Pickles by Brian Crane for January 11, 2016

Um… time to purchase a new phone?

Nailed It!

The latest update to my phone broke the Google Play Store so I can’t get any more updates.

I feel your pain Opal!!!

Maybe a paper cup and string are more your speed, Opal.

At least my phone is nice and asks if I want the updates. I politely say ‘no thank you’ as I swipe away the question.

I recently used the free upgrade from Windows 7 to 10. Boy, was I glad that it came with a ‘put it back the way it was’ option. Too much change for this old guy.

Opal, your phone is done for the count. I think you’ll need to send it back to Verizon or visit a Verizon dealer.

after the second bill came for the I=Phone i took it back and cancelled that malarkey and got my old cell phone back.

I feel ya, Opal. Boy, can I relate!

The internet ruined QA jobs out there, companies just figure the end user can find bugs and they’ll release endless updates.

I know my company does just that, they have ONE QA guy for all the products and there is no way he can find all issues, so if it makes it past customer beta then it is just an automatic update.

The problem occurs is that a lot of America still can’t get internet, where I live I have one choice…and it sucks so bad, could take days just to get a 10 meg update. I guess it could be worse, other people in my area still have to use dialup. Many forget that rural America has really crappy ISP service.

Very interesting conversations today. I, also, tried Windows 10 and went back – too many problems.. My husband bought a new computer with Windows10 and has no problems – I think that is the key.

It…did.

I upgraded to Windows 10 at the office, and it’s fine, and in my opinion a big improvement over Windows 8, which I really hated. With 10 I was able to make it look like XP, and I never see the goofy phone interface, plus I disabled all the ad stuff and news/weather updates. It works fine for me. Of course, I don’t do much with it other that office work. At home I’m still running XP.

> I don’t want.. phoneyepper, and never did. # pre-cycled

a) if it changes everything it’s not an update, it’s an upgradeb) if you’re not smart enough to change settings so it doesn’t update automatically – you deserve what you get.

there’s a really snarky reply to this, but i’ve resolved not to do those in 2016

My Smartphone does updates often. I had to download another Audio Recorder because the one I had no longer worked after it updated.

Sigh.

xxx

i kept telling my phone “later” on an update and it finally went ahead without me.

Now you get to buy a new phone with the automatic update you didn’t want pre-installed!

I’m an old gal and I find that I actually like Windows 10. Go figure. Had Windows 7 till my old computer crashed. Never had to fight with Windows 8 and refuse to use the Cloud to store things. Don’t trust it.

We have had that problem with the TV ever since the company was eaten by the Death Star.

Hate updates. When I learned how to use Windows 7 competently, windows 8 appeared when I brought my next computer. It was totally useless to me. Windows 10 has proven to be workable but irritable as features I was familiar with on Windows 7 can’t be found on windows 10. I hereby quit, by the time the next windows program “update” comes down I may be a Apple user. If Android don’t stop their almost weekly updates where change the way I work my phone I may do the same thing and go back to a landline.

Looks like Opal is sending a desk message.

I hate the automatic updates on my computer, the new system doesn’t give me any warning or ask if I want to update or wait to update, I’ll be in the middle of something and the computer will suddenly freeze up and shut down and then I’ll get a message that the computer is updating and all I can do is sit there and hope I didn’t lose anything as the computer restarts.

It’s dead, Jim.

LOL. Opal going commando in her own way.