You can turn a Galaxy S5 into a thicker phone by replacing the stock battery with a 5600 mAh battery.
The replacement battery is much thicker than the standard one, so it requires a new back cover for the phone. The result is a phone that is about twice as thick as the original, and twice as heavy. Since I always wear mine in a magnetic holster on my belt, I don't care about the extra weight.
The Galaxy S4 and S5 both have a removable battery and a microSD slot.
Since the S6 has neither, I replaced my S3 with an S5 before the S3 had even died. I wanted to make sure I could avoid the "planned obsolescence" issue.
I noticed that the recently-announced S7 brought back the microSD slot, but I have not noticed if it has a replaceable battery.
TFA says the new method will be faster. I call B.S. Using the new method, you have to interact with an app to generate a code. There is no way in hell that is faster than typing my PIN into an ATM.
Also, how can this be secured for the majority of users who do not lock their phones? Granted, an ATM could be modified to have a retina scanner or fingerprint scanner. But TFA says some machines would only need a software update. Wait until Jane Doe loses her phone (or it gets stolen) and a thief uses this new app to clean out her bank account.
Gotcha. Now I know to ignore anything posted by "Billy Gates".
If you had read your own link, you would see that Foxit merely installs a toolbar. Anyone who posts on/., yet doesn't have the sense to Custom install every app so they can unselect toolbars is a techie wannabe.
I used startpage.com as my default search engine for several months. Unfortunately, I found their search results to be extremely limited. I ended up rerunning most of my searches on Google.
I now use DDG as my default in both Linux and Windoze. Although I occasionally still have to rerun my searches on Google, that doesn't happen near as often as it did with startpage.
Apple's iphones don't even allow "default apps" option. The default are all Apple apps. Click a link in an email and safari opens. No one complains about Apple loudly.
That's because people who buy Apple products know what they're getting into. "Only what Apple allows" and "too much $$$" are the Apple mantra. If you want choices, then go with Android.
When it comes to M$ Windoze, today's environment is nothing like what I "bought into" when I bought WinXP or Win7.
Or at least shut the f*ck up and stop whining.
Or maybe just don't read the article because it's not interesting to you.
Oh wait, you already said it's interesting.
America could always put on his big girl panties and have the tits to say no, and not go.
Like most things in life, it's not that black-and-white.
It is a political nightmare to cancel the Games. Why? Because they only happen once every 4 years, and there is a limited time window for when an athlete can compete at the world-class level. For some athletes, cancelling the Games means they lose the chance of a lifetime. If they were to go, and win, they could be financially set for life because of endorsements. Losing that opportunity should be an individual's choice, not the government's choice.
If you think that "knowing what you're doing" is sufficient to overcome the fiasco known as Win10, then Microsoft has a job for you.
Oh wait, maybe you already work for M$.
I see this type of comment fairly frequently, and I understand the sentiment, but what exactly do you propose that they do instead?
How about charging a reasonable rate?
If I was an avid reader of Wired, I wouldn't mind paying $1 per month. But $1 per week? Who in their right mind pays $52 per year for a frigging magazine? Not me, that's for damn sure.
If you don't think that what Snowden uncovered revealed that we have lost the freedoms that this country was built upon, then you are both naïve and blind.
He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.
Yes, because not everyone gets great cell reception at home.
Personally, I get awful cell reception at home for about 8 months out of the year. Why? Because the leaves on the trees block the signals from the cell towers. Once the leaves fall, my cell reception is noticeably better.
Why hasn't the Do Not Call list worked? Seems there was too many loop holes and ways around the law I guess.
Because the rules for the DNC list were made by politicians. If they had designed a DNC list without loopholes, then they couldn't call you next year during their reelection campaign.
Then your S5 is on the fritz.
Both my wife and I have an S5, and Swiftkey has zero lag. I even have over 100 apps/games installed, and Swiftkey still does not lag.
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/. readers are mostly anti-Microsoft and pro-Linux.
You are better off asking your question on a Microsoft site, if you don't mind turning off your adblocker just so you can use their site.
You can turn a Galaxy S5 into a thicker phone by replacing the stock battery with a 5600 mAh battery.
The replacement battery is much thicker than the standard one, so it requires a new back cover for the phone. The result is a phone that is about twice as thick as the original, and twice as heavy. Since I always wear mine in a magnetic holster on my belt, I don't care about the extra weight.
I also carry several external batteries in my laptop bag, but I rarely need them. (I needed them more with my older phones, and for my wife's phone.)
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The Galaxy S4 and S5 both have a removable battery and a microSD slot.
Since the S6 has neither, I replaced my S3 with an S5 before the S3 had even died. I wanted to make sure I could avoid the "planned obsolescence" issue.
I noticed that the recently-announced S7 brought back the microSD slot, but I have not noticed if it has a replaceable battery.
TFA says the new method will be faster. I call B.S. Using the new method, you have to interact with an app to generate a code. There is no way in hell that is faster than typing my PIN into an ATM.
Also, how can this be secured for the majority of users who do not lock their phones? Granted, an ATM could be modified to have a retina scanner or fingerprint scanner. But TFA says some machines would only need a software update. Wait until Jane Doe loses her phone (or it gets stolen) and a thief uses this new app to clean out her bank account.
Gotcha. Now I know to ignore anything posted by "Billy Gates".
/., yet doesn't have the sense to Custom install every app so they can unselect toolbars is a techie wannabe.
If you had read your own link, you would see that Foxit merely installs a toolbar. Anyone who posts on
A toolbar is not malware. Some users actually like them. CNet has reviewed the Conduit toolbar: http://www.cnet.com/news/go-to...!
I recently went to yahoo.com, and I couldn't figure out what I would use it for. Is it a news site? Or a search engine?
I guess /. can't afford competent technical writers.
completely blank? that means your adblocker is broken and kills rhs_block altogether
No, that means your adblocker is ineffective. I haven't seen ads on the right side for so long that I had forgotten they were there.
I used startpage.com as my default search engine for several months. Unfortunately, I found their search results to be extremely limited. I ended up rerunning most of my searches on Google.
I now use DDG as my default in both Linux and Windoze. Although I occasionally still have to rerun my searches on Google, that doesn't happen near as often as it did with startpage.
Some of the Win10 hi-jinks have been saved for Home users. Domain-bound systems have been excluded from some of them.
Apple's iphones don't even allow "default apps" option. The default are all Apple apps. Click a link in an email and safari opens. No one complains about Apple loudly.
That's because people who buy Apple products know what they're getting into. "Only what Apple allows" and "too much $$$" are the Apple mantra. If you want choices, then go with Android.
When it comes to M$ Windoze, today's environment is nothing like what I "bought into" when I bought WinXP or Win7.
Citation, please.
Being the victim of malware is far from being malware.
Then maybe you should unsubscribe.
Or at least shut the f*ck up and stop whining.
Or maybe just don't read the article because it's not interesting to you.
Oh wait, you already said it's interesting.
Do you have a brain?
America could always put on his big girl panties and have the tits to say no, and not go.
Like most things in life, it's not that black-and-white. It is a political nightmare to cancel the Games. Why? Because they only happen once every 4 years, and there is a limited time window for when an athlete can compete at the world-class level. For some athletes, cancelling the Games means they lose the chance of a lifetime. If they were to go, and win, they could be financially set for life because of endorsements. Losing that opportunity should be an individual's choice, not the government's choice.
Or even the latter.
If you think that "knowing what you're doing" is sufficient to overcome the fiasco known as Win10, then Microsoft has a job for you. Oh wait, maybe you already work for M$.
Frankenstein? Why should I believe anyone who's name is Frankenstein?
Using her "logic", we should stop using cell phones and speed dial because we no longer remember phone numbers.
I see this type of comment fairly frequently, and I understand the sentiment, but what exactly do you propose that they do instead?
How about charging a reasonable rate?
If I was an avid reader of Wired, I wouldn't mind paying $1 per month. But $1 per week? Who in their right mind pays $52 per year for a frigging magazine? Not me, that's for damn sure.
If you don't think that what Snowden uncovered revealed that we have lost the freedoms that this country was built upon, then you are both naïve and blind.
He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.
Their Kickstarter campaign will fail because their implementation sucks, for several reasons:
1) It's a subscription service instead of a device that you pay for once
2) It requires manually forwarding every Robocall to their service
If it were a device similar to the Caller ID blockers that you can buy on Amazon, then I'd contribute to their campaign.
Yes, because not everyone gets great cell reception at home.
Personally, I get awful cell reception at home for about 8 months out of the year. Why? Because the leaves on the trees block the signals from the cell towers. Once the leaves fall, my cell reception is noticeably better.
Why hasn't the Do Not Call list worked? Seems there was too many loop holes and ways around the law I guess.
Because the rules for the DNC list were made by politicians. If they had designed a DNC list without loopholes, then they couldn't call you next year during their reelection campaign.
Then your S5 is on the fritz. Both my wife and I have an S5, and Swiftkey has zero lag. I even have over 100 apps/games installed, and Swiftkey still does not lag.