What Are You Doing Right Now
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I'm usually good with choosing phones I like.. Nope worst phone I've ever had. The Amazon Fire Phone is a piece of junk. Haven't even had it but, a few hours.
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Is it that bad?
What's the problems just slow or what?
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@thecreativeone91 oh no
Sorry to hear it man
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@dafyre said:
Is it that bad?
What's the problems just slow or what?
It's not slow, it's decent hardware they just ruined it with their custom FireOS android skin that sucks. your icons on the home screen change every time you open an app because it the recently used apps. Everything is in odd places. There is an update to fix some issues, however the wifi will not turn on in mine, and you can't download updates unless you are on wifi so, yeah.
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Can't turn Wifi on? Sounds like a bad phone to me. Time for a refund!
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@dafyre said:
Can't turn Wifi on? Sounds like a bad phone to me. Time for a refund!
Yeah, too bad I kinda need one. So my plan is either to see if amazon will do a store credit and let me return after I'd get me a new phone via prime on Monday or just charge it to my CC and wait for the new one to come in to return this one. Even the amazon cases do not fit right, I have to leave the corner of it off or it will push the power button the whole time and cause the phone to non-stop reboot. Amazon just isn't good at phones I guess.
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@thecreativeone91 $0.02 - Nexus 5 is still cheap and damn good
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@MattSpeller said:
@thecreativeone91 $0.02 - Nexus 5 is still cheap and damn good
$320 for an unlocked Nexus 5 on amazon. I stay under $200 with phones.
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Just tested OpenVPN Access Server with remote RADIUS server for @Joy's colleague. It was an interesting project and thinking of updating my blog with that post
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It's weird to me that a lot of phones cost more than full computer, (I see many phones are $500-$800). and Tablets are also now a lot cheaper than phones. I wonder if this is actual costs or just up charging because they can?
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@thecreativeone91 That's probably some of it, lol.
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Placed an Saturday delivery order with Amazon for the Asus Zen Phone 2 and a Nano sim to Micro Sim adapter.
Got tests I have to take for work on Monday. I didn't realize when they said they were big on personal continued development they actually meant it. Tests are suppose to help decide which training and conference would be best to send me to through out the year. We've already determined Spiceworld is out of the question, mean mostly for SMBs and is more marketing than anything to offer us more enterprise knowledge.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Placed an Saturday delivery order with Amazon for the Asus Zen Phone 2 and a Nano sim to Micro Sim adapter.
Got tests I have to take for work on Monday. I didn't realize when they said they were big on personal continued development they actually meant it. Tests are suppose to help decide which training and conference would be best to send me to through out the year. We've already determined Spiceworld is out of the question, mean mostly for SMBs and is more marketing than anything to offer us more enterprise knowledge.
There is VERY little to no technical training. Lots of valuable information about products but no actual technical training.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Placed an Saturday delivery order with Amazon for the Asus Zen Phone 2 and a Nano sim to Micro Sim adapter.
Got tests I have to take for work on Monday. I didn't realize when they said they were big on personal continued development they actually meant it. Tests are suppose to help decide which training and conference would be best to send me to through out the year. We've already determined Spiceworld is out of the question, mean mostly for SMBs and is more marketing than anything to offer us more enterprise knowledge.
I always assumed it was more for the networking aspect then the actually technical information.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Got tests I have to take for work on Monday. I didn't realize when they said they were big on personal continued development they actually meant it. Tests are suppose to help decide which training and conference would be best to send me to through out the year. We've already determined Spiceworld is out of the question, mean mostly for SMBs and is more marketing than anything to offer us more enterprise knowledge.
OH yeah, SpiceWorld is not technical at all. It's the least technical conference that I have every been to. Even the vendors dumb everything down and only focus on swag, not on training or user education. It's a great conference, but skip all the content, there is little to no value there. It's a place for networking with other IT pros, the vendors, etc.
It's well worth it, but you really have to know how to leverage it to make it work.
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@coliver said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
Placed an Saturday delivery order with Amazon for the Asus Zen Phone 2 and a Nano sim to Micro Sim adapter.
Got tests I have to take for work on Monday. I didn't realize when they said they were big on personal continued development they actually meant it. Tests are suppose to help decide which training and conference would be best to send me to through out the year. We've already determined Spiceworld is out of the question, mean mostly for SMBs and is more marketing than anything to offer us more enterprise knowledge.
I always assumed it was more for the networking aspect then the actually technical information.
Oh yes and that is more how everyone I know uses it. It is great to meet and commiserate with Fellow IT Pro's. And to meet Vendors that could help you out from time to time.
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@scottalanmiller said:
It's well worth it, but you really have to know how to leverage it to make it work.
This ^ this right here is why I'd be willing to be Danielle's minion for a weekend at Spiceworld - the introductions, and education would far outweigh anything else going on there.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
It's well worth it, but you really have to know how to leverage it to make it work.
This ^ this right here is why I'd be willing to be Danielle's minion for a weekend at Spiceworld - the introductions, and education would far outweigh anything else going on there.
Would be happy to impart my wisdom
Really its about talking and listening, ask @art_of_shred and @Mike-Ralston, I am VERY good at talking. -
Swapping out an Aironet 1300 with a spare 1300...without a spare power injector. Super fun times.
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Closing up shop for the weekend! We survived another week! yay!
