cell phones
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Topic: cell phones
Posted By: Dave in PA
Subject: cell phones
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 1:42pm
Went and got me a new "smartphone" today. The old one was on its last leg. Boy do I have a lot of learnin' to do!!! Does anyone have 2 cans and a wire, willing to send me, with the useage as needed? lol AND the worst part of it, they don't send ya ANY directions/manuals/instructions with them any more.
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 2:23pm
friend got a new one... made sure it was same as his tablet( both Android based) so that the operating system was the SAME. At least 99% of the 'stuff' uses same keys !!
------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)
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Posted By: Dave in PA
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 2:28pm
I did about the same with the phones, very much the same, but still a few things to learn.
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Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 2:32pm
Best thing to do is find you a young"n to show you the finer points of operating it. Darrel
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 3:20pm
YEP... that's why the make grandkids... Any one of them over 12 is an expert.. Anyone over 8 would be of help !!
------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Posted By: Dave in PA
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 3:29pm
I don't have any of them there grandkids, that I know of!!! So, it might and will take time.
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 3:32pm
Neighbor kids will work OK also... One chocolate bar and you are good to go !!
------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 5:07pm
Go into your settings scroll down till you find help the manual is there.
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 6:06pm
I wouldn't want to be caught offering a kid a chocolate bar, not with my luck in this day and age.
------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp
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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 8:20pm
My granddaughter is my tech expert. I still have a 5S and don't know a lot about it. And I sure don't want all those "apps" on my phone.
------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God.
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Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 9:12pm
Just ask the phone , and it will tell you how .
------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2019 at 1:26am
I still have troubles finding where they stash the voice mails on my fwip fone
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Posted By: weiner
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2019 at 2:16pm
No smart phone for me, I just got a new flip phone and I can`t figure it out.
------------- Real heros wear dogtags, not capes.
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Posted By: FloydKS
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2019 at 2:40pm
I have never had a smart phone so do not get confused with all the options... on the bright side I do have an I-pod but I have to have wifi to make it work if I want to do anything on the interweb... the advantage is I pay the smaller price for flip phone and do not have to pay for I-pod reception....but... if no wifi I am limited on what I do
------------- Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die
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Posted By: Greg (Hillsboro, OH)
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2019 at 2:51pm
when i have something i need to figure out, i do an internet search on my phone model and the issue i'm looking for. There is usually an answer to be found there (sometimes youtube) and it's easier than hunting through the online help. Not to mention if i do it on the laptop, it doesn't tie up my phone, so i can fix what the laptop results show without having to close it out.
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Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2019 at 3:21pm
Find the "Play Store" App. It will let you download any apps for anything you want to do. Gas Buddy is one I find handy, but there are tons out there to help you make life easier. I spent my life working on computers and I still have problems finding stuff on my phone. Where ever you go try to find free wifi otherwise you will be using up all of your Data allotment. Good luck!
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2019 at 2:40am
the only smart fone I wants is the kind that zaps the person that tries to borrow it from you!
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Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2019 at 9:00am
steve(ill) wrote:
YEP... that's why the make grandkids... Any one of them over 12 is an expert.. Anyone over 8 would be of help !! | That doesn't work around here. Any of the older grandkids don't want anything to do with Gramma and Grampa any more. We're just,,,,,,,,,,OLD,,,,,,,,go figure.
We've got a couple of GREAT GRAND daughters right around 4 yrs old and they are both WHIZZES on ANY of the tech stuff. I don't care if it's Mac or what ever the other stuff is, they are wonders!!! Don't ya just HATE it when you ask em where's "????" and they go; "Here Grampa, I'll show you",,,,,,,,,,,,and then ZIP-ZOP........there Grampa did you see?,,,,,,,er can you do that again,,,,,only SLOWER......my eyes, my brain and my fingers don't work that fast......
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Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2019 at 9:04am
Daughter has a new one, I just saw it yesterday. All she has to do is talk to it!!! Hey ??(What ever she named it) set a timer for ,,,,, Hey ?? turn on the kitchen lights. Hey ?? set the stove for 350 degrees,,,,,,ALL KINDS a stuff!!! After watching her,,,,,,,,,, and being amazed,,,,,,,,,,, I says,,,,,,,,can it make phone calls?? She laughs and says Hey ?? call Dad. NOTHING HAPPENS!! WTH?? Oh yeah she says,,,,,,,,,,,call Grampa......... MY PHONE RINGS......WHEW!!! Next thing you know, they'll have cameras on toilets.....Pfffffftt!!
------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 1:06am
how much it cost to puts the controls on all the other stuff? stove, lights, ect?
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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 9:22am
Jenn has a phone that will preheat the oven or start the washing machine or dryer. It will even take out the trash. Here’s how it works. She can be leaving work. She tells her phone call Thad. I answer and say hello and she says take out the trash and set the oven to 450. Make sure it’s 450 cause last time you set it on 425 and it needed to be 450 and don’t forget to put your dirty cloths in the washer and don’t make a mess.😁
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Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 10:22am
shameless dude wrote:
how much it cost to puts the controls on all the other stuff? stove, lights, ect? |
Well,,,Good Buddy,,,you came to the right place with your concerns,,,,,,,  First thing you gotta do is haul out all them appliances you want to be "controlled" with your new smart fone,,,,,THEN you go down to the local hardware/furniture store and buy you all new "programmable" stuff and appliances and have it delivered and set up,,,,You OK so far,,?? Then stop by the local grade school and entice a nerd lookin 3rd grader to go program everything for you,,,,UMMmm,,that might set you back ,,,,,,$10 but hey,,,them urchins like their candy bars too,,,,, Then get back to us and let us know if you still in jail from enticin them grade schoolers,,,,,, Well,,it sounded good when I was thinkin on it,,,,, 
Hey Thad,,,yeah,,thats the extent of my programmability,,,,, 
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 11:22am
My 11 year old neighbor and 73 year old army buddy are my phone and computer experts. Got to keep them both happy. The 11 year old is easier to please...
------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 12:45pm
Your 73 year old friend has already been there, done that, and has everything already, that's why the main difference about keeping em happy.
------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp
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Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 3:09pm
shameless dude wrote:
how much it cost to puts the controls on all the other stuff? stove, lights, ect? |
The ol...............loving Angel,Mrs Shameless,  just needs a bigger poking stick  , an a way to keep someone from losing his flip phone.
If we could get that wonderful Angel Mrs S  to give him more stuff  to do maybe the "machine"  would run out of fuel a little more often.   
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 4:44pm
Then stop by the local grade school and entice a nerd lookin 3rd grader to go program everything for you,,,,UMMmm,,that might set you back ,,,,,,$10 but hey,,,them urchins like their candy bars too,,,,, Then get back to us and let us know if you still in jail from enticin them grade schoolers........... NOW THATS FUNNY !!!
------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 1:12am
well...I can see right now that's not gonna happen here!
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Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 7:13am
shameless dude wrote:
well...I can see right now that's not gonna happen here! |
Me too,,,Shameless,,,,I just walk over to the stove and turn it on,,,,,works every time,,,,  
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Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 11:50am
My old personal flip phone is about 14 years old. That's all I need. To much technology with this new stuff. At work, they took my old company flip phone away and gave me one of those new "flat things". I said to the big boss, what am I supposed to do with this"? I don't want that thing, give it to one of the young guys". He said that's a nice phone! I told him I only have one more year ta' go and I'm retiring. Just let me keep the old flip phone for another year. He says: Can't the company wants you to use these new phones. I said where's the instruction booklet? He says, there isn't any booklet. Everybody knows how to use them! I said: Yeah? Not everybody! I threw it in my desk drawer. Now they're pissed cause I don't use it..... LOL! PSSST! mailto:Steve@B&B" rel="nofollow - Steve@B&B
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Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 12:12pm
Had flip phone for YEARS until wife had to have iPhone, we got her one and I got one of the Armored Flip Phones, lasted until went to upgrade that flip phone due to ATT changing systems where was no longer going to be supported so I went with a iPhone. They are OK, just don't use enough of it to really warrant having it.
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 12:50pm
every 'cell phone' can access 911... no service required. The ONLY cellphone I got is in the truck for that purpose. oh yeah, it'll take pictures too !! what will they think of next !!
Jay
------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)
Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water
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