The first happened a month or so ago, but I decided it wasn’t worth mentioning in a meeting. I thought I’d include it in this post about the second problem though, which happened a few days ago. The problems were:
WhatsApp, having to link my phone to the laptop every day.
Phone network, loss of internet access.
First, I originally linked the phone to the laptop, by scanning a QR code, and from then on I could read and write WhatsApp messages on my laptop. Then one morning I was asked to link again, and this happened for the next couple of days. I couldn’t work out why. Finally I got a message saying that I could link a maximum of four devices to my phone, and it turned out I had linked the laptop that number of times. The cure then was to unlink them all and start again. I’ve no idea how it all started though, as going through the linking process is not something you can do unintentionally.
Second, I’ve got a pay-as-you-go contract with 3, and as I said, I lost access to the internet that way a few days ago. That meant I couldn’t check my PAYG balance amongst other things. I thought maybe it needed topping up, and managed to do that via my laptop, but it didn’t help. I called in to the 3 shop, and the assistant took my phone and played with it for a while, finally curing the problem. I asked him how, and he said he had gone in and out of ‘flight mode’ for a few seconds. Not something I had thought of trying.
Maybe one of those might help someone in the group one day.
… for Cardiff u3a