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Did you have trouble learning all that stuff

18 years ago

on your cell phone? I just got a new one and it's different from the old one. How did you learn to do all that? Trial and error? Reading the book (that's the last way I'll learn). Do you use all your options?

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socks
18 years ago
Oh yes. Most of it I still don't know. No, I don't use all the options. I probably use less than half of the options. It's annoying to have to take time with a new phone, isn't it?
sue_va
18 years ago
I don't have a cell phone, but even my new regular phone has too many options. All I want to do is dial a number, or have it ring when someone calls me.

Like in the old days.

Sue
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marilyn_c
18 years ago
Trial and error, Vannie. I don't use all the options on mine and it is one of the more simple ones.

I'm like Sue. I don't want or like all the "special features".
lilliepad
18 years ago
I just got a new cell phone too and have to figure out all the stuff.I don't like change!LOL I lost all my saved numbers and some I don't even have written down anywhere else.My old phone broke and just stopped working before I could retrieve everything.Guess I'll just have to wait for some of the people to call me.LOL Can't even find my sister's number.I have it written down,SOMEWHERE!LOL
maryanntx
18 years ago
The last time I got a new cell phone I was reading the manual and my son came in and told me not to read the book, to just play around with the phone. So that's what I did and I love the new phone. I don't use all the features, but do enjoy the ones I do use.
kathi_mdgd
18 years ago
Who said we know about all the features??? LOL I only know how to turn mine on and off and to answer or make calls.I rarely use it,so never bothered to learn.
Kathi
evatx
18 years ago
I can turn mine on and off, plus change the volume and the ringtone. Otherwise, I have to get a child to use the other options. :)
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
18 years ago
Ask a kid. That's what I do. I can check the weather on mine. I'm proud!

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nicole_ont
18 years ago
I hate reading manuals - I'm as bad as a man. :) If I buy a new gadget like a cell phone or camera, or if I'm putting furniture or something together, I'll fiddle around with it until I've got it all figured out.... It ends up making more sense to me that way.

Then when I've got most of it figured out, I'll check the instructions to see any "extras" I might have missed.
Jodi_SoCal
18 years ago
The company I work for just replaced my old phone with a new one yesterday, a Motorola RAZR plus they gave me a wireless Bluetooth device for hands-free talking.

The RAZR is much nicer than my old phone. It has a camera, Bluetooth capabilities and probably other things I will need to learn. I VOWED to myself that I would read the manual (in fact all manuals for anything I buy in the future) cover to cover. That should really improve my learning curve. :-)

Jodi-
kayjones
18 years ago
How about everyone (who can)describe a cell phone 'trick', and give us the steps. I have a cell phone, but the only things I can do is charge it, answer it, call out on it, and retrieve my messages. Oh, and I can also delete or save my messages!!!
sandy_in_ia
18 years ago
I ask the person that sells it to me to do a quick explanation.....then I wait until the kids can come and either fix what I have messed up and/or show me what to do! lol Mainly I just play with it until I get most of it figured out.

About the time I get my cell all figured out, it is time for a new one! "/
Linda Wayman
18 years ago
What Kayjones said.

We went to a movie the other day and I didn't even know how to put it onto vibrate instead of ringer. It's a good thing Anna was with me. :)

Linda
stephanie_in_ga
18 years ago
Mine doesn't have too many bells and whistles. What I have to know, I read the book. The rest I just play around when I have time to fill, waiting, etc.

With any electronic device, when all else fails, ask a teenager! LOL

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