Re: question about setting up OnCallDefender app found on Applevis

2015-12-18 Thread Brent Harding 
You can, if you know the street address where the issue is, but when all you 
only know the parallel street and the streets ahead and behind, that isn't an 
address they can use. From what I read, the location is something the operator 
has to specifically request and can take up to 6 minutes for the phone company 
to process, and it likely uses whatever they have as opposed to the 
GPS/location services in the phone. With an app like this, the phone already 
sends the GPS info when you set it off, taking the waiting game and potentially 
less accuracy issues out of the equation. I did get an email from their 
support, and they said that the app doesn't work with any OS the iPhone 6 could 
run, but the app store compatibility list lists them all 4S, or maybe 3GS and 
above. That is probably because devs can't say 4S and older in their listing to 
make it unavailable to newer phones. I would assume that this app absolutely 
requires iOS 7 and less. 
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  From: Sieghard Weitzel 
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  Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:37 PM
  Subject: RE: question about setting up OnCallDefender app found on Applevis


  Why not use 9-1-1 if there is an emergency?

   

   

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Brent Harding
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  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: question about setting up OnCallDefender app found on Applevis

   

  I found this personal safety app on AppleVis called OnCallDefender. It is 
like a panic button for your phone that lets some kind of monitoring company 
know you need help in those situations one hopes will never happen. I may 
potentially be starting a job some time in the new year if all goes well, and 
walking home in the dark around 9 at night might be part of what I have to do 
for awhile until the earlier shift opens up. . My apartment is only around 4 
street crossings away from there, but safety is something I think about, but 
I'm not worried enough to say no to the offer if it comes my way. I tried to 
create an account and subscribe to this thing, presumably through an iTunes 
subscription, but all I get is the alert sound with the screen staying the 
same. In looking at the app store entry, the app hasn't been updated since 
2010, and it is advertised to be compatible with phones of that era. I am 
running iOS 9.2 on an iPhone 6. I tried doing the explore by touch thing to try 
to get to the fields to fill out to no avail. I have also tried restarting VO 
to get it to refresh its model of the screen, and that did nothing either. How 
can I make this thing let me sign up? Even though their site is still online, I 
have a small suspicion they killed it since the Applevis review was posted last 
year. Are there any similarly priced services with apps that are accessible 
that are still providing this kind of service? The demo part I did see looks 
tricky to actually activate because getting a tripple tap passed through VO 
correctly reminds me of the child-proof containers we are probably all glad we 
couldn't open as kids.

   

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RE: question about setting up OnCallDefender app found on Applevis

2015-12-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel 
Why not use 9-1-1 if there is an emergency?

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Brent Harding
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 1:24 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: question about setting up OnCallDefender app found on Applevis

 

I found this personal safety app on AppleVis called OnCallDefender. It is like 
a panic button for your phone that lets some kind of monitoring company know 
you need help in those situations one hopes will never happen. I may 
potentially be starting a job some time in the new year if all goes well, and 
walking home in the dark around 9 at night might be part of what I have to do 
for awhile until the earlier shift opens up. . My apartment is only around 4 
street crossings away from there, but safety is something I think about, but 
I'm not worried enough to say no to the offer if it comes my way. I tried to 
create an account and subscribe to this thing, presumably through an iTunes 
subscription, but all I get is the alert sound with the screen staying the 
same. In looking at the app store entry, the app hasn't been updated since 
2010, and it is advertised to be compatible with phones of that era. I am 
running iOS 9.2 on an iPhone 6. I tried doing the explore by touch thing to try 
to get to the fields to fill out to no avail. I have also tried restarting VO 
to get it to refresh its model of the screen, and that did nothing either. How 
can I make this thing let me sign up? Even though their site is still online, I 
have a small suspicion they killed it since the Applevis review was posted last 
year. Are there any similarly priced services with apps that are accessible 
that are still providing this kind of service? The demo part I did see looks 
tricky to actually activate because getting a tripple tap passed through VO 
correctly reminds me of the child-proof containers we are probably all glad we 
couldn't open as kids.

 

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RE: question about setting up OnCallDefender app found on Applevis

2015-12-16 Thread Connie Mohney 
Hello,
Good luck with the app and your new job.
Connie

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Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 9:20 AM
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Subject: Re: question about setting up OnCallDefender app found on Applevis

Try the app called Blue Light, which sounds like it does the same thing, 
allowing you to contact the nearest EMS services. When I got it it was free but 
there may be a subscription now. The app is very accessible, though there may 
be more exploring involved in the initial sign-up screens.

Good luck,
Wayne

On 12/15/15, Brent Harding <br...@hostany.net> wrote:
> I found this personal safety app on AppleVis called OnCallDefender. It 
> is like a panic button for your phone that lets some kind of 
> monitoring company know you need help in those situations one hopes 
> will never happen. I may potentially be starting a job some time in 
> the new year if all goes well, and walking home in the dark around 9 
> at night might be part of what I have to do for awhile until the 
> earlier shift opens up. . My apartment is only around 4 street 
> crossings away from there, but safety is something I think about, but I'm not 
> worried enough to say no to the offer if it comes my way.
> I tried to create an account and subscribe to this thing, presumably 
> through an iTunes subscription, but all I get is the alert sound with 
> the screen staying the same. In looking at the app store entry, the 
> app hasn't been updated since 2010, and it is advertised to be 
> compatible with phones of that era. I am running iOS 9.2 on an iPhone 
> 6. I tried doing the explore by touch thing to try to get to the 
> fields to fill out to no avail. I have also tried restarting VO to get 
> it to refresh its model of the screen, and that did nothing either. 
> How can I make this thing let me sign up? Even though their site is 
> still online, I have a small suspicion they killed it since the 
> Applevis review was posted last year. Are there any similarly priced 
> services with apps that are accessible that are still providing this 
> kind of service? The demo part I did see looks tricky to actually 
> activate because getting a tripple tap passed through VO correctly reminds me 
> of the child-proof containers we are probably all glad we couldn't open as 
> kids.
>
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Re: question about setting up OnCallDefender app found on Applevis

2015-12-16 Thread Brent Harding 
Yes, I hope everything does work out. As for the app, it is a scary thought 
that if they did go defunct, people may be paying the automatic subscription 
and they won't realize that the service won't work until they have to set 
one off for real. The impression I get is that the demo function basically 
tests for cellular/network connectivity and GPS, but it doesn't raise a test 
alarm. I might have to look for something else. They could also be only 
allowing current subscribers to continue with it or the newer iOS versions 
since 2010 could've broken parts of it.
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From: "Connie Mohney" <cmohney1...@gmail.com>

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Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 7:18 PM
Subject: RE: question about setting up OnCallDefender app found on Applevis


Hello,
Good luck with the app and your new job.
Connie

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Wayne Merritt

Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 9:20 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: question about setting up OnCallDefender app found on Applevis

Try the app called Blue Light, which sounds like it does the same thing, 
allowing you to contact the nearest EMS services. When I got it it was free 
but there may be a subscription now. The app is very accessible, though 
there may be more exploring involved in the initial sign-up screens.


Good luck,
Wayne

On 12/15/15, Brent Harding <br...@hostany.net> wrote:

I found this personal safety app on AppleVis called OnCallDefender. It
is like a panic button for your phone that lets some kind of
monitoring company know you need help in those situations one hopes
will never happen. I may potentially be starting a job some time in
the new year if all goes well, and walking home in the dark around 9
at night might be part of what I have to do for awhile until the
earlier shift opens up. . My apartment is only around 4 street
crossings away from there, but safety is something I think about, but I'm 
not worried enough to say no to the offer if it comes my way.

I tried to create an account and subscribe to this thing, presumably
through an iTunes subscription, but all I get is the alert sound with
the screen staying the same. In looking at the app store entry, the
app hasn't been updated since 2010, and it is advertised to be
compatible with phones of that era. I am running iOS 9.2 on an iPhone
6. I tried doing the explore by touch thing to try to get to the
fields to fill out to no avail. I have also tried restarting VO to get
it to refresh its model of the screen, and that did nothing either.
How can I make this thing let me sign up? Even though their site is
still online, I have a small suspicion they killed it since the
Applevis review was posted last year. Are there any similarly priced
services with apps that are accessible that are still providing this
kind of service? The demo part I did see looks tricky to actually
activate because getting a tripple tap passed through VO correctly reminds 
me of the child-proof containers we are probably all glad we couldn't open 
as kids.


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Re: question about setting up OnCallDefender app found on Applevis

2015-12-16 Thread Wayne Merritt 
Try the app called Blue Light, which sounds like it does the same
thing, allowing you to contact the nearest EMS services. When I got it
it was free but there may be a subscription now. The app is very
accessible, though there may be more exploring involved in the initial
sign-up screens.

Good luck,
Wayne

On 12/15/15, Brent Harding  wrote:
> I found this personal safety app on AppleVis called OnCallDefender. It is
> like a panic button for your phone that lets some kind of monitoring company
> know you need help in those situations one hopes will never happen. I may
> potentially be starting a job some time in the new year if all goes well,
> and walking home in the dark around 9 at night might be part of what I have
> to do for awhile until the earlier shift opens up. . My apartment is only
> around 4 street crossings away from there, but safety is something I think
> about, but I'm not worried enough to say no to the offer if it comes my way.
> I tried to create an account and subscribe to this thing, presumably through
> an iTunes subscription, but all I get is the alert sound with the screen
> staying the same. In looking at the app store entry, the app hasn't been
> updated since 2010, and it is advertised to be compatible with phones of
> that era. I am running iOS 9.2 on an iPhone 6. I tried doing the explore by
> touch thing to try to get to the fields to fill out to no avail. I have also
> tried restarting VO to get it to refresh its model of the screen, and that
> did nothing either. How can I make this thing let me sign up? Even though
> their site is still online, I have a small suspicion they killed it since
> the Applevis review was posted last year. Are there any similarly priced
> services with apps that are accessible that are still providing this kind of
> service? The demo part I did see looks tricky to actually activate because
> getting a tripple tap passed through VO correctly reminds me of the
> child-proof containers we are probably all glad we couldn't open as kids.
>
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question about setting up OnCallDefender app found on Applevis

2015-12-15 Thread Brent Harding 
I found this personal safety app on AppleVis called OnCallDefender. It is like 
a panic button for your phone that lets some kind of monitoring company know 
you need help in those situations one hopes will never happen. I may 
potentially be starting a job some time in the new year if all goes well, and 
walking home in the dark around 9 at night might be part of what I have to do 
for awhile until the earlier shift opens up. . My apartment is only around 4 
street crossings away from there, but safety is something I think about, but 
I'm not worried enough to say no to the offer if it comes my way. I tried to 
create an account and subscribe to this thing, presumably through an iTunes 
subscription, but all I get is the alert sound with the screen staying the 
same. In looking at the app store entry, the app hasn't been updated since 
2010, and it is advertised to be compatible with phones of that era. I am 
running iOS 9.2 on an iPhone 6. I tried doing the explore by touch thing to try 
to get to the fields to fill out to no avail. I have also tried restarting VO 
to get it to refresh its model of the screen, and that did nothing either. How 
can I make this thing let me sign up? Even though their site is still online, I 
have a small suspicion they killed it since the Applevis review was posted last 
year. Are there any similarly priced services with apps that are accessible 
that are still providing this kind of service? The demo part I did see looks 
tricky to actually activate because getting a tripple tap passed through VO 
correctly reminds me of the child-proof containers we are probably all glad we 
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