We had difficulty finding the Polar H10 heart rate monitor in Polar Flow, Polar Beats and our favourite app SportsTracker Pro (no longer supported). The short answer to our problem: Do not connect the H10 to the phone’s Bluetooth. Let the app discover it. If it’s connected in the phone’s list of Bluetooth devices, unpair […]
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Android Auto has a split screen. With the map sharing space with a media player. We want map only. The solution is simple: press the map icon. For some reason, we didn’t think of it and kept pressing the icon on the lower right. Once the split screen was up, pressing the icon on the
Multiple tracks seem to have the same album art. Turns out the answer was simple. The music files, MP3 or otherwise, had an empty metadata field under “album”. Samsung Music seems to operate under a shorthand that uses the same album art it caches for all successive files with the same album name. So we
Want to keep the same size (in terms of pixels) but change the DPI (resolution). For example: from 1000 x 500 pixels 72 DPI to 1000 x 500 pixels 300 DPI Saw some guides that suggested using the image “Resize” tool and the “By Print Size” option. Never seems to work properly for us. The
Those were search terms I used trying to find instructions to turn this: Into this: Now that it’s done, the procedure is more like: creating a mask (layer) using luminance, then invert mask data. Mask is created in a group. Pair it up with a background layer.
When you need to do a screen grab, but some invisible force stands in your way. Control + Shift + I, that brings up developer console Control + Shift + P, that brings up the dialog box Type “screen” Click on the “screenshot” button (purple) The screengrab is saved to the downloads folder. Found this
Problem We’ve noticed that most movies play instantly on our android phone. Lately (Oct 2022), some movies refuse to play at all. In our case, both The Batman and Spider-Man: No Way Home were uncooperative. We’ve tried clearing the app data and cache, device restarts … all unsuccessful. Solution Google TV is an inferior replacement
We’ve noticed the electronic system cut out twice under load – riding up steep inclines. The bike was set to BO+ (boost mode) and we were powering up a slope of about 30 degrees. About five metres up the slope the electronics cut out entirely. It would not power up again via the power switch,
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Videostream used to work a treat. We use it specifically to handle videos with subtitles. Lately (Nov 2021), due to web browser updates, Videostream no longer works. The cast button might as well be a background picture. Clicking on it does nothing. In the beginning, Videostream worked well, flawlessly. Over time, we noticed niggling bugs.
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Technically, it’s not adding, it’s “moving” to another Home. We like using voice commands through Google assistant to turn the television off (via Chromecast) – too lazy to reach for the television remote. However, we had unknowingly created a new home entity on a different Google account. Where we add our Chromecast seems to matter.