I find that mostly I end up just not using it after spending a few attempts to troubleshoot.

Two examples:

1- I have ATT Uverse. I used to use the app on my Razr Droid to set recordings of games and shows that I forgot to do when I was home. Like I would forget to record an LSU BBall game and the app would save me... could pull it up, run through the guide, hit record.

About 3 weeks ago it just quit working. Nothing changed. Just every time I pulled it up it gave a "No Server Available" type of error. I troubleshot it for about a half day. Now I just don't use it and call someone at home to set a recording for me.

2- Y'all are gonna love this one. The past week or so, on my phone and my ipad, both using Chrome, half the time when I go to post a message on TD, the keyboard will pop up and then immediately disappear. It seems to work for awhile, then just starts doing this.

I troubleshot it for about an hour, then just stopped posting/replying. (queue the "that's a feature, not a bug. ha ha you suck and we're better off for you not posting" posts)

How much time/effort will you give troubleshooting to something before just changing your ways and moving on from it?

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Posted by Hammertime

Will trade dowsing rod for titties

Member since Jan 2012

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Posted on 1/3/15 at 12:42 pm to Meauxjeaux

I went through testing a car amplifier for three hours with no idea of what I was doing the other day. Spent another two hours narrowing it down to the amp.

Hard drive isn't showing up on this Vista computer in management, and I spent two hours last night trying to figure it out. Decided frick it and I put 7 on another hard drive and threw the first one away. It was only like 100gb anyway

Electrical shite is the biggest pain in the arse I have ever dealt with. It's why I'm doing ME, and am gonna let the nerds to all of the rest

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Posted by WONTONGO

Member since Oct 2007

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Posted on 1/3/15 at 12:55 pm to Meauxjeaux

It depends on whether it's mine or someone else's

I'll spend days on my stuff trying to figure it out.

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Posted by ILikeLSUToo

Central, LA

Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 1/3/15 at 3:41 pm to Meauxjeaux

It depends on what it is. My home-built PC... it will work flawlessly without fail or it will bring great shame to family. For most things, I spend as long as it takes to reach closure -- either determining the cause and fixing it, determining the cause and returning/RMAing if it's a defect or a design flaw, or determining the cause and deciding whether I can live with it or if I need to return it for something else.

If it's something I have no experience tinkering with, I will always instantly consult Google. It's rare there won't be a solution on the internet, so no need to waste my time with trial and error if it's not something I care about.

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