Well I have been having various problems with my phone lately. Among other things, I have come to realize that we are all WAY too dependent on these things. There are no payphones any more, so how do you communicate with the world if your phone is dead and you are stuck on a highway somewhere?
I also discovered there are many websites that assume you have a phone . . . to which they can text you various security codes, and they offer live phone help if the website does not work . . . but if you have no phone, you are screwed.
Anyway I called a client this morning and she could not hear me. I called other folks, same issue. I did a messaging/chat on my provider’s website and we went through hours of troubleshooting the SIM card. no use.
Finally I figured out that there was an issue with the microphone. So just for the hell of it I looked at the bottom of my phone and right where the microphone hole used to be I saw a little white dot. I had been disposing of paint last week and sure enough, I got a little glop of paint in there and it solidified and created a perfect sonic barrier. I scraped it out with a safety pin and now the phone works again.
Sadly, I already bought a new phone. I spose I could return it but the glass on this one is cracked and there is an ice melt pellet stuck in the microphone jack, so . . . time to upgrade I think.
I remember the day in the 90’s when I realized, I am way way way too dependent upon my computer to only have one– I need a spare in case this one breaks. That same day has repeated for me today, with my phone. I will use the new one and keep the older one as a backup for days like this.
I am also thrilled to say, that I have a working phone right here right now. And I fixed it.
