I am still laughing about the sumo wrestlers who had to get ipads to use as phones because that size was what worked for them.
Yeah, I could do that, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.
Spike ,'Showtime'
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le nubian - Jun 19, 2012 9:18:26 am PDT #20310 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
le nubian - Jun 19, 2012 10:03:56 am PDT #20311 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
is it possible to follow a topic on twitter (not a person) and not get any retweets?
Maria - Jun 19, 2012 12:47:50 pm PDT #20312 of 25501
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
So aggravated. I have an HTC Amaze. Just got a warranty replacement for it today. How the hell do I transfer everything over? Settings, data, pictures... or do I have to start from scratch?
Restoring an iPhone is so much easier.
Gris - Jun 19, 2012 2:39:00 pm PDT #20313 of 25501
Hey. New board.
They didn't do it for you at the store? If you set up the phone to sync things to your google account some of it should sync automatically, though I've never quite figured out what gets backed up and how exactly to import to the new phone. Somebody else might know better.
Your pictures are probably stored on the SD card on your original phone, which should be removable. You could just move it to your new phone and they should show up. Settings and application data are another thing - most apps don't let you back up and restore their data, unfortunately. If you root (jailbreak) the phone you can use a program like Titanium Backup to do it, but it won't work out of the box. This is one of the major disadvantages of Android, in my opinion, and the main reason I rooted, originally, within a week of buying my HTC Inspire 4G.
This guide might help. It suggests something called MyBackup Pro, which apparently can do some backup stuff without root: [link]
Zenkitty - Jun 19, 2012 5:10:17 pm PDT #20314 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
is it possible to follow a topic on twitter (not a person) and not get any retweets?
Click on the hashtag and you'll get everything that has that hashtag. I don't know if you can follow a hashtag, though.
le nubian - Jun 19, 2012 5:34:07 pm PDT #20315 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
right. I know how to follow a hashtag, but I would like to follow it without any retweets. Is that possible?
le nubian - Jun 20, 2012 4:29:42 am PDT #20316 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
okay, so I heard that IOS 6 (iphone) has walking directions. so it seems that the main issue right now is transit directions.
Vonnie K - Jun 20, 2012 4:54:52 am PDT #20317 of 25501
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
By the way, when I get my new phone, what do I do with my perfectly cromulent current smartphone? In the past, I sent my old (dumb) phones to one of those donation services (I think they went to the troops overseas or something). It's locked into Verizon contract so I doubt I could sell it...
le nubian - Jun 20, 2012 5:02:44 am PDT #20318 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
so your new phone will not be on your Verizon contract?
Vonnie K - Jun 20, 2012 5:24:44 am PDT #20319 of 25501
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
No, my new phone will be also under Verizon contract.
Wait, does that mean that once my new phone is activated, my old phone is now unlocked and can be sold? I actually have no idea what happen to old phones once the contract is shifted to an upgraded phone...