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Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?

No, never. (Not including power outgages and glitches).
13 (86.7%)
Yes, when in a movie theater, meeting, at night, etc.
2 (13.3%)

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Offline rbcp

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Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« on: October 22, 2008, 02:38:06 PM »
I'm stealing this question from this Gizmodo post.  I sure never turn mine off except when rebooting it.  In theaters I just turn off the ringer.
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2008, 02:46:21 PM »
I turn mine off. Otherwise this might happen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xut__-uXG8U

« Last Edit: October 22, 2008, 02:49:48 PM by Magus »
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2008, 02:53:17 PM »
Never except when it dies which doesn't happen much only 3 times that I can remember.

I just put it on vibrate any place i need too
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2008, 04:34:54 PM »
I was turning it off often until I disabled the GPS functionality in my phone.
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2008, 05:25:26 PM »
I never turn mine on. The government can track you when its on.
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2008, 05:53:00 PM »
I think up until recently the only time I ever did was to reboot it.  Lately I've had to leave on the weekends for National Guard stuff and I am not allowed to bring it, so I'll turn it off so people can either figure out I'm gone or eventually call when I don't respond to their texts and realize I'm not simply ignoring them.  This is a change of pace from the other 90 percent of the time when I am actually just ignoring them.
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2008, 06:31:03 PM »
i'm psychotic, and can't stand to not know if i'm being called or texted.  if i'm told to silence it, i just switch it to vibrate.
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2008, 06:39:10 PM »
Quote from: RogueClown on October 22, 2008, 06:31:03 PM
i'm psychotic, and can't stand to not know if i'm being called or texted.  if i'm told to silence it, i just switch it to vibrate.

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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2008, 10:21:01 PM »
I just bought a new Razr (V3er) and it hasn't been turned off since I got it.
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2008, 07:58:18 AM »
I never turn mine off. One time I did for one day and my GF turned into a psycho with large talons. Never again....
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2008, 02:04:54 PM »
Only off when it's dead or when theres an outage or when I need to save battery. There's no regular phone service in the house so when there's a power outage the landline doesn't work
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2008, 02:08:06 PM »
Mine is pretty much always off while I'm on campus. My phone doesn't go into "power save" when I have no service, so it'll drain in an afternoon searching for a signal while I'm at school (I spend most of my time in the basement of a large concrete building, in an insulated practice room).

Otherwise, I turn it off when I don't want to deal with people, but want them to realize I'm not ignoring them - I just don't want to deal with them.
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2008, 05:05:09 PM »
Mine broke a month ago and I heard it was fixed today. I'm not sure I want it back though. I started carrying around my little TTY in my backpack so when I want to make calls I just connect via the payphone and there I go. I really like being able to make outgoing calls but not have to deal with incoming ones.
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2008, 05:08:12 PM »
I don't carry a phone at all.
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Re: Do You Ever Turn Off Your Cellphone?
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2008, 05:21:38 PM »
if i turn off my phone, my heart stops beating

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