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[Trek420]

I'm one of those Apple people who just lost the use of my iphone with the latest update, I'd been having issues before that and spent forever trying to get things resolved with Apple, this was the last straw. I'm going the opposite way now, less and less tech (when I can find it), my only home computer is a chromebook and I just got a simple android phone... still wish it wasn't necessary to have either. I do appreciate the value of modern tech, I just wish it wasn't so complicated and pervasive, I can still barely turn our fancy new oven on.

If the latest update bricked your iPhone it might not have installed properly. If you installed over wifi I think the fix is settings > iCloud > back ups > manage storage and see if you have iOS 9.3 in there. Delete it.

Then wait for Apple to re-release it. I never get the software when it first comes out. Nor rush, no reason to. I update before things start crashing for sure but never the first on the block.

Can't wait to retire. About 01/21/18 but who's counting?

[shootingstar]

So far I haven't had tv for last 5 yrs., before that he had tv and was paying cable for 8 yrs.

Prior to that I didn't have tv for about 25 yrs. Admittedly if it weren't for a tv in Vnacouver, I would be out of touch...with foodnetwork, HGTV, etc.? Latter has not influenced my own quality of living. It hasn't changed my taste..since on the food side I was already eating broadly and trying different things without foodnetwork.

I'm pretty certain once he finishes his contract job, he will cancel his cellphone plan. And write off the iPhone as business expense..which you can in Canada.

[Crankin]

I am more connected than I used to be when I was teaching. The day in school didn't allow me to surf the web!
I am on FB and TE and that's it. However, I do check them a lot.
I started texting when I got my I Phone when I got my first counseling job. It was the best way for in home therapy clients to reach me. Now, I tell everyone to text me to cancel/reschedule appointments, or if they need to talk. I don't talk about their private stuff by text, but if they need to reach me, it's the fastest way. Sometimes, my VM at work takes hours to go through. I give everyone my cell number and no one has abused it. DH and I do text during the day, but, it's mostly around cooking dinner, or other things like that. I also text my older son for initial contact; he never answers his phone or listens to voice mail.
We have a Comcast monopoly, too as our town refuses to put in underground wires for FIOS. The town now has it's own system, but I don't want a different email, and it's only for Internet, not TV. But, we always get good deals, so we are now back to the phone, Internet, and cable with them. I actually don't watch a lot of TV, except for news, but I still want to have it.

[Pax]

If the latest update bricked your iPhone it might not have installed properly. If you installed over wifi I think the fix is settings > iCloud > back ups > manage storage and see if you have iOS 9.3 in there. Delete it.

Then wait for Apple to re-release it. I never get the software when it first comes out. Nor rush, no reason to. I update before things start crashing for sure but never the first on the block.

Can't wait to retire. About 01/21/18 but who's counting?

Thanks, I'll try that, I am one that got bricked. My other issues with Apple are an Apple ID that is linked to an old hacked and no longer accessible yahoo account. I've been all the way up through senior apple tech support and apple engineers and they say they cannot unlink the eleven apple products from it, so no access to my account/itunes/music/anything, well anything except updates that brick my phone.

[Trek420]

Thanks, I'll try that, I am one that got bricked. My other issues with Apple are an Apple ID that is linked to an old hacked and no longer accessible yahoo account. I've been all the way up through senior apple tech support and apple engineers and they say they cannot unlink the eleven apple products from it, so no access to my account/itunes/music/anything, well anything except updates that brick my phone.

You should be able to link a second email to your Appleid and you use that one. Just do not create a new Appleid. The only issue with the old one would be if you change your password or need to reset it. Since you can't have Apple send you an email you'd just use security questions.

I hope you set those up and or remember who you considered your favorite teacher at that time

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203983

[Pax]

You should be able to link a second email to your Appleid and you use that one. Just do not create a new Appleid. The only issue with the old one would be if you change your password or need to reset it. Since you can't have Apple send you an email you'd just use security questions.

I hope you set those up and or remember who you considered your favorite teacher at that time

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203983

I knew all my security questions, I could answer every question they threw at me, but without the original receipt from the macbook I bought back in '07 or '08 (where I created my original apple account), they won't change my account so I can get into it. Told them I was going to move to another brand and all they could offer me was "if you buy a new iphone and simply say you do not have an account, you can set up a new one using a different email". I asked them if they'd give me a credit for the current, barely two year old iphone and they replied "well we can't wipe it without your ID/password, so no".

So, I'm done.

[Catrin]

So sorry Pax - I would fire Apple as well It isn't like they are cheap - and that would be an excuse either but it does add insult to injury.