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| From | Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Smartphone |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.misc |
| Date | 2011-12-26 16:02 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <5247b5c416cvjazz@waitrose.com> (permalink) |
| References | <4ef62dbd$0$5684$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> |
| Organization | None |
> On 24/12/2011 18:15, Chris Newman wrote: > > I'm hoping my Windows machine will see the micro SD card as a mass storage > > device. > It should, but it might not at first. Once you plug in a USB device, you > should have a USB icon in the bar along the top of the phone's display. > If you drag down to expand this bar, you'll see it says something like > "touch to configure". You can set it to be a portal, a USB device, > something (I forget, don't use it), or to Charge Only. Choose USB device > and then it'll Just Work. Bit different in 2.3 Gingerbread. My PC wanted to go through the Windows connect device set up routine but it didn't really need that. I appeared appeared as a drive letter & I could get into the files. Not quite clear if the files are in the phones storage or the separate mini SD card. However my Computer Active magazine guide to smartphones tells me there is an app called Root Explorer... quote "One of the major features missing from Android devices is a file system.Root Explorer rectifies this and is the most comprehensive file system app we've seen". File Management section £2.40. There is a bit more about it at www.snipca.com/X3461. Still not sure if it will do what I want. > > Bought it outright SIM free for £89. Brilliant phone for the price. > ?? Android, SIM free, for £89? Whoa. Also a Monte Carlo which is bigger & better for about £100. Again, only from Orange though. > > I've discovered I can use its Wi-Fi to connect to my own router when at > > > home so I can get apps that way with no download cost. > Here's another useful tip. If you want to use it like a mini-tablet; you > can disable mobile comms. > Switch the phone to airplane mode (all comms off). Then switch on WiFi. > Separately. Alone. ;-) On this model, if you go into Airplane mode, the Wi-Fi won't turn on. I found the phone's MAC address through Settings -> About phone -> Status -> WiFi MAC address. Put that into my router's MAC exception list but still can't connect to my router. phone says "Obtaining IP address fro..my network" then after a while reports "unsuccessful". Hey. Ho!!!! > I have a toolbar "widget" that sits on a menu screen and lets me turn > the various things (bluetooth, gps, etc) on and off. I found "Widgets" before but can't work out how I got to that screen. More investigation needed. Thanks for ideas so far. Bah! Humbug! / Merry Christmas (Delete as applicable) -- Chris Newman -- Chris Newman
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Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-23 23:32 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-24 06:31 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-24 17:15 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-24 20:53 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-26 16:02 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-27 01:32 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-31 00:35 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-31 05:45 +0100
Re: Smartphone druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-12-31 11:01 +0000
Re: Smartphone Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-12-31 18:01 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-01 06:44 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-03 21:20 +0000
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Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-06 14:44 +0000
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-03 21:38 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-04 14:23 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-07 14:57 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-08 17:34 +0100
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-09 20:02 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-10 17:40 +0000
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-12 16:23 +0000
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-12 16:11 +0000
Re: Smartphone Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-30 21:08 +0000
Re: Smartphone "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-12-31 00:14 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-31 00:56 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-31 06:48 +0100
Re: Smartphone Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-12-31 18:01 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-06 08:07 +0100
Re: Smartphone Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-08 12:02 +0000
Re: Smartphone Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-08 14:16 +0000
Re: Smartphone Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-08 16:12 +0000
Re: Smartphone Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-08 16:59 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-08 18:19 +0100
Re: Smartphone Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-08 18:00 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-08 18:17 +0100
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-08 17:39 +0100
Re: Smartphone Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-01-08 20:13 +0000
Re: Smartphone druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-01-08 21:22 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-10 20:17 +0100
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