- I bought a new iPhone, to replace the old iPhone SE that I'd been hanging onto because it's a good size for my hand. I was hoping to wait a little longer, but dropped it yesterday in a way that left a sharp bit sticking out from one corner of the phone. So, a couple of hours, at the T-Mobile store and then at home, setting things up, re-entering passwords, and such.
- A little more paid proofreading this morning
- ( medical test ick )
- After that, I decided I had done quite enough grown-up things for one day, and my plan for the rest of the day was Scrabble and exercise.
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cattitude and I played two games of Scrabble, and I did a round dozen of my PT-ish exercises, which probably also counts as being grown-up and responsible.
So, after an annoying runaround, I got through to Apple tech support. They advised cleaning the charging cable connector. I did that, nothing seemed to happen, but I left it plugged into my computer. An hour later it's up to 17% battery, and I will be moving the sim card back from cattitude's old Samsung phone, where I'd put it as a necessary step to talking to Apple tech support.
They literally require you to have a code sent to your phone when you pick "device won't turn on" as the problem. *sigh*
That said, when I got this refurbished iPhone SE I figured I was buying time in the hope that Apple, or someone, would make another small-enough phone, and it looks like the iPhone 12 mini is that phone, so I will be buying one soon.
ETA: and then the charge dropped from 21% to 19% while the phone was sitting here quietly charging.
cattitude's old Samsung phone, where I'd put it as a necessary step to talking to Apple tech support.They literally require you to have a code sent to your phone when you pick "device won't turn on" as the problem. *sigh*
That said, when I got this refurbished iPhone SE I figured I was buying time in the hope that Apple, or someone, would make another small-enough phone, and it looks like the iPhone 12 mini is that phone, so I will be buying one soon.
ETA: and then the charge dropped from 21% to 19% while the phone was sitting here quietly charging.
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I know a lot of people just don't answer calls from unknown numbers.
I answer calls from unknown numbers in area codes 617 and 781, because they are reliably calls I want. [This works in part because my cell phone has a New York number.]
A lot of them are from doctors' offices--even in normal times, the number that they're calling me from is often not the one I have stored on my phone. And now, with telemedicine, my doctor is calling me on either her personal cell phone, or maybe a home landline.
The most recent call was from a staffer at my state senator's office, returning my call from Saturday. She wanted to assure me that he is a co-sponsor of the police reform bill, and definitely wants to keep the clause about qualified immunity. I'd not realized he was a co-sponsor, but what I told her was that I know they're getting calls asking them to water it down, so I want him to know that his constituents support it as is.
Another such call, in the Before Times, was from the Belmont Senior Center, to let me know that they'd heard from my doctor and I was cleared to use the fitness room. (I used it twice, then stayed home once out of an abundance of caution, and then they closed it for the duration.)
If I'd written this six months ago, I'd have been noting that I now have a phone contact list full of legislators' offices, which wasn't the case until 2017.
I answer calls from unknown numbers in area codes 617 and 781, because they are reliably calls I want. [This works in part because my cell phone has a New York number.]
A lot of them are from doctors' offices--even in normal times, the number that they're calling me from is often not the one I have stored on my phone. And now, with telemedicine, my doctor is calling me on either her personal cell phone, or maybe a home landline.
The most recent call was from a staffer at my state senator's office, returning my call from Saturday. She wanted to assure me that he is a co-sponsor of the police reform bill, and definitely wants to keep the clause about qualified immunity. I'd not realized he was a co-sponsor, but what I told her was that I know they're getting calls asking them to water it down, so I want him to know that his constituents support it as is.
Another such call, in the Before Times, was from the Belmont Senior Center, to let me know that they'd heard from my doctor and I was cleared to use the fitness room. (I used it twice, then stayed home once out of an abundance of caution, and then they closed it for the duration.)
If I'd written this six months ago, I'd have been noting that I now have a phone contact list full of legislators' offices, which wasn't the case until 2017.
I opened the phone bill this morning and found dubious charges from two companies I'd never heard of. Which also apparently managed to slip them in last month in such a way that they weren't on the bill I'd received and paid, but were now listed as past due.
I called Verizon and the automated message started with a warning that, because of a "work stoppage" (apparently they're afraid of the word "strike") there were fewer agents available. Nonetheless, when, after going through bits of the phone tree and not finding a specific right choice, I said "agent" they put me through to someone in less than a minute. Someone who wanted to chat about the weather and such, in between helping me and making an attempt to sell me their internet service, but he did in fact help me.
The agent calmly said that yes, he would reverse both this month and last month's crammed charges, and put an anti-cramming block on my account. I thought I'd had one on years ago, but apparently it vanished; be that as it may, it will be blocked again as of tomorrow. I also have a confirmation number for the reversed charges: NY00113355109.
Under the circumstances, I asked him to check that my long distance provider hadn't been changed (there should be a block on that as well), and he confirmed that. So I thanked him, said he'd been very helpful (they say they may record calls, in which case that might benefit him), and hung up.
Then I went to my bank's website and paid the phone bill, for the amount without the bogus charges. I usually pay bills on Saturday, but we just picked up yesterday's mail this morning, and I decided to get this over with rather than wait, which I am now glad of.
I called Verizon and the automated message started with a warning that, because of a "work stoppage" (apparently they're afraid of the word "strike") there were fewer agents available. Nonetheless, when, after going through bits of the phone tree and not finding a specific right choice, I said "agent" they put me through to someone in less than a minute. Someone who wanted to chat about the weather and such, in between helping me and making an attempt to sell me their internet service, but he did in fact help me.
The agent calmly said that yes, he would reverse both this month and last month's crammed charges, and put an anti-cramming block on my account. I thought I'd had one on years ago, but apparently it vanished; be that as it may, it will be blocked again as of tomorrow. I also have a confirmation number for the reversed charges: NY00113355109.
Under the circumstances, I asked him to check that my long distance provider hadn't been changed (there should be a block on that as well), and he confirmed that. So I thanked him, said he'd been very helpful (they say they may record calls, in which case that might benefit him), and hung up.
Then I went to my bank's website and paid the phone bill, for the amount without the bogus charges. I usually pay bills on Saturday, but we just picked up yesterday's mail this morning, and I decided to get this over with rather than wait, which I am now glad of.
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