After
we sufficiently recovered from our shock and consternation over the demise of
Chris’ phone (with the help of the phone call from the grief counselor, of
course), we headed back to the AT&T store to get a new phone. Well, two new phones. Hey, if they are going to live in the same
house, they need to be compatible, right?
It’s a basic principle of marriage.
Of course the salesman was happy to hear of our decision. Until we asked for the great deal they were
offering in their TVads that would save us almost a hundred dollars a month. It seemed to describe our situation
perfectly. But no. If we bought new phones, then we kicked
ourselves out of the plan. The only way
it would work was if we bought the phones for $600 each instead of the $99
upgrade price. Believe me, it was way
more complicated than that, but bottom line was, they figured out a way to save
us something like $30 a month … maybe. Thanks
for that anyway. We got the iPhone 5c
rather than the supersized 5s. I can do
without thumbprint identification. I
figured there would be enough of a learning curve. Plus it was $100 cheaper.
Our
next task was to restore the backup copies of our old phones that were existing
somewhere in the bowels of my computer.
See, apparently they no longer can simply remove the sim card and stick
it in the new phone. Oh, no. That would be too easy. So I fired up the computer and plugged the
brand new phone in. And nothing
happened. Didn’t recognize that there
was even a new device plugged in.
Wonderful. Another phone call to
Apple. We started the process all over
again with the new junior techie.
Uninstall again. Reinstall
again. Nothing. Finally, around 9:30 or so (yep, that’s p.m.),
he transferred me over to the guy who was apparently Mr.
He-can-do-it-when-no-one-else-can. He couldn’t. Well, not at first. It took him a while, but he finally figured
out a way to sneak in through the back door of our old computer, install the
backup files there, and then run the restore on the phones. We lost all our aps, but we did save the
pictures and other data. We’ll take that
trade-off. The bottom line though? We can’t use our “good” computer to do anything
with our phones. It has lost the
capacity to see them. So now do we forego
vacation and get a new computer, too?
Not happening. At least not the
forego vacation part. The phones
work. We didn’t lose the pictures. That’s good news. Buckees, here we come.
Proverbs
15:30 says, “A cheerful look brings joy
to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones.”
Father,
thank you for that taste of good news to send us on our way. We could use a few more if you have them up
your sleeve. Amen.
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