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Post by rustyfarmall on Feb 26, 2024 9:38:04 GMT -6
The weather app on my phone froze up and wouldn't update, so I uninstalled it and then tried installing a new weather app. Didn't like most of them, so I uninstalled again. Tried again this morning. Whatever app I chose was the wrong one. It took over my phone. Changed everything, and installed some kind of an AI app. The phone is basically useless now. Wife won't let me use it for target practice.
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Post by kevinj54 on Feb 26, 2024 11:11:30 GMT -6
Have you tried the NWS app?? That comes from the weather service, no problems with it here.
I also use one from the local TV station that works well.
The wife seems to like whatever one came on her phone....
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Post by rustyfarmall on Feb 26, 2024 12:06:20 GMT -6
Have you tried the NWS app?? That comes from the weather service, no problems with it here. I also use one from the local TV station that works well. The wife seems to like whatever one came on her phone.... I tried several. All of them came with advertisements complete with LOUD, obnoxious sound effects.
The real problem is that I cannot uninstall that A.I. app.
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Post by Erstwhile on Feb 26, 2024 12:22:06 GMT -6
Clawhammer?
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Post by kevinj54 on Feb 26, 2024 12:39:19 GMT -6
I do not recall any ads in the NWS app.
Not sure what AI app ya got, sometimes ya need to go in to the app menu from settings and stop the app before uninstalling.
Maybe post what this thing is so none of get by mistake!!
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Post by RedDave on Feb 26, 2024 13:08:06 GMT -6
When my cell phone screws up I shut it down completely. Leave it off a couple minutes, then restart it.
It's the only thing I know to do. It that doesn't work, I'm out of ideas.
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Post by Erstwhile on Feb 26, 2024 13:37:16 GMT -6
... or find a grandkid.
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Post by rustyfarmall on Feb 26, 2024 14:33:20 GMT -6
I do not recall any ads in the NWS app. Not sure what AI app ya got, sometimes ya need to go in to the app menu from settings and stop the app before uninstalling. Maybe post what this thing is so none of get by mistake!! I honestly thought that I HAD stopped it before it finished installing. I'll keep messing with it. A trip to the Verizon store might be in the near future. |
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Post by rustyfarmall on Feb 26, 2024 14:36:13 GMT -6
I did some target shooting just awhile ago. It was real tempting to just hang the phone on one of those targets. Might have been as much fun as shooting computer monitors and TV sets. |
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Post by sandbur on Feb 26, 2024 20:11:40 GMT -6
I did some target shooting just awhile ago. It was real tempting to just hang the phone on one of those targets. Might have been as much fun as shooting computer monitors and TV sets. I don't think I could resist that..especially with that AI bullshit. I think we are going to start seeing computers wanting to take all kinds of shit over, and it will, be too late! Tonight I came home from work and my standby generator was running..power out. Wth?! I called neighbors to see if theirs was out. Nobody home....so I call in to report it. Get someone not from around here and gave then the pertinent information. Computer says 250 meters are out. Well they have those smart meters....I call bullshit ....and call our director to ask him wth is going on. He doesn't know anything about it. I said to find out and let me know. I think there is some hacking going on....with all the cell phone and internet outages and now sporadic power outages. I think there is a some bullshit going on in the woodpile. Just saying. |
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Post by Erstwhile on Feb 26, 2024 21:11:46 GMT -6
" " ... some bullshit going on ... " " Oh no, say it ain't so.
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Post by diydave on Feb 27, 2024 4:39:03 GMT -6
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Post by rustyfarmall on Feb 27, 2024 6:15:52 GMT -6
I even did a Bing search on the subject. Even got specific for my exact phone. NONE of the ideas presented applied to my phone.
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Post by rustyfarmall on Feb 27, 2024 9:31:00 GMT -6
I do not recall any ads in the NWS app. Not sure what AI app ya got, sometimes ya need to go in to the app menu from settings and stop the app before uninstalling. Maybe post what this thing is so none of get by mistake!! Something called "A.I. Lifeplanner", but the weather app I chose did not indicate ANYTHING about Artificial Intelligence.
We're headed for the Verizon store shortly. They'll figure out how to get rid of it, or I'll come home with a new phone.
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Post by Erstwhile on Feb 27, 2024 10:14:50 GMT -6
Yep, we regularly spend time in the Verizon store.  |
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