Well,,,I was on the the wife's flip phone for about 3 hours with a techie from I-Apple. My IPhone 8 Plus had thrown a shoe several weeks ago with the ear piece speaker slowly goin out and I had been havin to usin the speaker so I could carry on a conversation, AND be able to hear it ring. Well,,,now both of the speakers have bit the dust. After takin remote control of my phone, the Apple tech did manage to tweak the speaker to bout 1/3 loudness but thas all. The speaker that rings still does not work,,!! Phone has to go to the Apple Repair Center in El Paso and fortunatly,is where Our Son, Jon lives,,,, so soon as I can get Fed-Ex here for a pickup, it goin to Jon and he will walk it to store. There is already a "Case Number" assigned to it so hopefully it will get fixed asap.

 This is a real concern as with my wife's condition, of bein bed bound raises some concerns as to what I can do or go. She has fallen in Bathroom 3 times in last month and fortunately did not hurt herself.

  She is in a tizzy knowin I will be without a phone but what am I to do,,??

Buy a prepay burner phone at wal-mart, for the duration...

Joe, you did not mention whether or not you are in he zone for an upgrade.  Considering the circumstances there, that may be a good investment.

I have never had any luck getting chit like that fixed.

 Well, Chask and Dave,,,those are ideas I did not think of and I think I will go to Walmart here in a little bit and check that out,,,,,who knows I may like the simpleness of the flip phones again,,,them smart phones are so dang complicated,,!!

 HEY,,,,,,maybe I will be able to post some pics and show ole Shameless and ole Tom how to do it, while I'm at it,,,,

 Hey Dave,,,the Apple tech did tell me the phone is out of warrantee,,but I will tell Jon to ask bout an upgrade when he takes it in,,,,

 I,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WAS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WAITIN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,FOR,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THAT,,,,,,,,,,,,ALL Dang day,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,what took you so long,,,???,

 Well,,,GOOD NEWS, Guys,,,I'm gettin to where I am a big follower of The Marketplace for various reasons,,,, I have made some really great deals buyin stuff but one thing I learnt pretty quick,,,is,,,You got to act quick and you ain't got time to palaver with the seller cause he/she has usually gots several prospects hangin on... So,,,if you like the item and the price is pretty close,,,"You Got To Jump Quick"

 Anyways,,,when I get tired of Shade Treein outside, I come in for a break and do some checkin on The MarketPlace,,,,

 Well,yesterday, I was lookin at the IPhones up for sale, in case mine was too costly to repair,,and there is this ad that a dude in Carlsbad,next town over, that advertises,," We Repair ALL Cell Phones" Chit,,they is playin my song,,!!!!! so I message him for a number and he comes right back. He tells me he can repair the microphone in my fone  for $30 or put in a new one for $60. I ask if any warranty and he tells me, Same warranty as IPhone had on phone when new. SO,,I figure,,"Who am I to stand in the way of progress?" So, I haul azz down there, and he took the phone apart so fast I knew he's done this many times before and tells me I can fix this microphone for $30 in about 15 minutes as it is just got some crud in front of it ,,,,,or put in a new one for the $60 in bout 30 minutes. I don't want to mess with it again so it's the $60 for me. He lets me watch and this dude is an expert,,,there are some screws so friggin small,,you can't hardly see em, but he finishes in ,,,,,,,,,31 minutes. Them little bitty SS screws must be the 400 series as they are magnetic,,and he has several different sizes of them from small to almost can't see,em,,, 

I'm a Happy Camper cause it works like new and I can hear it at halfway volumne,,!!!

 UMMmmmmm,,,last thing he Jokingly tells me is,,, I might want to clean ears more often,,,I gave him a $5 tip on thet one,,,,,

 NAW,!!,,,,JC,,, I sure did not and I am pi**ed at ole Joe for forgettin,,,, ,,,but,,,but,,,I'm suppossed to go back Fri mornin to get him to check out the "Home" button and I will get him to fix thet part of the programming.

 You know all of us,,,"The younger we get, the more we remember",,,,

 By the way,,,it good to hear from you,,,,JC,,,you been out of pocket  for some time,,,you been havin to gather up crops,,,,??

 I see on the Weather Channel bout some bad assed storms goin thru your neck of the woods as welll as some goin thru ole Shameless and Thad's country,,,!!!  Sometimes,,,this ole desert country ain't too bad,,,,,if,,,,if,,er could just get a little more rain,,,,,

 OH,,,and just so you know,,Shameless,,,you gonna have to out up with me some more,,,,CAUSE I AINI'T GOIN NO WHERE,,,just yet,,,,cause,,,I gots too many stories to tell,,,,,,most of them true,,,,,

Hope it stays dry at your place Joe.................. or you could be covered in them goatheads.