Re: Help Setting a Location Reminder

2013-07-06 Thread Alex Hall
I'm out of ideas, sorry. Maybe Google can help more - you can't be the only one to ever experience this problem. On Jul 6, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > Hey Alex, Yeah I already had tried it with and without the the in my > dictation. I even deleted the contact for Family Dollar and

Re: Help Setting a Location Reminder

2013-07-06 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Alex, Yeah I already had tried it with and without the the in my dictation. I even deleted the contact for Family Dollar and found all the info again and manually entered it as a contact, this time adding the zip code, still it doesn't work. Just tried arrive at Family Dollar, Arrive Family

Re: Help Setting a Location Reminder

2013-07-06 Thread Alex Hall
It might not matter, but if your contact is "Family Dollar", don't say "the". So, try "remind me to buy soap when I get to Family Dollar". This seems odd at first, but it makes sense in many cases - you would not say "when I get to the Wal-Mart", for instance. As I said, I have no idea if it wi

Re: Help Setting a Location Reminder

2013-07-06 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Alex, Not sure what the issue is with my phone, as I just tried both Remind me to buy soap when I get to the Family Dollar, and remind me to buy soap when I leave the Family Dollar, and then Siri says ok, when would you like to be reminded. It doesn't seem to understand the Family Dollar is

Re: Help Setting a Location Reminder

2013-07-06 Thread Alex Hall
I just use Siri. For arrivals, try the keyword "get", as in "remind me to so something when I get home", or "remind me to buy something when I get to Family Dollar Store". You can also replace "get" with "leave", as in "remind me to pick up my prescription when I leave here". On Jul 6, 2013, at

Help Setting a Location Reminder

2013-07-06 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I have listened to a few podcasts on setting a location reminder, but can't seem to do it either through Siri or manually. With Siri, it keeps saying she doesn't understand when I say when I arrive at Family Dollar Store, and I have put the store into my contacts. Manually there just s