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Filp-phone, no "apps" - and then you can flip one to the spy eyes. Especially, if like me, you as often as not either forget to charge it or forget to bring it along.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: Especially, if like me, you as often as not either forget to charge it or forget to bring it along. Glad I'm not the only one.
Phones need a cord and be always in the same location.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Phones need a cord and be to keep them always in the same location.
FTFY
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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You should also consider taking the battery out and only putting it in when you need to use it. It is relatively simple to get position just from triangulation of your signal.
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Now think of what they know about you but won't tell you about...
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You are staying at home too much Marc, let me help!
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Super Lloyd wrote: You are staying at home eating out too much Marc
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Just bought me a new phone...
Google Photos[^]
(Really - I'm planning to turn it into a cell phone. already have the hardware just need to assemble and write the code)
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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>I need to start leaving my phone at home.
Yep, mine rarely leaves home & spends most of it's time on charge next to my laptop.
It's main use is 2FA.
It's a sad life, and even Google got bored with tracking me...
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I always leave my phoone at home, but it still has a rotary dial that my grankids can't figure out.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I have a BT Home Hub 6 (as you may have guessed from the subject line). It keeps dropping off line. I had a couple of engineers (sent by BT) come round. They used the Ethernet port on the router to see diagnostic information. They confirmed that there was a problem and that it was not caused by anything on my side of the system but was external (i.e. on BT's side). Does anyone know what the commands they used were and / or how to access the diagnostic features, as it would be very useful. The documented Admin pages available from the router for normal users are, to put in mildly, somewhat underwhelming.
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Could this[^] explain your problem?
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You mean you have to urinate on the router?
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BT are well known for taking the p..., but that is ridiculous.
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Thanks for the story; but unfortunately not the case.
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jsc42 wrote: They used the Ethernet port on the router to see diagnostic information.
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Does anyone know what the commands they used were and / or how to access the diagnostic features, as it would be very useful.
How much did you see? Did they telnet in or do it via a web page?
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Unfortunately, I couldn't see what they were doing - they had some hand-held devices, somewhat bigger than a smart phone; a bit like those awful touch screen things that delivery drivers make you sign your name with a finger.
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Ah, in that case I've run out of suggestions. Sorry.
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There isn't any commands, the diagnostic test is just for show.
What they are really doing is assessing you as a person. They are trying to identify how much of a PITA you might be and will ultimately weigh up the cost of dealing with your support calls vs the cost of just replacing your line...
sounds like the new line is cheaper!
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Quote: how much of a PITA you might be and will ultimately weigh up the cost of dealing with your support calls vs the cost of just replacing your line... I spent so long on hold I got cut off twice. I keep raising faults, they won't or can't fix...
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Yeah, I feel with phone/internet there seems to be a lot of "hope" from the provider that things just work and/or people don't complain.
I always get the impression they don't have a clue what they are doing when I raise a problem. Thankfully my current provider has be problem free (other than the initial install a few years back).
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When you connect a PC to the ethernet port you should be able get to the router's web page. On most routers you can also do this via the admin IP address. Once there you should be able to do whatever the engineers did.
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