Q: Should I factory reset a phone that previously belonged to someone else? (via Quora) A: Yes, absolutely! You have no way of knowing what might still be on the phone… spyware, malware, traces of illicit images or activity, whatever. I suggest you reset the phone before you plug in your SIM, and before you…
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Native voice-to-text: Can you here mi noun?
I’m again experimenting with voice-to-text transcription. I keep hoping for that Star Trek experience — you know, where the characters whap their comm badge, speak with normal speed and diction, and have the computer fully understand them. But for me, that’s truly fiction. In real life, with free-form text, voice to-text accuracy is likely to…
A reader asks: How do I recover/save my phone’s internal storage before doing Reset?
Q: How do I recover/save my phone’s internal storage before doing Reset? (via Quora) A: It depends on where’s the data stored — but should always be relatively easy to do. 1) If the data is on a plug-in/add-on memory card, recovery is trivially simple: Turn off the phone, remove the card, and plug the card…