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I get this guy calling me. Needs urgent help. He broke the screen on his Verizon Galaxy S8.
Decided to upgrade to a new Samsung 5G phone. Heads off to Best Buy and does the deal.
They setup his phone and supposedly restore his contacts and data. Gets home to find it only partially is restored. No app data like his Samsung Notes, messages, tons of contacts missing.
Panic!. Goes back to the store and finds out they restored from his Google account. Different storage cards in the phones. And not much on his original internal SD.
Without a screen they can't do the deed to restore with the share app.
Without a couple of dongles he's not able to get a screen on a monitor, TV. And needs a USB adapter for a mouse.
Well that aint-a-gonna' work. Get's home and finds out is true.
So. I get the job. Told him to bring me what he's got. A dongle for HDMI, one for USB. And a phone with a pale blue screen and no touch. And a 64 gig stick.
Replace the screen? $90-140 for that plus labor. Too much he says! I say leave it. Head out to Staples.
Perfect. Grab a USB C hub with HDMI and USB's, a few ports for an SD card. Power port.
Plug a kb, mouse, the memory stick into the hub. He gave me his phone code. Attach the phone. I got a picture. And kb and mouse control. Cool.
And an amazing full screen that looks like a 'Droid tablet. Niceeee.
Before I did much I disconnected the phone and plugged it into the hub again because I wanted to try a micro SD with an adapter.
What? Now I have a stinkin' screen that looks like a phone. Cropped, app shortcuts. Slide to different desktops.
What happened to that glorious 1080 HD screen?
So on to Google. Mi Padre'. Lol!!
"Samsung DeX mode" is my search result. After a few minutes I find out all of the secrets and get a full screen again.
Start backing up what I can to memory cards and sticks. His Google account was maxed. Never switched his stuff to store on the external SD.
Now. I need to get him back at the shop to do the Easy Transfer thing and give him (what is going to be a confusing mess-of-everything file system backup).
I didn't root the phone, btw. And bill him. Fairly, but well. Maybe a bit more. I need gas in the Kubota.
Which brings me to my rapid learning curve of Samsung DeX.
I got thinking (upstairs). "Samsung DeX"???? How does that relate to anything that makes sense....
I get it!!!
Samsung DeX. Samsung Desk!
Like Ask. And Ax. The famous hood word,
And Axe. The deodorant. You don't have to ax me if I used deodorant today.
Right?
......my daily rant.
Kirk, out!
Decided to upgrade to a new Samsung 5G phone. Heads off to Best Buy and does the deal.
They setup his phone and supposedly restore his contacts and data. Gets home to find it only partially is restored. No app data like his Samsung Notes, messages, tons of contacts missing.
Panic!. Goes back to the store and finds out they restored from his Google account. Different storage cards in the phones. And not much on his original internal SD.
Without a screen they can't do the deed to restore with the share app.
Without a couple of dongles he's not able to get a screen on a monitor, TV. And needs a USB adapter for a mouse.
Well that aint-a-gonna' work. Get's home and finds out is true.
So. I get the job. Told him to bring me what he's got. A dongle for HDMI, one for USB. And a phone with a pale blue screen and no touch. And a 64 gig stick.
Replace the screen? $90-140 for that plus labor. Too much he says! I say leave it. Head out to Staples.
Perfect. Grab a USB C hub with HDMI and USB's, a few ports for an SD card. Power port.
Plug a kb, mouse, the memory stick into the hub. He gave me his phone code. Attach the phone. I got a picture. And kb and mouse control. Cool.
And an amazing full screen that looks like a 'Droid tablet. Niceeee.
Before I did much I disconnected the phone and plugged it into the hub again because I wanted to try a micro SD with an adapter.
What? Now I have a stinkin' screen that looks like a phone. Cropped, app shortcuts. Slide to different desktops.
What happened to that glorious 1080 HD screen?
So on to Google. Mi Padre'. Lol!!
"Samsung DeX mode" is my search result. After a few minutes I find out all of the secrets and get a full screen again.
Start backing up what I can to memory cards and sticks. His Google account was maxed. Never switched his stuff to store on the external SD.
Now. I need to get him back at the shop to do the Easy Transfer thing and give him (what is going to be a confusing mess-of-everything file system backup).
I didn't root the phone, btw. And bill him. Fairly, but well. Maybe a bit more. I need gas in the Kubota.
Which brings me to my rapid learning curve of Samsung DeX.
I got thinking (upstairs). "Samsung DeX"???? How does that relate to anything that makes sense....
I get it!!!
Samsung DeX. Samsung Desk!
Like Ask. And Ax. The famous hood word,
And Axe. The deodorant. You don't have to ax me if I used deodorant today.
Right?
......my daily rant.
Kirk, out!
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Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
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Mark Harmon is coming back as Gibbs in Origins, for the full season. Just saw, Dinozzo too, on NCIS . That will be an interesting writing project.
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Mark Harmon Returning To 'NCIS: Origins' As Gibbs For Season 3
Mark Harmon is returning to NCIS: Origins for a season-long arc.
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
OTHER Mini Multiswitch
I just received 6 receiver 2 port mini Multiswitch and it work great, no external power need it, and you can connect 6 receiver instead of 4 on most Mini Multiswitches... If anyone is interested in where they can get one PM me....
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?
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This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
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For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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I have been optimizing the site the past few days... and got us here now. 
We are rocking now!
We are rocking now!
Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.
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Can't imagine what the son is going through.
Dad levitated and bled then fell to his death from coaster
Eyewitnesses have shared fresh details of the horrific accident that happened at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday afternoon.
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Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
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Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.
Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...
NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system
I'm glad to see ...
Ham Radio 2.0
Time for another AWESOME video from Ham Radio 2.0!
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TWiT Tech Podcast Network
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CELCVXF_wXA
Direct YouTube Link - Tech News Weekly 459
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Direct YouTube Link - Tech News Weekly 459
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iJustine
Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qd-RuBfiRUM
Direct YouTube Link - Meet up in San Francisco! NVIDIA RTX Spark Meet & Greet 10/16!
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Buy her book!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qd-RuBfiRUM
Direct YouTube Link - Meet up in San Francisco! NVIDIA RTX Spark Meet & Greet 10/16!
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
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