Hello Everyone, I am going to reply to some post in my previous thread but wanted to post this new thread before doing so.
1. I have been up since 2:35AM with my new 14 so please forgive any typos, etc. (smile). At about 2:30AM this morning I woke up and went to the kitchen to get some water. While in the kitchen I thought I would take my new phone out of the box and simply plug it in so that it would be fully charged when I set it up and . one thing led to another and (big smile). 2. I have been absolutely delighted with my 14 experience, so far. 3. I don't know when it happened but at some point in the wee hours I decided to set up the device. I did not have sighted assistance, as backup, but I just decided to go for it. The device is somewhat larger than my beloved 8 Plus so getting comfortable with it, physically, took a few minutes. Okay, I transferred the data from my beloved 8 Plus to the 14 via the iOS transfer routine. I think that took about 35 minutes or so. 4. When prompted to setup eSIM, I declined. Then, I rebooted the phone and immediately updated to the latest version of iOS 16 which I believe it 16.2. It's all kind of a blur at this point (smile). 5. After the update was installed, I continued to decline the eSIM update prompt. I did this because I knew that once my cellular account was transferred to 14, there would be no going back to a physical SIM without involving a new physical SIM card or going to my local wireless provider store. I think I took about 1.5 hours or so exploring 16.2 along with the various new options of the 14. I also wanted to insure that my core apps would continue to function as expected. Surprisingly, they did, at least all of the apps I could think of at 6AM did, anyway. 6. Okay, one of the primary reasons why I wanted a physical SIM is because I have experienced many instances in which switching my wireless account to a new hardware SIM has caused many of my customized cellular settings to be reset. When this has occurred, it was not a simple thing to have them re-customized by the provider for several reasons not the least of which being that the new representatives did not realize that such customization was even possible. I think you get the idea. Be that as it may, at around 7AM or so, knowing that if something went wrong with the eSIM transfer I could call customer service, I decided to take the plunge and transfer my wireless account to the 14. The process was completely painless and worked flawlessly. Oh, my primary wireless provider is A T & T Wireless. From start to finish, the transfer process took about 3 minutes. Mind you, they were the longest 3 minutes I've had in many, many years (smile). When the process was complete, I rebooted the 14 and everything, and I do mean everything was just as it should be. Not one single cellular setting had been lost. Most impressive, to say the least. 7. I realize that this post is turning into a novel so I will stop here but I do want to mention that I encountered a low ringer volume incident that I could not resolve, at first. The issue was that, regardless of the volume level, either with or without VoiceOver being enabled, the incoming ringer volume would start out quiet and get even more quiet as the ringing progressed. Thanks to YouTube, I discovered that the problem was the result of a Face ID setting that needed to be disabled. So very strange. Okay, that's all for now. Your Exhausted Fellow Traveler, Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000901d9164d%243fd18990%24bf749cb0%24%40ucla.edu.
