Thread: Bloody new phones

You have my sympathy. Someone bought me a nice Samsung Galaxy S5 for my birthday, and I spent several days just trying to get it past the swipe screen to unlock. As I was about to crush it or throw it out the window, I heard this little voice from the phone, say 2 finger swipe to unlock. Sure enough it opened with a 2 finger swipe. Then had to go through the on screen setting to change it to a more simple operation. Technology! think I'll go back to my Hello Moto flip jobo.

Oh dear! I've had my old clunker for about 10 years or more and was about to upgrade to something I could see clearer....."My eyes grow old, I cannot see.....".
But after listening to quite a few saying about having to be a geek to work them, I might not bother.
Anyway I want one I can just clip to my pocket so it's un-noticeable, not a bloody great thing I've got to walk along the street with it in hand just waiting waiting waiting for that urgent call.
Sad load of gits.
AlanH.

Originally Posted by ATH

Oh dear! I've had my old clunker for about 10 years or more and was about to upgrade to something I could see clearer....."My eyes grow old, I cannot see.....".
But after listening to quite a few saying about having to be a geek to work them, I might not bother.
Anyway I want one I can just clip to my pocket so it's un-noticeable, not a bloody great thing I've got to walk along the street with it in hand just waiting waiting waiting for that urgent call.
Sad load of gits.
AlanH.

There are small, cheaper units out there that do 95% of all the bells and whistles jobbies.


When I got my Samsung S4 I was upgrading from an iphone (hate those damn things). Anyway the Telstra shop just copied across all my phonebooks and data. Was pretty easy for them and saved me the drama of re-inputting everything.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

There are small, cheaper units out there that do 95% of all the bells and whistles jobbies.


When I got my Samsung S4 I was upgrading from an iphone (hate those damn things). Anyway the Telstra shop just copied across all my phonebooks and data. Was pretty easy for them and saved me the drama of re-inputting everything.

And that my friends, is the best way to do it. Wish I had now. I'm out for lunch to regain my sanity.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

There are small, cheaper units out there that do 95% of all the bells and whistles jobbies.


When I got my Samsung S4 I was upgrading from an iphone (hate those damn things). Anyway the Telstra shop just copied across all my phonebooks and data. Was pretty easy for them and saved me the drama of re-inputting everything.

yep,i did that as well,fantastic.

In fact as i use my phone for work, i have a spare,same brand and model,all loaded by telstra and ready to go.

Back to the OP, i feel your pain,i HATE those passwords for this and that,an absolute PITA

Mobile phones - the biggest impediment to communication invented [/retro-grouch]

I now have an s5 previous was a galaxy ace plus just used smart switch and transferred everything from one to the other took 5 minutes

I have a HTC phone . Good phone with one problem. Voice messages are a pain to access. If I have more than one I can't access the next message with out closing voice messages then opening voice messages again. You are supposed to press a number but my screen blacks out when you are connected. By the time I get the screen back to press the number voice message has timed out and hung up.
Cheers Hall