Assistive Touch is a smartphone feature designed to help impaired individuals perform actions with a single tap. Assistive Touch was first implemented by Apple on the iPhone and iPad, and it is now available as a standalone application for Android devices as well. This article will describe how to turn off Assistive Touch functionality on both device types. How to Turn Off … [Read more...]

Did you just recently lose your phone or have it stolen? If so, the phone can be blocked from accessing the carrier network by knowing the device's IMEI or MEID number. Every phone has a unique identifier which distinguishes it on the network. No two numbers are the same. Networks that are GSM-based, like T-Mobile and the AT&T network, use IMEI numbers, and CDMA-based … [Read more...]

Every day, millions of people receive phone calls from numbers they don't recognize. While caller ID works well for landlines, it does not work well for mobile numbers or VoIP numbers. The following guide tells you how to figure out an unknown caller using several methods. How to Figure Out an Unknown Caller by Contacting Law Enforcement First, it's important to understand … [Read more...]

Straight Talk is a monthly subscription wireless service sold by Walmart, and entirely supported by TracFone. Straight Talk allows new clients to make use of existing GSM or CMDA smartphones using its network. Most of the times, there is no information that states that you can check phone records from Straight Talk, and the only way to do that is to contact them to obtain … [Read more...]

The Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone includes a standard messaging application that can send and receive short message service (SMS) texts. If you are receiving high levels of spam messages from certain phone numbers, you can go into the phone's messaging settings to block all incoming texts from those sources. Here's how to block text messages on Galaxy S3 devices. How to Block … [Read more...]