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Hi all, I’m simply trying to set up an automation that will open my Waze app when my phone connects to my car’s bluetooth. I just want to have the app open so I can notifications about hazards or speed traps, I don’t need it to navigate or anything. I don’t always remember to open the app on my commute and it could have saved me a lot of time waiting in traffic and a couple speeding tickets. Problem however, Waze is not listed in the shortcut app as an app that’s available to use and I can’t figure out any way to allow it or add it. Can anybody offer any help or does Apple just not allow us to do what simple things we want with our own phones?

Hi guys, I have a Note8 that I use for business and I've recently noted it charges very slowly. The battery is original to the phone so I'm quite sure its capacity is not what it used to be, but would that affect its charging rate? As far as what I've read, the phone is capable of charging up to 15w (QC 2.0) but in my experience with 5 or 6 different chargers, it won't charge beyond anything more than about 6w. I have multiple chargers from Apple (20w), Anker and UGreen and not one of them is able to exceed about 6w. The small Anker chargers I have are the 18w version that can do 9v as well as a couple PD 65w chargers from Anker. The UGreen charger I have is also a PD 65w charger. None of these chargers will charge the Note8 at anything more than 5v; none of them will switch to 9v after a few seconds like they do with my newer devices. I'm baffled, since most of the chargers I have tried with it are QC 2.0, QC 3.0, etc. certified, or at least they list QC compatibility in their documentation. The only charger I have that will charge it at anything more than that 6w is a Samsung adaptive charger that WILL switch to 9v after a few seconds (but really holds more like 8.80v) and even that will not exceed about 11w maximum. Is the Note8 just that picky? If there's nothing I can do about it I will probably end up having to spend the money to replace the device since the charging time of 2-3 hours is really hurting my work flow. Thanks in advance for any help. Do you think replacing the battery ($25) would make a difference?

Hi all...I'm wondering if I need a specific type of drive to pair with my home theater PC in order to play 4K UHD Blu-Ray disks. I've done some research but nothing particularly helpful comes up within the first few pages of Google. I would love some recommendations for good drives (preferably internal). Thanks!

Alright, here's my situation. I recently bought some new parts so I could revamp my PC; I bought an ASUS TUF Gaming Z790-Plus WiFi D4, a 13600K, I already had an 3080Ti FTW3, a 980 Pro 1TB, 32GB of Corsair Vengeance LPX @3000Mhz and it's all powered by an RM850x. I bought a Thermaltake Core P3 TG, built it all, powered it up and installed windows. I initially used the vertical GPU mount and the PCIe riser that was included with the case (I believe this is a Gen3 riser) and I was running into weird graphical issues and it would restart any time I tried to install graphics drivers or load browsers. After some troubleshooting I determined the riser was the cause of my restarting by unplugging it and using the iGPU on the 13600. After I did that everything worked perfectly. My question is: are there other PCIe risers that will fit Thermaltake's mounting mechanism? Do I need to find a Gen4 riser and will that really make a difference? I tried to set the PCIe slots in BIOS to run in Gen3 mode but it made absolutely no difference at all, still restarting. Only fix was removing the riser from the system completely. I would like to use the vertical mount, but my Thermal Grizzly PCIe Gen4 riser does not fit the mounting on the case and is too long anyway...are there other options that will fit and won't cause my computer to restart?

It put down 209 in Cinebench R15, not great, but I've definitely seen worse. My XPS will do 1200 or more in R15 lmao.

Hi guys, I'm trying to use Throttlestop to undervolt my friend's HP 15-BS289WM, but it's not showing the FIVR menu. Does this processor not support FIVR or is it a BIOS limitation? Can it be done on this laptop?

Hi guys, I'm looking for the best way to upgrade the NVMe SSD in my laptop but keep an exact copy of what I have on the current drive, operating system and all. I'm running Windows 10 on an XPS 9570. I've done the typical Google search but I've come up with about 20 different methods, about half of which involve programs that cost money. I wanted to know what the best way to do this is according to people who've actually done it. I have another computer, my desktop, so I could theoretically get two NVMe to USB adapters and plug them both into that if it would be any easier. Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi all, I need some help with redoing my home network, specifically with the hardline part of it. My house is not currently wired for ethernet, all I have are RJ11 and coax. I have two coax jacks that are actually active and I currently have a Sparklight internet plan that works with what essentially appears to be two modems. One is upstairs, one is downstairs, both Hitron units, both connected to coax. The two modems have different MAC addresses...so I was wondering if it would be possible for me to use one modem upstairs and another downstairs on the same internet plan, or if I'm just going to have to suck it up and run some ethernet cables myself. I would like to get rid of the equipment I have from Sparklight and install my own, mainly for the fact I can use my own, higher quality equipment, upgrade my internet plant to a faster one and still be saving money on my monthly bill for getting rid of their equipment. Is there any way for me to be able to use two modems without having to pay for two separate internet plans, or is there another way that I can use coax to share an internet connection from the downstairs to the upstairs?

I am having constant issues trying to move pictures from my iPhone 8 Plus to my Dell XPS 9570 running Windows 10. My iPhone is on the latest software as of this date (12.4) and I get the same error every single time I try, regardless of whether I try to import using Photos or I try to move the pictures manually from the DCIM folder on the iPhone. I can get a few pictures and then it will fail, every single time, and give me the same error message (picture attached). I’ve even tried moving files one at a time. Same error almost every time. Usually it’s videos, and it might have something to do with trying to transfer 4K60 video over a USB 2.0 connection, which is what the Apple Lightning port uses, but I’m unsure of what to do by this point. I’ve tried so many things and I’m at my wits end. Any help is appreciated.

I'm actually bidding on a pretty cheap Q9650 right now, but I'll look into a 9550 as well, I know they usually go for about half or less what a 9650 will go for.

I just recently finished building a "retro" build of sorts, mainly for fun and because I just think Core 2s are cool since it what was current when I was a kid. I wanted to ask about other people's experiences with overclocking a Core 2 Quad. The specs of the BEAST are an ASUS P5G41T-M LX3 mobo, a Core 2 Quad Q9300, an EVGA 960 FTW, 8GB of Samsung 1600Mhz DDR3, an EVGA 500W 80+ PSU and a Silicon Power SSD with Windows 10. I stuffed it all into an old eMachines T5048 case that originally came with a Pentium 4, from which I still have all of the original components. I managed to get the CPU overclocked to *just* shy of 3.00Ghz from its stock speed of 2.50Ghz, any more and it will not boot. It laid down a whopping 312CB in Cinebench R15 and 8925 in Superposition @ 720p low. Does anyone else have any numbers from this chip or other Core 2 Quads regarding overclocking or benchmarking? I plan to post up some pics of the build on my profile soon. The entire build was put together for around $100 USD. I'm pretty happy with it.

Thank you! The minimum processor state in Windows Power Options was set to 99%. It now throttles down to about 800Mhz like it should...and I was able to get it to an all-core Turbo of 3.7Ghz. Much appreciated!

I started cleaning a computer for a friend of mine and decided to do some baseline benchmarking before I cleaned it, just to see if we'd pick up any performance gain from cleaning and reapplication of thermal paste on CPU/GPU. (It's dirty enough to make me think it might be throttling, and is still using thermal paste that he put on over 5 years ago...) As I got into said benchmarking, I noticed it was sitting at 3.5Ghz all the time, this is reflected by task manager and MSI Afterburner both. He is running an i5-4690K in an MSI Z97 PC Mate mobo. I don't know anything really about this board and I don't know a ton about Haswell either, but I thought they were supposed to drop their clocks when idling...and it doesn't. According to task manager, CPU usage at idle with everything closed is about 0-1%. Even so, it stays at 3.5Ghz, and doesn't change at all, up or down. It stays at 3.5 when idling, running Cinebench, opening programs, AIDA64, everything I have tried. Afterburner just shows a straight line for all four CPU cores at 3.5Ghz. It doesn't Turbo up past 3.5, and it doesn't idle below 3.5. I don't know what to look for at this point, all settings in BIOS are on Auto or enabled, he's never OC'd it, so all the settings in BIOS are stock. I thought about maybe trying a fresh Windows install or running it off one of the drives I have laying around, but I figured I'd ask here first. Am I missing something? What should I look for? Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Hello all, I need recommendations for screen sharing softwares, preferably free. Thanks!

I need to update my BIOS. Running a Strix Z390-E Gaming and I have not updated my BIOS. I'll do that and run tests again at 5.1, see what I get.