Hey Dolls!
Ooh, I reached 50 followers! Woo to the Hoo… You know what
that means? Giveaway time! Yay!
I have been accumulating gifts for ages. Yay! I will gather
it all together and host the giveaway very soon!
iPhone Update
Well, last Thursday, I got all dolled up in the hope of
scoring myself a nice geek genius that I could seduce charm to fix my phone for
free. Imagine my surprise when I was introduced to my female genius. Craps. My
plan was foiled. Damn you Apple.
Just prior to my genius appointment, I tried to back up to
iCloud again, and it just wasn’t working… Someone on a forum said I should
delete some videos, as they use up a lot of space… I did what was advised because
at this stage my most important stuff was backed up on my computer, I just wanted a quick fix in the meantime… delete,
delete, delete. Yes, I did have some minor heart palpitations, but I hushed
myself because it was all on my computer. I was then able to back up to iCloud
in all of 5 minutes (versus hours upon hours, only for the backup to eventually
fail anyway). Things were finally looking up, I thought.
My Lady-Genius was very sympathetic and I got a lot of understanding ‘aww’s and
even a ‘how annoying’ at how close to being under warranty I was, but needless
to say, no free fix for me. I was told I would have to pay $179 for a
refurbished phone… and also lose a majority of my stuff due to my phone being
unable to be properly backed up. Thanks iCloud, thanks broken computer… Thanks
BFF who asked ‘did you back up?’ OBVIOUSLY NOT. And I kind of thought having my
iPhone backed up onto my computer and then technically vice versa (computer
back up on phone) was enough. What were the chances of them both failing on me
at the same time? Grrrr.
I told the Lady-Genius I didn’t want to go ahead with the
$179 refurbished phone yet as I might as well try backing up my phone properly,
instead of losing it all- Well, mainly my music which couldn’t be backed up on
iCloud or my deleted videos- Especially considering the $179 price doesn’t
change the further out of warranty I become, so no rush… The Lady-Genius somehow magically put this circle
thing on my screen (pic below) that I can move around to where it suits me, and
when I click it up comes a shortcut to lock my phone, so I wouldn’t have to
worry about pocket dialling anyone. At least my trip to Chaddy wasn’t in vain.
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| See the circle thing in the top right corner? Magic. |
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| But then I decided the top corner wasn't so handy, as it interfered with some buttons.. So I moved it a little lower. |
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| This are the optios that come up when you click on this magical dot. |
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| And when you select "devices" VOILA you can lock the screen. |
I have no idea how to get rid of the Magical little Dot, nor do I know what any of the other things do, but that's okay. I like it.
Next up, in the Great Tech Failure of May 2012, we jump to
to me calling the unbelievably incompetent computer techs who I have engaged to
give me a quote for insurance purposes on my pretty little laptop, who told me my
hard drive was damaged. &%%#$! Nooooooo!! That was my back up!!!
Turns out they may (hopefully) have been trying to sucker me
in for a data recovery job ($99 charge)… which I am NOT falling for. I have
told them at least 15 times that this quote is for insurance purposes… As in to
prove that the cost of repair is more than the cost to replace, which is massive
derrr factor, really, in this throw away society we live in. That’s all I want. A report.
I have been getting the run-around from them.
Firstly, my laptop has been with them for a week. How long
does it take to give me a quote?! I finally I spoke to a half decent tech, who
divulged to me that they were short staffed and as a result had double the workload at the moment… Okay, but how about you just tell the customer
that?! I was getting worried over nothing. Then he told me someone would call
me the next morning. Nothing.
So I call them at 1pm to get told someone was ‘just about to’
call me. My Aunt Fanny they were! He gives me a verbal quote and takes my email address to send me a
PDF of the report (“right away”) and I ask when I get pick up my laptop… “Oh
you want that back? I’ll have to put it back together then… It’s in pieces’
Urgh, of course I want it back, it has my hard drive- aka my personal info!
Grrr. He said he would call when it was ready.
Guess what never came? The report. I gave him the benefit of
the doubt and restrained myself from calling until 4:45pm (3+ hours later)…
Only to be told by another tech that the first tech had gotten the email wrong.
Not the hard bit, like my name, which has double O’s, a set of double T’s and even
double U’s (as in “w” haha) … but the yahoo.com.au part. WTF?! That’s
incompetence, if you ask me! A computer tech that has never heard of
yahoo.com.au or at least yahoo.com?! Hmm.
Anyway… I get the report about 5 mins after I corrected the email. The repairs come to
$1,151.04… As if anyone would be getting the laptop repaired when you can buy one for less. Ha. The tech that
sent that report knew that it was for insurance purposes, even though I had already
told the person I had originally given it to and every other tech I had spoken
to since then.
Fast forward to another email I received this morning,
containing yet another report, but this time for $1,332.46. Huh? Whatever. I
didn’t bother emailing to say I had already received a quote that would just
confuse them more; I just asked if my laptop was ready to be collected. His response?
“So, I take it you’re not going ahead with the repair then?”… Ummm, who in
their right mind would?? And for the hundredth time it is a quote for insurance
purposes!!!!!!! Even if there was no insurance involved I wouldn't be spending
that much on repairs when I could get 2.5 laptops for the same price… Only newer.
Eugh!
Anyway, I finally got an email just now saying she has been
Humpty Dumpty’d- aka- put back together again- and I can collect her. Why do I
want to collect a broken laptop so badly? Well, as I said it has my stuff on
it. I want my stuff. It may also still contain my iPhone back up and all my
music, my photos and my videos. My BF can take my hard drive out and put it in
this nifty enclosure I got off eBay and I can use it in the future as an
external hard drive- cos you can believe I will triple backing everything up in
the future.
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| A massive $8! |
In short, this computer repair place has a case of the old ‘too
many cooks in the kitchen’ syndrome… That must be why I couldn’t get a straight
answer out of anyone and also why I received 2 different quotes and also why I
had to repeat everything 8,000 times. Short staffed or not, if there is no communication
between techs y’all are going to end up doubling up, that’s why there’s twice
the workload, not due to lack of staff. I spoke to 4 different techs… and got
about 10 different answers. *raises
eyebrow*
Anyway, wish me luck that the insurance company pays me some
serious moolah so I can get a new lappy. I have never wanted/needed to use a computer
at home so badly. Haha.
Oh yeh and re: my iPhone. Adios $179 refurbished offer. I
went in search of one of those predominately Asian run kiosk repair things in
the city last Friday after workies… First place said they wouldn’t do it, because
they give out warranties on their repairs and the iPhone 4 is notorious for
having the power/sleep button go bust again and again. Great, I thought. I’m
doomed!
So, I go to another one and was quoted $99 and I would have
to wait 2 hours… Hmm $99 is kind of steep and considering the other place told
me it would properly happen again, I was little unsure. My BF suggested I get
one more quote so off I went. I had already exhausted the 2 places I actually
knew of, but I figured I’d find somewhere in China Town to do it. I finally did
and was told it could be fixed for $65 and within the hour. Done, my friend, done.
It was so weird
leaving my phone with a complete stranger in the city… Like I literally handed
him the phone, got nothing in return (no receipt or whatever) and he told me I
had to be back before he closed at 7pm. It was 6:15 at the time. Eeek, pressure.
It wasn’t until I walked away that I realised how nakie I felt and that I didn’t
have a watch and no way to tell the time. I was really worried I was going to
miss my deadline. I kept asking strangers what time it was to keep abreast of
my situation. Haha. Anyway, I handed over the $65 and was told he did [insert
tech mumbo jumbo] and that it wouldn’t break again. Yay. I saved myself $114. I
wish I hadn’t deleted all of my videos and whatnot, as there was really no need
in the end. Thank you, random kiosk man! I had kind of given up hope on Apple
and was really dismayed that I was going to lose my music, that iCloud only
backs up *some* stuff and that I didn’t get my phone fixed a mere 20 days out
of warranty. I even had a look a the new HTC one x (hate the name)
Truth be told, I am still kind of interested in it. You have so
much more control over non-apple phones… But I have nearly 300 apps on my
iPhone, what would happen to them? I can’t just abandon them *sad face*
♡Missy
