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Just got this in my inbox today. For all you die-hard Microsoft fan boys, Microsoft will be ending Skype service on Windows Phone 8 on July 1, 2017. If you still own a phone with Windows Mobile may I suggest upgrading to an iPhone or Android? Time to move on. Seriously.
T-Mobile customer.
If you ever played any of the X-Men versus Street Fighter series of arcade games with Infinite Combos, you know how it feels to be an Android user on T-Mobile. You just get constantly beat up.
For the past several months, I've been using my glorious LG G4 without problem. Then a few weeks ago, T-Mobile decided to OTA push Android Marshmallow. During the update process my phone stopped working. I tried rebooting it and it kept on crashing. I tried wiping the system but it would either crash again immediately or go into restore mode and require my Google account authorization to unlock the phone and then crash. No matter what I did it just kept crashing. I tried pulling the battery out and reinserting it and then rebooting the phone for several days hoping it would actually startup again. No dice.
Eventually, I called T-Mobile tech support for a replacement phone and they said they would ship me a replacement phone for $20 and that it would take 5 to 7 business days. I waited for 8 business days and the phone didn't arrive. I called up T-Mobile support and found out that tech support person never submitted the order for a new phone. They did document in their system that the phone needed to be replaced. After 5 days my new finally phone arrived.
All said and done, I had to wait 3 weeks to get my replacement phone. To make matters work, due to all the skinning of the OS by LG I can't visually see the difference between Lollipop and Marshmallow. I found out that the list of new features are pretty much meaningless to me. I don't use Google Voice nor do I care about 200 new emojis or new wall paper themes. Thanks for nothing Google and T-Mobile.
So annoying.
If you own an iPhone or iPad, you've definitely seen the above image before. Probably a few times everyday. No matter how many times you click "Later" it just doesn't seem to leave you alone.
In order to stop this message and to prevent future messages from appearing, you need to first delete the update and then disable automatic download. The truth is, if you see this message on your device, the iOS update has been already downloaded. Your device is just pestering you for permission to apply the update.
To regain your sanity:
Delete iOS update. Go to Settings, General, Storage & iCloud Usage, and then Manage Storage. Now scroll down and find the iOS update in question, tap it and then select "Delete App."
OMG. Delete me!
No more, please!
Binge On is the current scam from T-Mobile. Everyone on T-Mobile will by default have certain video streams compressed. Its been widely criticized for violating Net Neutrality. I just don't like the fact that T-Mobile is compressing any of my video streams for any reason. I paid for unlimited data so I should get unlimited data from ALL my web sites ... without compression!
Fortunately, I got a lovely email from T-Mobile the other day showing how to find out one's current Binge On status, and how to enable or disable the service.
If you disable Binge On, you will get the following message on your iDrone.
Success!