Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Mon Jan 19 17:51:12 CST 2015
How fun! At least 75% of people who see my phone say "I HAD ONE OF THOSE AND I LOVED IT". Still works. Does everything I need/ Cheap coverage plan. On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote: > Helllo Gary > > love the Razr, still miss mine. "Hello Moto" > > On a side note, I worked with a guy named Razr years ago. We had a > customer which was Gillette UK (the people that make razor blades). The IT > manager was named Mr Pat Sharpe. > > The calls went liked this > > Razr: Ring Ring > Reception: Good Morning Gillette UK > Razr: May I speak to Mr Sharp > Reception: May I ask who is speaking > Razr: It is Razr > Reception: Ring Ring > Mr Sharp: Hello Gilette IT > Reception: Mr Sharp, it is Razr on the Phone for you > > I always loved it. > > > > > On 19 January 2015 at 12:10, Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote: > >> My wife Marty and I both still use Motorola Razr 3 flip phones. State >> of the art circa 2002 or so. They work fine for what we need. Making >> calls. An occasional text on my part. Marty doesn't do texts on hers. >> We have replaced the batteries in each at least twice I think. The >> replacement batteries available seem to vary a LOT in price and in >> quality based on online reviews anyway. And we have times when each >> of our phones charges doesn't last through a workday. Then after a >> few cycles of that just when we are thinking it's time for a new >> battery or a new phone, they start working fine again and the charge >> lasts for at least several days or maybe a week as Jon said. I use >> Bluetooth on mine to utilize the hands free calling in my truck and >> that causes the battery to run down a bit faster as it's continually >> looking for a Bluetooth connection to make. Originally I turned the >> Bluetooth function off and on when I got into the truck but that got >> kind of old fast and now I just leave it on and charge the phone more >> often. It's not supposed to matter anymore with modern batteries but >> I am still superstitious about running the phone to completely dead >> battery before charging it once in a while so that the battery doesn't >> get a memory for being recharged when it's only half depleted. Doing >> that HAS seemed to get our batteries working again over the years. If >> you have been recharging when the indicator seems low, you may want to >> try letting it go until the phone actually turns off and then recharge >> it. Repeat that full discharge cycle a few times. >> >> Also I have a friend with an Iphone I think it is. He thought his >> battery was going bad and he needed a new phone. It turned out though >> that his CHARGER was bad. He had been using an off brand charger and >> it wasn't completely charging the phone. Going to a different charger >> solved his problem. >> >> Good luck! >> >> GK >> >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 4:39 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > How long can one expect a battery to live? My phone is several years old >> > now, and I feel no compelling reason to move into the modern smart-phone >> > era. My phone has a browser and a camera and I almost never use them; it >> > has some games, too, which I have never played. For me it's just a phone, >> > and a calendar/clock. Hell, I don't even play music on it. >> > >> > I digress. I've noticed lately that it seems to require charging more >> > frequently, and it's certainly not because it's constantly in active use. >> > Is this an indication that it's getting to be time for a new battery? >> > >> > -- >> > Arthur >> > _______________________________________________ >> > dba-Tech mailing list >> > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Gary Kjos >> garykjos at gmail.com >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com