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Samsung Galaxy S6 Reorder favorite contacts in Phone App

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Android Smartphones

You can set on your Samsung Galaxy S6 within the Phone app favorites. Favorites are contacts that you contact often. If you have created on your Samsung Galaxy S6 some favorites, it may now be that you want to reorder it.

If you do not know spontaneously how that works, then we want to briefly explain how to reorder the favorites in the Phone app.

Open on your Samsung Galaxy S6 the Phone app. Switch to the "Favorites" tab so you see all the favorites that you have added. To sort this new, tap at the top right on "More" and then "Reorder favorites".

You can now tap and hold individual contacts to drag it then to a new position. If you have your contacts rearranged, then tap at the top right on "Finish". Your favorites are now sorted on your Samsung Galaxy S6 in the desired order.

When will the Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini appear?

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Android Smartphones

Samsung usually brings shortly after the release of the latest Galaxy smartphone another version on the market, the Galaxy Mini. Now the Samsung Galaxy S6 is offered commercially since April but there was no sign for a Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini. The Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini is for many users the smartphone of choice, because it has only very small dimensions and therefore fits into virtually any bag or trouser pocket.

Should you now ask whether the Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini at all comes, then we would like to make you here a little hope.

Since a few days images of a supposed Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini are circulating on the network. The model shown has smaller dimensions than the Samsung Galaxy S6 has and therefore it is quite possible that during the presentation of the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 also a Galaxy S6 Mini is unveiled.

Once there are news about the Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini, we will inform you here on Solvemix about it.

WhatsApp icon on home screen does not show new messages

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Android Smartphones

Most of you launch the app WhatsApp via the icon on the home screen. This icon usually shows the amount of new messages, which have not been read in WhatsApp. With a counter, which is mounted on the WhatsApp icon it can easily be seen if a new message has arrived.

However, it may happen that this icon does not show the right amount of new WhatsApp messages or even show nothing. The icon although doesn´t change if you have read all the messages in WhatsApp.

If you have the problem too then try the following tips:

1. Press long on the WhatsApp icon on the home screen until this can be moved to the trash at the top of the screen. Then go into the app menu, and place from there the WhatsApp icon back to the home screen.

2. Set the WhatsApp data back. Therefore navigate to Menu --> Settings --> Applications --> Application Manager --> tab "All" --> WhatsApp
In the App Information tap on the "Delete Data” button. Then open WhatsApp. You must now verify your phone number again. Subsequently, the issue should be resolved.

3. Disable the Activity Log within the developer options. If these are not visible, you have to activate them first: Instructions to activate developer options.

In the Developer options which are now visible in the settings, scroll all the way down to " Activity Log". The controller must be set to "Off". We hope that one of the tips above helped that the WhatsApp icon works again and the messages that are unread are indicated right on the home screen of your smartphone.

 

Samsung Galaxy S6 camera quick start on home button

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Android Smartphones

Sometimes you want to quickly open the camera on the Samsung Galaxy S6. You can therefore activate the camera of your Samsung Galaxy S6 very quickly with the home button. This works from any menu when the correct setting is defined in the camera App. We will tell you now, how you can start the camera quickly on the Samsung Galaxy S6 via the Home button.

Open on the Samsung Galaxy S6 the Camera app.

In the live view please click on the gear icon to open the settings for the camera. You now find yourself in the camera settings. So you see at the bottom the option "Quick Launch". Move the control to "On". You can now start the camera by using the Home button.

It works like this: Press twice in quickly succession the home button. This command will start the camera on your Samsung Galaxy S6 in future.

 You know now how to start the camera by using Double-click on the home button on the Samsung Galaxy S6.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Remove Flipboard on home screen – Solution

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Android Smartphones

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has the app Flipboard preinstalled and activated from factory within the Android system. You can open Flipboard, if you scroll once on the home screen to the far left. It now appears the Flipboard widget. Very few of you will need Flipboard in everyday life, which is why most of you wish to hide these applications on your home screen. We show you how you have to proceed:

Return on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 back to the Home screen and tap there long on an empty spot. The home screen should now shrink and bring more options to see. Wipe now to the left until the home screen page gets displayed with Flipboard. You can here see at the top a small checkbox.

Erase the hook to disable Flipboard on the home screen of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4.

If you then return, the Flipboard app will no longer appear on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 home screen. You have successfully hidden Flipboard.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Google Maps does not use GPS - solution

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Android Smartphones

Should you use on your Samsung Galaxy S6 the app Google Maps for navigation and for locating yourself, then it is possible that the positioning is wrong. The reason is that Google Maps doesn´t use the built-in GPS module of your Samsung Galaxy S6 but accesses only the data of the mobile data connection.

That means, that you will always be located, where the mobile radio cell is where you are just logged in with your phone. For navigation, is this setting obviously suboptimal.

That is why we tell you now briefly how you can use the Navigation with the GPS module on the Samsung Galaxy S6. Open therefore from the home screen, the following submenu:

Menu --> Settings --> Privacy & Safety --> Location --> Location Method

If you tap on the entry, a small menu opens where you can see several options. Set here the marking necessarily at "GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks." With this setting, Google Maps uses all position data which is available. This also includes the detection by the integrated GPS receiver.

You know now how you can activate on the Samsung Galaxy S6 the locating in Google Maps by using GPS.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Set Access point manually

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Android Smartphones

Sometimes it may be necessary that you set on the Samsung Galaxy S6 the APN access point manually, since it is the only possible way to connect your phone with the mobile Internet. APN access point means that you define on your smartphone how to establish a connection via the mobile data connection with your mobile operator.

We show you now how to set up an APN access point manually on your Samsung Galaxy S6:

Open from the home screen of the Samsung Galaxy S6 the menu and then the Settings. Navigate to:

Mobile networks --> Access Point Names

In this menu you can now use the "Add" button at the top to set up a new APN access to the Samsung Galaxy S6. It opens a window where you must now enter different settings for your APN access point.

Have you entered all the credentials, scrolls upward and then tap on "More". In the mini pop-up menu select "Save". The new access point with the APN settings is now available on the Samsung Galaxy S6. If not already done, mark the access point you just created as "active".

That´s it. Your Samsung Galaxy S6 should now connect via the just created and activated APN access point to the mobile Internet.

Windows 10 - I get an Error C1900208 during update - Tips

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Multimedia and technology

Who is in the process to update its operating system on the new Windows 10 is perhaps stopped by the following error:

Installation status: Failed Error Details: Error Code C1900208

Windows 10

This error occurs in Windows 10 usually when a virus scanner is running in the background, which is certainly the case for many of you. That is why we recommend you to deactivate the virus scanner on your computer or to remove it before you download and update Windows 10 .

Should you already be affected by the error C1900208 while upgrading to Windows 10, then you hav now to delete the failed update again from your PC. This is very simple with the following instructions:

Restart the Windows 10 Update Process

1. Open the Windows Explorer and navigate to the following path: "C: \ Windows \ SoftwareDistribution \ Download"

2. Delete all files in this folder

3. Now open the Start menu and then the command prompt as an administrator: All Programs --> Accessories --> Command Line(Run as administrator)

4. Give now in the console the command: "wuauclt.exe /updatenow"

5. Subsequently restart the update from Windows 10 via the Update Center

The error C1900208 should no longer occur after you have disabled / uninstalled the anti-virus software on your computer. After the Windows 10 update is downloaded again, and then installed, you should of course as soon as possible install an antivirus software on your computer.

Samsung Galaxy S6 touchscreen does not respond on certain spots – test your screen

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Android Smartphones

If you have the feeling, that some spots on the Samsung Galaxy S6 touch screen does not respond correctly then we recommend to check this in more detail. Because should not respond to touch inputs of the display in some places, then a defect of the display could be. To test this, you can run on the Samsung Galaxy S6 a test to within the service menu.

We tell you how you can do this precisely to your Samsung Galaxy S6.

Use the Samsung Service Menu

Opens this as First From the Home screen, the Phone app. Changes in this on the keypad and then give the following code for the service menu:

  • *#0*#

It will appear on your display a menu, called the Samsung Service menu. In this you see several tiles, each tile represents a system test. Tapped Out here on "Touch". So you see a sort of "X" on the screen. This X and the edge you have to now depart with your finger on the display. The distance covered is marked in green. If you have painted everything, then the touch-test has been passed successfully and the display of the Samsung Galaxy S6 works flawlessly.

If a field is not to color, then the touch screen is broken at this point. Here you must now, unfortunately, return the phone and take advantage of your warranty.
You know now how to verify the Samsung Galaxy S6 touch display to function.

What means OTG in conjunction with the smartphone?

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Android Smartphones

If you already have heard of the term "OTG" in conjunction with a smart phone, then perhaps you are wondering what this term means or what technical possibilities are behind it. In order to bring light into the darkness, we want to explain what the term "OTG" means.

OTG stands for “On the Go”. Most of them are devices that you can connect on the go via Micro USB with the smartphone. These includes:

  • Mini Storage Disk
  • USB Flash Drives
  • Speakers

Especially the possibility to connect a hard disk or a USB stick OTG is very useful. So you can very easily transmit from the smartphone photos on an external drive. A backup of your images is “On The Go” possible.

You know now, what the term OTG stands for and how these can be brought into connection with smartphones.

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