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Aug. 14th, 2018 11:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolariThis has to do with my phone. Eventually.
Not many people know that I actually have some hearing issues. I've had tinnitus since I was very little (young enough that it doesn't bother me since I grew up with it), but I also have issues with volume. I can't hear things that aren't loud easily.
Over the years I've suffered some mostly minor hearing loss, likely from 20 years of customer service with the volume on my headset too high. One of the reasons I'm happier in text than phones is I'm worried I'll do more harm as the volumes go up, and my hearing goes down.
I do listen to music, all the darned time, though. I try hard to keep the volume at a "safe" level, but sometimes I get surprised when I put in my headphones, press play, and get a blast at 100% volume. The new phone as a feature on it that if you're listening on headphones, it'll lock the volume and warn you if you turn it up too high. THAT'S AWESOME. I can hear my music, without too much fear of damaging my hearing even more.
Today, though, my super sensitive screen decided, somehow, while it was in my pocket to turn the display on, turn the sound up, make the pop-up come on, and click "OK" to "Are you sure you want to turn up the volume." This actually isn't all that hard for it to do as it's done all sorts of crazy things because the screen is too sensitive.
Did you know once you hit OK on that screen, though, THERE'S NO WAY TO TURN THE FEATURE BACK ON WITHOUT RESETTING THE DAMNED PHONE? Cause there isn't. There's ways on OTHER phones, but not this one. I had to reset my entire phone - EVERYTHING...cause "OK" accidentally got tapped.
WTF, HTC.
Not many people know that I actually have some hearing issues. I've had tinnitus since I was very little (young enough that it doesn't bother me since I grew up with it), but I also have issues with volume. I can't hear things that aren't loud easily.
Over the years I've suffered some mostly minor hearing loss, likely from 20 years of customer service with the volume on my headset too high. One of the reasons I'm happier in text than phones is I'm worried I'll do more harm as the volumes go up, and my hearing goes down.
I do listen to music, all the darned time, though. I try hard to keep the volume at a "safe" level, but sometimes I get surprised when I put in my headphones, press play, and get a blast at 100% volume. The new phone as a feature on it that if you're listening on headphones, it'll lock the volume and warn you if you turn it up too high. THAT'S AWESOME. I can hear my music, without too much fear of damaging my hearing even more.
Today, though, my super sensitive screen decided, somehow, while it was in my pocket to turn the display on, turn the sound up, make the pop-up come on, and click "OK" to "Are you sure you want to turn up the volume." This actually isn't all that hard for it to do as it's done all sorts of crazy things because the screen is too sensitive.
Did you know once you hit OK on that screen, though, THERE'S NO WAY TO TURN THE FEATURE BACK ON WITHOUT RESETTING THE DAMNED PHONE? Cause there isn't. There's ways on OTHER phones, but not this one. I had to reset my entire phone - EVERYTHING...cause "OK" accidentally got tapped.
WTF, HTC.
