Digital

Tag: phone

  • Help! My Phone is Running Out of Memory

    Before you give me any advice, let me explain the problem and what I am doing about it. I bought my Galaxy four years ago, and it has 16 GB of internal memory. All was well for a couple of years, and then I decided I needed to get some extra memory, so I bought a micro SD card, also with 16 GB of memory. I started by putting the photos from the phone’s camera on it, and later the ones from WhatsApp. Again all was well for a while, but in the past six months or so I have been having trouble again. The My Files app tells me I am using 15.32 GB of the internal 16 GB.

    Every morning I check my phone’s apps for updates, and there is usually at least one. Some of the updates can be large, so some fail to install because of lack of memory. I suspect the apps must now be larger than they were a few years ago. I have tried moving some apps to the SD card, but only a few have allowed that. I have also looked into uninstalling the apps I don’t use, but again many don’t give me that option. I can sometimes uninstall updates, or disable the app, if that helps. I am now reduced to clearing caches. Incidentally I’ve noticed that Signal occasionally downloads a backup file, which is 116 MB. I assume I only need one backup file, so I’ve started deleting old ones.

    Having (I hope) read all that, do you have any suggestions?

  • ICE – that’s In Case of Emergency

    ICE – that’s In Case of Emergency

     

     

    Recent discussion in U3A has been on what role a Group Convenor should have in case of emergency. It's a difficult one, I haven't fully resolved in my mind what responsibility I should have – I think it's one that's worth discussing. Should I, can I request that information be lodged with me? Should the group member provide it to a membership record on a database system that the Convenor can access? Or, should – and this is the purpose of this post – the individual take the responsibility upon themselves. This can be done by either carrying a card – this one is used by The Ramblers – there are many providers of this sort of card, eg ICEcard, or should we use the facilities on our Smartphones which allow access without unlocking the phone from the Home screen.