How to transform Windows 11 into 10

Edwin · Mar 14, 2023

Ghot said:
I'm wondering if it has the ability to accept SD cards?

Yes.

Ghot · Mar 14, 2023

Edwin said:
Yes.

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Yep... I just saw that, by going to Samsung's site.
All the phones on the Cricket site that take SD cards, say they take SD cards... accept the A53 and A23

Ofc, I'll need to find some monk in the Himalayas to teach me how to use it.
And... how to remove all the bloatware.

I just realized... if I was still young and energetic, I'd start a "User Manual" business.
Decent user manuals are starting to get seriously hard to find.
I'd fly around in my Lear jet on someone else's dime, and go to all these companies that make high tech things, and say stuff like... NO, you need to include all the BIOS settings in that manual, or... Give FULL explanations, all on the same pages, for all those different settings.

And one of my first stops would be at computer case and CPU cooler companies. I'd tell them... NO, you have to make it so when people zoom in on all those pics in your PDF, they are STILL legible.

Edwin · Mar 14, 2023

Ghot said:
I'll need to find some monk in the Himalayas to teach me how to use it.

It's a powerful device.
I've had my A52 going on 2 years now and I'm still finding out things it can do!
Excellent phones though! Good battery, good CPU, excellent camera...

Subscriber43 · Mar 14, 2023

Bree said:
My thoughts exactly. I embrace the new and make no changes except those that the new GUI allows, like organising my apps in named groups on Start. I count that as a major contributing factor in my never having had any Windows Update failures or issues.

That is exactly my approach too. And, like you, I have never had a failed update.

Ghot · Mar 14, 2023

Edwin said:
It's a powerful device.
I've had my A52 going on 2 years now and I'm still finding out things it can do!
Excellent phones though! Good battery, good CPU, excellent camera...

And I already KNOW the manual (if there even is one), is gonna be junk.

Ghot · Mar 14, 2023

Subscriber43 said:
That is exactly my approach to. And, like you, I have never had a failed update.

All I use is Winaero Tweaker, ViveTool, registry tweaks and settings.
I haven't failed any updates either.

Honestly though... my system is far better than MS's.
I've never needed libraries, OneDrive, Home or Quick Access, or tabs for that matter.

This is... junk. I don't care how you slice it.

This, on the other hand is fast, intuitive and doesn't require 57 settings...

Edwin · Mar 14, 2023

Ghot said:
And I already KNOW the manual (if there even is one), is gonna be junk.

My A52 manual isn't too bad, 164 pages..., covers quite a bit.

pparks1 · Mar 14, 2023

spapakons said:
Back in topic... hocus pocus... (or Abra Cadabra as we say in Greek)

To make Windows 11 look like 10 (if you prefer 10 or don't want your boss find out you secretly upgraded to 11) you use Explorer Patcher.

In a place of business, you shouldn't be upgrading your own OS. Reason being, the internal systems might not be configured per se for pushing out updates for Windows 11. Not to mention, your company may have to be in compliance with auditors for a variety of things, and you don't want to end up surprising anyone there.

CountMike · Mar 14, 2023

I have Galax A12 does the job and more.

Ghot · Mar 14, 2023

Edwin said:
My A52 manual isn't too bad, 164 pages..., covers quite a bit.

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I dunno... I just DL'd your manual and looked through it.
I don't see anywhere that they explain how to answer the phone or how to hang up.
I would think that would be necessary information.

CountMike · Mar 14, 2023

Ghot said:
I dunno... I just DL'd your manual and looked through it.
I don't see anywhere that they explain how to answer the phone or how to hang up.

That's last resort.

Ghot · Mar 14, 2023

CountMike said:
That's last resort.

Some idiot at Samsung said: "We don't need to put that in the manual, everyone knows how to do that."
And look... we saved .00000372 cents by leaving it out.

spapakons · Mar 14, 2023

pparks1 said:
In a place of business, you shouldn't be upgrading your own OS. Reason being, the internal systems might not be configured per se for pushing out updates for Windows 11. Not to mention, your company may have to be in compliance with auditors for a variety of things, and you don't want to end up surprising anyone there.

We don't have an ISO or whatever in our company that we must comply with. We are the ITs since our job is to repair computers among others, so if anything goes wrong I will just have to fix it myself, no problem here. Also my Supervisor was impressed and wanted to upgrade his unsupported computer to Windows 11 as well.

Hazel123 · Mar 14, 2023

Initially I just used the smartphone like the nokia. Didn't use the camera (I have a good camera) or rarely. Liked being able to google out and about though and just tap on phone numbers that came up on google. Wasn't interested in apps.

Now I'm fully sucked in. I have a banking app - can use it anywhere and it's much easier than the website to use. I use the camera for all sorts of records. (Easy to snap the electricity meter reading without standing on a chair). Not much else really.

But it works with my computer in a way and I email photos to myself from phone to computer when I can't find a cable.

CountMike · Mar 14, 2023

Hazel123 said:
Initially I just used the smartphone like the nokia. Didn't use the camera (I have a good camera) or rarely. Liked being able to google out and about though and just tap on phone numbers that came up on google. Wasn't interested in apps.

Now I'm fully sucked in. I have a banking app - can use it anywhere and it's much easier than the website to use. I use the camera for all sorts of records. (Easy to snap the electricity meter reading without standing on a chair). Not much else really.

But it works with my computer in a way and I email photos to myself from phone to computer when I can't find a cable.

After all this time that My phone feature still doesn't work over BT or WiFI, but it was supposed to be best thing after sliced bread. If you have enough internet on the phone you can send pictures to One Drive and pick them up at home PC.

Scott · Mar 15, 2023

Ghot said:
I'm wondering if it has the ability to accept SD cards?
The specs at the Cricket website don't say.

My Galaxy S5 finally bit the dust, so I picked up a A53 5G. Excellent phone. It can take up to a 1TB SD card.

spapakons · Mar 15, 2023

CountMike said:
After all this time that My phone feature still doesn't work over BT or WiFI, but it was supposed to be best thing after sliced bread. If you have enough internet on the phone you can send pictures to One Drive and pick them up at home PC.

Or just connect with the charging cable to the computer and transfer data.

CountMike · Mar 15, 2023

spapakons said:
Or just connect with the charging cable to the computer and transfer data.

That's what I'm doing as other ones don't work although they advertised it as great new feature. For cable connection there's no need for any application, it always worked by just showing phone as storage device, 2 if there's memory card in the phone.

cereberus · Mar 15, 2023

Ghot said:
Most of the business comps I've seen are still running Windows 7. ^^

What - I have not seen W7 for years!

cereberus · Mar 15, 2023

Ghot said:
Yep... I just saw that, by going to Samsung's site.
All the phones on the Cricket site that take SD cards, say they take SD cards... accept the A53 and A23

Ofc, I'll need to find some monk in the Himalayas to teach me how to use it.
And... how to remove all the bloatware.

I just realized... if I was still young and energetic, I'd start a "User Manual" business.
Decent user manuals are starting to get seriously hard to find.
I'd fly around in my Lear jet on someone else's dime, and go to all these companies that make high tech things, and say stuff like... NO, you need to include all the BIOS settings in that manual, or... Give FULL explanations, all on the same pages, for all those different settings.

And one of my first stops would be at computer case and CPU cooler companies. I'd tell them... NO, you have to make it so when people zoom in on all those pics in your PDF, they are STILL legible.

There is an underlying assumption in making user manuals - that the user can read properly. Given the state of modern education........