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How can I access media on my OnePlus 5 with a Ubuntu OS?

What you want to do is to configure your phone's USB settings for MTP (Media Transfer Protocol). Unfortunately, this is hidden away deep in the Developer Settings on recent OnePlus 5 phones. To enable ...
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Is it ok to run multiple CAT3 and CAT6 cables next to each other?

Yes, as each cable has twisted pairs to prevent EMF interference, with each twisted pair's twist being a different length than the others. Ethernet and phone cables operate at low voltage and ...
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How do I keep my bluetooth headphones from connecting to my windows 10 machine when it's connected to my phone?

As far as I know, there is no way to dissuade Windows from connecting with a paired Bluetooth device. Some methods exist for that, which involve brute-force solutions : Connect the Bluetooth device ...
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Is it possible to connect an old RJ11 phone line into a Cat 6 wall socket to use for FTTN service?

No. Both technically and politically. The technical problem is that the "NBN guy" visited your premises to install a new cable between the node and your house and to install a new socket inside your ...
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Is it possible to connect an old RJ11 phone line into a Cat 6 wall socket to use for FTTN service?

It's possible. Quoting Steve DeRose, "in a pinch you can use 2 spare pairs in a phone wire to run a 10MB Ethernet connection (or possibly higher speed if your cable is better than typical CAT3 phone ...
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Is it possible to connect an old RJ11 phone line into a Cat 6 wall socket to use for FTTN service?

Id like to clarify a few terms here: FTTN is Fiber to the Node. On the Australian NBN network this is then VDSL from the house to the node Your connector may be marked as Cat6 but it's actually 8P8C ...
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Is it possible to connect an old RJ11 phone line into a Cat 6 wall socket to use for FTTN service?

Yes for an improvised RJ11 connection but a solid no for an RJ45 connection. An RJ45 connection requires 8 wires while an RJ11 connection requires 4 wires. I mean you can technically wire it up for ...
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Is it ok to run multiple CAT3 and CAT6 cables next to each other?

Yes, of course. In datacenters, we have bundles of dozens and dozens of cacat5/cat6 running together.
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Why is it called flash for phones / tablets and install for PCs

It is not about harddisk or SSDs. On PCs we also call it flashing the firmware. The firmware is what gets run when the device powers up. Usually from ROM, EEPROM or possibly from flash memory. The ...
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Can I use Cat5/Cat6 instead of phone cables

Blue and Blue white are center pair too. If you punch everything down into an RJ 45 jack (ehternet jack) then an RJ 11 (phone jack 2 pair) can plug into an RJ 45 jack and use center 2 pair. Lines up ...
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Is it possible to connect an old RJ11 phone line into a Cat 6 wall socket to use for FTTN service?

The short (and long) answer is NO. POTS was always run a single cable (4 thin wires, not twisted) so cable aggregation is not possible. Cat6 cable 4 twisted pairs of thick wires in a single shielded ...
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convert cable modem to connect to a phone jack?

Nope, the technology for doing broadband Internet service over phone lines (DSL) is completely different from the technology for doing broadband Internet service over cable TV coax lines (DOCSIS). ...
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why would my Mac "ring" when someone calls my Android cellphone?

You're logged into G-Mail. I have Fi and that's how it works. It's not the Mac, it's the site: Gmail.
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How did pics go from a phone to the laptop without him knowing it?

If your husband used his Microsoft (ex: hotmail.com ; msn.com ; outlook.com) or Apple login to setup this PC that could be why the photos synced. Microsoft OneDrive is the app that automatically syncs ...
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Can I hook up another internet router to the phone line from the wall when the main router+modem is connected upstairs?

Short answer, no you cannot. Longer answer: In the UK, all telephone lines were originally copper cable (wire) but fibre optic cable has replaced it in some areas. Telephone conversations are ...
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Connect Normal calls to Asterisk Server

Asterisk is a PBX. It can manage and route calls coming from one media to another for example, from IP (SIP) to PSTN or viceversa. First of all you need to have connectivity to PSTN media. To achieve ...
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Can I use my ethernet port on my pc as a phone line?

absolutely NOT under no condtion do this! The voltages are different and the ring current will fry your NIC. Although the phone technically only needs 2 wires it there is no way to make this ...
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How can I access media on my OnePlus 5 with a Ubuntu OS?

None of the answers above worked for me, I had to select the "File transfer" option, then install adb sudo apt install android-tools-adb Then execute the .sh file found in one of the mounted drive: ...
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Uses of RJ11 Port Other Than as A Landline

RJ-11 jacks have one other use: Receiving and transmitting faxes. Yes, faxing is 19th Century tech, but many doctors' offices and real estate firms still rely on it. Note: Faxing from a PC works ...
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Uses of RJ11 Port Other Than as A Landline

That RJ-11 port almost certainly is just a POTS modem (Plain Old Telephone Service; analog dial-up voice landline modem). Without a real telephone landline, and perhaps even without a simulator box ...
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Strange rj11 adapter from my ISP

I found this prvided by ISP This looks very much like a frequency filter, otherwise known as a POTS splitter1, used for DSL connections. It's fully passive and does not change the actual signal in ...
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Will a landline phone work through an RJ11 to RJ45 adapter into a router?

No. The RJ45 ports are Ethernet. There is no way a standard landline telephone will work connecting to an Ethernet port. Not only does your telephone have no way to transmit or receive Ethernet ...
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Why do USB-C cables stop working one one device, but still work on other?

From my understanding, as USB cables have evolved, different pins have been used for the higher power capacity to avoid damaging earlier equipment. So, the same cable may work on one device but not ...
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Wrong app in W10 for Android phone. Can I fix with a registry key?

Open control panel, click on Hardware and Sound (the whole section), then "Autoplay" (AFAIK it has that name in the english version of Windows, in spanish says "Reproducción Automática") There should ...
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How to sleep computer (Win10) remotely using Android phone?

You can install any Remote Desktop app on your phone, use it to connect to the PC* and there select Sleep in the Start menu. If you want to do this while not in the home network, then you need some ...
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How can audio be monitored on headphones during the recording?

This is a software- or hardware-specific setting, and isn't afforded by any OS that I know of. Perhaps there is a specialized Linux distribution that includes this feature, but—realistically—you're ...
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How do I setup a phone that automatically presses 9 whenever it gets a call?

Answering machine or voicemail prompt, and record the DTMF 9 as part of the outgoing message. Set the answering machine or voicemail to "answer only" so you don't get lots of empty messages. If you'...
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Unable to connect a TTL to USB converter to a phone

USB is not an equal peer-to-peer connection; it was designed with one device acting as the "host" (supplying power, assigning addresses, etc.) Normally the type-A connector always goes into the host ...
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Decoding dtmf from sound card

Finally, multimon-ng which is the successor to multimon works well for demodulating DTMF. $ multimon-ng -a DTMF multimon-ng 1.1.8 (C) 1996/1997 by Tom Sailer HB9JNX/AE4WA (C) 2012-2019 by Elias ...
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Can I use my ethernet port on my pc as a phone line?

No, you cannot do this. Although they look the same at first glance, the Ethernet port will be an RJ-45, whereas a phone port would usually be an RJ-11. They are different sizes and have different ...
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