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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone
« Last post by kalos on September 26, 2016, 05:16 PM »
^ well, if you're going to call me on this:

I thought the versions would be the obvious, like 2GB/16GB and 3GB/32GB versions
-kalos (September 26, 2016, 03:54 PM)

if that is the case, why do you need someone to type 'Redmi 3' into Ebay for you?
Take a little initiative and do the searching yourself -- if you're then unsure, at least you've made an effort, and whoever is considering helping, has something to start with.

edit// maybe you thought that before you posted?
If that's the case, you could still look and see what available on ebay - if it's anything like here in Germany, it'll only be a couple of offers.
So my point still stands. Take a little initiative.
Sometimes Kalos, you remind me of those people that ask a question and request that the answer be sent to their email address which they also post...
-tomos (September 26, 2016, 04:14 PM)

You mistundestood me.
I was thinking that the available versions would be too extensive to be accommodated with a simple ebay search. And that some deeper research from a knowledgeable person would be necessary. If it was just to type some search terms of a specific version on ebay, I could do that, if I knew the right terms.
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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone
« Last post by kalos on September 26, 2016, 03:54 PM »
this one made me laugh -

No I didn't know there are many Redmi Note 3, can you find me one on ebay to buy? thanks!
-kalos (September 26, 2016, 01:06 PM)

. . .  :-\
-tomos (September 26, 2016, 03:09 PM)

what? I thought the versions would be the obvious, like 2GB/16GB and 3GB/32GB versions
if there are tons of obscure versions that do not appear on the official website, how can I know which to buy?
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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone
« Last post by kalos on September 26, 2016, 01:06 PM »
Only buy a phone with the Android-based MIUI OS, (eg. XIAOMI), if you're willing to install another firmware, perform extensive setting modification, or willing to put up with chronic privacy invasion - FWIW, I have a XIAOMI Redmi Note 2 running non-standard firmware.

I recommend you get a phone with a Qualcomm processor, (ie. SnapDragon SoC), not MTK, as it is better supported by third party firmware, eg. CyanogenMod, and you'll get Android version updates a lot faster.

Besides that, you haven't said anything about your other needs, ie. Dual (4G) SIM, microSD, HD/FHD, battery life, network coverage, etc, etc.

XIAOMI just released the Redmi Note 3 Special Edition which has world-wide 4G band coverage, (and there's a CyanogenMod version available to install with a little fiddling).

Since you're in the UK: WileyFox
-4wd (September 22, 2016, 07:22 PM)

I am about to buy Xiaomi RedMi Note 3, but it doesn't have removable battery! that is a major con because after few months/years the battery loses its performance and needs replacement!
-kalos (September 25, 2016, 05:01 PM)

Obviously you can:
Battery
Tear down

DO NOT fall for the batteries that advertise a higher capacity than the standard BM46 - to have a higher capacity means it has to be a physically bigger battery, ie. it won't fit.  If it is the same dimensions then it probably means that the marked capacity is BS.  Do the research and buy from a reputable seller, check the XIAOMI forums, ask.

BTW, you do know there is multiple models of the Redmi Note 3 don't you?

Some with MTK X10 processor and some with a SnapDragon 650 processor, (there's also the 3S with a SnapDragon 430) - you'll probably find there is differences in the 4G bands covered also.
-4wd (September 26, 2016, 02:57 AM)

No I didn't know there are many Redmi Note 3, can you find me one on ebay to buy? thanks!
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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone
« Last post by kalos on September 25, 2016, 05:01 PM »
Only buy a phone with the Android-based MIUI OS, (eg. XIAOMI), if you're willing to install another firmware, perform extensive setting modification, or willing to put up with chronic privacy invasion - FWIW, I have a XIAOMI Redmi Note 2 running non-standard firmware.

I recommend you get a phone with a Qualcomm processor, (ie. SnapDragon SoC), not MTK, as it is better supported by third party firmware, eg. CyanogenMod, and you'll get Android version updates a lot faster.

Besides that, you haven't said anything about your other needs, ie. Dual (4G) SIM, microSD, HD/FHD, battery life, network coverage, etc, etc.

XIAOMI just released the Redmi Note 3 Special Edition which has world-wide 4G band coverage, (and there's a CyanogenMod version available to install with a little fiddling).

Since you're in the UK: WileyFox
-4wd (September 22, 2016, 07:22 PM)

I am about to buy Xiaomi RedMi Note 3, but it doesn't have removable battery! that is a major con because after few months/years the battery loses its performance and needs replacement!
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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone
« Last post by kalos on September 23, 2016, 07:07 PM »
you hijacked my thread!
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Living Room / Looking for smartphone
« Last post by kalos on September 22, 2016, 03:33 PM »
Hello!

I need a new smartphone with:
1) 3GB at least RAM as my 2GB Note2 struggles
2) good screen view under sunlight
3) good removable battery life

Can you suggest me any?
Is any of these any good? http://www.ebay.co.u...p;rt=nc&LH_BIN=1
Are Lenovo good? Any specific?

Btw, they must be good quality, not falling apart, bad voice quality, etc.

thanks!
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Living Room / Email whitelist
« Last post by kalos on September 19, 2016, 03:51 PM »
hello!
I am member in a committee and we want to send mass emails to our members for an event. Me as an IT officer of the committee, I don't want them to end in spam folders. Is there a way to whitelist the IP I am sending them from or do something so that they won't be flagged as spam?
thanks!
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Living Room / Re: How to stop friends getting notified of my posts in groups?
« Last post by kalos on September 17, 2016, 10:22 AM »
To stop all that, just stop posting and liking on facebook, take away the cause and your worries will go away too.
The sole purpose of facebook is letting others (your connections/friends) know what you write and read/like, so there is only one real solution: don't do that.
___________________________
-Ath (September 17, 2016, 04:33 AM)
      :Thmbsup:
-IainB (September 17, 2016, 08:19 AM)

I couldn't help but think of the old joke "Doctor, it hurts when I move my arm like this."  Doctor's reply:  "Don't move your arm like that.  That will be $50."  :)

-MilesAhead (September 17, 2016, 10:13 AM)

 ;D ;D ;D
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Living Room / Re: How to stop friends getting notified of my posts in groups?
« Last post by kalos on September 16, 2016, 07:29 PM »
Have you looked at the help in Facebook?  It tells you how to do that.
-wraith808 (September 16, 2016, 07:25 PM)

The help in facebook is massive and rarely my keyword search reveals useful results
I searched both google and facebook extensively before posting here
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Living Room / How to stop friends getting notified of my posts in groups?
« Last post by kalos on September 16, 2016, 07:23 PM »
hello!
facebook is horrible
How to stop friends getting notified of my posts in groups?
or likes or tags, generally EVERYTHING!
I don't want my friends to get notified of my posts and activity!
thanks!
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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: show my subscriptions
« Last post by kalos on July 16, 2016, 02:56 PM »
thanks but it's so hard to navigate to it
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DC Website Help and Extras / show my subscriptions
« Last post by kalos on July 16, 2016, 01:14 PM »
hello!

I cannot see a direct link to show my subscriptions and highlight if there are new posts

it is very annoying having to navigate to my profile and then show my posts

any solution?

thanks!
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Living Room / Re: problem with pdf
« Last post by kalos on July 16, 2016, 01:13 PM »
I finally solved the problem, it was that I used Firefox, when switched to IE, there was no problem!  :Thmbsup:
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General Software Discussion / Re: save my writings
« Last post by kalos on July 15, 2016, 06:18 PM »
@kalos: Did you try Text Editor Anywhere as suggested by @rjbull ?
That seemed like it might offer the most comprehensive recovery options overall.
The in-browser text editing recovery tools (Firefox and Chrome) otherwise all seem to be a bit iffy, in my experience.

I'm going to trial Text Editor Anywhere, anyway. Thanks @rjbull !   :Thmbsup:
-IainB (July 12, 2016, 09:12 PM)

from I saw about that program, I don't think it's something suitable
I want a program that will sit in tray and just monitor and save in an dated archive all the text I type
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Living Room / Re: problem with pdf
« Last post by kalos on July 15, 2016, 06:13 PM »
the website is https://www.universi...ssions.se/intl/start but the pdf are id documents and cannot upload
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Living Room / problem with pdf
« Last post by kalos on July 14, 2016, 04:36 PM »
hello!

I want to upload some pdf files in a website and while they are true pdf files, with pdf extension, the website rejects them as non-pdf

what can I do?

how can I 'fix' them? or is there any other solution?

thanks!
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General Software Discussion / Re: save my writings
« Last post by kalos on July 12, 2016, 04:39 PM »
What if I type something in a notepad and crashes?
I still need to save that text.
I basically need to save ALL text I type in a nice archive!
I am eager to test your suggestions, but they need to be universal, where should I start?
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General Software Discussion / save my writings
« Last post by kalos on June 28, 2016, 05:48 PM »
hello!

I am looking for a keylogger or whatever you want to call it (but it must not flag Microsoft Antivirus) in order to save all my texts I type in forums, job applications, etc

sometimes the webpage may close and I may lose the text or I just want to archive the text I typed yet I no longer have access

any idea?

thanks!
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Living Room / Re: Autobackup with OneDrive
« Last post by kalos on June 24, 2016, 04:41 AM »
maybe we can write a clever backup software that will do versioning, but only store the differences in files in a restorable archive, not the whole files!
anyone wants to work together on that idea?
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Living Room / Re: Re: Autobackup with OneDrive
« Last post by kalos on June 23, 2016, 08:08 PM »
True, I just realised that I am going to use double the space in my hard drive for the same files.
Is there a solution for this? To directly backup in the cloud and not locally?

4wd I don't think your link will work very well. It doesn't seem to do versioning, I am not sure if it synchronizes locked/used files, etc.
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Living Room / Re: Re: Autobackup with OneDrive
« Last post by kalos on June 21, 2016, 03:57 PM »
as I said Yadis is supposed to send the files to the cloud versioned
-kalos (June 20, 2016, 03:29 PM)

you havent actually looked at Yadis, have you?
EDIT// AFAICS, it doesnt do that (ondrive would have to do that)
-tomos (June 20, 2016, 05:49 PM)

I have!
Yadis will send them to your OneDrive folder in Windows and from there they will be mirrored to the cloud
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Living Room / Re: Re: Autobackup with OneDrive
« Last post by kalos on June 20, 2016, 03:29 PM »
do I need that dedicated drive? can't I just specify to back up in onedrive disk directly?
-kalos (June 20, 2016, 02:29 PM)

that would be a sync of your files as opposed to a proper backup (but I dunno, does OneDrive do versioning?)

The way Clive is describing is doing backup -- with versioning of files, and that all then gets backed up to onedrive.
That's the way I do backup myself from my desktop:
backup to a second internal harddrive -- that all then gets backed up online and to external HD.

Obvious advantage is a better 'proper' backup, disadvantage is increased size of backup.
-tomos (June 20, 2016, 03:13 PM)

Yadis does the versioning, I don't need OneDrive to do the versioning
I cannot use second drive, I only have laptop
And can anyone explain me what is the purpose of the second drive really? I don't understand, as I said Yadis is supposed to send the files to the cloud versioned
I don't want to hold a local backup, I only need the cloud
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Living Room / Re: Re: Autobackup with OneDrive
« Last post by kalos on June 20, 2016, 02:29 PM »
do I need that dedicated drive? can't I just specify to back up in onedrive disk directly?
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Living Room / Re: Re: Autobackup with OneDrive
« Last post by kalos on June 20, 2016, 11:59 AM »
Wow Clive! Your solutions seems awesome, I 've been looking for that quite long time! thanks!
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Living Room / Re: how can I save this video?
« Last post by kalos on June 14, 2016, 05:08 PM »
doh! cool I didn't know thanks!
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