WMATA fails

 This and the other following post will be pictures of the WMATA Metro Rail and Bus system fails, confusions, and changes that maybe funny to others but can irritate you when you are trying to figure out the Metro Rail system.

< Anything from Fort Tottent Metro Rail station on the Green line was closed.

<Red and Orange line trains have NEVER shared the same track.

Straight Talk data speeds

     Well,we know Straight Talk had an AT&T SIM Card which uses AT&T towers, repeaters, and some on the Internet have claimed that they were able to connect to an activated AT&T Microcell. After using Straigh t Talk for quite a while I must say that I'm very pleased with it. Their is one drag back that there is no roaming what so ever. I know some maybe turning down AT&T due to what was previously know as bad coverage, data speeds, etc AT&T has MASSIVELY improved to when you are shopping for a smart phone you choose T-Mobile for data speeds (HSPA+) and AT&T for coverage. Below I have a screenshot of my iPhone 4 on Straight-Talk one speed test I was at a Metro station in Washington DC and the other I was at my school, can you tell which is which?

<At a Metro Station (China Town)

<At a Metro station Eastern Market

iPhone color conversions

                

           If you own a black or white iPhone then I want you to know that you can change the colors on your device such as a black phone with a white back or complete color conversions which change the bezel entirely and the front. Please be advised you are doing all modifications at your own risk as I'm not in any way shape or form responsible for what you do. The best thing I recommend getting is a pentalobe screw driver and few very small screw drivers which all can be found on Amazon.com. You can use this if you bought a used device pretty cheap and it has gone through everything then you can change out everything cosmetic on it and make it brand new including the bezel of which holds all of the radios such as Wi-Fi and bluetooth so be careful.

WMATA Bus routes

                                                Now as the our cities become more crowded with more people and all of those people all trying to get something done wether that is productive or just for fun WMATA has a bus route for you to speed up your commute. Wether if you are new to buses or to train the bus system does help as for certain destinations such as Georgetown which cannot be reached by train you can ride the D6 and get off at Georgetown or continue to Sibley hospital. Some destinations can only be reached by bus such as Mount Rainier but if you ride the train often or you just got off the train try catching to as it is free with your SmartTrip card but this is only free from rail to bus transfer not bus to rail. However you want to be advised that certain busses only run is rush hour such as the 97 which is non rush our turns into the 96 which goes to Tenleytwon station and the 97 which goes to Union station.

iOS 6 battery drain!?

After updating my iPhone 4 to iOs 6 I felt a noticeable drain in battery life basic tasks such as phone calls and text messages left me wondering why bother. iOs 6 is known is cause bugs on its devices but work arounds can be done however their is no official fix for battery life. A few things that I have done on my iPhone to save battery life like change applications syncing on iCloud so random syncing and data usage will decrease. Another fix is to remove the pod cast application from your device as this pesky application runs in the background and is far to buggy. Turn off location services as your GPS uses a lot of battery, terminate running applications from your recent apps menu and last remove applications from your notification center.

Any suggestions on next post?

       Now after fixing the Internet issues what should the next post be about?

WMATA Rush+

        During the summer WMATA has started their Rush+ rail service and thus Orange Line trains will go to Largo Town Center rather than New Carrolton. However Red line trains do NOT have Rush+ service but be in mind that if you do need to get to stations such as Shady Grove or anywhere always look at the train's destination rather than it's line. You will want to keep in mind that train operators will say if this is a Rush+ train at every stop or just final transfer points such as Stadium Armory. Not every train will be a Rush+ train and normal train service will still permit just trains will go to different destinations however the Yellow line may start at Greenbelt and go to Franconia-SpringField but will still use it's own tunnel. However if you use stations in between you will have must more frequent service and trains will move much faster. Leave a comment with any further questions.