wunfellaff Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I realise this is a very stupid question, but unfortunately I'm an idiot. Basically, if I'm in my house and am connected to the house wifi on my phone, am I right in saying that that does NOT use up my data allowance? Also, is there a way of temporarily turning off my phone's ability to go online off its own back and, presumably, use up my data allowance? Wifi doesn't have anything to do with your allowance, you are connecting to a router not the internet ...... It shouldn't connect unless you connect it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dane-don Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) Managed to lose my phone battery(but not my actual phone, sim card or back board ) when I was wrecked last week. How easy will this be to replace? It's a Blackberry Storm 2 9520. Would any old Blackberry battery do, or do I need that specific one? Edited July 20, 2012 by dane-don 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffcsam Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Another daft question. How do you screengrab from mobile phone (htc one v ) ? Waiting on getting the fecker fixed first though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint dave Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I realise this is a very stupid question, but unfortunately I'm an idiot. Basically, if I'm in my house and am connected to the house wifi on my phone, am I right in saying that that does NOT use up my data allowance? Also, is there a way of temporarily turning off my phone's ability to go online off its own back and, presumably, use up my data allowance? Should be able to turn off mobile data , on my iPhone it's under Network , means you can turn off data when abroad etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Another daft question. How do you screengrab from mobile phone (htc one v ) ? Waiting on getting the fecker fixed first though Power Button + Home Button or Power Button + Volume Down. What is wrong with your phone, if it is anything serious you should be demanding a replacement, the thing is brand new. (unless you caused the damage) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffcsam Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Power Button + Home Button or Power Button + Volume Down. What is wrong with your phone, if it is anything serious you should be demanding a replacement, the thing is brand new. (unless you caused the damage) It was working fine. Took the phone out my pocket and then nothing. Cheers for the advice though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerSaint Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I have an Acer Aspire 5733 laptop. It has a shared graphics card - 'Intel HD Graphics (shared memory)' is exactly what it says. Is it possible to upgrade this to a Dedicated Graphics Card? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggie_93 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) Would this computer be able to play any game on medium to high settings? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200776247654#ht_2855wt_1139 Edited July 28, 2012 by Staggie_93 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Would this computer be able to play any game on medium to high settings? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200776247654#ht_2855wt_1139 Can't comment on the processor, as it's AMD and I'm not sure how their chips perform c.f. Intel (the clock speeds can't be compared like-for-like as the technology is different), but everything else looks pretty decent. You're looking at a pretty decemt GPU, a nifty amount of RAM, a decent quality motherboard. Only thing to consider is you'll need a monitor. It looks like that GPU takes VGA or DVID output so you should be covered, but best to check. If the processor performs anything close to as well as my new i5 you're getting yourself a decent deal there for a mid-range gaming unit, assuming it all works! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggie_93 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Alright cheers mate, I'll check out the processor 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Can't comment on the processor, as it's AMD and I'm not sure how their chips perform c.f. Intel (the clock speeds can't be compared like-for-like as the technology is different), but everything else looks pretty decent. You're looking at a pretty decemt GPU, a nifty amount of RAM, a decent quality motherboard. Only thing to consider is you'll need a monitor. It looks like that GPU takes VGA or DVID output so you should be covered, but best to check. If the processor performs anything close to as well as my new i5 you're getting yourself a decent deal there for a mid-range gaming unit, assuming it all works! Why can you not compare clock speeds between Amd and Intel chips? The one in that pc is a 4ghz quad core, so I think we can safely say it will be fine for gaming. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Why can you not compare clock speeds between Amd and Intel chips? The one in that pc is a 4ghz quad core, so I think we can safely say it will be fine for gaming. If you look at some of the stress/benchmark tests that have been done on quad chips, the Intel Sandybridge QuadCore processors perform better than AMD quad core chips operating at higher clock speeds. For example, the CPU in that build performs less well at 4GHz clock speeds in a lot of builds than i5 processors in the 2300 and 2400 series (mid-range i5s) clocking only around 3.1GHz-3.3GHz. Of course, most Quad Core processors (even those from 4-5 years ago) should still be perfectly competent on high settings for most games, but that doesn't mean that a higher clock speed on the most recent AMD chips means they outperform their lower-clocked intel counterparts. Indeed some of the high-end (hyperthreaded) i3 dual core processors (at 3.1GHz) produce better frame rates and no worse gaming performance in all other respects than an FX4100 with base clock of 3.6GHz Turbo-Charging to 3.8GHz. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 My CD drive isn't reading any disks that I put in. I've tried an external drive plugged into one of the USB ports but same problem. A closer inspection sees this; I can't update the driver so I'm assuming I'll just have to buy a new one. I don't need a DVD drive, just a CD will do so that it can read my disks. Any decent ones around or what sort of price should I be looking at? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Off topic but there is a new email site at outlook.com if anyone wants to snap up a username before anyone else gets it. You have to go through the whole thing before it tells you the name is already used. Tedious 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davi3j Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 My CD drive isn't reading any disks that I put in. I've tried an external drive plugged into one of the USB ports but same problem. A closer inspection sees this; I can't update the driver so I'm assuming I'll just have to buy a new one. I don't need a DVD drive, just a CD will do so that it can read my disks. Any decent ones around or what sort of price should I be looking at? Have you tried to reinstall the driver also 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lanarkshire Jag Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Simple question. I have a Samsung Galaxy(the first one). Contract Cancelled. What's to stop me using a different SIM on the same phone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Simple question. I have a Samsung Galaxy(the first one). Contract Cancelled. What's to stop me using a different SIM on the same phone? The handset might be locked to the provider you had the contract with? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Have you tried to reinstall the driver also It asks for a disk, which I don't have. Not sure it would even boot up in any case! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 Simple question. I have a Samsung Galaxy(the first one). Contract Cancelled. What's to stop me using a different SIM on the same phone? If it's unlocked then I don't think there's anything, isn't that the point of contracts? You get to keep the phone after the contract is over. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 It asks for a disk, which I don't have. Not sure it would even boot up in any case! Search on the interweb and see if you can find the driver 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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