I guess they did fix the issue: Swap known good carrier, which requires a phone swap. :B

Earlier this year, I read up on the Intercept because it was one of the two Android phones offered on Virgin Mobile. After finding horror story after horror story like yours, I’m glad I went with the Optimus V….

At least until the Motorola Triumph comes out this summer.

Welcome along.
Thanks for reading through that — I admit, it is a long-winded post that actually took me several hours to compose throughout the week.
There were some minor edits to it that keep it clean enough that I can only hope someone at Sprint learns what’s going on, and will perhaps learn what not to do with whatever customer base that they manage to keep.

As a hardware tech, I am fond of having spare machines laying around that I can plug things into and figure out what’s going on. I think that’s the biggest thing in this, too — issue replication across multiple pieces of hardware and multiple versions of software that are not all identical.

It’s why I think I’m just done at this point.

I’ve been out looking for one of those prepaid phones just to have a way to be called when I ditch this phone.

I’ll spend the cash I saved on a Kindle or an Android tablet or summat — the money saved on the bill alone would buy me a Kindle in two months.

I got no tools with it, either, so I have a GatorGrip unisocket, a phillips screwdriver, a crescent wrench, and a 5/8″ deep socket just for the spark plug.

Speaking of jumper cables, I had been eyeballing these for a while. I like the idea of them — they seem to be much lighter and not very bulky (weighs in at under half a pound), plus they make getting a jump from a passing motorist much easier when you can tell them all you need is their cigarette lighter socket for a few minutes to get a charge from, which is pretty easy to finagle, at least here.
If it had the Deltran style connector, it’d make jumping completely tool-less for me.
As is, I have to pull the floor mat and the cover from the battery, which isn’t so bad, all things considered.

I also have one of those self-starting kits stowed away on my scooter — it’s tiny, but good to give me a few jumps if I need ‘em.

(I just need to find a replacement fork for it now. )

Pretty much every full motorcycle made in the past 20 years comes with a pouch that has every tool necessary to field strip the bike down to it’s base components; though certainly not quickly! It works in a pinch, however, so generally, the only tools I’ll pack on my motorcycle are things that make that process easier. A socket set, a few proper spanners, a pair of pliers; that generally does the trick.

Generally speaking, the only thing that causes a battery to drain on a proper motorcycle is either a malfunctioning generator or rider error (leaving keys in it, in the on position, which leaves all the lights on. Derp.) So I now have a Battery Tender Plus at home to restore the battery after such events. Jumper cables would be a handy thing to have for the times when derp has occurred, but they tend to be massively bulky (Especially because they have to be long to be useful) and that makes it hard to stow them out of the way.
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