A few days ago, probably like most of you, I received a little number 1 next to the gear icon on my iPhone. Ray explained it was an update of some sort, but he wanted me to wait until he checked with some iPhone pro at work.
Last night he told me to go ahead and do the update. I started it at about 7pm...my bedtime, yeah, g'head and laugh, I dare ya! Anyway, when I got up at 2am...again, yeah, g'head and laugh...I found all kinds of things that I had to fill out to bring my phone back to working order, and there seemed to be no way out of it.
The first couple of questions were easy, I know my email addy and my birth date, I figured this would be simple. Ummmmm, yeah, notsomuch!
Apparently when Ray bought me the phone he inserted whatever password had jumped into his head as was apparently the case as to the answers to the security questions. I was getting nowhere really fast with this update.
Finally, after about four tries with the password, I wound up having to go online and change the information that was, up until that point, in the phone.
Now let me tell ya, I like making my passwords easy for me to remember. They're obscure, but they work for me. But they didn't work for the iPhone. So please, imagine if you will what my morning was like with less than a cup of coffee in me.
Phone: "insert password, must have illegible characters, numbers and an occasional letter."
Me: "inserting password I know, works on a couple of other sites I use it for, this should work fine."
Phone: "I'm sorry, that password basically sucks, try again loser"
Me: "What the?! Okay, I'll use another tried and true password."
Phone: "hehehe, you're funny, that password was even suckier than the first. Go to college, then maybe you can figure me out."
Me: "Oh go screw yourself, I'm human, you're nothing but a piece of plastic (that has more information locked inside you than I'll ever know), but still, you're nothing but a piece of plastic, so let's get that straight!"
Phone: "Oh, Nancy? I'm waiting. Try again, loser."
Well, I did. I typed in numbers, letters, lowercase and uppercase and a symbol or two. Lo and behold the phone accepted this new password. Only problem is, I have no freakin' idea what it is! Let's hope this sucker doesn't update again soon!
Last night he told me to go ahead and do the update. I started it at about 7pm...my bedtime, yeah, g'head and laugh, I dare ya! Anyway, when I got up at 2am...again, yeah, g'head and laugh...I found all kinds of things that I had to fill out to bring my phone back to working order, and there seemed to be no way out of it.
The first couple of questions were easy, I know my email addy and my birth date, I figured this would be simple. Ummmmm, yeah, notsomuch!
Apparently when Ray bought me the phone he inserted whatever password had jumped into his head as was apparently the case as to the answers to the security questions. I was getting nowhere really fast with this update.
Finally, after about four tries with the password, I wound up having to go online and change the information that was, up until that point, in the phone.
Now let me tell ya, I like making my passwords easy for me to remember. They're obscure, but they work for me. But they didn't work for the iPhone. So please, imagine if you will what my morning was like with less than a cup of coffee in me.
Phone: "insert password, must have illegible characters, numbers and an occasional letter."
Me: "inserting password I know, works on a couple of other sites I use it for, this should work fine."
Phone: "I'm sorry, that password basically sucks, try again loser"
Me: "What the?! Okay, I'll use another tried and true password."
Phone: "hehehe, you're funny, that password was even suckier than the first. Go to college, then maybe you can figure me out."
Me: "Oh go screw yourself, I'm human, you're nothing but a piece of plastic (that has more information locked inside you than I'll ever know), but still, you're nothing but a piece of plastic, so let's get that straight!"
Phone: "Oh, Nancy? I'm waiting. Try again, loser."
Well, I did. I typed in numbers, letters, lowercase and uppercase and a symbol or two. Lo and behold the phone accepted this new password. Only problem is, I have no freakin' idea what it is! Let's hope this sucker doesn't update again soon!