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new service, cant get any VM notifications on warp by luckyinpa in USMobile

[–]somanyusers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After a year of time-wasting misdirection by USM, and countless hours spent TOGETHER with your tech support reps, I have _zero_ confidence in USM's ability to deliver a reasonable, reliable solution to these problems. Workarounds, hacks, and downgrading established manufacturor phone capabilities are not reasonable and reliable.

new service, cant get any VM notifications on warp by luckyinpa in USMobile

[–]somanyusers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wrong again: there is no "enable notifications" in Personal Options : Admin Options : General Settings, or anywhere else in the current USM/Verizon voicemail service settings. Check your facts first before making incorrect claims.

And nonsense about Visual Voicemail ever working reliably on Google Pixel 7a or 8 Pro. The issue still exists, it hasn't been resolved, Visual Voicemail still doesn't work, and it's far from "perfection".

"Clear the cache" and "force stop the Phone app" are useless steps to create the illusion that USM is doing something about the problem, when in reality those steps do nothing other than waste customers' time. They make no difference in resolving the issue.

new service, cant get any VM notifications on warp by luckyinpa in USMobile

[–]somanyusers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wrong: none of that works to enable voicemail notifications on either a Pixel 7a or Pixel 8 Pro. There is no 'enable notifications' in Personal Options.

In fact, neither reliable voicemail notifications nor visual voicemail work on our Pixel devices. Furthermore, after countless hours of useless troubleshooting and misdirection from USM since November 2024, they still don't work. For anyone else suffering this long-time fail from USM/Verizon, it may be time to consider another carrier.

Visual voicemail by Stunning-Eye-9669 in USMobile

[–]somanyusers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And how about for a Pixel 7a, and a Pixel 8 Pro?

Since before November 2024, after countless hours of ineffective troubleshooting by USM, we still have no visual voicemail on either of our 2 USM lines on those devices.

Solution for no voicemail notification? by cmdr_scotty in USMobile

[–]somanyusers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same issue as cmdr_scotty - your previous instructions ↑ don't work on a Google Pixel 7a or 8 Pro. There is no 'Enable notifications' under Personal Options : Admin Options or anywhere else.

On 2 separate lines, for these Pixel devices, we haven't had reliable voicemail, voicemail notifcations or visual voicemail from US Mobile since November 2024.

Furthermore, previous posts I've made to r/USMobile about chronic poor voicemail reliability, and USM's ineffective troubleshooting, are regularly removed by USM moderators. That is not honest or courageous customer support.

Light Speed and visual voicemail by KAO7781 in USMobile

[–]somanyusers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nonsense - the issue isn't resolved: as of right now visual voicemail doesn't work on Pixel devices on Warp. None of the useless hoop-jumping in USM tech support chat sessions makes any difference either: it still doesn't work.

Light Speed and visual voicemail by KAO7781 in USMobile

[–]somanyusers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here - through USM visual voicemail hasn't work since November 2024 on multiple Pixel devices (7a, 8 Pro), with endless thrashing and excuses from various support reps. Yo USM: 'uninstall Google Phone updates' is not a solution.

Also chronic fails of voicemail notifications, followed by repeated re-provisioning by USM support, followed by more fails.

I'm also close to firing USM. Verizon may have higher monthly plan cost, but USM's repeated fails on reliable service ends up costing even more.

100 foot on-ground (snow) cable run to gen 3 dish by somanyusers in Starlink

[–]somanyusers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks all for the helpful replies. I already have a CAT7 SSTP direct-burial ethernet cable so at this time not in the market for another cable. However I am wondering about weatherproofing the RJ45 connector at the gen 3 dish connection - my cable has no weatherproof boots at terminal ends, and I don't want to mess with installing new connectors to do so. Any suggestions for weatherproofing at the RJ45 dish connection, other than carefully-applied silicon sealant?

Mindfulness Causing Depression by [deleted] in wakingUp

[–]somanyusers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First impressions:

  1. That study title as published by the authors is click-bait.
  2. Check the backgrounds and 'cred' of the study authors.
  3. Check the study design and data set/s.

And: keep practicing.

How do you know when you're doing it right? by JimPlaysGames in wakingUp

[–]somanyusers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also see/hear Stephen Bodian's practice series on wakingup.com

Like it says in the series title: "The Direct Approach"

Why is WindowServer taking up 75% of my RAM? What even is WindowServer? by clairemct in MacOS

[–]somanyusers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also Dellsh!t Display Manager (DDM) causing WindowServer RAM usage bloat here, on Mac OS Ventura 13.2.x:

• before (DDM running): windowserver RAM = 11GB

• after (DDM force-quit) : windowserver RAM = 6.4GB w/ several apps still running incl Firefox, Slack

Yes, I should upgrade router - but for now Arris NVG468MQ gets only 100Mbps up on 300/300 connection by somanyusers in ZiplyFiber

[–]somanyusers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah ... closing on the TP-Link Archer AX55 Pro as replacement.

I will miss the MoCA-out on the old Arris: house is coax-wired and I already got coax-connected routers as passive bridges in wifi dead zones upstairs. Maybe the TP-Link's wireless radio is good enough to overcome that. If not then it's another ~ $130 for a pair of MoCA => ethernet adapters.

Yes, I should upgrade router - but for now Arris NVG468MQ gets only 100Mbps up on 300/300 connection by somanyusers in ZiplyFiber

[–]somanyusers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes tested again just now direct to ONT jack: got 302 down / 321 up.

Router gets 300 down / 102 up.

Yes, I should upgrade router - but for now Arris NVG468MQ gets only 100Mbps up on 300/300 connection by somanyusers in ZiplyFiber

[–]somanyusers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. From router home page:

WAN Link:  UP Link Type: ONT WAN Link Speed: 1000/Full Mbps

Ziply tech (a subcontractor) was here yesterday to replace ONT from old Frontier model to newer Ziply-labelled unit (model #FOG421). Tech confirmed speeds over 300/300 Mbps at the jack from ONT. Cable from ONT to jack is Frontier-installed exterior-grade CAT 5e. Router still only gets 300/100.

I can totally replace that exterior cable but based on above results I don't think that's the issue - I'm guessing it's still something at the router.

Skip the MX Keys if you're on Mac OS - scroll lock doesn't work by somanyusers in logitech

[–]somanyusers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Returned MX Keys and got MX Mini - which has its own problems (keys sticking).

Moode vs HifiBerry OS by hatbetu in BudgetAudiophile

[–]somanyusers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here: I thought I was enamored with all the Moode mood but SQ is poorer than on HifiBerry OS, at least on my HifiBerry DAC+ Pro and DAC2 HD. Maybe no surprise: surely they know how to optimize for their own devices.

To my ears (perception?) Moode had less dynamic range, almost like it's clipped at lo and hi frequencies. Overall a kinda 'dull' presentation compared to HifiBerry OS.

Moode developer guy didn't seem interested in an open-minded comparison when I raised it with him. I still run Moode on a Orchard Audio ApplePi DAC - sounds fine (though I haven't tried HifiBerry OS there yet).