In general, this is a routing delay that happens. Basically, it takes longer than normal for your phone to be connected to the destination phone on the greater carrier network. There are a lot of different things that can cause this, ranging from simple account problems to coverage gaps to hardware and software issues.
The easiest way to change your baseband version is to run your updates. Baseband updates are included in standard Android updates, so you don’t have to do anything special to make it work. If you want to manually change baseband versions, you have to download the version you want and flash the phone.
The reason that your battery drains even when the phone is off is that the battery is incapable of holding a charge forever. The raw physics of how batteries work forces them to slowly lose charge over time, even if they aren’t powering anything. This, the age of the battery and its environment all play a part.
In general, rotary dial phones definitely still work, and you can even have one functioning in your home or office. The phone system that they used is still intact, so as long as you can connect to it, the phone will work just fine. There are also ways to connect rotary phones to digital networks and your smartphone.
You can back up a TikTok draft to the camera roll or gallery of your phone by using the private publishing feature within the app. To back up the draft to the cloud or a different device, you have to first move it to your camera app and then back it up from there. TikTok doesn’t back up drafts on their servers.
Here’s what happens when you turn off cellular data on your phone: Turning off cellular data on a phone makes it so the phone cannot upload or download through the carrier network. If you are connected to a Wi-Fi network, this will not impact how the phone functions in noticeable ways. If you are not … Read more
In North America, 324 is a reserved area code, which means that it is not currently in use in any region. While no country used 324 as a country code, Belgium uses 32, and Ghana uses a prefix of 233. Both of these can end up looking like they are a 324 area code when a caller ID has formatting limitations.
In the vast majority of cases, you can charge a phone during a thunderstorm, and everything will be just fine. That said, any expert in the fields of electricity, telecommunications, and construction is likely to tell you that there is still a chance your phone could be damaged. The general recommendation is to unplug.
The +1 in front of a number refers to the country code of the dialer. Every country has a country code (plenty of countries share codes, like the United States and Canada). When someone calls you, you can see their entire phone number, and that will include the code for the country they are calling from.
Here’s whether dust or hair under your phone screen protector damages your phone screen: For the most part, a small speck of dust will not harm your phone’s screen any amount. Hair is also usually harmless, but it is more visible and can disrupt your ability to take advantage of interactive visuals. If either is … Read more
Depending on the app, there are various chimes, audio cues, and visual aids that let you know when you or another person is muted. On plain old telephone calls, you often don’t have a direct indicator to let you know when you have been muted. In these cases, you have to use context clues to determine what happened.
You might get an indicator, like a busy signal or a chime that lets you know the number you dialed is in use. On the other end, you can get a call waiting beep or similar indicator. You also might not get any notification, which would require you to deduce the call status by thinking about how calls work.
Trusted Credentials comprise a list of servers that have gone through a specific security approval process that’s managed by Google. Android devices come preloaded with this list, and that is why they are deemed safe. If you clear the credentials, security features might block websites and apps that need them.
In the vast majority of instances, phone cases do not trap heat enough to make phones run hotter than normal. In many instances, phone cases actually help the phones to cool off more effectively. It depends on the design of the phone and case being used, but it is rare for a phone case to cause a heating problem.
Putting a credit card in a phone can damage the card, but many cases are well-designed in that respect and won’t hurt it. The bigger issue is that if your phone goes missing, your credit card is now missing too. That doubles the frustration on your end, and it creates significant security concerns.
At a minimum, a scammer can sell your information and lead to you getting spam calls and advertisements that are annoying at worst. More successful scammers can use your phone number and personal information to steal just about anything from you. There’s not really a ceiling on how bad it can get.
