Mobile Phones

Bob wants to know to record his phone calls on his iPhone. Leo says you can't directly. Apple doesn't give you access to the phone app. Plus, there are larger legal issues that may be in play in your state that would require you to secure permission for recording. However, you can use a third-party app calls Record a Call, What's App, and others. There are plenty that requires merging the call. On Android, it's a lot easier. Call Recorder is one.

Sharon has an iPhone XR with a mess of reminders in it, along with notes. But when she updated the phone, her lists all disappeared. Leo says that there are a whole bunch of lists in reminders. So Sharon may have overlooked them. If they are missing, they might be on iCloud. How can she find them? She has no idea. Leo says to go to iCloud.com and log in with your Apple ID. You can find that info in your phone settings. Once you log in, you can snoop around until you find it. It may be in notes.

Mike wants to know how to stream workout videos from his iPhone to his TV. Leo says that using Airplay is great, but he will need an Apple TV to do it. He can connect a phone to the TV directly by using a lightning adapter. But Apple Airplay with Apple TV is the ideal method. Android can also do it if the TV is compatible with it. Samsung, though, tends to only work well with Samsung TVs. 

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Brian has a couple of friends that want to start a podcast. Leo says it's a great time to start one, and you can get started with just a smartphone thanks to Anchor.FM. There's also Twisted Wave, an app. In fact, a smartphone has everything you need to do a professional-sounding podcast. But if you want to expand, Leo says an Emotiv mic will plug into your phone and give you a little better audio. Anchor.FM can then be the publisher. They will also bring it up to iTunes and other podcasting aggregators. You also get a web page. And they don't charge you either.

Steve wants to know if MVNOs can be used in Canada. Leo isn't sure what the law is for MVNOs in Canada, but even if you did sign up for a US MVNO, and were compatible, you'd likely be on the hook for roaming. From the Chatroom - 7 Eleven has an MVNO for Rogers. It's called Speak Out. So you can go to a local store and pick up a card/phone.

Joey wants to know how to do a remote desktop with his home computer so he can work. Will remotePC.com handle it? Leo says that remotepc.com is a good middle man since remote desktop requires one to open up a port on the router to do it. RemotePC handles that for users. RemotePC also allows users to use a phone in the same fashion. 

Tom wants to know what Apple has done with the iPhone 11 camera. He's having issues with editing the software. Leo says that's likely because Apple has adopted the HEIC image codec, which is a new standard that not every program supports. He can change the format in camera settings, but he can also export it as RAW or JPG when sharing.  Leo says that Apple saves full-res versions on iCloud, while caching lower-res versions on the iPhone. So when users open it in the photo editor, they have to wait for the phone to download the full-res version before the app can open it.

Jay wants to put a magnet on his tablet to mount it, but he's worried that it will mess up the GPS and the tablet itself. Leo says it won't. More likely, the GPS will drop out if it doesn't get a clear line of sight connection. But phone or tablet GPS is kinda notorious for being a bit inaccurate.