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Daily Discussion Thread: 🗣️🐈 🐈‍⬛ 🙂😸 Saturday, October 26, 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been in full on security blanket mode today trying to block out reality. This is no good. Yes, some things aren't going well and it's overwhelming, but I have to exercise the options I do have and keep things in perspective rather than assuming the worst. This is just temporary.

Okay, out of bed and time to start listing out the things I can do to deal with the things causing me anxiety. #1 is start looking for more places. Time to get on fb after six months and start looking for lease breaks, whatever. Then time to just start looking for a cheap phone to tide me over this stupid total device ban kicking in with the 3G closure.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Text the number 3 to 3498 if you haven't already, make sure that your phone will be affected before going through the hassleling.

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh it is 100% affected, reading up on it online it appears that even if I did the required firmware flashes to get it up to the required standard (can make 000 calls on 4G), the telcos are just blocking the model by IMEI regardless. Fark.

I am too overwhelmed to techify my way out of this at short notice. Have a spare, compatible phone that I use for work that I can pop this sim into now so that the service doesn't get cancelled. Will just order a cheap burner to tide me over until shit is less jangled

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

path of least resistance is your friend in these situations.