the nothing ,anything ,everything thread

[opmania]

This is a thread with no particular

Topic so no one can be off topic 🙂

So if anyone out there has something 

To say about anything you like now

Is your chance

Keep it clean 

And be nice 

See how long that lasts

Can we keep politics and religion out 

Of the conversation 

[martinw-48]

The flex power cord is the connection from the power button to the battery.
I bought another phone but I have all my contacts in the broken one and many vital text messages and pictures I'd like to get printed.
The replacement phone now has a cracked screen so I'm looking forward to getting the old phone back with it's nice perfect new screen.
This phone is also rubbish.
We're still 4G so I'll wait until we're 5G before I get another new phone

[domino-710]

So what you are saying is - the old phone cannot be turned on.

Just to retrieve the info on it.

[martinw-48]

That's correct.
The screen was shattered and I either further destroyed it walking around with it in my pocket and got really sweaty and so it was affected by moisture but I also dropped it.
Then it could no longer be turned on.
I purchased a phone so my life could continue but I've lost all my friends and family contacts.
Some are over time reconnecting to me because they are intrigued as to my lack of contact but some are contacts for my slot cars and I contact them when I have what they want.
Some are family that only I talk to.
Some are international friends.
I don't Facebook
I call people and talk to them.
I was able to retrieve some email contacts when I connected Google to this phone but for the life of me I can't find all my email contacts.
When I get back all my contacts I'm going to buy a little black book and write them all down so this never happens again.
When I was in Adelaide I physically went to people's houses to get back in contact but I have friends and family many kilometres travel to get to so I couldn't see them

[imastawka]

Martin, did you retrieve the sim card and memory card from the broken phone?

Why aren't your contacts/pics on those?

[domino-710]

OK - usually when you get a new phone these days - the old & the new turned on - the information on the old will pass to the new - automatically - synced.

But - Your old cannot be turned on.

I would contact Sony - tell them the issue.

I'm quite sure if you forwarded your old phone - they would be able to retrieve the info - on a ' stick '.

Which could be plugged to your new phone.

Much cheaper & far more time effective than waiting for ' parts '.

You seem to be hard on phones - just a tip - my Nokia is now about 7 years old.

I keep it in my handbag - never turn it on - rarely charge it - never had a broken screen. lol

[domino-710]

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@imastawka wrote:

Martin, did you retrieve the sim card and memory card from the broken phone?

Why aren't your contacts/pics on those?

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Very good point - they should contain most of the info.

[icyfroth]

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@domino-710 wrote:

OK - usually when you get a new phone these days - the old & the new turned on - the information on the old will pass to the new - automatically - synced.

But - Your old cannot be turned on.

I would contact Sony - tell them the issue.

I'm quite sure if you forwarded your old phone - they would be able to retrieve the info - on a ' stick '.

Which could be plugged to your new phone.

Much cheaper & far more time effective than waiting for ' parts '.

You seem to be hard on phones - just a tip - my Nokia is now about 7 years old.

I keep it in my handbag - never turn it on - rarely charge it - never had a broken screen. lol

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too hard.

[imastawka]

I just got a new phone recently.  (had to get a 4G)

Not really smart phone savvy, but...

By keeping my number, my carrier was able to update and I retained all my contacts

I removed the memory card from my old phone, put it in the new and all my pics are there.

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[martinw-48]

Yes, same sim card but the new phone could only use a 32Gig SD card and the old phone is a 64.
Everything is on the SD card from what I believe because nothing came up from the Sim card.
My sister said I should have brought the SD card to Adelaide with me but I've already lost the one from my Ute dashcam and I decided I'd keep the phone SD card safe at home because I'd already put the broken phone in the repair shop in September and didn't go to Adelaide until November.
She offered to buy me a new phone for Christmas but I don't want a new one until the old one is obsolete and I needed money for the lawn mowing I was behind in paying at the time.
The phone will be fixed now that the correct screen was finally found.
The flex power cord has already been ordered and paid for it's only because of COVID-19 that it's not here yet.
My sister has made a phone pouch that hangs off one of your jeans belt loops so it will eliminate the phone falling out my shirt pocket when I bend over after having forgotten to button it.
It had a screen protector but because of the curved screen it didn't go right to the edge because I couldn't find the curved screen one after the first purchase due to the seller being no longer registered and the fact that the model number is the same for a flat or curved screen.
The first curved screen protector saved the screen when it got broken but the flat screen protector let the edge of the phone screen get impacted and thus the screen being shattered.
I'd never broken a screen before but I believe that was just luck.

[martinw-48]

Nobody mentioned sending the broken phone to Sony before.
I did mention all this before I took it to the repair shop back in September.
I think.
I might not have.
I don't remember exactly but I did at the time talk about my phone issues