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Pix - Jun 16, 2013 12:57:15 pm PDT #22582 of 25497
The status is NOT quo.

You can just replace the battery. Check the owners' manual for the type and instructions.


meara - Jun 16, 2013 2:53:16 pm PDT #22583 of 25497

I got a car repair place to replace the battery, because I was taking it in anyway. But I probably could've figured it out on my own.

In similar question: I have two garage door openers. One works fine. One only occasionally works, and usually only if you're super close and trying several times. I've tried replacing the battery but it doesn't seem to help. Thoughts?


Dana - Jun 16, 2013 2:55:29 pm PDT #22584 of 25497
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Clean the contacts with a q-tip and some alcohol?


§ ita § - Jun 17, 2013 8:50:41 am PDT #22585 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm a bit frustrated with the lack of documentation for the standard Android application. I feel there must be a way, when creating an appointment, that I don't have to re-type information from my address book. But I don't even know where to find out the full feature set of the calendar and the contacts--I just find descriptions of some.

That having been said--those enhancements to Calendar that just came down the pike giving new UI elements for putting in times--LOVE. We may be pulling away from the round clock, but I find it much snappier to use for entry.

Still, dammit, I want to copy over my addresses, especially since Android is taking it upon themselves to tell me when to leave wherever I am to get there--it's more useful than before to be thorough.

::grumps off the the Android site again::


Toddson - Jun 17, 2013 11:18:07 am PDT #22586 of 25497
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

mini-rant ...

For a combination Christmas-birthday present a friend - a very good friend - gave me a $300 gift card for the Apple store. I got an iPad mini. I planned to use it to read e-books (hoping not to have to carry a paperback with me and run the risk of finishing a book before my travel ended) and play a few games. Maybe listen to a little music.

FAIL

The damn thing is unreliable - periodically the screen stops responding to taps. The third time I found myself facing a long commute home with nothing to do but stare out the window, I gave up on reading while on the bus. Then I found that, in the middle of a game, it would stop responding.

The "genius" at the Apple store said it's perfectly fine - nothing wrong with it.

So ... I've given up on it. It's turned off and stashed on a shelf with its box.

Damn Apple.


Stephanie - Jun 17, 2013 11:26:19 am PDT #22587 of 25497
Trust my rage

How long ago did you buy it and are you interested in selling it? I might know someone who might be interested.


Toddson - Jun 17, 2013 11:29:51 am PDT #22588 of 25497
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Since it was a gift I feel obligated to keep it. Also - wouldn't want to pass on the piece of crap since it doesn't work.


Steph L. - Jun 17, 2013 11:40:12 am PDT #22589 of 25497
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Since it was a gift I feel obligated to keep it.

Wasn't the gift a gift card, not the iPad mini? If you had been able to return it to the Apple store and they would have offered a refund, would you have refused the refund because of your obligation? If not, I don't see how selling it would be any different.


Toddson - Jun 17, 2013 11:54:21 am PDT #22590 of 25497
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I wouldn't feel right about returning it. And, as I said, I'm not going to pass the hunk of junk on to anyone.


Steph L. - Jun 17, 2013 11:55:59 am PDT #22591 of 25497
I look more rad than Lutheranism

That's really disappointing for you.