android

I’m glad I actually read the release notes this time. Simple QR is a good QR code reader on Android. There are no network permissions needed so I sort of trust it to work without wrecking my privacy. The recent update made a switch so that when you scan a...

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  • 2023-07-09

Unfortunately, Nextcloud has no built-in ability to merge and/or remove duplicate contacts. Over the years, I have accumulated over 1000 contacts, some of which are only email addresses and some of which are phone numbers. I don’t have over 1000 friends, just to be clear. Not yet, anyway. To remove...

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  • 2021-09-12

EDIT 2017-07-30: I believe that Youmail has changed their Android interface.  The “History” section has been removed, which is a major bummer.  It still shows on the Android Market screenshots but it does not really exist.  How do block robo calls now?  Not sure yet. Ugh, the bane of my...

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  • 2016-12-22

CamScanner is a free Android app that takes photos of documents, automatically crops the photo, enhances the photo, saves it, categorizes it, tags it, converts it to PDF, and uploads it to your cloud.  And CamScanner does it well. The quality is as good as (or better than) a normal...

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  • 2015-07-17

MIUI (mee-you-eye) is a ROM that is available on the Android platform.  If you’re bored with your stock look-and-feel of your Android piece, or tired of the quirks in your current ROM, you should have a look at MIUI.

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  • 2013-01-21

It seems most unusual that a banking application would need to access my camera on my phone.  Are they watching me check my balance?  There are no camera functions in the application, at least that I was able to find.  This is most unusual. So, I sent an email to...

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  • 2012-07-08