Tech Reviews, Tips, and Tricks

Sony Xperia L2 gets the March 2018 Security Update

April 16, 2018 Leave a Comment

The Sony Xperia L2 may be a humble entry to mid-range phone but Sony has given it two updates so far! The previous update were the January updates in mid-March 2018. That’s right, a month ago…

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Tech Tip: Phone Case giving you Fingerprint Reader trouble?

April 9, 2018 Leave a Comment

Is your fingerprint reader on the back of the phone working fine, but after you install a case on your phone, the number of retries needed to unlock the phone increases? There is a reasonable reason why this happens and a simple way to solve, or at least improve upon this problem!

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How to insert a microSD card into the Sony Xperia L2

April 7, 2018 Leave a Comment

The Sony Xperia L2 has a microSD memory card slot, and the slot is in the same area of the phone as the SIM card. Adding or removing a microSD is has similar steps to installing a SIM card, but the microSD card does not go into a tray, instead it goes directly into the body of the phone.

So here are the step by step instructions on how to do this:

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Sony Xperia L2 Review Part #4: Features and Specs

April 1, 2018 Leave a Comment

We continue our slow-moving review of the Sony Xperia L2 smartphone with a discussion of the features and specs! We break them down in three categories for readability… The next post will discuss the “User Experience” aspects of the review. For example, the screen being a fingerprint magnet or that battery life is pretty decent in real-world use belongs in that part of the review, it’s not a feature/spec 🙂

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Phone Calls and Text Messages using Project FI Data SIM and the Sony L2 smartphone

March 24, 2018 Leave a Comment

In Part #1, we talked about the Sony Xperia L2 working with the Project FI Data SIM. But what if you want to use this to make or receive phone calls and text messages? It is a phone after all 🙂

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Moko Case for the Sony Xperia L2

March 21, 2018 Leave a Comment

I am a fan of using cases on phones for a variety of reasons. The Sony Xperia L2 [check our posts on it here] has nowhere near as many cases as some of the more popular phones, but it has enough of them to make picking not an easy task. As you may recall from my half a dozen Nexus 6 case reviews, I prefer the phone’s buttons to remain uncovered by cases, as the various overlays they use have their issues.

However, of the available choices at Amazon, I wasn’t certain any of them did not cover the buttons. A couple looked possible but it could have been the way they took the pictures. Of the various options, I only recognized one brand that I had previously bought a case from, Moko, so I picked up the Moko case for $8. Spoiler alert: it turned out to be a good decision!

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Unboxing the Sony RX10 Mark IV camera

March 15, 2018 Leave a Comment

we are back with another unboxing post. This time we have the Sony RX10 Mark IV digital camera, an all-in-one type of a camera with a fixed lens that promises much and more! We’ll have a lot more on the camera in future post. For now, we take it out of the box…

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Sony Xperia L2 gets Over The Air January 2018 Security Updates

March 14, 2018 Leave a Comment

I don’t know if Sony is planning to give the Xperia L2 the Oreo upgrade, but yesterday it got an over-the-air update moving it from the November 2017 security patch as it came out of the box to the January 2018 security patch. The update was a 252.1 MB download, so grab it over Wifi if you don’t have unlimited data and you are not close to throttling.

To cut a long story short, everything went fine and according to plan. A non-boring (I hope) summary of the happenings is after the break… The guys in the picture below look like could be part of a new scifi TV show for Playstation Vue 🙂

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The Sony Xperia L2 works with the Project FI Data SIM!

March 10, 2018 Leave a Comment

Hooray! The Sony Xperia L2 works with the Project-FI “Data SIM”! Last year I switched from T-Mobile to Project FI after the Big Magenta raised their prices and I realized that I was over-paying and under-utilizing what I was paying for. The “Data SIM” is a good opportunity to add secondary/backup smartphones to your primary line on Project-FI…

I did not check any of the bands before attempting to use the L2 on Project FI, so I did not know what to expect! I had already ordered a Project-FI Data SIM a few months earlier, but I activated the SIM card only AFTER I installed it in the Xperia L2.

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Why do some Amazon eBook orders close immediately and others take half a day?

March 7, 2018 Leave a Comment

This was a mystery that was driving me crazy, and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one puzzled by it. But I finally found the answer by checking Amazon order receipts. The mystery being, why do some of the Amazon Kindle/digital orders close immediately, while others take half a day?

In other words, sometimes when you buy an ebook (or other digital content) you get the order confirmation email immediately, and other times you get it half a day later.

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SONY XPERIA L2

+ SONY L2 gets March 2018 update
+ HOW TO INSERT A MICROSD CARD INTO THE L2
+ SONY L2 FEATURES and SPECS
+ PHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES USING THE SONY L2 WITH A PROJECT-FI DATA SIM
+ MOKO L2 CASE REVIEW
+ XPERIA L2 upgraded to JANUARY 2018 SECURITY PATCH
+ XPERIA L2 WORKS WITH PROJECT-FI DATA SIM
+ UNBOXING THE SONY L2
+ INITIAL SETUP and CONFIG
+ BLOATWARE
+ INSERTING A SIM CARD

+ MUCH MORE COMING UP!

SONY RX10 MARK IV

+ UNBOXING OF THE RX10 IV
+ LOTS MORE COMING UP!

LG Stylo 2 (Virgin Mobile)

1. HOW to GET STARTED WITHOUT ACTIVATING it
2. UNBOXING (Text and Pictures)
3. UPGRADING from MARSHMALLOW to NOUGAT
*. COMING NEXT
* Review/Opinion
* Tips and Tricks
* Accessories and Cases
* More!

TECH TIPS

+ HOW TO SWITCH ONLY BETWEEN BROWSER WINDOWS OF THE SAME KIND ON CHROMEOS
+ Partially Working Task Manager for Android 7.0 (NOUGAT)
+ Pitfalls to avoid during Amazon Dash Button configuration
+ You can still buy Android phones on Virgin Mobile (IF you are an existing customer)

SHOE UNBOXING

+ FILA Memory Steelprint (Costco)
+ FILA Memory Narrow Escape
+ FILA Trail Shoes (Costco)

SAMSUNG CHROMEBOOK PLUS

+ INITIAL SETUP/CONFIGURATION
+ UNBOXING THE SCP
+ HOW TO INSTALL A MICROSD CARD

+ MUCH MORE COMING UP!

FOSSIL Q EXPLORIST FTW4004

+ SECOND IMPRESSIONS REVIEW
+ FIRST IMPRESSIONS REVIEW
+ SPECS and GUIDES
+ IT DOES NOT HAVE a FLAT TIRE!
+ UNBOXING (TEXT & PICTURES)
+ INITIAL SETUP AND CONNECTION

+ more coming up on this!

UNBOXING POSTS

TAOTRONICS TT-AD001 DIFFUSER

CORDCUTTERS

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NEXUS 6 CASE REVIEWS

+ CaseMate Naked Bumper Case with Kickstand
+ Cruzerlite Bugdroid (soft)
+ Spigen Thin Fit (hard)
+ NagaBee Spring (hard)
+ Insten Jelly (soft)
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TECH REVIEWS

STAPLES PENCIL STYLUS

NEXUS 6 REVIEW

1. NEXUS 6 Review Running Android 6
2. UPGRADING from Android 6.0.1 to 7.0
3. Switching the Nexus 6 from T-Mobile to Project FI

*. NEXUS 6 Review Running Android 7
* more on Project FI and Nexus 6
*. more Nexus 6 Case Reviews

Mediasonic HW-150PVR OTA DVR

1. UNBOXING (text & pictures)
2. THE REVIEW SUMMARY

ASUS M32CD Win10 PC REVIEW

1. UNBOXING (text & pictures)
2. TURNING it ON for the FIRST TIME
3. The SPECS
4. FINDINGS after THREE WEEKS
5. Running CPU-Z (screenshots)
6. Reinstalling Windows 10
7. more coming up

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