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- May 1, 2008
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The Background...
The internet is vital for my happiness.
No internet no fun or Fun.
A few weeks ago, a miracle took place at my (very small) orchard in (very) rural Portugal which I call Quinta Majay (QMJ).
The highly erratic and rather slow, one bar, 3G internet connection (via my NOS mifi thingy) suddenly became a two bar, 4G connection, delivering speeds up to 40mb per sec.
I have been in seventh heaven ever since.
YouTube videos with no buffering, live football all weekend, Skype calls with camera and so on.
However, in the last couple of weeks my Note 4 has been playing up... crashing - freezing - rebooting by itself and generally driving me mad.
I carried out all the procedures recommended by various Android forums but the general opinion was we would all have to wait for the next operating system update.
What happened next?
I woke up this "morning" and immediately checked Fun to see who I upset yesterday and check what was happening in Motor Home World. I do this every morning.
Each post took ages and ages to load.
Panic.
Checked my connection speed.
.9 mbps. (POINT NINE)
More panic... checked the connection via the NOS page... One bar, 3G.
Panic.
Rebooted the mifi. Still the same.
PANIC PANIC PANIC.
Switched off mifi again and waited a minute. Rebooted and...
Hooooorrrrraaaah!
Back to SUPER FAST.
Waves of massive relief.
And then...
Up popped a Samsung message. An operating system update is available. We will upload at 2am tonight unless you want it now.
NOW please.
I watch the little green Android robot man with his wiggling antenna and revolving "tummy spaghetti" and watched the update reach 100%. Sad I know but I watched that bar crawl across the screen.
Then it all went blank. I waited... still blank.
Minor panic.
Tried switching on... nothing.
Got up and went for a stroll to calm down.
Got back and the phone still blank. Removed battery and tried rebooting.
Still nothing.
Panic.
Did one of the procedures I learnt before (Vol Down, Power, Home button pressed all at once) and it started and then the robot reappeared and the system started updating again.
Much quicker this time. One more reboot and all seems fine now.
Major relief and time for hot croissants and Carte Noire coffee (Instant).
If any Funster has read all of this tedious post, I thank you... I was so happy and relieved I wanted to tell someone!
Sad but true...
JJ
The internet is vital for my happiness.
No internet no fun or Fun.
A few weeks ago, a miracle took place at my (very small) orchard in (very) rural Portugal which I call Quinta Majay (QMJ).
The highly erratic and rather slow, one bar, 3G internet connection (via my NOS mifi thingy) suddenly became a two bar, 4G connection, delivering speeds up to 40mb per sec.
I have been in seventh heaven ever since.
YouTube videos with no buffering, live football all weekend, Skype calls with camera and so on.
However, in the last couple of weeks my Note 4 has been playing up... crashing - freezing - rebooting by itself and generally driving me mad.
I carried out all the procedures recommended by various Android forums but the general opinion was we would all have to wait for the next operating system update.
What happened next?
I woke up this "morning" and immediately checked Fun to see who I upset yesterday and check what was happening in Motor Home World. I do this every morning.
Each post took ages and ages to load.
Panic.
Checked my connection speed.
.9 mbps. (POINT NINE)
More panic... checked the connection via the NOS page... One bar, 3G.
Panic.
Rebooted the mifi. Still the same.
PANIC PANIC PANIC.
Switched off mifi again and waited a minute. Rebooted and...
Hooooorrrrraaaah!
Back to SUPER FAST.
Waves of massive relief.
And then...
Up popped a Samsung message. An operating system update is available. We will upload at 2am tonight unless you want it now.
NOW please.
I watch the little green Android robot man with his wiggling antenna and revolving "tummy spaghetti" and watched the update reach 100%. Sad I know but I watched that bar crawl across the screen.
Then it all went blank. I waited... still blank.
Minor panic.
Tried switching on... nothing.
Got up and went for a stroll to calm down.
Got back and the phone still blank. Removed battery and tried rebooting.
Still nothing.
Panic.
Did one of the procedures I learnt before (Vol Down, Power, Home button pressed all at once) and it started and then the robot reappeared and the system started updating again.
Much quicker this time. One more reboot and all seems fine now.
Major relief and time for hot croissants and Carte Noire coffee (Instant).
If any Funster has read all of this tedious post, I thank you... I was so happy and relieved I wanted to tell someone!
Sad but true...
JJ