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  1. R

    Switched to iPhone SE

    Tried a few different phones in the last few months. 6S/6S Plus, S7, Moto G 4th Gen and most recently the SE a week ago. Definitely missed iOS. I was perfectly fine with everything else at least on the MotoG4. Pure Android definitely helps but iOS is always missed. So smoothe. I do wish Apple...
  2. D

    Best phone for middle-aged dads? 7 or 7 Plus?

    Hi There I am An 44 year old Dad of 3 kids and I'm wondering if you guys think it would be better for me to have the 7 or the 7 plus When it comes out on the 10th Thanks, Jared
  3. gaush

    Anybody try to make your phone a security camera?

    I got an old iphone 4s, dont know how to deal with it since I have bought a new one. I see people saying I can turn the old phone into a security camera by using a certain of apps. This is the instruction that I refer to: make your iPhone a security-camera Has anybody try those apps...
  4. B

    iPhone Please help re: contacts found in mail feature Not working

    Hi all, I want to utilise the "contacts found in mail" feature introduced in iOS9 but it's not working. I've gone into settings-mail and toggled the switch to allow this feature to work but it still doesn't. I've tested it on my friends phone and theirs works perfectly! I want use this for...
  5. jblagden

    Ubuntu Touch - Bookmarks?

    I’m thinking about switching from my iPhone 6 to an Ubuntu phone in a couple years if the iPhone 8 doesn’t have a headphone jack. I’d really like to have all of my bookmarks automatically synced between Safari on my Mac and either Chromium or some other browser on my Ubuntu phone. Is this...
  6. gjarden3

    iPhone 6 destroying chargers?

    Hi, I have an iPhone 6 that I've owned since December 2014. In the past few months I've been buying chargers pretty much weekly for it because the thing destroys them somehow. After anywhere from a day to 3 weeks of use, the charger starts to do that thing where it disconnects then reconnects...
  7. D

    [Mac App] Osketch - Free Version

    Hello everyone, I'd like to present you Osketch, a free mac app. Osketch is a vector graphic design tool. It's lightweight, easy to use, and powerful. Osketch has many modern features. In Osketch, you can use any graphic as a mask, fill a shape with multiple modes, layout texts on a path...
  8. S

    Clicked on phishing link on iPhone - help please!

    Feeling very stupid right now... and quite worried - any help would be much appreciated. I received a text from 'iCloud' saying my 'Apple and iCloud would be terminated' unless I confirmed my details through a link sent in the text. I don't know what I was thinking but I clicked on the link...
  9. davidcafor

    iPhone iPhone 4S 80% usage on Phone App "Low Signal"

    These days I've been noticed that my iPhone 4S with iOS 9.2.1 has a lot of usage in the phone app, arround 80%-85% so I've to charge the battery 2-3 times a day. In the battery usage section it shows that Phone App has "low signal" and the Whatsapp too... is there any problem with that? How...
  10. Josephine_pien

    Do I need this backup?

    Guys short question, Do I really need this big backup file of my phone? Can I just delete it and put it somewhere in the cloud? thanks
  11. jeffgoes

    Inactive Phone

    Hello everyone, I am just writing because I am not quite sure what it's happening with my phone. I've never had a Computer so I don't have an iTunes account. I stopped using the iphone for while since I dropped it and it started to present some problems. However, one of these days I tried to...
  12. michaellanfield

    Macbook bluetooth keeps disconnecting when paired with android phone

    I am trying to connect my Macbook Pro (late 2013 model) computer (OSX 10.11.3) to my Motorola Moto G phone via bluetooth. It is pairing alright, but keeps disconnecting every few seconds (usually 2-3 seconds). Then a message appears right after (most of the time, sometimes this message does not...