Stay Calm and Collected

In my last blog I was looking for a new tablet to replace my old tired one. I had to make a decision as to what make I would purchase. After careful consideration and taking into account the useful information from friends, I decided to stay with once again an Android tablet. I must say, I was wavering towards an Apple iPad, however, since my laptop and smart phone would not be compatible this made my choice that much easier.

I am now faced with the problem of setting my old tablet to a factory setting to delete all my data. This is, I may add no mean feat. As I set up the new tablet, all my data from the old one synced perfectly through, this is great I thought. But wait a minute, if  I now do a reset will I lose my photos and music on all devices???? so, I did a few experiments to find that indeed yes, I would lose my photos and music if I deleted them from the old tablet even when I disable the syncing from all devices.

Having had the guidance from a friend and checked on Google for answers, I find that after five days of reading, trying and totally being frustrated, I am back at square one with an old tablet holding all my data and feeling totally inadequate at reading and listening to instructions to effectively do what should be a simple function as this. One would think that in this day and age of technology, to simply press a button would do the job, of course what is the right button, now there is a thought!!

I guess there is only one solution for me I shall have to succumb to having this done by a qualified technician and pay for my inadequacy. I could of course put my old tablet in a drawer and forget about it.......or could I? No, I doubt that very much, I like to have these things tied and sorted having peace of mind that precious photos and the like are not going to come back and haunt me and become an issue of concern if the old device is once again reserected.

One consolation, I am enjoying my new tablet and learning the various functions that it has to offer and to stay calm and collective in the hope I find a solution and put all this frustration behind me and move forward to less demanding projects.


Have a happy day and don't sweat the small stuff!!