Wow! That's probably one of the biggest batteries I have seen. Another
one worth considering is the mophie juice pack power station. It seems
lots of companies are starting to produce these external batteries now.
Another manufacturer of these is called nutrent.
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Andrew,
What I like about this pack is that it charges through USB. Some packs
require a separate A.C. adapter to charge it which is inconvenient to
say the least. You definitely get a lot for your money with these.
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For those who can't get Andrew's link to work because it wraps, here
I was wondering, have you thought about bringing this app to android as
well? That would be great.
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Apple just approved a major update to ALL ACCESS that addresses the
biggest concern many of you had. We figured out a way to find
restaurants and menus,
With these lithium ion and lithium polimer batteries, it's actually
better if you don't discharge them completely. With previous battery
technologies, such as NICD and NIMH, it was good now and then to let
them discharge completely and then recharge them. For the lithium
batteries, they will
now, but this one also seems worth considering.
Nice to see lots of choices out there.
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On 8/1/2013 9:30 AM, Mike Arrigo
Hey everyone, here's something else you may or may not have known about
them. Many times the instructions will tell you to charge them every
few months. The reason for this is that lithium polimer batteries
actually have a protection circuit, almost like a computer chip in them
to prevent over
Yes, it was blind square that provided this information, I think it's
very 0.3 miles or so, it does come in handy at times.
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Mike Arrego did a recent podcast in wich he used Blind Square in
conjunction with commercial GPS apps. I'm sorry but I don't recall
specifically which
Get the mophie juice pack, it's great. The site is http://mophie.com
On Aug 2, 2013, at 4:32 PM, Sharonda Greenlaw sbgreen...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
I am looking for an extended battery case for my iPHone 5. I'm
wondering which one you all have used with great success? There are
just
You cannot get an unlocked iphone from them, you're best bet is to get that
from the apple store directly.
On Aug 2, 2013, at 7:02 PM, Jose Lomeli jose.lome...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello; Listers, where can I find and unlocked iPhone from ATT? Thanks
in advance!
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As someone who uses both platforms, I can tell you that the same thing
happens on android as well. Granted, Google does allow trial software
but developers do not always provide it. Also, google will provide a
refund within 15 minutes of purchasing an app, but that's not always
enough time to
Some have proposed that Apple simply not approve apps unless they are
accessible. Of course, that can make things very interesting as well.
What defines accessible? My definition would be that all elements of an
app are accessible using voiceover and properly labeled. But, what
about apps like
You will need to use your web browser to do this. Since Amazon does not want to
give Apple 30 percent of each purchase, Apple will not allow them to sell books
within the app.
On Aug 6, 2013, at 5:45 PM, Dulce Muccio Weisenborn
d...@lifedesigns-inc.com wrote:
I just downloaded the Kindle app
Things would have been so much easier if Apple had just used micro USB
on the device itself. Fortunately the juice pack cases get around that
problem because they use micro USB.
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It would probably work if you have a Micro USB to Lightning adapter. In
Europe they ship with
If the phone is no longer part of a contract, att may unlock it for
you, you have nothing to lose by asking them. The way the iphone is
officially unlocked is a bit different than other phones. With most
phones, if you insert a sim card that the phone is not supposed to use,
you can enter a
IOS 6 will be the last update for it, and even with that, it does not
have all features. And, IOS 6 is a bit slow on it.
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As I understand it, Apple will no longer support the 3GS phone after
next year. This makes the phone. Very undesirable
Chuck (mobile)
Pleez x cuze enny
Actually, att is not required to unlock a phone, even if it's off contract. I
think this should be required, but currently it is not, at least not in the
U.S. In many countries in Europe this is actually required, but here, the
carriers are completely free to choose whether or not to do this.
There would really be no reason to do this anyway. If you have a
charger available to charge the external battery pack, you could just
use that to charge your device.
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Hi Jim,
It does not, here from the FAQ section on Kickstarter:
Can you charge a device and the Limeade
My only response to that is, if Apple would remove some of their
restrictions, such as not allowing you to side load apps, and giving
you more customization such as the ability to install system wide apps
like other keyboards, there would be no need to jail break in the first place.
Original
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On Dec 23, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote:
My only response to that is, if Apple would remove some of their
restrictions, such as not allowing you to side load apps, and giving you
more customization such as the ability to install system wide apps like
It’s a great case, it will give you much longer battery life, and, you can
charge it and the iphone with a regular micro USB cable instead of having to
use Apple’s proprietary nonsense.
On Jan 18, 2014, at 10:26 PM, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm considering getting a Mophie Juice
This is by design, I think it’s because of the restrictions of the lightning
connector. If you make sure the juice pack is switched on, the phone will sync
with itunes over your network, but not over USB while using the case.
On Jan 21, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Shawn sbangs...@gmail.com wrote:
I got
It works with the iphone 3 gs and iphone 4 and 4s, just not the 5 or 5s.
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I plugged the cable into the computer and the Mophie case. ITunes
recognizes my phone and synced without problems.
Thank you for showing me that.
Jenn
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Google now works very similarly to siri, and some think it's better.
On Feb 7, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Casey cwoll...@wi.rr.com wrote:
Hi I would like to know.
If there is any Google apps that you can use on your iPhone that do things
like ciri does.
But if you would like to search for a Phone
Hey everyone, I use t-mobile here in the United States, there is a
feature that actually downloads voice mail messages to the iphone, and,
even after you delete them from the voice mail system, you must also
delete them from the iphone. I think this is called visual voice mail.
Is there a way
If you already have a 5, the only real difference with the 5c is the
plastic, it has the same internals as the 5, so there really is no
benefit to going from the 5 to the 5c.
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I’m just about to get a 5c for work, what do I need to know apart from
that it’s made out of cheap
I usually keep mine on all the time. So, your phone will show 100
percent battery until the juice pack's battery is used up, then it will
begin to use its own battery. Some users like to use the iphone battery
and switch on the juice pack when the iphone battery needs to recharge,
either way
As far as I know, this is not possible. That's one reason why I don't
like these cases, I tend to swap my sim between phones quite a bit, and
this case makes that very difficult. That's why I stick with the juice
pack, it doubles the battery life as well.
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Hello,
I need to
For the most part, the 5c is the same hardware as the 5 was, so the
affects would be similar between those 2 models. I notice though that
many companies are not as interested in developing cases for the 5c,
personally I think Apple should have just left the 5 as the lower end
model and had the
IOS does not have these abilities the way Android does, unless you jail break.
That's one of the pet peeves I have with it, it's much more of a closed system,
the only way you can manage files is by using the program that created the
files. You can use dropbox to copy files to and from the
For navigation, I use google maps and motionx GPS Drive. I also have garmin,
tomtom and navigon.
On May 10, 2014, at 3:28 AM, Pranav Lal pranav@gmail.com wrote:
Blindsquare and navigon work nicely for me.
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You can charge these batteries from USB wall chargers, and, in fact, it
will charge much faster than using a computer. Usually you press the
button to start charging, you can tell if a device is charging since it
indicates this in the status area.
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Listers,
So I've got the
Yes, it's no longer accessible, currently the only work around is to
use a different app.
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Hi,
Sense the update to the Weather Channel app, two or three weeks ago, I
have found it to be inaccessible with VO. Have others noticed this or
did something go wrong with my
Yep, the juice pack cases are great, there are 3 of them, the helium,
the air, and the plus. I would go for the plus, it's the most powerful
of the 3. It will make the phone slightly larger, but it should still
fit in your pocket easily. Also, you will be able to charge the case
and the phone
Both platforms are accessible, but they work differently, it's like
comparing apples and oranges. You can perform all of the major tasks
that you could want on both of them. Android is certainly more
customizable, and you can do things such as replace the system
keyboard, use a different home
Hey everyone, a friend of mine told me about a bug he read about, and I
can confirm that it does exist. Perhaps this will help if you use the
dictation feature. I had actually noticed something interesting on my
iphone 5c, I would go to bed with a battery level of around 50 percent,
and wake
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Hey everyone, a friend of mine told me about a bug he read about, and I can
confirm that it does exist. Perhaps this will help if you use the dictation
feature. I had
The mophie juice pack is my favorite case, it also includes a battery
that will just about double your battery life between charges.
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Hello all. I received an iPhone 5s. Can anyone recommend any good
cases? I had an OtterBox case for my 4S but want good protection as
well as
Certainly, the ability to have other keyboards system wide is a great
improvement. There wre 2 things I was hoping for that it appears we
will not be getting. First, the ability to install other voices and use
them system wide. Each person has their own voice preferences, but at
this point,
that do it, so sure, why Apple don't
provide something at system level has always bugged me. I have used the
apps, but having such a fundamental feature built-in, would be a monumental
and long-overdue benefit.
JMO, RobH.
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Certainly, the ability to have other keyboards system wide is a great
Wonder if they are working on an android version as well? I hope so, I
hope this is not another case where android is treated as a second
class platform or afterthought.
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Hey everyone, for those who might be interested, I have a new pod cast
on the blind geek zone web site, comparing the latest version of the
seeing eye gps app on I O S, and the newest version of nearby explorer
on android. These are currently the 2 gps apps for blind users that
provide
I really blind square, it's a great app. The seeing eye GPS app is also
decent, though I wish it provided more information automatically
without having to touch the screen. If you are considering one or the
other, I would go with blind square.
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I realize that this particular
favorite things to
deal with. So I wasn't sure if that kind of information would be
conveyed to me via the Seeing Eye app.
Kellie and guide Loki
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 25, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote:
I really blind square, it's a great app. The seeing eye
I have several droids, battery life works fine, granted, I switch off
the lte to get a longer battery life, since I don't download huge files
over my data connection. In the United States, nearby explorer is the
best GPS app for android, works as well as blindsquare and the seeing
eye app, and
I'm the same way, I use IOS and Android, I like them both for different
reasons.
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Hello Eric,
I am sorry you are so unhappy with your iPhone 5 since updating to iOS
7.1. I know what it is like to have a phone running perfectly only to
have things seemingly get messed up
Wonder if this fixes the bug where the microphone stays on after
dictating, causing the battery to drain much faster.
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Thanks for this, admitedly, I'm a bit disappointed that Apple did not
fix this when they were clearly aware of it. How were you able to tell
that it wasn't fixed?
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Hi all
The subject pretty much says it. I just tested on my iPhone5, running
iOS7.1.2, and the dictation bug is
As far as I know, limefuel makes the most powerful battery right now,
it's a 24000 miliamp one, another brand that is good is anker.
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Fred,
It all depends where you want to buy them. Amazon is a good place to look,
all of them can easily be found by searching for Limefuel or
It's definitely possible to do this, developers on Android do it all
the time, it's just a matter of whether Apple is willing to do it. For
that price, I would also want a demo first.
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I do somewhat agree with you, Alex, if an app is that expensive some
sort of trial is
Hi there, I'm also in Saint Louis, last I heard the charter app was accessible,
I also have them so perhaps I should try the newest version and see what it can
do.
On Jul 19, 2014, at 5:30 PM, Ann cradlingarm...@gmail.com wrote:
Sent from my iPhone hello, I finally have my first apartment
You can transfer your sim card from a 5 to a 5s, they both use the nano
sim. You would save money in the long run. You pay more for the phone
up front, but you would nothave to sign another contract. This is
something that many people overlook, they only think about what they
are paying for
It's not just you, mine does this too, you can double tap the headset
button to switch to the speaker, but it is annoying.
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Hello All,
Today, I made a quick recording in the Voice Memos app. Try as I may, I
could not get the recording to playback on my phones speaker,
That makes sense, I think apple is introducing new camera apis with version 8
On Aug 29, 2014, at 2:16 PM, Trea Abma trea.a...@gmail.com wrote:
On twitter:
The KNFB Reader iOS app will be released alongside iOS 8 to insure full
compatibility with new API's. http://knfbreader.com #Apple
And, if your carrier offers different size sim cards, get the nano sim,
it will give you the most flexibility. There is an adapter kit you can
get that will let you use a nano sim in phones that take micro sims and
full size sims, on the other hand, if you actually have a larger sim
card, you
Think I will wait a few days as well for a few reasons, the download
speed will be faster, and, in case there are any major issues. I
usually prefer to wait until the first update of a major new version of
an operating system before installing it.
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At 1.1 GB, it's gunna take
Hey everyone, wondering if someone can list the major bugs that are in
IOS8, I guess in particular related to accessibility, or anything else
that is major. I don't use a braille display so any braille bugs could
be left out. Thanks.
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Someone on this list has already reported this, but I just wanted to
Unless something has changed, the downloaded file is still on your
computer, on a mac at least, I think it's under libraries, application
support files, itunes, or something similar. You may want to check this
and delete the file if it's still there.
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Hi, once you have the OS
Well, maybe you should give an android phone a try, smile. At this
point, I am so glad I have not upgraded to IOS 8, generally my rule is
to always wait until at least the first major update of any new
operating system before installing it. Maybe instead of an iphone 6,
you should consider a
The issue is not whether they are concerned about accessibility, it's
obvious that they are. It goes much deeper, this really has nothing to
do with accessibility directly, it's a quality control issue. The
operating system simply was not tested enough before release. As far as
android, it's
I was debating whether to update to IOS 8 with the newest update, but
based on this message, I think I will wait. Looks like the caller id
issue may be fixed, I want the touch tone issue and the issue where
double tapping on an item will not activate it if it's not on screen
before I will
If your main interest is knowing where you are, I think blindsquare is
better. However, if you want turn by turn navigation, it might be worth
the price since blindsquare does not provide this directly, however,
there are good main stream apps that will do this as well.
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Hi,
This was a known issue with IOS 8, for some users the 8.02 update has
resolved it, for others it's still happening. Think I will stick with
IOS 7 for a while yet.
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Hi All,
Have looked back through the recent list traffic but have not seen this
one discussed.
I'm running
My favorite main stream app for directions is motionx gps drive. I
combine that with blindsquare and it works great. I had a sendero
subscription for a year but I did not renew it, blindsquare actually
works much better I think.
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Blind Square is coming on like a racehorse. in
Blindsquare will do this, it's a great app, that's the one I would suggest.
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Dear all
Kindly suggest an app that announces intersection while driving. I
primarily need this while traveling in public transport in United
States. I would appreciate your suggestions
TP
Over all, which do you think is better? I'm not sure I would say one is
better than the other, they are both good at different things.
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Hi everyone. I've put together a half-hour comparison of Siri and
Google Voice Search, performing a range of tasks.
Hope some of you find it
Hey everyone. I finally did upgrade to IOS 8.1.1, so far it seems to work fine,
only issue I have found so far is that the caller id does not always speak.
Anyway, wondering what the difference is between touch typing and direct touch
typing. The direct touch typing option is new with IOS 8
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I think part of the issue is that Apple likes to keep much more control over
things than google. I agree that a siri API would be awesome.
On Nov 27, 2014, at 9:55 AM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote:
Hi Robin, you make a really important point. With all the extensability
features added
They were lucky that they found their key. If you're going to use that
system, you need to keep it stored somewhere you can find it.
Personally I think the 2 factor authentication is a bit overboard, but
that's just my opinion.
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Hello Everyone,
I strongly suggest that you
Apple was actually doing their job here, what if that wasn't the real
person, but a hacker instead? If you're going to use that kind of
security, you need to understand the responsibility that goes with it.
Again, personally I think using 2 step security and file vault is
overkill, but if you
The high quality vocalizer voices are available on the 5c, but Alex is not. For
that, you need a 64 bit processor, and that’s only available in the 5s, 6 and 6
plus.
On Dec 12, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Jen Colley jencol...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I am wondering if you can download Alex and the other
I don’t unfortunately, if you find any, let me know.
On Jan 22, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net wrote:
Mike, do you know of a good app for use with the transit system here in St.
Louis which is accessible with SIRI?
Fred Olver
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This should work fine, this may have changed with the ipad mini, but, with the
regular ipads, the charger had a higher output. Most USB chargers are
interchangeable, though their output may cause some devices to take longer to
charge.
On Jan 17, 2015, at 7:08 AM, Mária Orovčíková
This should work fine, might even charge a bit faster.
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I have a friend who just purchased a Logitech USB easy switch
keyboard.this keyboard comes with a USB cord and wants you to use your
computer to charge it. However, he says he is often in a position where
he does not have
Usually it’s best to only have tghe app you are using running, every time I am
done with an app, I do a double tap of the home button and close it, it’s a
golod practice to get in to.
On Jan 18, 2015, at 12:40 PM, carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
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Hi all,
If you don't want to save the text, just do the 2 finger scrub to go
back to the previous screen.
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After the knfb reader reads you a text, how do you get it to delete
the text so you can scan another document? Thank you for your assistance.
Connie
Sent from my iPhone
This was definitely a long time coming, and I'm glad it's happened. For
me at least, I think I still will continue to purchase unlocked devices
out of the box, they cost a bit more but well worth it.
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Hello All,
I am delighted to post the following cNet News article for
In order to remove the encription on a backup, you will need the
password. This kind of thing is why, in general, using encription
causes more problems than it solves, it's usually not worth it.
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I just tried this and was unable to get it to work. When I tried to
uncheck
I think this does resume the last audio, even if that app is not oopen. I have
an audio bible app on my phone, and it works the same way.
On Jan 4, 2015, at 5:51 PM, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote:
I suspect it has nothing to do with the TuneIn developers and has more to do
I would read the built in user guide, it will tell you what you need to know.
It does work well, no doubt about that.
On Jan 7, 2015, at 5:58 PM, Lori Dent loriand...@ohiohills.com wrote:
Hi all,
I bought the knfb reader just a little bit ago.I paid the full price for it
but it's well
I use blind square to tell where I am and what is around me. For
navigation, my favorite is notionx gps drive.
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Hi Everyone:
I am considering purchasing a gps app for my Iphone.
I was looking in the app store last night and came across the Seeing
Eye GPS app from Sendero.
Since
Had the sane issue here yesterday, at first I thought it was a problem with my
connection, but guess not. All is well now though.
On Mar 11, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Davy Cuppens davycupp...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi
All Apple services are down at least in Europe. There is no access to Itunes
or the
I definitely will not be getting one, I guess I just don't see the
point, try as I might. What will it do that my phone does not already
do? Allow me to have some functions on my wrist? Big deal, if I need
something, I just pull out the phone.
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Pre-ordering begins on April
I much prefer blind square. It provides more information without you
having to touch your screen. The seeing ehe app will announce streets,
but only when you arrive at them, where as blindsquare will announce
approaching streets from a distance. Also, blindsquare will frequently
announce your
Supposedly, flash is not available for IOS. Really, this site needs to
move away from flash and switch to html 5.
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Hello. Has anybody successfully played flash from web sites using an
IOS device? I've tried the Photon web browser app, but whenever I go
to a web site that has
This is a great feature. I use t-mobile, for some reason, in my apartment, I
only get 1 of 5 bars, works great once you get ousdie, not sure what the deal
is with that. At times I would miss calls, and call quality was not very good.
However, with the wifi calling feature, it works great. It’s
I would say it’s on topic because it’s being used on the android platform. Yes,
I would definitely write to the accessibility folks at Apple and let them know
about the unlabeled buttons.
> On Nov 11, 2015, at 6:53 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
>
> I am actually not sure if this is
I had this when I launched the app, changed it in teh app settings and it’s
fine now.
> On Nov 13, 2015, at 6:10 PM, david gross wrote:
>
> Speech very slow since last app update.
> Have reinstalled, no change.
> Using Iphone 6 plus.
> Suggestions?
>
> Sent from my
In general, I think it's always good to wait until at least the first
major update, sometimes the second of any new operating system so the
major bugs can get worked out. Upgrading to a new version of an
operating system as soon as it's released is far too risky.
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Hi everyone,
I turned this off as well. If I am connected to wifi I want my phone to
only use that, if I have wifi off, then it can use the cell data
connection, I don't want my device deciding what to use, I guess I am
somewhat of a control freak when it comes to my devices, but I don't
like when they
On I O S, Apple requires that all browsers use the safari engine to
display web pages, so, really, there is not much benefit to using
another browser besides safari itself, unless having your history on
another browser sync to another device is important to you. Chrome on
the mac is useable
I think you need to do it on the youtube web site, after signing in to your
google account.
> On Dec 22, 2015, at 12:49 PM, Shermeen Khan <shermee...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Can you sign up for that from within the youtube app?
>
> On 12/22/15, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charte
You can sign up for what is called youtube red, it's $10 a month. I
have it, quite nice actually.
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How do you have YouTube with no ads?
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I had this before upgrading to IOS 9.2, once I upgraded and entered the
password one more time, it went away, it is probably a bug somewhere.
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Don't know either my is doing the same thing. I have a iphone5s running
the latest IOS9 on it. It might be a bug. I would do a restore
I would ask for a USB charger, most of these are universal so any charger will
probably work. Of course, the plug that goes in to the iphone is nonstandard,
but that's not on the outlet end. Or, you might ask for a USB wall charger,
that should definitely work.
> On Dec 19, 2015, at 8:41 AM,
e soon.
Regards,
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Interesting. In some ways I do think mo
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