Y2Cell Phone

[Skink]

again my phone has failed to automatically update time for the change. Is this due to the spring forward being moved back?

:wtf:

[NightWatcher]

1. time for an upgrade?

try turning it off then back on

[MercutioATC]

2. Did you power it down and then back up?

Some systems require doing this. Once you power it back up, it should read the correct time.

[Electric Monk]

3. Duhbya changed daylight savings time, remember. How old is the phone?

http://news.cnet.com/Daylight-saving-change-could-confuse-gadgets/2100-1041_3-5823792.html

On Monday, President Bush signed a sweeping energy bill that will lengthen daylight-saving time by four weeks starting in 2007--raising the possibility of a smaller-scale repeat of Y2K-like problems.

For most computer users, the effect would likely be an inconvenience at worst: Their computers will be updated with new software by then, or configured to connect to network time servers that will know the correct time. But because not everyone's computer is networked or updated, some glitches could occur--especially in consumer electronics devices that aren't designed to be reprogrammed.

"If they're running systems that are not auto-updated, they'll have to be cognizant to make those changes themselves," said Mike Wendy, a representative for the Computing Technology Industry Association. "That will involve a modicum of some sort of education to the community to ensure that that occurs."

[ddeclue]

4. do you have the latest software installed on your phone?

on verizon you can update your phone's software by dialing *228 and then pressing 1. you can also update your phone's roaming information by dialing *228 and then dialing 2. Both are free calls. You should do each at least once a month. If you travel somewhere by plane I recommend updating your phone's roaming information as soon as you land and turn the phone back on - otherwise your phone will be confused about where it is and will take much longer to find cell towers and figure out what it is supposed to do.

[Skink]

6. I'm going to be the last person on earth to turn my phone into a computer.

I'm now looking into ways to use less technology in my life. 10 years ago I started useing the web, now I just want my life back.

[ddeclue]

7. Your phone already IS a computer..just not a Windows PC.

I'm referring to the basic software that needs to be running on your phone to make it work - not add on programs or anything.

[beyurslf]

5. Mine changed all by itself without me even having to turn it on or off.

[MineralMan]

8. Hmm...you mean my cell phone knows what time it is?

I never turn it on unless I want to make a call, and all the numbers I'd ever call are in the directory on the phone. Otherwise, I have no idea what else the phone can do, and don't care.

I had to buy a new year's worth of time from Tracfone, and it came with 800 minutes. Now I have 1720 minutes on my phone, since I never used the 1000 minutes from last year when I bought it. I think I've charged it twice in a year. The battery holds its charge really well when it's off, it seems.

I keep meaning to use it for the few long-distance calls I make, but I don't think my headset plug fits. Bummer. Oh, well.

Now, where is it? In my really cold weather parka or my medium cold weather parka. Maybe it's in my fall jacket. I guess I'll go look for it.

I had one of these in the early '90s, and used it the same way. Trouble was, there were dead zones everywhere I went, so it didn't get used very often:

[NYC_SKP]

9. This short video will explain precisely what you need to do.

:P

http://www.mefeedia.com/tv/26488404



It involves some disassembly.

[Skink]

10. Prank phone calls now there's an idea.

now what was Palin's number?

[NYC_SKP]

11. Well, for Palin, the instruction, "wave it around your head, and scream like a chicken!"...

Would come quite naturally!



:P

[SheilaT]

12. I have a new -- as in I acquired it

maybe three months ago -- cell phone. My provider is AT&T. And I did power it down and back up and it's still an hour off. Maybe tomorrow I'll call my provider and ask them if they know about this new thing called Daylight Saving Time.