Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside)

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android, sci.electronics.repair
Subject	Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside)
Date	2016-10-02 07:49 +1100
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John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> wrote
>>> Horace Algier wrote

>>>> Do you create an EMERGENCY folder on your mobile device (and what do 
>>>> you put inside)?

>>> Simple answer is: if you've been sensible and put a strong passcode on 
>>> your phone then anything in this EMERGENCY folder will be pretty much 
>>> useless unless someone manages to break into your phone if they lay 
>>> hands on it.

>> He's actually talking about what he uses himself in emergency situations.

>>> All I do on my Android devices is to enter a 'lock screen message' which 
>>> shows my name, mailing address (P.O. Box, not actual street address) and 
>>> several emergency contact numbers.

>> That’s not the sort of emergency he is talking about.

> Why a folder?

He's that obsessively anal. He forces his kids to use his folder
arrangements and locks their devices down so they can't change that
stuff. He hasn’t realised that they will be picking his nursing home...

> There are multiple 'home' screens available and these theoretically useful 
> apps can just be placed on, lets say, the last one. As one thinks of new 
> possibilities they can be placed there and if they later seem to be of 
> less use they can be removed.

He's too obsessively anal for that.

> I can't actually think of too many apps that would be useful only in an 
> emergency and only in an emergency

Me neither. Tho you can certainly make a case for having
icons for the stuff you do use in an emergency in a single
emergency folder where they are all grouped together and
where you can see them all at once, in a system which allows
duplicate icons for the stuff that is useful in an emergency.

> since they come in an infinite number of forms.

Not really that infinite.

> Personally I keep a 'daily' screen, a 'news and information' screen, a 
> 'travel' screen, and an 'entertainment' screen.

I don’t myself, I have the one main screen and have a few folders
on that for the groups of stuff like banks and other financial
institutions like credit unions, clouds, shopping etc, basically
so that I do almost everything from that one main screen.

> Guess I could move some stuff around and have 'emergency' one at the end.

I think its better to have an emergency folder on
the main screen for those who can get flustered
in an emergency. I don’t, so don’t bother myself.

> Just me, I guess...

I'd be surprised if some don’t do it that way too.

That's essentially what <he of a thousand names> was asking,
who does what, and why do they do it the way they do.

Thread

How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-27 22:35 +0000
  Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 09:39 +1000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> - 2016-09-28 12:36 +0200
      Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 20:56 +1000
        Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-28 15:11 -0400
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-09-28 20:41 +0100
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 06:20 +1000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-28 16:00 +0000
      Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 06:00 +1000
        Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 07:31 +0000
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 22:48 +1000
            Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-29 17:51 +0000
              Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-29 13:56 -0400
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-29 18:38 +0000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-29 14:47 -0400
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-30 04:21 -0400
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 15:00 +0000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2016-09-30 17:36 -0400
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-30 18:40 -0400
        Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-29 18:43 +0000
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-29 14:46 -0400
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 09:23 +1000
            Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 02:51 +0000
              Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 14:45 +1000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 15:24 +0000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 15:58 +1000
            Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 02:51 +0000
              Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 14:50 +1000
              Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-09-29 23:58 -0700
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-09-30 00:06 -0700
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 15:24 +0000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 16:08 +1000
  Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-28 16:00 +0000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-28 16:05 +0000
  Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 03:01 +0000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 03:18 +0000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-09-30 08:56 -0700
  Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2016-09-30 11:49 -0400
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 16:10 +1000
      Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2016-10-01 10:39 -0400
        Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-02 07:49 +1100
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 07:09 +0000
            Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 19:31 +1100

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