>Hello all > > Since most of you probably witnessed my perplexing horror over having a near > totally unusable new SE phone, I can say that all has been resolved. A > tentative hardware issue was ruled out by a cursory test by Yes Computers > here in town, and AA said they did not take phones back unless visibly > cracked, etc, I was told to restore the phone and set it up as new once > more. I did this 4 or so days ago, and immediately noticed a change. > I wonder why restoring the phone to it's factory default did not > occur to me earlier, or was not suggested on any of the calls I made to AA. > No problem though, I feel lucky to have them there on call, even if the wait > times are often over ten minutes. > I spoke with a tech specialist/supervisor who tested all the things I still > had questions about using her own phone with gmail, voice over, messages, > and Facebook, and this sped the process along. Rather than screen sharing, > since I was very familiar with settings and the specific nature of problems > I was having, she tested functions and was able to say that this was a still > existing bug, or that she had the same result, so that was affirming. The > call had been scheduled in advance so she was prepared to deal with the > phone before resetting it, and she was gracious enough to spend the time to > clarify those few remaining questions I had. > A few things I found out is that a 3 finger swipe to the right will hide the > options like insert photo, format, etc where they appear just above the > keyboard. You probably have to be at the first item which I think is format > to do this since you are swiping to the right. To unhide them you would > swipe left from the last item. This used to drive me crazy and it seemed > that with these new options visible above the keypad/keyboard, I had to be > far more precise about where I touched on the screen before one or another > of these options interrupted my carrying on with typing. > As for the predictive text and auto correct being turned off, well, there is > no way to get rid of them altogether. The problem is that while either > typing or dictating for instance, the words put in are rarely what I want, > so that still involves having to edit out the unwanted words. > Finally, my settings are tweaked right now so that I have no pitch changes > that do not involve things like capital letters or language changes. > As for the roter not staying where you last left it, such as in messages, > that has been well documented, and maybe the overall function of the roter > will be better sometime down the line. It's predictable I think in that it > moves to the previous item so if you want to wind up back on character or > word rather than something else, then make sure you check the order in which > things have been selected in the roter. > Overall the new phone may serve me well over time, but I still prefer the > lighter feel and slimmer thickness of the older models of phones and I still > prefer a mechanical home button. Having no home button might not be so hard > for me to navigate so if I need another phone at some point, I might look > for a phone without any home button at all, meaning one that has nothing > differentiated by any perceptible tactile outline. > Contrary to what some others have said, I don't find this phone > particularly fast or responsive, especially around touching the home button > to get back to the home screen or to use Siri, but what the heck. I'm done > fretting. I've got 2 working phones so unless both act up at the same time, > at least I will have a backup. Much of my data for Apps like Voice Dream > Writer and I can't think what else now, is on my old 6 which is pretty much > defunct since the battery won't hold a charge for long. Everything came over > via gmail like Notes and contacts and mail and messages so that is good. > One new plus is that in years past ear buds and earphones gave me pain in my > ears. I can now use the earbuds with my phone when moving about outdoors and > I can withstand doing that for up to half an hour before my inner ear starts > to hurt. I've avoided using any wired or bluetooth ear piece for that reason > but at least I can now be hands free of the phone when necessary for short > periods of time at least. If I need to take a call when walking down the > street, if I choose to do that, it's much easier hitting the button on the > earpiece than it is having to dig the phone out of wherever it is. > The last of what needs setting up is the Bluetooth keyboard. It is still not > paired with either of my phones. Each time I see someone it's not a good > time to ask them to look at it, make sure the batteries are in right, a > light is on, and to tell me what those two buttons on the far right say. > All this might be the only instance in which I could say that I'm content > with the "new normal." > > Deidre > > > > > > > >
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