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Re: How do u continue learning Cell Phone Capabilities?


@yamma024 wrote:

@JoyFilled Warrior   You could write your contacts and numbers down on a piece of paper.  Keep in a safe place

 


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Hi @yamma024 

 

Great idea.  I did this for my last Cell,  to this newest upgrade. 

    But my list is wayyy outdated, and besides, I'm amidst confusion.  I moved in the last  2 mos.  But I could start all over.  I just might, just for my assurance.  but sure would like to avoid.  It's soooo time consuming.

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Aside from my Cell technical ignorance,   uploading my Contact List somewhere, (& Cell Phone in general),   I didnt know where to trust, that wouldnt gobble up my Contact List & pummel my contacts on my list for their own spam! (maybe distrusting to  fault??)

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Re: How do u continue learning Cell Phone Capabilities?

@JoyFilled Warrior 

 

Your contacts and messages and photos should be backed up online. All mine are backed up to my Google account.

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@Sugipine 

 

There are things in life you never knew you needed until you got one. A cell phone is a perfect example.  I'm sure, throughout the history of mankind, man thought he didn't need some new fandangled product but then discovered how wrong he was. Things like the wheel or eating utensils or plumbing or cars or mascara and blow dryers.

 

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Re: How do u continue learning Cell Phone Capabilities?


@KittySoftPaws wrote:

@JoyFilled Warrior  That would not be an easy thing to do. That's not one of those things you would just stumble into without knowing you were actually doing it. It would take consientious effort to delete your contacts. You got this!


@KittySoftPaws it happens.  It's not that someone necessarily deletes the info.  The phone may malfunction and the info gets deleted.  I've seen many Facebook posts of people asking their friends to send them their contact info after having to get a new phone and the info could not be transferred.

 

 

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Re: How do u continue learning Cell Phone Capabilities?

My daughters!

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@Still Raining 

 

I don't know what I'd do if I had to go back to writing down a grocery list and keeping up with that list. For years and years I have been using my phone to keep my grocery list as well as other lists. About 7 years ago I made that process even easier by adding Google Home/Nest devices to my house.  No matter where I am in my house, I just say, "hey Google add milk to my shopping list"... there is a Google device in every room so I don't have to go to the kitchen to talk to Google. When I'm ready to make an order, I use a split screen to open my shopping list and Walmart and place my order online.

 

As far as learning a new phone, I'm tech savvy so it's not a problem. If I need help with new features I'll Google it or search YouTube for a video. I bought my second Smartwatch last October. First new one I had in 6 years. Probably still don't know half of what it can do but if I need to know something it's a lot easier to Google it or watch YouTube than it is to look through the online manual. Speaking of online manuals, if you use those, a little tip is to do a search for a keyword in your query rather than browsing the chapters.  

 

I average a new cell phone about every 4 years. If you have Alexa or Google, and you tend to misplace your phone regularly like I do, you can ask either one of those AIs,  " where's my phone?" or "find my phone".  Even if the ringer is off, it will ring your phone.  My new robot vacuum will also be able to take voice commands through Google.   Google can also do what's called continued conversation. You have to enable it . So instead of saying Hey Google with each new command, if you continue to make commands within an eight second time frame, you don't have to say "hey Google".  

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Re: How do u continue learning Cell Phone Capabilities?

Guess should go back to "the cell phone store".

I have had my phone for at least 2 years. Rarely use it only to text friends about our activities.

Lately I have been getting voicemails. Tried to open voicemails. It wants a password or code. I do not remember any password or code. Tried to delete voicemails and can't.

 

So I am stuck with voicemails that I can't open and can't delete. 


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@Catastrophe 

 

It seems like instruction manuals are being phased out. Everyone has a cell phone and/or a computer and can get online to download a manual.  I like to download manuals in a PDF so that if I need to refer to the manual I can type in a keyword and quickly find what I need.

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@drizzellla 

 

You're not stuck with voicemails you can't listen to. If you can't remember your password you can reset it or you can call your carrier and they will help you. If you don't know how to reset your password, you can Google that information. I've had it up to my ear balls with passwords. The industry has gone nuts requiring passwords for everything under the sun. It's a good thing Google offers to remember the passwords for you or I might have thrown in the towel a long time ago. I know it's a compromise and a potentially dangerous one to let Google remember my passwords but I simply can't do it. Yes I know there are password apps. And I have all my passwords saved but I'm not going to spend all the time it would take to open up that program find my password, copy it and paste it. 

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