or other notifiable events. The new phone doesn't. It just puts very subtle icons on the lock screen which I will not see unless I open the case to check. I don't carry my phone about from room to room like some people so it was handy to see at a glance that I had missed something once I returned to the phone. I'll see if there is an app to get the phone to beep occasionally if there are new notifications...
 
12boy

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Casper WY USA
Went for the first bike ride since 12/31 and managed to get about 17.5 miles in at a puny 9.6 mph average. Taking almost 3 weeks off did not help, as did the stricture against anything starchier than walking. Still, I enjoyed myself a lot. Bike riding is my primary coping medicine and it was really nice to get a fix. Maybe the weather will cooperate with a little more riding. The high tomorrow is -3.9 C. Today was a balmy 7.2C.
 
Mo1959

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Perthshire,Scotland
12boy said:
Went for the first bike ride since 12/31 and managed to get about 17.5 miles in at a puny 9.6 mph average. Taking almost 3 weeks off did not help, as did the stricture against anything starchier than walking. Still, I enjoyed myself a lot. Bike riding is my primary coping medicine and it was really nice to get a fix. Maybe the weather will cooperate with a little more riding. The high tomorrow is -3.9 C. Today was a balmy 7.2C.
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You do well coping with such extremes in temperature!

Morning. It’s been a blowy night with stuff rattling about so not much sleep had.
 
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