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(Answer requested by Ian Sandoval) Touching with what, and how hard? Even on screens that aren’t meant to be touched (e.g. not a touchscreen!) a simple tap or swipe with a fingertip, where the screen is not visibly deformed, won’t do any harm except maybe to leave behind a little skin oil. A harder touch…
(Answer requested by Kacey Mae) Can it? I suppose. But it would be extremely difficult to pull off at all; and nearly impossible to pull off in a way that would fool anyone who was paying attention. The usual way to run a full 32-bit OS inside a full, operating 64-bit OS is to use…
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(Answer requested by Jamie Moore) Assuming the phone and battery are otherwise in good condition, the only way it’d lose that much charge when “closed” overnight is if it’s not really idle: Clearly, some apps are still running, despite your efforts. Perhaps they’re periodically waking themselves to go online for updates. Try this: Turn your…
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(Answer requested by Luis Fuentes) The most-certain way is to boot your PC with an external, self-contained (a.k.a. “portable”) anti-malware tool, such as one contained on a flash drive or DVD. (Examples.) These self-contained apps don’t rely on the installed operating system, and can instead examine your entire hard drive — including the boot sectors…
(Answer requested by Md-Abdur-Rahim) Store it the same way it probably arrived from the factory: with about a 30%-40% charge, which is the “sweet-spot” for long-term storage with minimal self-discharge for LI-ion batteries. Once charged to around 40%, carefully pack the battery in nonconductive material (e.g. a cardboard box), and then let it sit in…
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Talk about frustrating! AskWoody Plus subscriber Marvin Moss has an app he can launch only once! If he wants to run it a second time, he has to totally reboot his PC. His specific issue is with Firefox, but the same kind of problem can happen with any complex piece of software — and the solution likewise…
(Answer requested by A.R.Talha) The answer depends on how old the battery is. By human analogy, think of the 100% effort that a 20 year old footballer can give compared to the 100% effort of a nursing home resident. It’s a full 100% effort in both cases, but the latter is less overall than the…