My IPhone related meltdown today at Verizon
nini804
6 years ago
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Comments (58)Lynn just a big hug going out to you from me here in MI. I lost my mother to a fall/head injury a little over a year ago. It was much harder on my dad, who like Lukkiirish's mom, said goodbye to her after having lunch together as they both went off to run errands, and in an instant his whole world turned upside down. He returned home to find her comatose from a fall and she died a few hours later. He never imagined such a thing could happen, and he blames himself for not going shopping with her or coming home earlier, even though neither one of them was doing anything out of the ordinary. Dad has been having a very hard time because he feels like he needs to "snap out of it" and "get over it" and he just can't. He is sad and grieving every day. So am I, sort of. It does come in waves. The human mind has to adapt and change with grief. If you are going to continue to function, you have to make peace with the loss and adapt to it. It's like a mind training program, or rehabilitation, or a wound healing. You have your good days and bad days. It's a process. Some days the memories flood in, that's just how the mind works, things trigger it. But I think everyone should realize that there is no shame or harm or problem with grieving and crying and just being sad. If you try and suppress it you will be like my dad who is suffering from all sorts of mental problems. Crying and feeling sad are the natural responses. You can't will them away. You have to move through them. What helps me is that I have wonderful and supportive friends and family It helps me to do things in honor of my mom. It helps me to be with folks who also knew and loved her and missed her. But I cry all the time and I have just learned to accept it. But I try and mentally engage myself with doing something positive. I told my dad it is OK to feel very sad. But no amount of crying or sadness will change the situation, so doing things like staying in bed or not eating or whatever, will not make it better. Just trying to get through each day, and do what you can. Just remember that you are in a big boat. The price of loving. The wellspring of compassion. But folks who tell you to be brave or not be sad, well they don't know what they are talking about!! Much better to melt down occasionally than bottle it all up. I know lots of people who go through depression and major mental readjustments after the death of a parent. That's the way of the world, that is our lot! I always advise folks to be kind and gentle with themselves, compassionate, and not try and be superhuman robots! Luckily my mom died during a slow time at work and I had a supportive boss and co-workers. I'm still not on my A-game, so I think you should again, be easy on yourself and not over schedule or try and take on some huge new project or direction at work. Scale back a bit if you can. Your mojo will come and go to, and sometimes mine comes back with a vengeance and other times I am totally feeling blah. Sine mom has died, I have become much more of a "one day at a time" and "one moment at a time" kind of person than I was before....See MoreVerizon Network extender failure
Comments (20)Crafty, what this sounds like isn't a range extender at all but rather a cellular home phone base station. A home phone base station has a socket to plug in an analog phone (thus, "landline" phone service wherever it is turned on, using the same number) plus a wifi signal just like a cell phone in hot spot mode that devices can connect to, using the data link of the base station's cell connection. Having it on won't affect in-use mobile phones in the home using the same carrier at all. These are falling into disuse because you can get exactly the same capabilities except the analog "home phone" by putting a cell phone into hot spot mode. Most people have long since abandoned their "home phone" or landline numbers if not ported to a cell phone or switched to some kind of VOIP provider. I checked, Verizon isn't selling these gadgets anymore. ATT is. After paying for the hardware, it's billed as if it's another cellphone on your family plan and the usage (from connected devices) is added to the total. A way to think of it, it makes an analog home phone into a cell phone with a hotspot. You'd get one of these, or use a smartphone in hot spot mode, if you can't get adequate internet service in a wired format (cable or DSL or fiber) but you can get a cell signal. Yes, without an unlimited cell plan, usage is limited and often to a low number. Range extenders for cell signals are the opposite, when you do have internet but NOT a strong cell signal. SAT internet is another option, also not cheap and also with limited monthly usage. Living "way out", as you describe it, has many disadvantages in my mind. Getting adequate internet and cellular service are two big ones for most people these days but there are many others. It's a choice with consequences. Edit for update - the device I was looking for on Verizon is no longer carried, but they do offer a product called SmartHub that works as described - powering a connected by wire analog phone and broadcasting an internet signal by wifi. For areas with cell service but not adequate internet service. Limited to 4G signal areas and 15 gigs per month....See MoreLooking to upgrade my iPhone 6 - anyone have the XS? 8?
Comments (16)Sue - Your Frenchies would be adorable even if photographed through cheesecloth. I wonder if your DH has the XR, it's only slightly larger than the XS. The XS is 5.8, the XR is 6.1 and the SX max is 6.5 The sales associate said the 2 main differences is the XS has a dual rear camera while the XR has one, and they have different displays. I'm not sure I could discern the difference. Maddie - that's a good point. When I go back I'll have to hold it like I'm talking on it. I don't use my phone for very long periods of time the way my kids do and the earphones would be helpful. And to make this even more confusing for me - my son just gave me an iWatch - it's the series 4 with cellular. Verizon had a special offer for 2 weeks - buy one iWatch and get a second one for half price. It was a wonderful gift, especially since DH has had several health scares and now he can reach me even if I'm in the pool at the gym ----but now it means I have to learn how to use 2 new pieces of technology. The only thing that would be worse would be if I had to get a new car too....See MoreGreat. My iPhone8 seems to have died. What size? Don't like big phones
Comments (11)Thanks, ladies. I've tried reviving it through iTunes and through the volume/shutdown buttons, but no luck there either. I was on Verizon support, too. It looks like the 12 mini is about the same size so maybe that. I guess if I'm going to buy I will go with the latest technology. Yeah, all of a sudden going to bed last night it froze and got stuck in the shutdown mode. That's how my previous one died, too....See More
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