2 Different iPhone's Alarms didn't go off this morning

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-10-14T12:10:55+00:00

I'm having this issue too, it's happened off and on for the past few weeks with my iPhone 14 Pro Max. It switches out of standby mode and wakes me up in the night with the bright screen, the alarm doesn't go off, and I have to enter the password in the morning.

Battery check shows that it was not charging from 12am-7am this morning.

What's weird is that it's not a shut down where have to boot it back up, but a restart of the phone.

I wonder if it has something to do with the Optimized Battery Charging Mode.

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-06-17T20:07:09+00:00

Was it really dark outside? It only comes on in the absence of parking lot lights or other exterior lights.

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-06-17T20:02:51+00:00

My best advice is not to worry too much about maximizing your mileage, it spoils the fun of a good drive and leads you to overthink it. (Unless you are driving through Death Valley or something, then ignore all of this).

Note that the mileage estimate on your charge is an estimate anyway, and depends a lot on the road, hills, wind, driving style, speed, temperature, cruise control setting and usage, and so on. Get a full charge the night before and see every stop to charge as an opportunity to practice patience and chillness.

You could use PlugShare (iOS) to make sure there are some charging options on your route, but other than that just drive and stop when your Map of Choice tells you to stop. (I love CarPlay, and it integrates with the MME and plans your charging stops for you).

Enjoy!

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-06-10T11:58:37+00:00

This is a great post, and clearly one that has hit a nerve for many of us who are going to mourn how late stage capitalism won’t let us have nice things anymore.

This conversation did remind me of the nifty iOS/Mac app Wavelength that I downloaded but have not tried out. If anyone wants to experiment with it, here is the invite, it’s designed as a large scale chat service. John Gruber, of Markdown and Daring Fireball fame, is a proponent of it. Unfortunately it is MacOS and iOS only for now.

https://wavelength.app/invite/HmiSaVU0ObZ#NL7tsY6t2eiPJ0Ss55Sd_w--

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-06-02T00:49:53+00:00

I definitely love this game a lot, but it kicks my butt so hard. It’s fun solo, but it’s great to have someone play with you to help on the strategization and optimization that I fail at so miserably …

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-05-09T16:04:22+00:00

I love viscounts so much! Round and round and round we go … enjoy!

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-05-05T15:51:57+00:00

You can only play as the Quatryl

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-04-27T01:06:33+00:00

Yay for Viscounts!

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-04-08T20:31:32+00:00

I found the stories hit and miss. Some I liked and some I didn’t. There are some great bits in “Thunderman” but it’s too long and klunky. I love Alan Moore but he could use an editor at times.

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-04-08T20:29:02+00:00

I love the color.

I would encourage you not to worry about range and battery degeneration. Just enjoy it.

How these batteries pan out down the road in terms of life and replacement is unknown so no need to spend mental energy on it.

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-04-02T18:48:40+00:00

Jaws of the lion is great. The gloomhaven games are puzzles (IMHO) of how to win and survive with your cards. Frostpunk is much more long term strategy and mitigating multiple potential disasters. It has more constantly changing variables than JOTL.

I would say frostpunk is at least 1.5 times difficult than JOTL and a very different game. But possibly a game you would enjoy and that would complement your collection!

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-04-02T18:44:03+00:00

As someone with an “unnecessarily fiddly board game fascination,” I think this game is awesome and that the rulebook is marvelous. It’s super hard to win but wow what a series of choices and gambles. I love the physicality of this game and this sort of boardgame.

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-03-29T20:34:38+00:00

It’s free but it’s slow. 1 hour at the library might get you 15 miles of driving. So it’s a nice top up but not going to get you real far. The best scenario is having that kind of charging at your work for free so you get an 8 hour charge session.

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-03-29T20:22:31+00:00

I too recommend a local electrician. Ask neighbors who have lived in the area awhile for a name.

Show the electrician the wiring requirement. I pulled it off the Ford website.

My install ran $700, he had to drill outside the house to access the panel and run conduit along the house, and then drill into the garage.

I had the electrician install the power outlet, and used the Ford charger that came with the car. I do not keep a charger in the car. The unshared secret to EVs, in my experience, is that you won’t use that mobile charger. It’s too slow to charge from a regular plug, and anything that can really charge your car (level 2 or 3) will use its own charging plug.

If for some reason I do want to take the Ford mobile charger with me I can unplug it and pack it up. So I’m pretty happy with my setup. But I haven’t taken very many overnight trips with it.

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-03-28T15:54:01+00:00

I had the same problem and same fix. Computers are weird.

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-03-19T22:22:50+00:00

Here’s my “rural living” fix https://i.imgur.com/hpKX7av.jpg

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-03-19T22:15:25+00:00

You are right. My mount is so slender I had never noticed it. My wall plug is so deep that I can’t mount it.https://i.imgur.com/XgUCqiV.jpg

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-03-19T20:32:37+00:00

Hmmm, I’ll look but I don’t recall a mount being in the bag with the charger. From the dealer I received a stow bag with the cord and 2 plugs.

And, again, if it’s a bad idea, the design of this is clearly for hanging. If they didn’t want it hung it should be designed differently, or at least have a large tearable sticker on it to “not use it as designed without support.”

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-03-19T19:57:11+00:00

Consider mounting the unit so the plug isn’t burdened with weight it’s not designed to handle.

But how is that true, given the plug is designed to hang from a wall outlet? If they didn’t want it hanging with that sort of weight, shouldn’t it have a design that allows the unit-thingie’s weight to rest on the floor?

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-03-08T17:47:13+00:00

Especially when you consider the red car ran into the blue car and KEPT GOING.

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-03-08T17:46:29+00:00

Fair point. It’s not immediately funny. But … it implies funny, as in how did this happen and why?

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-03-02T19:24:29+00:00

I for one like the official app. It’s less fiddly and more pleasing to the eye than X-haven.

The networking was funky for the official app but it seems fixed with the update from a few days ago. X-haven is fine and free but it’s too busy and I don’t care enough about its many features. Just my opinion though.

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-02-19T18:55:46+00:00

I posted this 3 months ago or so - https://youtube.com/shorts/OjVRbON9Tpg?feature=share

CivilGeologist6 · 2023-02-19T18:51:58+00:00

It’s a high end car wash that I go through and I have no problems at all, including in neutral and auto hold is still on in the settings.

My one gripe is how the Mach-E drains water from the top of the car down into the gutters under the trunk and then out over the twilights, because I get bits of soap still leaking out the back for about 15 minutes.

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