Recent content by Collin80

I doubt it. Do you remember the initial roll out of 4G? The first phones that supported 4G heated up like crazy. It wasn't until the second generation that 4G was reasonably energy efficient. Now we're talking about a phone with the SD888 processor. It's the next generation of 5G capable...

You can also try just plain using a cord between your PC and the phone. Really, I've seen fairly decent charging performance this way. Technically USB 3.X has support for some pretty heavy power modes so if your PC can do it then the phone might charge pretty fast. Yes, that limits where you can...

I don't know if the S21 will come with it but the older phones came with USB-C to USB-A adapters that a flash drive will fit into. I have used this to back up stuff on my phone. The phone does recognize standard flash drives and let you copy stuff onto them. But, I think 256GB is plenty enough...

RAM is used simply for fast storage and retrieval of data and code while a program is running. The general advice is that adding more RAM when you are not using the RAM you already have is a total waste of time and money. So, what could you store in RAM? Well, for an Android phone the most...

Do you suppose that wireless radios use perpetual motion engines to output as much power as you want for free? Or, perhaps does the battery have to provide that power? The likely answer for why they limit the output power so much is that high output kills your battery. Then people would be...

As everyone (basically) has said, it is likely that thermal management will come into play here. Lithium batteries can be terribly sensitive to temperature. At the upper limits they quickly run away and nobody wants a bomb in their pocket. But, also, batteries work best at a slightly elevated...

Seems to be a Verizon thing. I tried as well and it does nothing. They apparently did something to disable it.

I'm all for it if people can make this happen. I actually HATE Andronix and all that. It's crap. I want to run Linux on my phone using a dock and see it on a big monitor when I want to. Linux on Dex was that exact thing. All this other junk with having to set up multiple apps and get VNC working...

A couple of days ago there was a new update. This doesn't make it suddenly scan things properly. I tried several things, mostly stuffed animals / dog toys as those are about the right size and don't move. Still works like crap. It does an OK job sometimes but the 3D sensor is very picky. I tried...

I've tried it a few times, some of them recently. It still works like garbage. It was a really cool idea but the execution has been totally worthless. I think they found the greenest intern they could find and had them randomly copy/paste code from StackOverflow until a program aaaaaaaallllmost...

Yeah, I just got 461233 on my SM-975U (Verizon) phone running Android 10 with the Jan '20 update. One thing I've noticed is that we all get somewhat random results where some of our readings are higher than other people's and some are not. I would imagine the only real solution would be to run...

I'm not sure if you're just trying to troll or you're really like that. It's hard to tell. But, it seems like you're wrong. Linux on Dex was integrated into the ROM. I got burnt by upgrading from an S9+ to Note 10+. I had no idea they'd drop support for LoD entirely and never support the Note...

You're right, the download is only for Windows and OSX. And Linux on Dex (now discontinued... The morons) is running linux on the phone itself. I would really like to be able to use DeX through Ubuntu as well. I've considered trying to figure it out. It is probably some sort of remote desktop...

I use google handwriting on my N10+ because the Samsung handwriting stuff never seemed to really support Cyrillic properly. I need to be able to handwrite in Russian as well and the Google Handwriting app works perfectly for this - it even lets you cheat a bit and write things like a Latin d and...

I really like the ultrasonic finger print sensor on the 10+. I came from an S9+ and I never really liked the sensor behind the phone. I always felt like I was searching for the sensor and smudging every lens in sight. I don't think that was a good place for a fingerprint sensor. I'm much more...