Friday 28 February 2020

iphone woes and a guilt free day (woes now resolved, if interested)

We are in the middle of a blizzard warning, so for the first time in a very long time, my school is closed (schools don't close due to weather around here, busses may be cancelled, but teachers are still encouraged to get to the school and teach the kids who get dropped off by their parents). So I have a guilt- free day off work today.

Before I knew that the school was closed, I was trying to text a couple of friends /colleagues to see what their intentions were in terms of trying to get to work and let them know about some road closures in case they didn't already know. Nobody was answering my texts. I had to contact my Vice Principal to let him know that my road was closed and I wouldn't be coming in at that time. He never texted back. Hmmmm. Through email, instead, I contacted him and he said he had indeed texted back. So some texts were going out, no texts were coming back.

I am not a technological wizard, but I muddled through with resetting things, turning the phone off and on, and the regular stuff. I then did what people do, I googled how to make this work. I have tried all the possible methods to get my phone to allow imessaging to and from my cell phone number but it keeps telling me it won't activate.

So frustrating. Anyone else ever have a problem with not being able to send texts or receive texts on their iPhones? (yes, I'm connected to wifi, and yes I know I can send as text messages, rather than imessages, but still, nothing is working.). (No, I can't go to an apple store, that would require a three hour drive). My last resort will be to phone my cell phone carrier, which happens to be Virgin mobile, and see if it's a problem on their end. First world problems, I know.

O.K., sooooo… I ended up spending a good hour and a half on the phone, first with Virgin mobile, who tried to figure things out, then they linked me up with someone from Apple. A lovely woman with a southern accent went through a whole bunch of stuff and as it turned out, someone that I messaged (have no idea who because I'm really not a big phone person) declared my message as spam /blocked my number. (No, there isn't someone who really hates me out there, I'm pretty sure) Because of that my number could not receive or send texts normally. She was able to reverse this and now I'm good to go. Technology - love it or hate it, but I could never have solved this problem on my own, so thanks lady from Apple.

The blizzard intermittently rages on outside my windows. I'm glad nobody has to go anywhere. Many businesses are closed. Take care, those of you who are in the middle of this as well.

17 comments:

  1. Your header is enchanting, it almost makes me like snow. Here it is rain that is the problem with many places in the country seriously flooded and more to come this weekend. I think we are all ready for Spring.

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    1. Yes, Spring will be lovely when it arrives. Spring is one of those things that give hope to Canadians!

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  2. It was a crazy was a crazy weather day! We got 41 cm and lots of wind. Phones, oh no.....

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    1. Is it not still coming down "over in the east" where you are?

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  3. Thats frustrating. I don't have an iphone, just an android and recently had to give up on my old one and now I'm trying to get to grips with the new one. I would like a day snowed in but people who are, probably think thats mad.

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    1. Being snowed in is fine if you have everything you need. It's kind of cozy.

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  4. It sounds a bit like an attack to me. I am glad it is now cleared. Hope you have a nice weekend and not too much snow.

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    1. Whatever it was, I'm glad it was able to be fixed over the phone. The snow is still coming down. It was over my boots when I waded through it to check on the chicken coop one last time. But honestly, it's been a rather mild winter, so one big blast isn't too bad.

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  5. Seems to have missed us(or maybe it is still to arrive). We had 15cms. on Wednesday night but today only a few flurries. Sorry you had to spend your snow day dealing with phone issues. I still only have a landline!

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  6. The weather is actually pretty here today... in the 60's I believe and sunny. Supposed to be in the 70's tomorrow. Hurray! I'm no lover of snow and luckily we don't get it often. It is pretty, and if I can stay inside and sit by the fireplace, then it's OK.

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  7. What a bizarre problem. Glad it was resolved.
    We missed the worst of that storm that blasted so many. No complaint.

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  8. I love guilt-free days off work. I have similar problems with my iPhone but cannot remember how I fixed them. It's usually something to do with 'settings' as most things are hidden in there!

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  9. I must get an iPhone..I'm running out
    of pigeons...!!! :o).

    Saw your comment on Tom's post..Montalbano,
    yes, you can watch it on uTube..or on the
    BBC iPlayer..Don't think it's on Netflix!
    You'll enjoy it..But then, l'm bias..! :).

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  10. Interesting to learn why your phone could not receive messages and something I will remember should the same ever happen on my own phone.

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  11. Wow -- you are getting slammed. I'm glad you had a day off but sorry about the texts and all. I hope by now you've settled in and can be home tomorrow too!

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  12. We got a lot of snow at one point but yesterday and today it's all rain, rain, rain. But it's quite mild! Spring is just around the corner :)

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