Sunday 9 March 2014

52 Projects - Week 10 - Getting My Smart Phone Up and Running

This Christmas, I received this lovely smart phone as a gift from OH.  It wasn't an expensive, all singing all dancing phone, as I'm not really interested in having the latest thing, but it was more than sufficient for my needs and I liked the styling of both the phone and the case.  Simple, no nonsense.

 
Fast forward two months and I have almost finally got it up and running and should be able to use it for the internet as it was originally intended in just a couple of days.  I say almost, as we have done all we can do and now just need to wait for my phone number to be transferred over to the new sim. 
 
It has not been a particularly smooth transition.   I have had some teething problems with my original provider taking money off my Pay As You Go account daily when I thought I was using the free Wifi connection in the house.   I think I might inadvertently have had it on a roaming setting, but this was eventually resolved when I finally got my PAC code this week and swapped provider going onto a very simple inexpensive monthly tariff of £7.  (I paid this out in one week for hardly using my phone for internet use outside the house!)  OH arranged this new tariff with his provider so I'm very grateful to him for doing so and helping me with this task.
 
I must admit that I've found it a very frustrating process.  I am such a technophobe and hate dealing with providers etc., so this kind of thing is not something I enjoy, hence why OH ended up making most of the arrangements.    He knows what a procrastinator I am in such matters.  Left to me it would probably never get done.
 
Anyhow, I am looking forward to being able to use the phone on the new tariff, which should give me far more time, texts and downloading capacity than I am ever likely to use per month.  I have already been using the inbuilt camera whilst out and about, which is a real novelty for me.  I have even started posting using photos taken with my phone, which saves trying to remember to take my camera with me everywhere, adding extra weight to my handbag. I'm not quite as au fait as I'd like to be with regard to uploading the photos just yet, but am gradually getting there.
 
I'd just like to add that I have not been sponsored by Samsung in the making of this post. 
 
This was another of the items on my list of 52 Projects.   Joining in with Dreamer at Living a Slow and Simple Life in doing a task a week in 2014.

2 comments:

  1. Make sure on your settings that you have wi fi switched on and Mobile Data switched off or it will be expensive if you use the internet. On my Samsung you can get to these by dragging down from the top of the home screen. If Mobile Data is on it usually uses that preference.
    Like you I am not really au fait with these phones but I have had that bit of info drummed into me by Sophie.
    Enjoy your phone - the camera is really handy :)

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  2. I use my phone rarely and don't use it for the internet at all. Good luck with its use.
    Love from Mum
    xx

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