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Thread Number: 71860
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Dead Cell phone... |
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Post# 950550 , Reply# 1 7/29/2017 at 06:22 (2,462 days old) by Frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Yikes! Two weeks is a long time to be without a phone when you rely on it for business. I was without internet for 24 hours earlier this week during a move and I realized very quickly how reliant I am on it. Had to keep running to the office to use the internet at work.
I've said it often: No one has to attack the U.S. militarily to create mass chaos. Just take out the internet and watch our economy and society go into a tailspin. Good luck with your phone. Hope LG has a solid fix for the problem. | ||
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Post# 950562 , Reply# 2 7/29/2017 at 08:56 (2,462 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Yikes!
I am so sorry that happened to you!
A couple of work-arounds: 1) Nearly all companies now offer 'call-forwarding'. Some only do it through the phone itself, but it's at least worth asking - and maybe making that feature a go/no-go when choosing a provider. 2) I back up to a cloud every every night now. Seems excessive? How much of my business is tied to appointments and phone numbers I have saved on the phone but never really 'learned'? Probably the same very large number everyone else has. I loved ALCATEL for years until the Fierce power button problem and their response to it. Been happy with SAMSUNG ever since. All my friends with LG have been pleased with their customer service and it seems all of us are having problems with our phones these days - way too soon. Apple, of course, remains horrid as always. | ||
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Post# 950571 , Reply# 3 7/29/2017 at 09:29 (2,462 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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I don't know what to do with one that I'd just replaced that is still lying around w/ lots of pictures that is just simply out of service that I'd probably just completely let the battery die on...
And I even have the charger (& vehicle socket charger) for... Forgot how I "lost" (maybe just donated) the phone--or PHONES--that I'd had before that one... -- Dave | ||
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Post# 950659 , Reply# 4 7/29/2017 at 16:37 (2,462 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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I've had my Samsung for about 6 yrs., and it still works OK, but doesn't keep the charge very long. It's a flip phone, and I don't know what type I'll get when it quits. My first was a Kyocera, and the second and LG (which I hated). I guess we can't expect them to last as long as a Western Electric 2500 would! | ||
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Post# 950662 , Reply# 5 7/29/2017 at 16:45 (2,462 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Tom,
go on ebay and order a new battery for your phone. That should give it a shot in the arm! After a few years of use these batteries start to wear out and they won't hold a charge as long.
I had a Smartphone for a few years and I hated it. Last year I went back to a flip phone and I'm much happier with it. I don't use a cell phone for texting, email or internet, so a basic flip phone works for me. I'm a hopeless dinasor when it comes to cell phones. I only turn it on when I'm away from home, for emergency purposes, otherwise its off. And I don't give out the number, unless there is a real need for the party to have it. I don't have a need to be connected 24/7. its nice to have some solitude. Eddie This post was last edited 07/29/2017 at 17:29 | ||
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Post# 950684 , Reply# 6 7/29/2017 at 19:35 (2,462 days old) by KB0NES (Burnsville, MN) |
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It's not a helpful suggestion for you at this point but I have always had a backup phone. I kept my Nokia when I got my first iPhone. Now my iPhone 5 sits as a ready backup for my current phone. It helps having a carrier that uses a SIM card so a phone swap takes only a min.
Can you find a suitable spare on a local CL? Of course if you have to deal with the carrier to swap the phone that is a pain. It does seem to me that the carrier should provide you a loaner though. | ||
| Post# 951153 , Reply# 9 8/1/2017 at 17:21 (2,459 days old) by DaveTranter (Central England) | ||
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Dead cellphone I'm glad to say that my cellphone is still going strong, though the battery life is diminishing. It's a good old Nokia 3410. No Internet, no 'cloud', just makes calls and sends texts... Just what I want from a 'phone. All best Dave T | ||
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Post# 951166 , Reply# 10 8/1/2017 at 19:33 (2,459 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 *Rarely* use Internet browsing on my phone. Why do that when I have a nice 24" wide-screen computer monitor? Occasionally the thermostat app for work but prefer iPad's larger screen or the web interface. I wouldn't have an iPad except Debbie gave me her hubby's "old" one, and I do use it for Pandora and sometimes an alarm clock. Wouldn't have an iPhone except was force-fed Debbie's when she upgraded. | ||
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Post# 951333 , Reply# 12 8/2/2017 at 19:07 (2,458 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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While I could live without, I wouldn't choose to do so on a bet. I keep a spare phone synced with my primary phone as a backup just in case. Thankfully I have never needed it.
For work and everyday life the phone is used frequently. Having the Internet, voice, email and text communications, a calendar, work specific apps, a quality scientific calculator (with no = key dammit!) and a camera at my fingertips has become indispensable. Sure I could get by, but like everything else why would you want to? No different then electricity, refrigeration, indoor plumbing or many other modern conveniences that we'd never choose willingly to be without. | ||
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Post# 951397 , Reply# 13 8/3/2017 at 07:22 (2,457 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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 I have an ATT standard Pantech Link phone from 2011 that's still going strong. It looks like a Blackberry. I'm about to replace the battery but it's otherwise a wonderful little phone. I tell people, "it's intelligent but it ain't smart". It will access the Net if I need for it to. Tony's phone is a Pantech Ease. It's been a good phone but not quite as durable as mine since it's a slider and mine is a bar. I found a brand new Pantech Link on ebay a few months ago and bought it to have for a spare when and if mine dies. He had an LG phone several years ago that developed a problem with the charging plug-in port and we found out it was a common failure of those phones.
Vanderbilt invested mucho buckos to purchase I-phones for us to use while at work. They have been specially modified to link to the nurse call system. We can also text each other while there but that's it. It won't get on facebook or surf the internet. I've gotten used to them but I still don't want one for my use at home. I don't want to be one of "those" people who can't go more than 5 minutes without looking at their phone or watching a video or playing a game. After working in a hospital where phones ring 24/7 I can't stand to even hear my phone ring. It stays on vibrate 99% of the time unless I'm on call. It makes me angry to hear it ring when I'm home. I guess I have finally become obsolete. | ||
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