So I have an IPhone issue that the idiots at Apple stores and both Verizon and AT&T haven't been able to fix. If any of you techies can help It would be appreciated.
Over the last 6 weeks or so I have been losing contacts from my IPhone 4. It only seems to happen when I am traveling and my phone shows extended network. The contacts that vanish are the ones that I text or call. Incoming calls don't seem to replicate the disappeance.
Once I text someone from an extended network area the contact is lost and only the number will show. Same for an outbound call. I then have to re-enter the person's name, address, email, etc. It is a huge pain.
One of my employees has experienced the same issue. He also has the iPhone 4. I am on the Verizon Network and he is on AT&T. My wife who has the iPhone 5 and has been in extended network areas with me does not have this problem.
The apple store quacks said it isn't possible for that to happen. Yet it is, but since most apple stores are in larger metro areas I am never in an extended network when it happens. Both Verizon and AT&T have offered to replace the phones for no cost, but since it is happening across providers I don't see how that will solve the issue.
I have looked at a few tech forums, but most of them don't have anything about this and others are above level of tech understanding.
Any of you tech nuts know a solution?
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:30 pm
by Dinsdale
First, back up your contacts.
Then, throw the POS in the river and never buy another inferior Crapple product again.
Problem solved.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:42 pm
by Screw_Michigan
Dinsdale wrote:First, back up your contacts.
Then, throw the POS in the river and never buy another inferior Crapple product again.
Problem solved.
Rack!
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:10 pm
by Shlomart Ben Yisrael
Oh come on, Dins...
You're expecting Seater to ditch his phone and then try and go out and find one that matches his shoes and purse?
iPhones
-the technologically retarded
-the elderly
-special-needs children
-Facebook housewives
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:51 pm
by MgoBlue-LightSpecial
What a bunch of dorks. One phone does phone stuff, other phones do phone stuff. Some phones do certain phone stuff slightly better or worse than other phones. Louis CK said it best.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:17 pm
by Goober McTuber
Left Seater wrote:Over the last 6 weeks or so I have been losing contacts from my IPhone 4. It only seems to happen when I am traveling and my phone shows extended network. The contacts that vanish are the ones that I text or call.
The ones that vanish consider you a pompous blowhard. Your iPhone knows this, and deletes them as a courtesy to those people. That's why they call it a smart phone.
A little more "IPhone" help - it's iPhone.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:54 pm
by Screw_Michigan
A little more "IPhone" help - it's iPhone.
You are one tedious fuck. More tedious than a Bo Ryan offense.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:12 pm
by Goober McTuber
Screw_Michigan wrote:
A little more "IPhone" help - it's iPhone.
You are one tedious fuck. More tedious than a Bo Ryan offense.
You are one humorless twat.
And still clueless regarding Bo Ryan's offense. Which leads the B1G in scoring. You the the fucking King of KYOA. Wear your crown proudly, cunt.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:27 pm
by Left Seater
Screw_Michigan wrote:
Dinsdale wrote:First, back up your contacts.
Then, throw the POS in the river and never buy another inferior Crapple product again.
Problem solved.
Rack!
Contacts are backed up. Restoring isn't the issue.
I don't give a crap about Apple vs Windows or Android etc. A phone isn't a statement for me, rather it is mostly a business tool. I changed to the IPhone and IPad a few years ago due to the apps available that help me do my job. Initially the apple devices were far better with things to help a pilot fly a plane. Most commercial airlines today are issuing IPads to their pilots. Same for my company.
The IPhone sucks at calls and when you have to type. I still prefer the Blackberry for such tasks, but it didn't have the charts and calculations apps that Apple did.
Goober, you can take your "help" up with Apple. I typed that word in all lowercase letters and the IPad autocorrected it to have the first two letters capitalized.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:52 am
by MgoBlue-LightSpecial
What is it with tards always blaming auto-correct? If you're so bad at getting over on words, just go into the settings and turn it off. Then you can type stuff precisely the way you want it to display. It's like dumping that cunty ex-girlfriend who would never shut up. You'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 4:52 pm
by trev
I bought an iPhone a couple weeks ago. My first smart phone. I took it back 2 days later. I only text and call and have no desire to carry the internet or email with me. I love my old Octane and don't know what I'll do when it dies.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:09 pm
by Goober McTuber
trev wrote:I love my old Octane and don't know what I'll do when it dies.
I assume Octane is a dildo manufacturer.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:38 pm
by Dinsdale
I had little interest, until my beloved Sanyo slimline died, and a friend gave me an HTC Incredible.
I don't use internet/data often, but it's sure freaking wonderful on the rare occasions I do. When I was always working out of town, it was a huge asset for finding stuff.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:44 pm
by Dinsdale
I usually just look at a map before I go, and call it good. But if I'm in an unfamiliar city working, and need some oddball parts/supplies, there's possibly a few hours difference with the smart-phone-for-dummies.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:46 pm
by Dinsdale
Also, if I'm in an unfamiliar city or even neighborhood, with a couple of buttons I can find the nearest bar. People seem impressed that I have an app for that... b b b but why wouldn't I?
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:35 pm
by Shlomart Ben Yisrael
I need a data connection to check up on the Facebook whore threads on .net
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:28 pm
by MgoBlue-LightSpecial
trev wrote:I bought an iPhone a couple weeks ago. My first smart phone.
I only text and call and have no desire to carry the internet or email with me.
Trev, the whole point of a smartphone is that you can do more than just calling and texting. Seems you would have established your criteria with the sales person before actually buying the thing. Do you also drive off the lot in an SUV when all you really wanted was a car?
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:30 pm
by Screw_Michigan
Give her some slack, Mgo. Personal responsibility is a GOP trait that only applies to other people.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:32 pm
by Dinsdale
Screw_Michigan wrote:Personal responsibility is a GOP trait that only applies to other people.
This has what to do with someone buying a smartphone?
Are you capable of posting without booting your manwallet into next week?
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:43 pm
by Goober McTuber
Might be time to take a break, Screwball. You're getting your ass handed to you in more threads than I can keep track of.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:21 am
by trev
MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
Trev, the whole point of a smartphone is that you can do more than just calling and texting. Seems you would have established your criteria with the sales person before actually buying the thing. Do you also drive off the lot in an SUV when all you really wanted was a car?
Everyone else seemed to have one, I needed to see what all the hoopla was about. I was excited until I actually used it for a few days.
I've had the same car for almost 10 years also.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:22 am
by trev
Screw_Michigan wrote:Give her some slack, Mgo. Personal responsibility is a GOP trait that only applies to other people.
What exactly did I do wrong? I knew the return policy when I bought it.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:29 am
by Shlomart Ben Yisrael
trev wrote:
Screw_Michigan wrote:Give her some slack, Mgo. Personal responsibility is a GOP trait that only applies to other people.
What exactly did I do wrong? I knew the return policy when I bought it.
What was it about the iPhone you didn't like?
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:58 am
by trev
The size, the monthly fee, carrying email with me wherever I went, learning to operate the device.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:12 am
by Shlomart Ben Yisrael
trev wrote:The size
Is size important to you?
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:15 am
by Screw_Michigan
trev wrote:carrying email with me wherever I went
I'm with you on this, trev. That's why I don't have email on my phone. It's very liberating.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:25 am
by Left Seater
Screw_Michigan wrote:
trev wrote:carrying email with me wherever I went
I'm with you on this, trev. That's why I don't have email on my phone. It's very liberating.
Says every Jizz-Mopper everywhere.
See also every job where one is a slave to a time clock.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:42 am
by trev
Shlomart Ben Yisrael wrote:
trev wrote:The size
Is size important to you?
In phones, I'd have to say yes, size does matter.
But, I know what you are eluding to and I would not know if size matters because I've been quite happy with one
size my entire life.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:52 am
by Screw_Michigan
Left Seater wrote:
Says every Jizz-Mopper everywhere.
See also every job where one is a slave to a time clock.
I don't punch a clock. I also don't take my work home, for the most part. Lucky me.
Why don't you have any testicles? No surprise you inadvertently flaunt your wealth, you compensate for your small penis, just like Dan Snyder.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:04 am
by Left Seater
The fry guy at McDonalds doesn't take his work home with him either. Neither does the guy cleaning up the construction site. Lucky them. But no matter the profession or line of work at some level you have to take work home with you. The fry guy when he becomes the store manager and the jizz Mopper calls in sick, the construction gopher when he is the lead carpenter and the wood delivery is delayed by 2 days.
We will keep hoping you reach that level some day.
Further, there isn't anything wrong with working hard and having a comfortable life. No one forces you to click on the PETs I post.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:06 am
by MgoBlue-LightSpecial
Screw_Michigan wrote:I'm with you on this, trev. That's why I don't have email on my phone. It's very liberating.
If you don't want/have to check your email, you can just like, you know, not check it. Merely having the access isn't a burden.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:10 am
by MgoBlue-LightSpecial
trev wrote:But, I know what you are eluding to and I would not know if size matters because I've been quite happy with one
size my entire life.
Fess up, trev.
You've only known me half your life.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:50 pm
by Screw_Michigan
MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
If you don't want/have to check your email, you can just like, you know, not check it. Merely having the access isn't a burden.
Let me clarify, dick. I do have access to email on my phone. I access through the mobile sites. I don't have push email. I get hundreds of emails per day. I don't exactly want my phone notifying me when each one arrives.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:51 pm
by Screw_Michigan
Left Seater wrote:But no matter the profession or line of work at some level you have to take work home with you.
No shit?
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:52 pm
by mvscal
Sudden Sam wrote:
I have absolutely no interest in a smartphone either, but it's only a matter of time before we'll have no alternative.
Get one now. Having a Kindle app and the Internet available has revolutionized the bowel movement. I'm taking a shit right now as a matter of fact.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:52 pm
by Screw_Michigan
Left Seater wrote:
Further, there isn't anything wrong with working hard and having a comfortable life. No one forces you to click on the PETs I post.
Too bad your wealth can't buy you any brains, tard. VVVVV
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:31 pm
by R-Jack
Screw_Michigan wrote: I get hundreds of emails per day. I don't exactly want my phone notifying me when each one arrives.
You know that thing called "settings". You really should be friends with that.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:18 pm
by Left Seater
Screw_Michigan wrote:
Too bad your wealth can't buy you any brains, tard.
You are the only one using the term wealth, jealous much?
You can have your "intellectually superior" life, we want no part of it.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:59 pm
by BSmack
R-Jack wrote:
Screw_Michigan wrote: I get hundreds of emails per day. I don't exactly want my phone notifying me when each one arrives.
You know that thing called "settings". You really should be friends with that.
No shit. I disabled notifications on my droid right after I got it. Now I manually check for email on my phone. Seriously, if there was one ounce of intellectual curiosity in the average American the world would be so much better.
Re: I accept the risk...IPhone help please...
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:04 pm
by Screw_Michigan
BSmack wrote:
Now I manually check for email on my phone.