I'm stuck in a two year contract with the biggest turd of a tablet on the planet.
Where do I start? The Ellipsis 10 has a nice bright screen and a hefty battery, but anything else...forget it.
It is crap. It is junk. It is a piece of SHIT.
It takes a solid minute or more to just wake up. You have to hold the power button for at least twenty seconds before it responds, then you get the red screen of interminable waiting for it to load. Once it does, you better touch the screen immediately, otherwise it shuts OFF. Then you must go through the entire press and hold all over again.
It's connection to a wifi signal is always weak,unless, of course you're in the Verizon store itself. Then it's quite robust. Anywhere else? Forget about it.
You get odd messages: "you're not authorized access" to things like: your account. Your data usage. You can't find signal strength because, oh damn, there IS NONE, not enough to power a freaking flashlight.
It goes to sleep within a minute of activation UNLESS you're quick enough to go to settings and change it. Even so, you are only allowed thirty minutes of ''''inactivity'', then it shuts off. This is to "protect" you from leaving it on. Like I do that? Hello?
Oh, it also will shut down without any warning or reason whatsoever. The screen goes black, no matter if you're playing a game, typing an email or just reading an ebook.
Commands such as swiping to access different screens? maybe, sometimes, but seldom does it work.
Do NOT BUY THIS PIECE OF CRAP TABLET.
I bought it because I wanted to escape Samsung's bloatware. I was assured by the Verizon salesman that I wouldn't have it. Well, he was right, but Verizon and Android still seem to find ways to shovel bloatware on it.
Connections to the net, to google, to anything take a lifetime of waiting and even then,you're more apt to get a 'connection timed out, retry" You can do this, oh, fifteen or seventy times and then your Ellipsis will shut down because of INACTIVITY.
Do NOT BUY THIS PIECE OF CRAP ELLIPSIS 10 tablet.
Oh, it doesn't text, either. At least mine refuses to. Maybe this is because my cell phone is a prepaid one.
Apps sometimes work and sometimes don't. It all depends on how the piece of shit is feeling at the moment.
12 December 2015
09 December 2015
A call blocker that WORKS
My phone company, Century Link, has got to be the most useless telephone company in the country.
They recently sent me a mailing that begged me to keep my landline. That's because fewer people have them, and that means they are going to go out of business.
But their customer service is non-existent, and they don't give a damn about them, anyway. They just want the money.
I am paying umpty bucks for what they call "high speed internet'...but it's no faster than dial up and they have no intentions of installing new equipment to make it faster.
I am paying for call forwarding. It never works.
But most outrageous is I am paying for call blocking, and it not only doesn't work, but it ALLOWS so called 'charities' to call. Googling these so called charities or non-profits will tell you that the folks who register as a charity don't have to PROVE that they give money to needy people. All they have to do is pay to register it. They don't actually give that money away. They make it and they keep it.
Thus, especially these days, I am pestered to tears by scammers, telemarketers and charities, all wanting my money. I've won a free cruise to the Bahamas. Just send money to pay for something. I have been chosen to take part in a free time share. Just send money. I am a human being, so send money to some shitheads who are pretending to be a charity.
Despite my being on the Do Not Call list, despite my never, ever having given money to a phone caller, despite my number being unlisted since the days of Ma Bell, I get more calls. And you will, too. Because fewer and fewer people have landlines. The telemarketers have a smaller pool of suckers. They know they're not going to be caught breaking the law, so they prey on anyone with impunity. The charities are just as bad. They have a free pass to call whomever and whenever they want. They act as if they have a legitimate right to beg/pester/harass you into giving them money.
One calls me four times a day: 0800, 0945, 1700, and 2045. It's a robo call but with a human on the other end. He lets the computer do the dialing. I know this because he takes weekends and holidays off.
Don't think that asking the telemarketer to 'put my name on your do not call list' is going to result in their doing so. In fact, it merely puts your name on the hot list named Real Sucker Answers the Phone. They share and sell those lists to other telemarketers. Soon you will get not one, not two, but dozens of phone calls every day, all scammers trying to steal from you.
Don't answer it. Just don't answer it ever. No matter what you say or do, if you answer the phone, you are so fucked. You are going to get more and more and more phone calls. Don't do stuff like blow whistles in the callers ear, or hand the phone to your toddler. Any time you answer the phone, you're screwed.
The Government's Do Not Call list? Huh. The Republicans cut their budget to the bone, hence, no matter how often you submit a number and a complaint to the FTC, they're not going to stop the calls. They don't have the staff or the money to chase them all down. And a court won't fine them. The telemarketers have good lobbyists. They'll say they're just trying to make a legal buck, it's 'business'.
My phone company? "We're sorry", says the computerized non existent customer representative, , "you're not authorized to block that number."
Seriously! I can't even have the privacy of my own phone, the one I pay a lot of money for, being used for my own purposes? They give my 'unlisted number' ( which I also pay for,) to anyone who wants to buy it.
Now it's gotten really bad. Not only do my cell phones ring with spoofed numbers, the numbers aren't even real phone numbers. If I tried calling '72" the phone would reject my attempts. Once I got a cell call with the caller number being ???? The cell company blithely allows them all to pass.
So I did a little googling for a call blocker. There are a few on the market that seem worthwhile. One seems to only block robocalls.It's called nomorobo, but it doesn't seem to block calls other than robo calls.
The one I bought, though, does it all.
It's called "Digitone Call Blocker Plus".
The Digitone doesn't care if a charity is 'allowed' to pester you for money.
You tell it who to block, she does it.
Any call can be blocked. The default setting is all calls are allowed through and you program the machine to block specific numbers. It automatically blocks 'no data sent', "unavailable' "survey", 'anonymous', numbers without even bothering you. A call that has no name whatsoever is also automatically blocked.
There are three types of calls, in this machines case. Blocked calls, Invited callers (for instance, you want the veterinarian or your doctor to call back) and VIP callers, those folks who you want calls from, like your spouse, your kid, your best friends.
You can program the machine to block all calls from a specific area code, such as the ones from the Caribbean or entire countries, like Nigeria or Russia.
You can program it for 'After hours". This is where you can set it to allow ONLY VIP callers, who can call through at any time day or night.
You can program it to accept calls from PBX, for instance, you know the area code and the first three numbers, but the last four can all be wild cards.
I have, for instance, After Hours set to kick on at 8 PM and go off at 9 AM. this has successfully blocked the charity that calls me four times a day.
I did this because, even a blocked number rings once. I don't even want that, especially at night.
The caller who you block hears two rings. (you only hear one). Then, after 8 seconds of silence, the machine hangs up on him. This is hell for telemarketers, because every second not talking to a sucker is a second lost. I think it tells the caller that the phone is disconnected.
What you need: caller ID on your landline, and a power source next to where the phone jack plugs into the wall.
Within fifteen minutes of my setting up and programming my Digitone call blocker, it blocked the nuisance charity caller and a fly by night from the Virgin Islands.
I've had it for a week. Since that time I've gotten NO phone calls from robocallers, charities, or telemarketers.
The instructions can be a little confusing. But keep it by your side when you're first learning how to program and you'll catch on quickly. Follow the directions that come with the machine and you'll be on your wato peace and quiet.
OK, the details:
Digitone Call Blocker is American made. It is made in Reno, Nevada.
Tech support is a real live human being (no robot answers their phone), a cheerful, capable and friendly tech. Tech support is FREE.
The machine itself is warranted for a year.
It cost me..with shipping...$97.00 American
It got to me three days after I called, and I called on Cyber Monday. No waiting, no 'please hold, your call is important to us." I got a human on the phone within three rings.
You can buy it through Amazon, but I don't deal with Amazon, ever. I despise how they treat their employees, like they were machines.
So I called the company direct and got excellent service, and the machine was in the mail within half an hour of my calling.
Their number:
1-877-610-5693
It is worth every penny I paid for it. If I could, I'd buy it for my friends and family.
By the way, I do NOT work for them. I am in no way, shape or form affiliated with the company, I don't own stock in it, (I doubt they have stock), I just am one Very Happy Customer.
If you want your phone to be used only for YOUR pleasure, business and desires, not some relentless telemarketer or scamming thief, get a Digitone. You won't regret it.
They recently sent me a mailing that begged me to keep my landline. That's because fewer people have them, and that means they are going to go out of business.
But their customer service is non-existent, and they don't give a damn about them, anyway. They just want the money.
I am paying umpty bucks for what they call "high speed internet'...but it's no faster than dial up and they have no intentions of installing new equipment to make it faster.
I am paying for call forwarding. It never works.
But most outrageous is I am paying for call blocking, and it not only doesn't work, but it ALLOWS so called 'charities' to call. Googling these so called charities or non-profits will tell you that the folks who register as a charity don't have to PROVE that they give money to needy people. All they have to do is pay to register it. They don't actually give that money away. They make it and they keep it.
Thus, especially these days, I am pestered to tears by scammers, telemarketers and charities, all wanting my money. I've won a free cruise to the Bahamas. Just send money to pay for something. I have been chosen to take part in a free time share. Just send money. I am a human being, so send money to some shitheads who are pretending to be a charity.
Despite my being on the Do Not Call list, despite my never, ever having given money to a phone caller, despite my number being unlisted since the days of Ma Bell, I get more calls. And you will, too. Because fewer and fewer people have landlines. The telemarketers have a smaller pool of suckers. They know they're not going to be caught breaking the law, so they prey on anyone with impunity. The charities are just as bad. They have a free pass to call whomever and whenever they want. They act as if they have a legitimate right to beg/pester/harass you into giving them money.
One calls me four times a day: 0800, 0945, 1700, and 2045. It's a robo call but with a human on the other end. He lets the computer do the dialing. I know this because he takes weekends and holidays off.
Don't think that asking the telemarketer to 'put my name on your do not call list' is going to result in their doing so. In fact, it merely puts your name on the hot list named Real Sucker Answers the Phone. They share and sell those lists to other telemarketers. Soon you will get not one, not two, but dozens of phone calls every day, all scammers trying to steal from you.
Don't answer it. Just don't answer it ever. No matter what you say or do, if you answer the phone, you are so fucked. You are going to get more and more and more phone calls. Don't do stuff like blow whistles in the callers ear, or hand the phone to your toddler. Any time you answer the phone, you're screwed.
The Government's Do Not Call list? Huh. The Republicans cut their budget to the bone, hence, no matter how often you submit a number and a complaint to the FTC, they're not going to stop the calls. They don't have the staff or the money to chase them all down. And a court won't fine them. The telemarketers have good lobbyists. They'll say they're just trying to make a legal buck, it's 'business'.
My phone company? "We're sorry", says the computerized non existent customer representative, , "you're not authorized to block that number."
Seriously! I can't even have the privacy of my own phone, the one I pay a lot of money for, being used for my own purposes? They give my 'unlisted number' ( which I also pay for,) to anyone who wants to buy it.
Now it's gotten really bad. Not only do my cell phones ring with spoofed numbers, the numbers aren't even real phone numbers. If I tried calling '72" the phone would reject my attempts. Once I got a cell call with the caller number being ???? The cell company blithely allows them all to pass.
So I did a little googling for a call blocker. There are a few on the market that seem worthwhile. One seems to only block robocalls.It's called nomorobo, but it doesn't seem to block calls other than robo calls.
The one I bought, though, does it all.
It's called "Digitone Call Blocker Plus".
The Digitone doesn't care if a charity is 'allowed' to pester you for money.
You tell it who to block, she does it.
Any call can be blocked. The default setting is all calls are allowed through and you program the machine to block specific numbers. It automatically blocks 'no data sent', "unavailable' "survey", 'anonymous', numbers without even bothering you. A call that has no name whatsoever is also automatically blocked.
There are three types of calls, in this machines case. Blocked calls, Invited callers (for instance, you want the veterinarian or your doctor to call back) and VIP callers, those folks who you want calls from, like your spouse, your kid, your best friends.
You can program the machine to block all calls from a specific area code, such as the ones from the Caribbean or entire countries, like Nigeria or Russia.
You can program it for 'After hours". This is where you can set it to allow ONLY VIP callers, who can call through at any time day or night.
You can program it to accept calls from PBX, for instance, you know the area code and the first three numbers, but the last four can all be wild cards.
I have, for instance, After Hours set to kick on at 8 PM and go off at 9 AM. this has successfully blocked the charity that calls me four times a day.
I did this because, even a blocked number rings once. I don't even want that, especially at night.
The caller who you block hears two rings. (you only hear one). Then, after 8 seconds of silence, the machine hangs up on him. This is hell for telemarketers, because every second not talking to a sucker is a second lost. I think it tells the caller that the phone is disconnected.
What you need: caller ID on your landline, and a power source next to where the phone jack plugs into the wall.
Within fifteen minutes of my setting up and programming my Digitone call blocker, it blocked the nuisance charity caller and a fly by night from the Virgin Islands.
I've had it for a week. Since that time I've gotten NO phone calls from robocallers, charities, or telemarketers.
The instructions can be a little confusing. But keep it by your side when you're first learning how to program and you'll catch on quickly. Follow the directions that come with the machine and you'll be on your wato peace and quiet.
OK, the details:
Digitone Call Blocker is American made. It is made in Reno, Nevada.
Tech support is a real live human being (no robot answers their phone), a cheerful, capable and friendly tech. Tech support is FREE.
The machine itself is warranted for a year.
It cost me..with shipping...$97.00 American
It got to me three days after I called, and I called on Cyber Monday. No waiting, no 'please hold, your call is important to us." I got a human on the phone within three rings.
You can buy it through Amazon, but I don't deal with Amazon, ever. I despise how they treat their employees, like they were machines.
So I called the company direct and got excellent service, and the machine was in the mail within half an hour of my calling.
Their number:
1-877-610-5693
It is worth every penny I paid for it. If I could, I'd buy it for my friends and family.
By the way, I do NOT work for them. I am in no way, shape or form affiliated with the company, I don't own stock in it, (I doubt they have stock), I just am one Very Happy Customer.
If you want your phone to be used only for YOUR pleasure, business and desires, not some relentless telemarketer or scamming thief, get a Digitone. You won't regret it.
Send more burglars...the last one was DELICIOUS!
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| SEND MORE BURGLARS! The last one was Delicious!! |
Sometimes, justice is served in the most unusual way. In this case, it was served as dinner to a very good alligator.
Now this is what we need-guard alligators!!
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