[access-uk] Re: Help with Galaxy Note 2
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 08:20:26 +0100
Hi,
Other than get a signal booster from your network operator, or jumping to a
different network, not a lot really.
All the best
Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Martin
Sent: 07 September 2014 10:48
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with Galaxy Note 2
Hi Steve
Thanks for your reply, is there anything I can do to improve the signal or
is there a setting which can rectify this problem?
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2014 10:58 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with Galaxy Note 2
> Hi,
>
> This sounds like you don't have a 3G signal, only GPRS. Google requires
> 3G.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Martin
> Sent: 06 September 2014 20:28
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Help with Galaxy Note 2
>
> Hi all
>
> I have just got the galaxy note 2 and am running it on the ee network.
> Everything is great, but I am having some problems with internet
> connection.
>
> I have set up all my accounts as normal so I can use the voice search
> facility. When I have the wifi turned on, I can use the internet, youtube
> and the voice search to find me information on the net, so this is why I
> think everything is set up correctly. However, it is when I turn wifi off
> I
>
> have problems. I can connect to you tube, so this says my data connection
> is working, but, when I try using the voice search, or connecting to the
> internet, I get a message saying Google is not available at the moment,
> please try later. However, the minute I turn wifi back on, google works
> and
>
> I can access everything on the net.
> So, can anyone give any suggestions? Is there something I have missed in
> the set up, but I have checked everything and it is all ticked and ready
> to
> access the net, and it would not access youtube if it was not set up
> correctly. Or, is it Google itself. Do I need to update Google, if so,
> how
>
> do I do this. Or, is there another browser I can use instead of Google,
> which will also work with the voice search facility.
> I think I have included all the information needed, and hope someone can
> help, because I really love this phone and it is only this little issue
> which is stopping it from being the best phone I have ever had.
> Relying on all you techys out there.
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>
> Martin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2014 7:05 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audio Description (was BBC Licence Changes)
>
>
>> Hi Darren,
>>
>> Are you using 103 for ITV or 973, the AD channel on Sky?
>>
>> For those interested AD is also on Channel 178 which is ITV HD and sounds
>> a
>> lot clearer than 973, so if you have HD go to 178 instead.
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Steve
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Darran Ross
>> Sent: 06 September 2014 18:40
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audio Description (was BBC Licence Changes)
>>
>> Clive, Paul, all my ITV plus 1 channels do seem to have AD. This is
>> definitely the case for ITV 1, 2 and 3, can't be so sure about 4, haven't
>> tried that recently!
>>
>> Oh, and this is both on Freeview and Sky.
>>
>> Darran
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Paul Roberts" <anorack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2014 12:34 AM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audio Description (was BBC Licence Changes)
>>
>>
>>> Hi Clive,
>>>
>>> Would agree about ITV's site, as the play button is in an image and
>>> therefore not very user friendly to VI people.
>>>
>>> It may be better on the Iphone but i've not quite got that far.
>>>
>>> regarding films, sometimes i've seen a film listed with aD before it and
>>> then a year or so later, when the same film is being transmitted, there
>>> is
>>> no AD reference.
>>>
>>> Now, it's possible that the film may have audio description even if the
>>> AD
>>> reference wasn't mentioned at the time.
>>>
>>> I think there are more films with AD than before.
>>>
>>> tonight and for the third year running, ITV are showing The Boat That
>>> Rocked
>>> and in all intances, it's had AD listed before it and certainly the last
>>> two
>>> ocasions, AD was present. Not sure about tonight as I didn't tune in.
>>>
>>> Yes, rather odd that ITV 1 plus doesn't seem to have the AD facility
>>> ,which
>>> I'm sure could be easily sorted out.
>>>
>>> Paul.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: <Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 12:43 PM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Audio Description (was BBC Licence Changes)
>>>
>>>
>>> : Hello all,
>>> :
>>> : A few weeks ago I looked through the Braille TV guide for one week and
>>> noticed that though programmes like soaps have audio description more
>>> often
>>> than not, AD films were relatively few and far between.
>>> :
>>> : As far as ITV goes, I think it's a drag that:
>>> :
>>> : 1. ITV player accessibility still leaves something to be desired, and
>>> : 2. Programmes which are audio described at transmission time are never
>>> described on ITV plus 1...ulness, of course, you know different.
>>> :
>>> : Best,
>>> : Clive
>>> :
>>> :
>>> : -----Original Message-----
>>> : From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of carol.pearson29@
>>> : Sent: 05 September 2014 12:28
>>> : To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> : Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC-Licence changes?
>>> :
>>> : ITV are far better than BBC for AD, though of course I can't speak for
>>> Sky.
>>> :
>>> : Carol P
>>> :
>>> :
>>> : ----- Original Message -----
>>> : From: Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> : To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> : CC:
>>> : Date: Friday, 5 September 2014 10.46 am
>>> : Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC-Licence changes?
>>> :
>>> : >
>>> : >
>>> : > Hi,
>>> : >
>>> : > There is quite a bit of AD from the BBC. Sky are the best at it
>>> though.
>>> : >
>>> : > All the best
>>> : >
>>> : > Steve
>>> : > --
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>>> : >
>>> : > -----Original Message-----
>>> : > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>> : > Behalf Of Hazel Darvell
>>> : > Sent: 05 September 2014 10.33
>>> : > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> : > Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC-Licence changes?
>>> : >
>>> : > Here's my take on this.
>>> : > As we don't have a television it doesn't affect us but radio is
>>> : > another matter.
>>> : > The radio 4 helpline has been a very useful source of information
>>> for
>>> : > many years now but recently I had reason to call them but what a
>>> : > complete mess it is now.
>>> : > I know for some time it has dropped their 24 hour service and who
>>> can
>>> : > blame them for that but now all you get is options to press then
>>> : > announcements after that.
>>> : > You get no choice at all to speak to someone so really there is no
>>> : > helpline now.
>>> : > I expect they want everyone to find out from their website, but I
>>> : > can't seem to get my head around that site at all.
>>> : >
>>> : > All in all they don't think of blind people very much as there has
>>> : > been subtitles from the word go but as I hear not too much AD.
>>> : > Hazel
>>> : > On 04/09/2014 15.23, ,c;live.,l;ever@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> : > Hi all,
>>> : >
>>> : > And what about the limitations to access we still face as
>>> visually-impaired TV viewers, which means we get less for our money?
>>> Consider issues such as:
>>> : >
>>> : > * that a significant number of BBC TV programmes that require audio
>>> : > description don't carry it
>>> : > * That the spoken content of too many news items are written to
>>> assume
>>> : > site--what does ";This, followed by this, leads to this" mean
>>> : > * that opportunities to participate further in some programmes are
>>> not
>>> there for us--"Please phone, email or visit our website us now. The
>>> details
>>> are on your screen.", or the 'pointless' round which lives up to the
>>> name
>>> of
>>> the programme for us: "Now the picture round. Can you put the names to
>>> the
>>> following pictures: A...B...C...D...ENCE"?
>>> : >
>>> : > In a nutshell, the licence concession is not just about how much
>>> money
>>> you have in your pocket. It's also about how much value you get when you
>>> shell out that money. Personally, as a blind person, I'd be happy to pay
>>> the
>>> full licence if I was getting the full service, but, though things are
>>> improving, there are too many unnecessary exclusions. Do people think
>>> that
>>> it's getting any easier to find out whether the specific programme you
>>> want
>>> to catch up with is audio-described on IPlayer?
>>> : >
>>> : >
>>> : > I think the BBC are getting there, but they're still on the journey.
>>> : >
>>> : > Best,
>>> : > Clive
>>> : >
>>> : >
>>> : > -----Original Message-----
>>> : > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>> : > Behalf Of Jonathan H
>>> : > Sent: 04 September 2014 15.04
>>> : > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> : > Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC-Licence changes?
>>> : >
>>> : > Given that there's nothing about this at all anywhere else on
>>> forums,
>>> : > newsgroups, twitter, Facebook or indeed any news outlet, mainstream
>>> or
>>> : > independent, I'd say your "word of mouth" source is is a position to
>>> : > break quite a news story.
>>> : >
>>> : > Any idea what your source's source is?
>>> : >
>>> : > On 4 September 2014 14.55, Shaun O'Connor <capricorn8159@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> : 0" Hi Folks
>>> : 0"
>>> : 0" Just to give everyone a heads up.) be advised the following is by
>>> word
>>> of 0" mouth at present) 0"
>>> : 0" According to rumours currently in circulation the BBC are in the
>>> process of 0" abandoning the concessionary TV licence for blind and
>>> visually
>>> impaired 0" people and in addition are abandoning the free licence
>>> scheme
>>> for people 0" over the age of 75) or is it 73?) 0" Why are they doing
>>> this?
>>> my guess is as good as yours right now but one 0" possibility is that
>>> most
>>> people have an internet enabled device of one sort 0" of other whether
>>> it
>>> be
>>> a computer or mobile phone.
>>> : 0" ALL these devices , under current legislation, require the owner to
>>> have a 0" valid TV licence as part of the ownership package.
>>> : 0"
>>> : 0" The BBC have reasoned that, if you can afford one of these
>>> devices
>>> you can
>>> : 0" afford a full licence$, they omit conveniently that the changes in
>>> 0"
>>> technology are the primary cause of people migrating to these devices
>>> and
>>> in
>>> 0" many respects have little or no choice.
>>> : 0"
>>> : 0" IF there is truth in this then this measure should be opposed
>>> vigorously, .
>>> : 0" especially taking into account the cost of living and incomes
>>> either
>>> staying 0" static over the foreseeable future or even declining.
>>> : 0"
>>> : 0" ATB
>>> : 0"
>>> : 0" Shaun
>>> : 0"
>>> : 0"
>>> : 0"
>>> : 0"
>>> : 0" --
>>> : 0" PRIVACY IS A BASIC RIGHT--not A CONCESSION
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