omnis - I have heard that other people who had your problem got a new sim card and that things improved considerably for them.
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le nubian - Jan 10, 2008 2:54:39 pm PST #4236 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
omnis_audis - Jan 10, 2008 3:15:05 pm PST #4237 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I started noting the problem in/around March or so. I got a new iPhone in November (with new SIM card). And it hasn't improved.
Sean K - Jan 10, 2008 3:25:30 pm PST #4238 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I've watched my phone do exactly that thing, omnis. It will get no signal in a place where I know it should be getting great signal.
To get it to reset to the nearest cell tower (instead of whichever one it's locked onto), I flip it into airplane mode for a second, and flip back. When it tries to pick up signal again, it will grab the nearest tower, and get great signal again.
I had only theorized that this was what the phone was doing. It's nice to get some official-type validation of my big brain.
omnis_audis - Jan 10, 2008 9:24:46 pm PST #4239 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
the thing that says its bunk is this. I'll do it (and ya, I do the airplane mode, as it's faster 'reboot'), and leave the phone on the desk. It'll show full bars after the 'reset'. Then, like 10-15 min later, I'll look again, and one blip or no service again. If its reset to the nearest tower, shouldn't it stay at full bars if the phone hasn't moved?
Sophia Brooks - Jan 11, 2008 12:19:55 pm PST #4240 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Quick dumb question-
How do I make 'invisible" folders visible in Windows. My boss saved something very important in a file called "temporary internet files" inside "Local Settings" inside her user folder. However, the "Local setting file doesn't show when I go in (It shows on the Save as Screen, and I can see the 10 different version of the document in there)
Tom Scola - Jan 11, 2008 12:21:50 pm PST #4241 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> Show hidden files and folders
Sophia Brooks - Jan 11, 2008 12:22:24 pm PST #4242 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thank you!
I can never remember how to do it! (I'm a Mac Girl)
askye - Jan 11, 2008 7:10:21 pm PST #4243 of 25501
Thrive to spite them
I am an idiot.
I've been getting a message on my laptop from McAfee that I need to renew and I wasn't thinking, and uninstalled it thinking I had Norton on my laptop already. Except I don't have I Norton on my desktop.
So now that I have uninstalled McAfee is there anyway to get it back?
DXMachina - Jan 12, 2008 2:11:40 am PST #4244 of 25501
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Did McAfee come with the laptop? If so, then it's probably on one of the restore disks that came with the laptop. Also, You could also just go to McAfee's site and buy it there. [link]
There are also some free antivirus programs that work pretty well, too, like AVG [link] or Clamwin [link]
Stephanie - Jan 12, 2008 10:18:16 am PST #4245 of 25501
Trust my rage
Quick wi-fi question...
vwbug is at my house and her PC can't log onto my Apple Airport based network. I know we have the password correct but she keeps getting an error message. Any obvious ideas? (I tried taking the password off completely but Leopard wont' let me or at least I can't figure it out.)