Sunday, June 14, 2015

Edit or Remove spilspelt words from samsung android keyboard dictionary

To remove misspelt words from the custom dictionary (personalized word list) of Samsung keyboard on galaxy devices: press and hold the word that you want to delete from the prediction bar on top of the keyboard. As easy as that, but a bit tricky to discover until you stumble on it.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Galaxy Note 2 - Remove external sd card to improve battery life

Noted that the battery life of my Galaxy Note 2 has improved by almost 20% ever since I pulled out my external (add-on) sd card. It makes perfect since as the phone has to now power one less component.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Read data from damaged dvds or cds

Dvd decryptor is an awesome tool to read / extract / copy data from damaged dvds. Can bypass cyclic redundancy check (crc) errors by setting hardware and software read error retry count setting to a low number such as 0 or 1.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Android wifi auto switching

For all those Android users who have 2 or more wifi Access points at home or office, and need a solution to automatically switch to the strongest signal as you roam around your house or office....check this out... Best Wifi app on google play.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Samsung LCD TV Media player - Series 5 - some MKV files do not play - Video codec not supported error

This could be because the .h264 video stream was encoded using Advanced Video Codec with format Level greater than 4.1. The samsung media player usually checks for the codec level and if it is outside the compatible range it simply refuses to play.

Though the codec format level is more recent, it still might play on our device. To resolve, you would need to change the .h264 level id to 4.1 (or lesser value). H264LevelEditor is a simple tool to help you change this id value without needing to recode the video files.

Try this at your own risk and make sure you back up your file before experimenting.

Enjoy ! - this worked for me.

No Sound after resume from Windows 7

If you are experiencing problem of no sound after resume from sleep on Windows 7 - x64 try this fix:
A) Open control panel
b) Go to sounds and manage sound devices
c) Under the playback tab, right click on your usual line out - disable and then re-enable.

This fixed things for me. Sure beats needing to reboot.

BTW, I had this issue with a M-audio audiophile 2496 sound card.


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Powerpoint 2007 slide show too slow? - heres the fix

If your Powerpoint 2007 is too slow when you try to start a slide show and end the slide show, your default printer (most likely HP) is the culprit. Switch to a lighter default printer - something like document converter and you will find the issue disappear. enjoy!!