So, the other day, I dropped my cell phone for the 20th time; I suffered a complete meltdown of my Max Pro 14. There is a blank screen and no charging. I thought through all sorts of scenarios, turning it into ATT, where I purchased it, and faced the download from the cloud for a new one. You know, the hassle you don’t want to do. Then I thought of just visiting my local Apple repair shop. I could avoid the hassle and hopefully turn it over to them for a small amount. When I set up my new phone, I think I was in the twilight zone. I was looking at my code book with all my setup numbers and passwords, and I admit I was being my usual dyslexic self when setting up my phone. I had double digits for some setup stuff that didn't match, so I dreaded doing anything with my phone.
I was just plain upset because you get lost without your phone.
Then I got to thinking about it. My first cell phone wasn’t purchased until 1985, so I was without one for about the first 35 years of my life. And I did just fine. I think I lived a more stress-free life back then.
My wife and I lived up Little River, Oregon, in the mountains about 34 miles from Roseburg, Oregon. We had purchased a base CB for our home, which was like a ham radio, just much weaker. We talked to whoever was on the air, primarily truckers around Roseburg. Sometimes, atmospheric conditions didn’t allow us to talk to truckers, her parents further up Little River, or anyone else.
Could I afford to do without my cell phone for a week? I told myself, yes, yes, I can do it!
Finally, I got distraught and whacked my phone into my other hand about seven times. The short story is that my phone miraculously came to life and works great. I analyzed why that could happen, but… I decided the fix was so easy: the plug-in for the lightning cable needed to be blown out. There must have been debre; I must have broken it up when hitting it on my hand. I will get a can of air to blow it out when I have time. So my phone went black because it was drained of power due to the lightning plug-in blocked with probable lint.
Just a note: I added a recovery contact to my phone last night. If you lose the Apple ID password or device passcode, if you set up a recovery contact, you'll be OK. The account recovery contact can verify your identity and help you gain access to your account and all of your data if you get locked out. This is the easiest way to access your data if you, like me, messed up your device passcode or Apple ID password. You go to system settings, hit your profile, go to sign-in and security, go to account recovery, and go to recovery contact.
Ric
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