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artsyhonkerToday's Quests are basically re-arranged to accommodate the fact that my phone failed, probably terminally, last night. It is in some kind of loop when it tries to restart, and appears to have bricked itself. It ought to still be within warranty; I am going to try running the battery right down and then giving it a complete full charge before I attempt any admin around getting it replaced, because its behaviour makes me think there may be some kind of static electrickery problem. (I have had such problems before with phones.)
Meanwhile, I've arranged to borrow a Nokia 3310 (2017), which in combination with Ye Olde Tablette, should keep me sortof in contact with the people I need to be in contact with. Heck, if this setup works out I might just buy a Nokia 3310 for myself, since the £50 it will cost is about as much money as I have spare to throw at this particular problem. I'll see how the battery life is in practice; the thing I loved about the now-dead phone is that it had a 5100mAh battery, which meant I could get about two days of my typical use out of it, rather than the roughly 14 hours that I have been getting out of smartphones of late. This meant no trying to keep track of spare power supplies, which of course also needed regular charging, and the associated short little bits of cable and so on. Also, no deciding whether I needed to carry same; anything that reduces my decision load is pretty much a win.
However, it Just Won't Do if it is going to randomly fail like that; and I'm loathe to go back to the puny battery life I've been dealing with previously. So, perhaps, a much plainer phone (with associated better battery life) is the answer, at least if I can't get Brickphone unbricked.
My plan for today is somewhat truncated as a result of the extra travel and time associated with this problem.
Meanwhile, I've arranged to borrow a Nokia 3310 (2017), which in combination with Ye Olde Tablette, should keep me sortof in contact with the people I need to be in contact with. Heck, if this setup works out I might just buy a Nokia 3310 for myself, since the £50 it will cost is about as much money as I have spare to throw at this particular problem. I'll see how the battery life is in practice; the thing I loved about the now-dead phone is that it had a 5100mAh battery, which meant I could get about two days of my typical use out of it, rather than the roughly 14 hours that I have been getting out of smartphones of late. This meant no trying to keep track of spare power supplies, which of course also needed regular charging, and the associated short little bits of cable and so on. Also, no deciding whether I needed to carry same; anything that reduces my decision load is pretty much a win.
However, it Just Won't Do if it is going to randomly fail like that; and I'm loathe to go back to the puny battery life I've been dealing with previously. So, perhaps, a much plainer phone (with associated better battery life) is the answer, at least if I can't get Brickphone unbricked.
My plan for today is somewhat truncated as a result of the extra travel and time associated with this problem.