Liam Holt

I tried ordering the iPhone 6 Plus early Friday morning when preorders opened, but got a bunch of error messages. I called customer care later that day and they told me because of my problems they put me on the priority list and would do a free upgrade from UPS Ground to One Day shipping. I then later talked to another representative for confirmation and they said it would be here September 19. My status is still backordered and even tried looking up the shipment with a referance number and it wasn't found. I've heard T-Mobile has already started shipping these devices, so I was just wondering if anyone could confirm that they have been able to see their status ordering their iPhone or if everyone is seeing the same thing as me.

People keep saying T-Mobile customer care is great for trying to fix problems so quickly, but AT&T and Verizon never would have had these problems to begin with. AT&T and Verizon customers are kept in the loop regarding their phones, when I have had no real estimated delivery time except for the customer care representative who probably just told everyone their phone would be there on the 19th to make them happy. Quite irritating.

I found a used 2006 Audi A4 with the Bose audio, sunroof, and other upgrades like that. Of course, being a 16 year old and this potentially being my first car, that all sounds pretty exciting. My parents have heard Audi's are not reliable, and on top of that, cost significantly more than an American car to maintain and service.

For maintenance, it looks like I'd have to spend a few extra pennies per gallon upgrading to premium gas. I guess Audis also use synthetic motor oil versus whatever the normal stuff is? Is there anything I'm forgetting in regards to just keeping the car in good running condition?

Service, on the other hand, appears to be a little tricky. I've found an independent auto shop servicing German cars in an attempt to avoid the high fees that could be associated with a dealer. I don't know what they would charge per hour, but if someone knows what an average independent car mechanic charges vs how much more I could expect an independent Audi mechanic to charge, that would be great. Also, how much more would parts for the Audi cost compared to the same part for an average car?

Basically, I've been looking into this on multiple websites and I've mostly only been able to find vague opinions instead of facts from an unbiased viewpoint. If someone could give rough estimates on what I should expect in terms of reliability, maintenance, and servicing the car, it would be much appreciated.

Every night, I see at least five of these brown flying bugs in my room. They seem to only be in my room, and nowhere else in my house. This is obviously very disgusting. They only appear in the night, and usually fly towards my desk lamp. They look almost like an earwig, except thinner and smaller, with wings and a segmented body. They are also not as shiny appearing.

Does anyone know what these are, and the appropriate method for getting rid of them? I have my exterminator coming out shortly, but I was just wondering if there is anything I can do before his arrival.

I have the option of replacing either my 2gb of ram with 8, or replacing my 500gb standard hard drive with a 120gb solid state drive from Intel. From the research I've done, it says the SSD would be the better choice because it boosts performance drastically, but this was coming from people of which had around 8gb of ram in their iMacs. In my Activity Monitor, it has a page ins rating of 10gb, while the page outs are 8gb. Apparently this is the ram swapping some of its memory over to the hard drive when it gets overloaded, so since my new hard drive could handle 6gb per second, I'm wondering if it would be faster to get the SSD or ram upgrade, taking into consideration I often multitask and use applications such as Pages or Photoshop frequently.

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I have an iPhone 5 that I modified quite a bit. I got a custom screen thats a tad bigger, threw in an oversized earpiece, and put the home button in a different location. I added the word "SPADE" at the bottom and put a spade emblem on the back where the Apple logo used to be. The software is entirely unmodified iOS, and I am wondering if this phone would be legal to sell when the iPhone 5S comes out. I mean, I could label it as my own device but then most of the hardware and all of the software is copyright Apple. And I don't think I could exactly use Apple's name in manufacturing this due to how much is changed. Does anyone know the correct way to sell it, if at all, through the law?

I thought saying "I'm still browsing the menu" was funny but it sounds like something someone 50+ would say. Any other funny ways to say you're single that make me sound good instead of like "relationship challenged"?

I have T-Mobile for my iPhone 5 which doesn't always get the best coverage. I was planning on purchasing a new AT&T GoPhone SIM card with the $2/day plan so that I could swap out my T-Mobile SIM for AT&T service instead when I enter those areas with less than optimal T-Mobile coverage. Is there any way AT&T will know I am using the SIM card in a different phone? Because it says on their website the $2/day plan is for non-smartphones only. Also, will my phone number on there expire after a certain amount of time of me not using it? And can I just set it up where every day I use their service it will just take $2 off of a debit card so I don't have to buy a card every time I don't have service? Anything else I should know before doing this?

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We've been dating for almost two years, and we see each other everyday at school and hang out at lunch, and then usually once over the weekend we'll go to one of our houses for around five hours. We also will talk for hours every night and text like all the time, but she still doesn't think we see each other enough but I think we're talking or together almost too much. What are your thoughts?

So I have an iPhone 5 on T-Mobile and am wondering if there is a way to use T-Mobiles complementary Wifi Calling with my device. If not, are there any apps or anything that will allow me to call, except using my phone number? I really don't want to download a third-party app and then have friends save two numbers for my phone, 1 for calling and 1 for texting. That just seems kind of stupid. Thanks.

I currently have an iPhone 5 on T-Mobile's network, although when I travel I was thinking about picking up a GoPhone from AT&T for about $20. The thing is, I really don't want to use that crappy phone so can I just take the SIM out of the GoPhone and pop it in my iPhone and have everything still work? Also, I was just going to do the $2/day deal, which doesn't technically allow smartphones, but since I'm taking the SIM out of the basic phone will they know I'm now using a smartphone? And also, if I just put like $50 on that account will my money ever expire or can I leave the account open with that money for long periods of time?

Thanks.

So, my girlfriend has had like 7 boyfriends, and all who she has the opportunity to stay friends with she does. She also has a few guys who tell her they like her and ask if they would have a chance with her and stuff like that, and not that she needs to be bothered by that but I would expect she would do something like ask them to stop or something, but she usually just gets happy afterwards and acts flirty with them. Also, she has this ex boyfriend that she texts and hangs around all the time which she is like best friends with. I know she acts flirty with him too, but yesterday she pants him, except took off everything as in underwear too, which she said she didn't mean to but I think it's just kind of weird either way.

But then the thing is, apparently she and like 2 of her friends think I flirt with this girl just because we talk a lot I guess (I didn't think we talked that much, it's not like we ever text or anything) and she'll say I hate you and stuff just kidding, but I didn't think that was even really flirty... So yeah, then she like tells her friends which are my friends too that I'm flirty and it makes me seem like a bad guy whereas I don't really talk to anyone besides her about her being flirty. I just don't feel like talking to someone more than she wants me to is comparable to her texting her exs and pantsing him and being flirty and stuff with guys who tell her they like her. I'll actually be really surprised if someone reads this whole thing but I was just wondering your opinion.

I heard that T-Mobile will be upgrading their network to LTE speeds shortly, and that they will be using the same LTE band as AT&T (band 4). Is this true? Which iPhone model should I get to insure my iPhone will function properly on T-Mobile with the LTE speeds? People always say the Verizon one since it supports more bands, but this iPhone will only be on T-Mobile's network.

So I just had a few questions on T-Mobile. Can I get a Nano-SIM card on Monthly4G or do I just need to cut down a Mico-SIM? Also, considering T-Mobile's planned network upgrades, should I get the AT&T model with LTE bands 4 and 17, or the Verizon model with LTE bands 1, 3, 5, 13, and 25? Just one more question, how will I know when these network upgrades will be coming to my area (Phoenix) so I can enjoy 3G, then 4G, then LTE on my iPhone?

Thanks for your help.

My english teacher has requested we write an epic poem of which we will also be creating a short film for at the end of the assignment. It has very little guidelines, as it can be about anything school appropriate as long as we can make that into a poem. The only problem is, my group sucks when it comes to creativity like this, so we have no idea what to do. We played with the idea of taking a story like Cinderella or something and changing the ending or something, which would be fine although we didn't have any ideas for that either and I would prefer an "original" story that one of you fools came up with. All I need is an idea, but thanks for the help! :)

I was thinking about purchasing an iPad to replace my current computer but since I have not had much experience with it I was just wondering what people who had a laptop and switched to an iPad were thinking. I like how fast everything is, how I can bring it literally anywhere (my MacBook stays at home all the time), and the touchscreen. I was just curious as to if the touchscreen gets annoying, if the screen is too small, things like that. I don't have any apps on my computer that I couldn't buy for my iPad so that won't be of any concern.

Thanks.

About a week ago, I had a slight fever (100-101) with a sore throughout speckled with white dots. I assumed it was strep. Now the bumps are gone, however, I still have drowsiness my neck has developed a sharp pain of which worsens when it is moved on my left side. I have also noticed a smooth lump on the opposing side of my throat of which appears to be in the same spot as the tonsils, I am wondering your opinion on this, being mono, some form of throat cancer since my older brother had Hodgkins Lymphoma less than a month ago. Just please tell me the possibilities you come up with just so I know what I may potentially be dealing with. Also, take in to consideration I am a 15 year old male.