A few days ago, I woke up to find my brand new iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB frozen on the Apple logo. The phone refused to shut down or power on.
Of course, I rely heavily on my phone for everything from taking notes to creating contents and staying in constant communication, especially via WhatsApp. I’m such a keyboard warrior and would rather send a WhatsApp message than make a phone call. I’m sure most of us feel like a part of our body is missing without our phones.
Fortunately, my day continued as usual because I had put systems in place to prevent any major disruptions.
For two days, there was no solution, and we eventually had to restore the phone to factory settings. If you know what that means, it’s quite scary because all data is completely wiped from the phone, and you have to start over.
Was I scared? No. Why, you might wonder? These are the days I’m proud to have embraced technology not just as a user but as a curious learner, always wanting to learn and practice how to maximise and optimise any technology.
As an early adopter and practical user, I have obviously maximised my phone’s use to its capacity and put measures in place that ensured I did not lose my data, since I back up every night and even though my phone was restored to factory settings. Additionally, I was not totally handicapped during the few days of my phone’s unavailability because I could work on my back up cloud storage on other devices. Not the most convenient but works quite fine.
It took another two days for my phone storage to fully download— I have loads of stuff! No surprise the phone update sequence broke, causing the phone to freeze.
The moral of this story is whilst we embrace technology, we practically cannot live without it anymore, we should more importantly not take technology at face value. We should understand how it works and utilise its advantages and opportunities to their full capacity. Only then can we benefit and have a competitive edge.
Otherwise, the same technology can mess you up. Let’s not forget it is programming, a sequence of codes that may be broken, just like it happened to my phone.
Welcome to the Tech Age and make sure you use it effectively.
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