Changing how you transfer LINE accounts to new devices

Changing how you transfer LINE accounts to new devices
LINE has changed the process of how you transfer a LINE account to a new device so now the process can be done more safely. The new transfer process begins with LINE version 9.2.0 — and while the old transfer process will continue to work with previous versions of LINE for now, soon the new version will be standard for all, so you need to be aware of the change.

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What’s new 
  • Password registration is now mandatory for new registrations.
  • When you enter the necessary information onto your device, we will give you a message to let you know you can transfer your account.

A step-by-step walkthrough
As with the previous transfer process for smartphones, you need to get ready by taking a few steps ahead of time. 

1. Set your account information
Confirm your account’s phone number, email address, and password. (If you have not set them yet, you need to do this first).
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2. Turn on “Allow account transfer” button
For “Change phone number”, please turn on “Allow account transfer” on your old smartphone. After turning this setting on, you need to make the transfer to a new smartphone within 36 hours. (*If you exceed this time limit, you will need to turn on the “Allow account transfer” button on the old smartphone a second time.)

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About the new transfer process
There are three possible options the new transfer process can follow:

1. If your phone number changes
2. If your phone number does not change
3. If you did not set a password

*In order to confirm that you are the proper owner of an account, you need to ensure all the necessary data is entered before the transfer. 

In addition, with the new transfer process for LINE accounts, you cannot carry over your chat history. Instead, you will need to backup your chat history separately.

(Note: Transferring your chat history is possible only when your new device uses the same OS as your old device).

For additional help
Please visit here for answers to most problems with transferring accounts.



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HBO Just Dropped New ‘Game Of Thrones’ & ‘Watchmen’ Footage: WATCH

HBO Just Dropped New ‘Game Of Thrones’ & ‘Watchmen’ Footage: WATCH

In a mash-up commercial that aired on ABC during their live red carpet coverage HBO dropped a two minute mash up “sizzle reel” of the much anticipated upcoming seasons of all of their programs but the stand out was new footage from season eight of Game of Thrones and the highly anticipated adaptation of Alan Moore and David Gibbon’s Watchmen series from HBO and DC Comics

Watch it below!

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EXCLUSIVE: A Brief History of HIV & The Oscars From The Red Carpet: WATCH

EXCLUSIVE: A Brief History of HIV & The Oscars From The Red Carpet: WATCH

Karl Schmid live on the Red Carpet. (All photos are courtesy if Karl Schmid.)

When hunky ABC reporter Karl Schmid to come out as HIV-positive last year, the circumstances were refreshingly nonchalant. “There was no vicious ex threatening to out him, nor were there signs of reporters planning on breaking a story. Instead, he chose to come out by posting a now-famous photo wearing an AIDS Memorial T-shirt on Facebook,” I reported in my cover story for Plus Magazine last July

“Honestly, I just thought I looked cute in that picture,” admitted the Australian native, an on-camera reporter for ABC in Los Angeles and the former cohost of Logo’s Operation: Vacation. “I was going out to happy hour with some friends, so I threw it on. And while out I said, ‘Will you do me a favor — can you get a picture of me in this thing? Because at some point I want a post wearing it.’”

Since then the superstar celebrity journalist has become an HIV-activist bar none, whose used his celebrity status to shine a light to national audiences about what having HIV means today including Undetectable equals Untransmittable (U=U), to encouraging everyone to get tested.

His ultimate cris-de-coeur to date is the beautifully moving segment on HIV and the Oscars that he produced for the awards show that he’s sharing with our audience.

Schmid not only fronted the package but also came out again as HIV-positive to possibly the largest audience in the world: seen nationwide on ABC and in over 35 countries around the world.

Towleroad spoke to Schmid from the red carpet.

TLRD: What was the impetus for the creation of this clip?

The Academy decided this year to include two nominees for the top acting prizes who portrayed characters living with HIV. Rami Malek is up for Best Actor and Richard E. Grant is a nominee for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Jack Hock in Can You Ever Forgive Me. With that in mind, I wanted to look back and see how the Academy has or has not included HIV in the awards in the past. The documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt won the Best Documentary Feature Oscar back in 1990 and of course we all remember Tom Hanks winning Best Actor for his Performance in Philadelphia – which just celebrated its 25th anniversary. Since then there have been nominations for How To Survive A Plague for best documentary feature in 2012 as well as Yesterday which was up for Best Foreign Language Film in 2005. More recently both Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto picked up the top acting prizes for their work in Dallas Buyers Club.

Whether
or not you agree with the messaging these films represent, the fact that they
focus and feature HIV characters and themes, putting them into the main stream
means HIV is on our radar. It means people hear about it and talk about it. And
as far as I’m concerned, the more we can talk about HIV the more we can
“normalize” those three letters and a symbol  – all of this is a win when
it comes to tackling stigma.

Has your coming out with your status helped make these kind of segments more important?

I think so. Certainly for me it has. And how lucky am I to have the support of ABC, not just in my every day efforts, but on a platform as big as the Oscars red carpet pre-show?! ABC is the broadcast home of the Oscars, and these telecasts, starting from early on Sunday morning and continuing after the award show has finished, are flagship broadcasts for the network – seen by millions around the US and in something like 34 countries. For K-ABC in Los Angeles and the network to get behind me and support this important messaging is huge – not just for me personally, but for everyone here in the US and around the world who see our broadcast living with HIV. As I’ve said many times, the more we can talk about it, the more “normal” it becomes and thus the ridiculous and dangerous stigma HIV-positive people face slowly gets chiseled away.

I’m beyond grateful to ABC for giving us this platform, allowing us to highlight HIV and also to the Academy who continue to show love and support for films that include HIV.

Watch the clip below and read the full ABC article here.

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Street Artist Erects Statue of Kevin Hart Holding LGBTQ Pride Flag Near Oscars Venue

Street Artist Erects Statue of Kevin Hart Holding LGBTQ Pride Flag Near Oscars Venue

The street artist Plastic Jesus (you may recall he put Donald Trump’s Walk of Fame star behind bars last September) has struck again, mocking deposed Oscars host Kevin Hart with a gold life-size statue in his likeness, holding an LGBTQ Pride flag.

Hart is depicted standing on a pedestal that bears the words “Hollow Apology”. The statue was erected at La Brea Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard, blocks from the theatre where the Academy Awards are to take place on Sunday night.

Said Plastic Jesus of the statue: “Sadly, this year with the current feeling and rhetoric within the US, it seems that it’s now acceptable again to hate someone because of their sexual orientation. We all know many people in Hollywood and the entertainment industry who are LGBTQ, and we should be celebrating diversity, not attacking it like it’s the 1970s again.”

The statue was a collaboration with the artist Joshua “Ginger” Monroe.

Hart stepped down as host of the Oscars in December after past homophobic tweets surfaced online.

Tweeted Hart: “I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year’s Oscar’s….this is because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists. I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past…I’m sorry that I hurt people.. I am evolving and want to continue to do so. My goal is to bring people together not tear us apart. Much love & appreciation to the Academy. I hope we can meet again.”

A few days before stepping down, Hart had posted an Instagram video in which he said that he had received a call from the Academy who told him to apologize or lose the hosting gig. Hart said he would “stand [his] ground” and see what happened.

The controversy began after a gay son ‘comedy’ bit from a 2010 stand-up comedy special resurfaced on Twitter.

In the bit, Hart makes a “joke” about not wanting a gay son, saying, “One of my biggest fears is my son growing up and being gay. That’s a fear. Keep in mind, I’m not homophobic. I have nothing against gay people. Be happy. Do what you want to do. But me, being a heterosexual male, if I can prevent my son from being gay, I will.”

Hart continued, telling the audience he’s worried about “handling his son’s first gay moment correctly,” saying that when your kid has his “first gay moment…you gotta nip it in the bud right then.”

“Hey, stop! That’s gay! Quit it!”, says Hart, to gales of laughter. Hart then goes on to describe seeing another boy “grinding on [his] son’s ass,” telling the audience that he “panicked” and “knocked them both down.”

Several homophobic tweets from Hart resurfaced as well, including one which read: “Yo if my son comes home & try’s 2 play with my daughters doll house I’m going 2 break it over his head & say n my voice ‘stop that’s gay’.”

In a Reddit AMA in 2014, Hart was asked, “You find a lot of comedy in male insecurities, including a famous bit where you express fear that your son will be gay. You praised Frank Ocean at the MTV VMAs in 2012 for having the courage to come out, and recently said in an interview that you don’t do jokes any more about gays. What changed your mind on this subject of humor?”

He replied:  “It’s just a sensitive topic and I respect people of all orientations. So, it’s just best left alone.”

He later told Rolling Stone: “It’s about my fear. I’m thinking about what I did as a dad, did I do something wrong, and if I did, what was it? Not that I’m not gonna love my son or think about him any differently. The funny thing within that joke is it’s me getting mad at my son because of my own insecurities — I panicked. It has nothing to do with him, it’s about me. That’s the difference between bringing a joke across that’s well thought-out and saying something just to ruffle feathers. I wouldn’t tell that joke today, because when I said it, the times weren’t as sensitive as they are now. I think we love to make big deals out of things that aren’t necessarily big deals, because we can. These things become public spectacles. So why set yourself up for failure?”

In 2015, Hart said he would never play a gay role  because of his own insecurities, revealing that he turned down a spot in 2008’s Tropic Thunder because the role was for a “flagrant” gay character.

Said Hart: “Not because I have any ill will or disrespect, it’s because I feel like I can’t do that because I don’t think I’m really going to dive into that role 100%. Because of the insecurities about myself trying to play that part. Like, would I think people are going to think while I’m trying to do this is going to stop me from playing that part the way that I’m supposed to. ”

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