I have an 84-year old friend who lives in another town. Now that he's
moved, he only has a cell. Today I called him and after a few rings,
he seemed to anseron hut I only heard a couple "uh"s and then got a busy signal.
What can the person receiving a call possibly do to give me a busy
signal once he has answered, or even before he answers???
With a cellphone or, for that matter, if it had been a wired phone?
I hung up and waited 5 minutes to give him a chance to call me, but when
he didnt' I called and there was no answer. 90 minutes later I called
again and it was like the first time, but with even less noises at the
other until I got the busy signal.
Disregarding the busy signal, whose ofigin I could not fathom, I
envisioned him answering the phone but unable to bring it to his mouth.
He's had a lot weakness lately. And I called his son who lives nearby
to alert him. His son writes that he talked to him and he's fine. So
what accounts for all this including the busy signals??
What can the person receiving a call possibly do to give me a busy
signal once he has answered, or even before he answers???
micky wrote:
What can the person receiving a call possibly do to give me a busy
signal once he has answered, or even before he answers???
Depending on phone model, either swipe down to reject call instead of
swiping up to answer
Or press the red hang-up button instead of green answer button.
Andy Burns wrote:Indeed, the ageing friend may have fumbly hands, I remember people here
Depending on phone model, either swipe down to reject call instead of
swiping up to answer
Or press the red hang-up button instead of green answer button.
Which could be an issue if your eyesight isn't good enough to read the
text on the buttons and you're red-green colour-blind.
Jeff Layman wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Depending on phone model, either swipe down to reject call instead of
swiping up to answer
Or press the red hang-up button instead of green answer button.
Which could be an issue if your eyesight isn't good enough to read the
text on the buttons and you're red-green colour-blind.
Indeed, the ageing friend may have fumbly hands, I remember people here
not understanding you have to slide the button to answer calls ...
On 2025-02-20 11:46, Andy Burns wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Depending on phone model, either swipe down to reject call instead of
swiping up to answer
Or press the red hang-up button instead of green answer button.
Which could be an issue if your eyesight isn't good enough to read
the text on the buttons and you're red-green colour-blind.
Indeed, the ageing friend may have fumbly hands, I remember people
here not understanding you have to slide the button to answer calls ...
Yup, guilty as charged, I found that *really* confusing at first.
On 2025-02-20 11:46, Andy Burns wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Depending on phone model, either swipe down to reject call instead of
swiping up to answer
Or press the red hang-up button instead of green answer button.
Which could be an issue if your eyesight isn't good enough to read the
text on the buttons and you're red-green colour-blind.
Indeed, the ageing friend may have fumbly hands, I remember people here
not understanding you have to slide the button to answer calls ...
Yup, guilty as charged, I found that *really* confusing at first.
In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:38:05 +0000, Java Jive <[email protected]d> wrote:
On 2025-02-20 11:46, Andy Burns wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Depending on phone model, either swipe down to reject call
instead of swiping up to answer
Or press the red hang-up button instead of green answer
button.
Which could be an issue if your eyesight isn't good enough to
read the text on the buttons and you're red-green
colour-blind.
Indeed, the ageing friend may have fumbly hands, I remember
people here not understanding you have to slide the button to
answer calls ...
Yup, guilty as charged, I found that *really* confusing at first.
I think when I got used to that sliding method, I either changed
phones or I was in a different part of the same phone, and the
method was to tap the red or green box. It's really a bad time to
learn this when one is driving. (And the first time was a doctor I
really had to talk to, and I was on a bridge -- no shoulder -- when
the phone rang. I missed the call but reached him a couple minutes
later by calling him back.)
On 2025-02-19 22:45, micky wrote:
I have an 84-year old friend who lives in another town. Now that he's
moved, he only has a cell. Today I called him and after a few rings,
he seemed to anseron hut I only heard a couple "uh"s and then got a busy
signal.
What can the person receiving a call possibly do to give me a busy
signal once he has answered, or even before he answers???
With a cellphone or, for that matter, if it had been a wired phone?
I hung up and waited 5 minutes to give him a chance to call me, but when
he didnt' I called and there was no answer. 90 minutes later I called
again and it was like the first time, but with even less noises at the
other until I got the busy signal.
Disregarding the busy signal, whose ofigin I could not fathom, I
envisioned him answering the phone but unable to bring it to his mouth.
He's had a lot weakness lately. And I called his son who lives nearby
to alert him. His son writes that he talked to him and he's fine. So
what accounts for all this including the busy signals??
Bad network.
I have an 84-year old friend who lives in another town. Now that he's
moved, he only has a cell. Today I called him and after a few rings,
he seemed to anseron hut I only heard a couple "uh"s and then got a busy signal.
What can the person receiving a call possibly do to give me a busy
signal once he has answered, or even before he answers???
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