Phones & Tablets

Duplicate Photos Eating Your Storage? Here Is How to Clear Them Safely

Duplicates come from sharing, editing and multiple backups. Here is how to find them without deleting the originals.

Car sockets and USB ports supply far less power than people assume. Here is why navigation drains the phone while plugged in.

MMS uses mobile data even on Wi-Fi and breaks in specific ways. Here is the settings order that fixes it.

Focus modes are more capable than most people use and easy to misconfigure. Here is how to let the important things through.

In-display sensors are fussy about screen protectors, moisture and how you enrolled. Here is what to change.

Backups fail quietly for a few predictable reasons. Here is how to find which one and get it finishing again.

Phones have several microphones and a blocked one changes everything. Here is how to test each and what usually causes the problem.

Keyboard lag is usually the keyboard app rather than the phone. Here is how to find out and what to disable.

A single app closing repeatedly is usually corrupted local data or a version mismatch. Here is how to fix it without losing…

Auto-rotate failing is usually the lock toggle, an app that forbids rotation, or a sensor that needs recalibrating. Here is the order.

A screen that types on its own is usually a charger, a screen protector or moisture rather than a failed digitiser. Here…

Location comes from several sources and any of them can be wrong. Here is how to recalibrate and which settings actually matter.