2012
How to Turn Off Android Email Notifications – Disable Email Notifications on Galaxy S
OK, so recently I got the Samsung Galaxy S 4G through T-Mobile, love the phone, but the email notifications were driving me crazy. Every time I got an email, the notification sound would go off. This got really irritating, especially with all the junk mail that comes through.
After researching this a bit on the internet, everyone kept saying the same thing.
Here is how you turn it off:
- Open the EMail App.
- Press Menu.
- Select More.
- Tap Settings.
- Check or uncheck email Notification.
So I did this but it didn’t work. I had 2 email accounts so I made sure that both of them had email notifications unchecked. But sounds would still come through.
After searching high and low through the phone I found another place where you can turn off the Email Notification on the Android Phone for good!
You have to disable the email notifications in your Gmail App, not the Email App. So here is what to do:
- Open the GMail App. (In your applications)
- Press Menu.
- Select More.
- Tap Settings.
- Click your email account that you would like to enable or disable the notifications for.
- Check or uncheck Email Notification.
Macbook Pro Laptop Display Out, Mac Graphics Card Dead
I have a Macbook Pro that is just under 3 years old now. It is in really good condition and well taken care of. About 2 weeks ago the display on my Macboo Pro would not turn on. I tried a number of things from restarting, to safe booting, and even resetting the PVRAM, pmu etc., none of it worked! The computer would boot up just fine, but nothing would be on the screen. It was completely black. I even tried to plug the computer into an external monitor through the Display Out port on the side, but still nothing would come through.
After doing some research on what might be going on, I discovered that my Graphics Card in my Macbook Pro had gone out. I came across this article on Apple’s website stating that they would fix the problem under warranty as long as the computer was within 4 years old (which mine was) SEE ARTICLE HERE. So I took the computer into the Apple store and after running some diagnostic tests, they told me that my model computer and everything was correct, but the graphics card in my macbook pro was not one of the ones that they are covering. Apparently they use different graphics cards in the same model macbook pros and are only covering a certain card if it fails.
And to further the piss me off, they tell me that the graphics card is soldered onto the Logic board (which is basically your motherboard) so I would need to replace the whole Logic Board. And if I could find a logic board it would probably run me about $900.
I left the apple store furious! I cant spend $900 dollars on a computer right now, you can buy brand new computers for less than that!
Solution:
After asking around and about this problem a little more I found a way to get my logic board/graphics card replaced for free under warranty. Here is what I did:
After being refused by the apple store, I took my computer and a print up of this page to a third party apple maintenance shop. Most of these shops do everything that the apple store does including fixing computer problems under warranty. They are paid by apple to do repairs for them. So I found one locally and took my computer in with a print up of the problem that has been diagnosed.
They ran a couple tests, to make sure that the graphics card had failed. Once they saw that the graphics card had failed, and my model computer matched the print up, they ordered a new Logic Board and replaced it all under warranty for FREE!!! They didn’t check to see what graphics card I had, they just checked to make sure it was failing and I had the right model computer.
If you run into any issues where something on your computer is questionably under warranty, and the Apple store turns you away… Try taking your computer to a third party apple repair store!
2010
Vizio TV Audio Sound Cuts Out When Quiet For A Few Seconds
So after resolving the video lag from my xbox to the new Vizio TV I noticed another problem that was going on. The sounds seemed to cut out randomly.
I first noticed this when the we were streaming a movie through Netflix on Xbox live. We were watching a movie and everything was going great. And we noticed that when the movie got to a quiet spot, where there was very little to no sound or movement in the film, the speakers sounded like they would just switch off on the TV all together. It is pretty annoying because even when there is no sound going on in the movie, the TV usually has a very low static noise that comes out of ithe speakers still. But with this new Vizio TV, it’s as if it recognizes that no sound it being input into it and the speakers shut off. So you go from hearing a very low static (which is fine), to hearing the speakers click off and you can’t hear anything. Then when someone speaks again, or there is some sort of noise in the movie, you hear the speakers click back on and its usually slightly delayed so the voice gets chopped a little.
This is very annoying and I am hoping that there is a way to turn this function off. I would rather just have the consistent low static sound coming through the speakers constantly, than have the sound keep cutting in and out.
I haven’t found a way to resolve this issue yet, so if you know any way to prevent this from happening, please post a comment below!
Cheers!!
SOLUTION: In comment below!