Out of The PIT

So another death has come. This time from broomball. Cancer again. Most of the people I play with are 60+ and some are even 70+. None of us are getting any younger. In any case, last week Growly had a heart attack. Luckily he should be able to have a full recovery. This is something to be expected as we age, but it still doesn't make it easier to handle. We just need to keep ourselves as healthy as possible, and live a good a life as possible with the time we have.

So apparently the phone was not not updating. It seems as if it was in the middle of updating which is why it refused to start the update process. It just took a long, long, long time to finish. After the OS update, we got to the security updates, and after that I was able to restore my backup and away we go!

I got good news today. My replacement phone had come in! I was able to come and pick it up. Apparently my old phone was pooched so I needed to get a replacement phone. Unfortunately, we had a winter storm today so I was partially tempted not to go out to pick it up, but I really wanted to get my apps back so I trudged out to the store in the blowing snow/freezing rain. I had no problem getting the phone. I had trouble getting my stuff restored. The first time I got the phone I forgot to go through the steps to restore from my backup. I reset the phone and could not restore from my back up. After calling Google support, I found out that I had to update the phone to restore from my backup. I started the upgrade process but needed to leave because the phone was dying and it was getting late. I got home to continue the upgrade process, but it seemed as if the phone was stuck in the upgrade process. I decided to do another factory reset and run the upgrade again. This time the phone immed...

So I sent my phone in to get repaired. The port on the phone is damaged and I can't seem to get a consistent connection with any of my USB cables. This is annoying as it has trouble charging or transferring data. I thought I could get away with it, but after a few days, I knew I had to get it fixed. The good news is that it is under warranty. The bad news is that I have to send it off to get repaired. The good news is that it will only be for a couple of weeks at most. That's also the bad news. The good news is that I was able to get a loaner phone as my old HTC One is much, much too old to restore back to. The bad news is that the loaner phone is still old and has limited space. Fortunately, it will only be for a couple of weeks, so as long as I can call, get texts, e-mail, and communicate in general, I should be okay for the waiting period.