So, during the day, the phone repeated the same issues I’d had earlier with wifi calling. Even after doing a hard reset, I didn’t get any calls. I tested the wifi calling during work today by attempting to send text messages. None of the text messages went through. I tried calling my desktop phone at different times. I tried calling myself once an hour or more during the day from my work phone...
Continue reading...November 2012
Follow up on Samsung Galaxy Note 2
I went to the T-Mobile store tonight to ask for some any support options on the Note 2. The staff at the story didn’t have a wifi network to use to test the phone, so they let me use the store phone to call T-Mo tech support. When you call tech support for a cell phone, you aren’t supposed to call using the phone you need to troubleshoot. Since I only have my...
Continue reading...Wifi calling issue on Note 2
Searching for articles on problems with using T-Mobile’s wifi calling on the Samsung Galaxy S3 and Note 2 returns multiple results, including an enlightening good discussion on the XDA forum. The phone doesn’t keep a consistent connection to the wifi calling service. I get an ERR Connection Refused, invalid certificate, and other errors. Some times the phone has trouble staying on the wifi network even though the phone is sitting on my desk....
Continue reading...Fantasy Flight Games sale
Fantasy Flight is having a sale on a lot of their stuff — including the Warhammer FRP material. Many of the WFRP books and supplements are 50% or more off. I will probably take advantage of the sale and fill in any supplements I don’t have. Related Images:
Continue reading...Equine insurance
Equine insurance is almost as much fun as people insurance. Almost, but not quite. Don’t get me wrong: I’m very glad I have insurance on Kasane. When Isis needed colic surgery, the only way I was able to afford it was because of the insurance. Here’s the catch: Once you make a claim for an issue like lameness, for example, there will be an exclusion on the policy the following year stating that...
Continue reading...Killer Karaoke?
It’s like the producers of American Idol and Fear Factor had a love child and produced Killer Karaoke. In this show, singers perform while being scared, shocked, and otherwise put in bodily harm. Yup, not kidding. When I first saw an article about this on Gawker, I thought it was a joke. Apparently, it isn’t. Ever see the episode of Doctor Who where the Doctor (played by Christopher Eccleston), Rose, and Adam go...
Continue reading...New Precious: Samsung Galaxy Note 2
I was bad. Couldn’t resist the precious. Told one of my friends at work about the Note 2. We’ve both been talking about replacing our trusty Android phones. It’s funny how all you have to do is mention quad-core, lots of usable RAM for applications, and 64 GB microSD support, and suddenly someone is keenly interested in the phone. 🙂 We both went to the T-Mobile store after work and are now the...
Continue reading...Too much temptation…
And I could not resist. I have had a T-Mobile G2 for almost two years now. It’s been a solid little phone with a good keyboard and Android 2.3. For the past few months, I’ve been getting notices from T-Mobile that I’m eligible for a phone upgrade. Nothing has really interested me, except for the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Note 2. They are both lovely devices on paper but neither one has...
Continue reading...No SD cards in Nexus phones to confuse users
The specs for the LG Nexus 4 sound great: quadcore Snapdragon S4 Pro, 2GB internal RAM, lovely screen, Android 4.2. Allegedly different amounts of space will be available: 8 GB, 16 GB, etc. T-Mobile is offering the phone on their network, so I’m getting notices that I’m eligible for an upgrade… So I checked out the phone specs. Good specs, clean Android 4 OS (no “enhanced UI” slapped on by a manufacturer). Only...
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