I hate the touch screen. I hate the apps. I hate that I have to go to settings and turn on the wi-fi if I want to use the internet browser instead of the phone just connecting to the internet by itself whenever I open the browser like any reasonable person would want their phone to when they open the browser on it, because why else would I have opened that? I hate how hard it is to make phone calls. It took me days after getting it to figure out how to get to the phone part of the phone, which should absolutely be a non-issue given that the device I'm holding is supposedly a phone. I hate that I can't figure out exactly where the microphone is on it, and I can't seem to be able to speak directly into it if I'm holding it in a position where I can hear from the receiver, so I have to either move it back and forth between my ear and my mouth, or I have to turn on speakerphone and hold it in my hand like an imbecile. Oh, and if my face brushes up against it I'll probably hang up on whoever, because of the touch-screen.
I hate it so much. The only reason I still have it is because it was free and I don't want to have to buy another phone. Still, I'm getting to the point where I'm no longer going to be able to put up with it any more.
This might be a "smartphone" but it is not a smart phone.
My android and iPhone both have a Phone button on the home screen that takes you directly to dialing. They both detect the motion of putting your phone to your face and turn off the screen until you lower it again. They both have no issues picking up my voice while holding it normally, despite neither reaching from my ear to my mouth.
The android even has one-touch calling shortcuts on the home screen.
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[chat], what are your methods for apologizing to your S.O. after you've been a dick?
"Hey, look, I want to apologize for doing X. I was in Y state of mind, but that didn't make it right, and i shouldn't have acted like that. I'm sorry."
Yeah, apologize for being a jerk, if you do explain why you were offer it as an explanation, not an excuse, and that is about it.
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[chat], what are your methods for apologizing to your S.O. after you've been a dick?
"Hey, look, I want to apologize for doing X. I was in Y state of mind, but that didn't make it right, and i shouldn't have acted like that. I'm sorry."
add "i was right btw fyi hth"
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I hate the touch screen. I hate the apps. I hate that I have to go to settings and turn on the wi-fi if I want to use the internet browser instead of the phone just connecting to the internet by itself whenever I open the browser like any reasonable person would want their phone to when they open the browser on it, because why else would I have opened that? I hate how hard it is to make phone calls. It took me days after getting it to figure out how to get to the phone part of the phone, which should absolutely be a non-issue given that the device I'm holding is supposedly a phone. I hate that I can't figure out exactly where the microphone is on it, and I can't seem to be able to speak directly into it if I'm holding it in a position where I can hear from the receiver, so I have to either move it back and forth between my ear and my mouth, or I have to turn on speakerphone and hold it in my hand like an imbecile. Oh, and if my face brushes up against it I'll probably hang up on whoever, because of the touch-screen.
I hate it so much. The only reason I still have it is because it was free and I don't want to have to buy another phone. Still, I'm getting to the point where I'm no longer going to be able to put up with it any more.
^ should have bought an apple
My significant other has an apple, it is exactly the same.
I just want a phone that closes and won't do anything unless I open it and then when I open it and push buttons it makes a phone call, unless I press a different button to make it SMS or internet.
not being able to figure out where the microphone is might be an entirely unique problem in all of the world
and getting to the phone part is usually pressing the button that looks like a phone
When I touch one thing on the touch-screen it always does something else instead, I have to re-do it three or four times. Then when I touch the phone button it brings up some window that was very confusing. I'm still not sure what it's for but I have to touch the phone button again to make it go to the phone.
Which is entirely too many steps considering I'm holding a phone in my hands, there should just be actual buttons I can feel on it that are numbers that I use to dial a number and then it calls that number. That should be all that is involved.
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Irond WillWARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!!Cambridge. MAModeratormod
I hate the touch screen. I hate the apps. I hate that I have to go to settings and turn on the wi-fi if I want to use the internet browser instead of the phone just connecting to the internet by itself whenever I open the browser like any reasonable person would want their phone to when they open the browser on it, because why else would I have opened that? I hate how hard it is to make phone calls. It took me days after getting it to figure out how to get to the phone part of the phone, which should absolutely be a non-issue given that the device I'm holding is supposedly a phone. I hate that I can't figure out exactly where the microphone is on it, and I can't seem to be able to speak directly into it if I'm holding it in a position where I can hear from the receiver, so I have to either move it back and forth between my ear and my mouth, or I have to turn on speakerphone and hold it in my hand like an imbecile. Oh, and if my face brushes up against it I'll probably hang up on whoever, because of the touch-screen.
I hate it so much. The only reason I still have it is because it was free and I don't want to have to buy another phone. Still, I'm getting to the point where I'm no longer going to be able to put up with it any more.
just how old are you?
I think he's almost as old as you are.
ought to be able to get his head around a smartphone then
I hate the touch screen. I hate the apps. I hate that I have to go to settings and turn on the wi-fi if I want to use the internet browser instead of the phone just connecting to the internet by itself whenever I open the browser like any reasonable person would want their phone to when they open the browser on it, because why else would I have opened that? I hate how hard it is to make phone calls. It took me days after getting it to figure out how to get to the phone part of the phone, which should absolutely be a non-issue given that the device I'm holding is supposedly a phone. I hate that I can't figure out exactly where the microphone is on it, and I can't seem to be able to speak directly into it if I'm holding it in a position where I can hear from the receiver, so I have to either move it back and forth between my ear and my mouth, or I have to turn on speakerphone and hold it in my hand like an imbecile. Oh, and if my face brushes up against it I'll probably hang up on whoever, because of the touch-screen.
I hate it so much. The only reason I still have it is because it was free and I don't want to have to buy another phone. Still, I'm getting to the point where I'm no longer going to be able to put up with it any more.
^ should have bought an apple
My significant other has an apple, it is exactly the same.
I just want a phone that closes and won't do anything unless I open it and then when I open it and push buttons it makes a phone call, unless I press a different button to make it SMS or internet.
not being able to figure out where the microphone is might be an entirely unique problem in all of the world
and getting to the phone part is usually pressing the button that looks like a phone
Every touchscreen phone I know of turns off the touchscreen when you're on a call. You can nuzzle your face all over the thing and it won't hang up.
Usually, people complain about the opposite problem - on some phones the touchscreen doesn't turn back on quickly enough after you remove it from your face which makes it hard to navigate a phone menu.
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
I hate the touch screen. I hate the apps. I hate that I have to go to settings and turn on the wi-fi if I want to use the internet browser instead of the phone just connecting to the internet by itself whenever I open the browser like any reasonable person would want their phone to when they open the browser on it, because why else would I have opened that? I hate how hard it is to make phone calls. It took me days after getting it to figure out how to get to the phone part of the phone, which should absolutely be a non-issue given that the device I'm holding is supposedly a phone. I hate that I can't figure out exactly where the microphone is on it, and I can't seem to be able to speak directly into it if I'm holding it in a position where I can hear from the receiver, so I have to either move it back and forth between my ear and my mouth, or I have to turn on speakerphone and hold it in my hand like an imbecile. Oh, and if my face brushes up against it I'll probably hang up on whoever, because of the touch-screen.
I hate it so much. The only reason I still have it is because it was free and I don't want to have to buy another phone. Still, I'm getting to the point where I'm no longer going to be able to put up with it any more.
^ should have bought an apple
My significant other has an apple, it is exactly the same.
I just want a phone that closes and won't do anything unless I open it and then when I open it and push buttons it makes a phone call, unless I press a different button to make it SMS or internet.
not being able to figure out where the microphone is might be an entirely unique problem in all of the world
and getting to the phone part is usually pressing the button that looks like a phone
When I touch one thing on the touch-screen it always does something else instead, I have to re-do it three or four times. Then when I touch the phone button it brings up some window that was very confusing. I'm still not sure what it's for but I have to touch the phone button again to make it go to the phone.
Which is entirely too many steps considering I'm holding a phone in my hands, there should just be actual buttons I can feel on it that are numbers that I use to dial a number and then it calls that number. That should be all that is involved.
what phone do you have?
and who is your provider?
I'm really curious.
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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y'know, i'm changing my mind.
a flat tax where everyone over the age of 18 has to pay exactly $2 500 each year is not such a bad idea.
Because the current alternative is complicated and hard to learn.
Also i have an exam on tax laws tomorrow morning and i such at that class.
I hate the touch screen. I hate the apps. I hate that I have to go to settings and turn on the wi-fi if I want to use the internet browser instead of the phone just connecting to the internet by itself whenever I open the browser like any reasonable person would want their phone to when they open the browser on it, because why else would I have opened that? I hate how hard it is to make phone calls. It took me days after getting it to figure out how to get to the phone part of the phone, which should absolutely be a non-issue given that the device I'm holding is supposedly a phone. I hate that I can't figure out exactly where the microphone is on it, and I can't seem to be able to speak directly into it if I'm holding it in a position where I can hear from the receiver, so I have to either move it back and forth between my ear and my mouth, or I have to turn on speakerphone and hold it in my hand like an imbecile. Oh, and if my face brushes up against it I'll probably hang up on whoever, because of the touch-screen.
I hate it so much. The only reason I still have it is because it was free and I don't want to have to buy another phone. Still, I'm getting to the point where I'm no longer going to be able to put up with it any more.
^ should have bought an apple
My significant other has an apple, it is exactly the same.
I just want a phone that closes and won't do anything unless I open it and then when I open it and push buttons it makes a phone call, unless I press a different button to make it SMS or internet.
not being able to figure out where the microphone is might be an entirely unique problem in all of the world
and getting to the phone part is usually pressing the button that looks like a phone
Every touchscreen phone I know of turns off the touchscreen when you're on a call. You can nuzzle your face all over the thing and it won't hang up.
Usually, people complain about the opposite problem - on some phones the touchscreen doesn't turn back on quickly enough after you remove it from your face which makes it hard to navigate a phone menu.
Yeah, my problem is having to use the numpad for something while I'm on the phone and not having the screen turn back on quickly enough
I could literally just have this band fall off my finger while driving down the highway. And I would just come home, throw my hands up in the air with fingers spread shout "GUESS WHO'S EVEN?!"
Now I am like the most careless person in the world when it comes to my wedding ring. Well, you know, after rad.
[chat], what are your methods for apologizing to your S.O. after you've been a dick?
"Hey, look, I want to apologize for doing X. I was in Y state of mind, but that didn't make it right, and i shouldn't have acted like that. I'm sorry."
add "i was right btw fyi hth" in [chat] but only if you make sure your SO doesn't have an account.
I hate the touch screen. I hate the apps. I hate that I have to go to settings and turn on the wi-fi if I want to use the internet browser instead of the phone just connecting to the internet by itself whenever I open the browser like any reasonable person would want their phone to when they open the browser on it, because why else would I have opened that? I hate how hard it is to make phone calls. It took me days after getting it to figure out how to get to the phone part of the phone, which should absolutely be a non-issue given that the device I'm holding is supposedly a phone. I hate that I can't figure out exactly where the microphone is on it, and I can't seem to be able to speak directly into it if I'm holding it in a position where I can hear from the receiver, so I have to either move it back and forth between my ear and my mouth, or I have to turn on speakerphone and hold it in my hand like an imbecile. Oh, and if my face brushes up against it I'll probably hang up on whoever, because of the touch-screen.
I hate it so much. The only reason I still have it is because it was free and I don't want to have to buy another phone. Still, I'm getting to the point where I'm no longer going to be able to put up with it any more.
^ should have bought an apple
My significant other has an apple, it is exactly the same.
I just want a phone that closes and won't do anything unless I open it and then when I open it and push buttons it makes a phone call, unless I press a different button to make it SMS or internet.
not being able to figure out where the microphone is might be an entirely unique problem in all of the world
and getting to the phone part is usually pressing the button that looks like a phone
Every touchscreen phone I know of turns off the touchscreen when you're on a call. You can nuzzle your face all over the thing and it won't hang up.
Usually, people complain about the opposite problem - on some phones the touchscreen doesn't turn back on quickly enough after you remove it from your face which makes it hard to navigate a phone menu.
Yeah, my problem is having to use the numpad for something while I'm on the phone and not having the screen turn back on quickly enough
What causes this is on every touchscreen phone there is a little proximity sensor. On most phones, it's near the top. On the iPhone, it's a tiny little dot on the center of the top edge. The proximity sensor is actually just a very weak light sensor - if you're in a dark environment, or the sensor is blocked (say, by dust, or a plastic film, or by your phone case) or if the sensor is just fried, then the phone screen will turn back on slowly or not-at-all.
totally sincere hth
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
Also the screen arbitrarily turns sideways and I usually have to bang on it with my fist to make it go back the right way again.
you can turn that off.
jeez what phone do you have?
HTC something something.
But like I said I use an iphone a lot and it seems pretty much identical to me.
There's something wrong with your cellular service if you can't browse the web without turning on wifi. You shouldn't need wifi to browse the web at all. This tells me that either data is blocked on your cellular service or you live in an area with remarkably poor data coverage. It has (almost) nothing to do with the phone and everything to do with your service.
Feral on
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
Also the screen arbitrarily turns sideways and I usually have to bang on it with my fist to make it go back the right way again.
Assuming it's the same as an iPhone, the only way the phone can determine its orientation is by using gravity as a frame of reference for the accelerometer. So, if you have the phone flat on the table, it will not be able to figure out whether it's facing upright or sideways (how could it know where you were sitting?). So, it will always just keep its old orientation. In order to reliably re-orient, you need to hold the phone upright, screen facing towards you (or away, but that'd be silly).
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This might be a "smartphone" but it is not a smart phone.
My android and iPhone both have a Phone button on the home screen that takes you directly to dialing. They both detect the motion of putting your phone to your face and turn off the screen until you lower it again. They both have no issues picking up my voice while holding it normally, despite neither reaching from my ear to my mouth.
The android even has one-touch calling shortcuts on the home screen.
yeah i think i remember them saying that they did catch some of them
Yeah, apologize for being a jerk, if you do explain why you were offer it as an explanation, not an excuse, and that is about it.
Don't remember a bit of it
add "i was right btw fyi hth"
When I touch one thing on the touch-screen it always does something else instead, I have to re-do it three or four times. Then when I touch the phone button it brings up some window that was very confusing. I'm still not sure what it's for but I have to touch the phone button again to make it go to the phone.
Which is entirely too many steps considering I'm holding a phone in my hands, there should just be actual buttons I can feel on it that are numbers that I use to dial a number and then it calls that number. That should be all that is involved.
ought to be able to get his head around a smartphone then
This way when I am in the wrong I have a backlog of atrocities to make up for it.
I'm up a lost wedding band and like a dozen elbows to my face so far.
i usually walk up to her and apologise
it's a pretty advanced move
Every touchscreen phone I know of turns off the touchscreen when you're on a call. You can nuzzle your face all over the thing and it won't hang up.
Usually, people complain about the opposite problem - on some phones the touchscreen doesn't turn back on quickly enough after you remove it from your face which makes it hard to navigate a phone menu.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
what phone do you have?
and who is your provider?
I'm really curious.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
a flat tax where everyone over the age of 18 has to pay exactly $2 500 each year is not such a bad idea.
Because the current alternative is complicated and hard to learn.
Also i have an exam on tax laws tomorrow morning and i such at that class.
Boo hoo hoo.
At least i'm going to PAX East.
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A handy guide!
http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/04/15/apologies-what-when-and-how/
Yeah, my problem is having to use the numpad for something while I'm on the phone and not having the screen turn back on quickly enough
No, never admit blame. That can be used against you later.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
"i'm so sorry for wearing that fedora"
"...but i will not apologize for the swagtastic trenchcoat and katana"
The proper term for despair here is "abloo abloo abloo". lrn2angst n00b
Now I am like the most careless person in the world when it comes to my wedding ring. Well, you know, after rad.
"I was an asshole, I'm sorry." Bring flowers.
i have much to learn about angst.
Ahem
Abloo Abloo Ablee?
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It may be used against you either way. Apologizing at least means your odds of make up sex are good.
you can turn that off.
jeez what phone do you have?
What causes this is on every touchscreen phone there is a little proximity sensor. On most phones, it's near the top. On the iPhone, it's a tiny little dot on the center of the top edge. The proximity sensor is actually just a very weak light sensor - if you're in a dark environment, or the sensor is blocked (say, by dust, or a plastic film, or by your phone case) or if the sensor is just fried, then the phone screen will turn back on slowly or not-at-all.
totally sincere hth
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
HTC something something.
But like I said I use an iphone a lot and it seems pretty much identical to me.
um. we might need more than that if you want help!
You are a poor student.
Oh, I think I am just going to buy a better phone.
wellll a lot of the issues you speak of may not necessarily go away with a new phone...
There's something wrong with your cellular service if you can't browse the web without turning on wifi. You shouldn't need wifi to browse the web at all. This tells me that either data is blocked on your cellular service or you live in an area with remarkably poor data coverage. It has (almost) nothing to do with the phone and everything to do with your service.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Ask Men is 1 for 6 for what counts as simple.
Assuming it's the same as an iPhone, the only way the phone can determine its orientation is by using gravity as a frame of reference for the accelerometer. So, if you have the phone flat on the table, it will not be able to figure out whether it's facing upright or sideways (how could it know where you were sitting?). So, it will always just keep its old orientation. In order to reliably re-orient, you need to hold the phone upright, screen facing towards you (or away, but that'd be silly).