Finally after being frustrated enough I decided to go with hubby for groceries. I also figured I would go into the Mobile shop and perhaps the guy there would take pity on an old lady and fix it. I put everything in my small purse which made it heavy enough to want to drag it and away we went.
I walked in the shop and said, I know I didn't buy this phone here and our server is not one that is used here but could you see what I am missing to get this new phone working with hubby's phone number? He said sure and looked over the old phone and found the second slot that I didn't see opened it up, took the card out and put it in the new phone. Less that 15 seconds the new phone was all good. I missed the second slot in looking for the card.
His new phone is google so it is easy for hubby to get to all the things that he uses a phone for. The old phone I tried to set back to factory settings in order to donate but I had no idea it was still using a 12 year old email address as the account that neither of us have used in that length of time and have no clue what the password is nor any way to change the password. They send a log in to that email which we do not have access to, so that is a waste of time. We might just have to drown that phone before recycling it... lots of time to think on that.
Oh yeah, in all of this I found that I could actually get the phone I want from Amazon for cheaper than our server company, delivered faster and with no shipping charge and since it is just a switching of cards, I don't have to use our phone company.
Lessons learned every day.
Beautiful skies and cooler mornings for my walk this week too which was just lovely. We also had to make an appointment for Sparky this week and I have to take him in for 9 today. The poor thing seems to be having a little trouble with power to the buttons and horn on the steering wheel. Also the dash goes wonky occasionally with resetting itself during it's time of just sitting. I really hope it is something simple for the car and not a big cost. Sparky is 13 years old and has been having a few hiccups but I really have no desire to shell out a lot of money on it nor have the expense of another car. My desire is that Sparky lasts until I am finished with driving.
Well, we shall cross the bridges when we need to cross those bridges and not borrow troubles from days not here yet.
In between it all on days we were not going out to deal with whatever, we pulled out the carpet cleaner and started washing down the old carpets of our apartment. These poor old things are hanging in pretty well and as we were cleaning them hubby and I both decided that we should do them more on a regular basis as they need a lot of TLC.
As to books, this week was another really interesting read from an interesting point of view, the mother of Samson.
Anyway, I am off to get presentable and get the car in for them to see if it is a simple fix to fix Sparky and keep him going for a few years more.
Have a lovely weekend.
Is that sunrise, or sunset in the photo... it is gorgeous! Sparky is younger than my Dexter... when I bought my Honda Fit in 2012, new, I said, "This is my last car". Actually, I think I said my "retirement" car. I really don't want to mess with all the electronic interfaces they have on new cars these days. I guess I'm just "that old" now.
ReplyDeleteGood story on the phone. My son's been doing tech support for mine for several years now. When he trades phones, he upgrades me, too. And since he's been through the loop before I have to go through it, he knows what I need to do!
Hope your weekend and week ahead are lovely, too!
Thanks for stopping by, it is a sunrise photo with the red sky. Yup, and the rain came - LOL. Me too, Sparky has enough computer dodads for me as well. So far, the mechanic fixed the problem but accidently as he found two other more serious ones which will be taken care of in time but not more expensive than we can handle or feel wise.
DeleteIt is so great that your son is near enough to fix that, daughters are too far to do more than a video chat about tech stuff. Although I feel pretty good about myself when I figure it out. Take care and have a great week.
Now that song is going to be stuck in my head all day too. I laughed out loud reading about the SIM card slot because that is entirely something I would do, but thank goodness for nice shop techs who can fix hours of frustration in fifteen seconds flat. Tech struggles are so exhausting, especially when you hit a brick wall with old account emails you haven't used since forever. Hopefully you can just recycle the old phone without having to literally drown it first, but at least finding a good deal on Amazon for your next phone made the headache a little lighter.
ReplyDeleteI really hope Sparky’s appointment goes smoothly and turns out to be a simple, cheap fix. Thirteen years is a great run, and electrical glitches are such a pain, but finger's crossed it’s just a minor sensor or battery issue rather than a giant bill. You have the exact right mindset about taking it one bridge at a time and not borrowing trouble from tomorrow.
Good luck with the mechanic, enjoy those cooler morning walks, and hopefully the rest of your week is nice and relaxed after all that carpet cleaning.(((BIG HUGS)))
LOL Gotcha! Yes that was a great tech to help, not all are willing to do that, but now I have my eye on that new phone at Amazon, it will probably be in my cart soon - LOL. Sparky's appt. went pretty good although, as always there is a story behind that which I will just have to blog about. Thanks for stopping by my friend! Have a wonderful day.
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