Phones & Tablets

Phone Notifications Arriving Late or Not at All? Fix the Delay

Messages that land an hour after they were sent are almost always battery optimisation, not a network problem.

Focus modes, battery optimisation and a muted alarm channel all stop alarms silently. Here is how to make sure yours fires.

Navigation that puts you on the wrong street, or a blue dot that wanders. Here is what actually determines GPS accuracy and…

Losing 30 percent while you sleep is not normal. Here is how to identify the app or setting responsible.

Signal bars full, calls connect, and nothing loads. That combination points at APN settings, a data toggle, or a network registration problem.

Dead zones on a touchscreen are sometimes software and sometimes a failing digitiser. Here is how to tell which you have.

When one phone is the only device that cannot join, the fault is on that phone. Here is the sequence that fixes…

A tablet stuck at one percent is usually a deeply discharged battery or an underpowered charger, not a dead device.

Warm is normal, hot is not. Here is where the line is, what causes it, and the habits that keep a phone…

Hidden caches, duplicate downloads and a system partition that grows with every update. Here is how to find the space and get…

A phone that used to charge in an hour and now takes four is usually telling you about a cable, a port,…

Your camera app opens but the preview stays black. Here is what causes it, and how to get the viewfinder back without…