Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[Kid_Eternity]

Is this the same as "you're holding it wrong"?

FYI, I had similar problems with my iTunes/iPhone installation and had to reset everything - and there was no shortage of people online who had suffered the same thing.

Yep funny how you don't like and it has problems for you.

 

[g force]

On a Mac it works pretty well - still some annoyances but it's a thousand times better than the PC version which began as a half decent bit of software and rapidly descended into a bloated mess.

One minor annoyance, that Apple in fairness did sort out after much emailing, was d/l tracks via itunes on the iphone, iTunes on the MacBook wouldn't recognise them and sync them over and when I upgarded to OS4 it 'lost' some albums and random tracks on the phone and I didn't have them backed up on the Macbook. Even Apple couldn't explain why...and eventually gave me a free dowload of the material.

In fairness one album was Vamprie Weekend so it wasn't about the music...more the principle

 

[Sunray]

On a Mac it works pretty well - still some annoyances but it's a thousand times better than the PC version which began as a half decent bit of software and rapidly descended into a bloated mess.

One minor annoyance, that Apple in fairness did sort out after much emailing, was d/l tracks via itunes on the iphone, iTunes on the MacBook wouldn't recognise them and sync them over and when I upgarded to OS4 it 'lost' some albums and random tracks on the phone and I didn't have them backed up on the Macbook. Even Apple couldn't explain why...and eventually gave me a free dowload of the material.

In fairness one album was Vamprie Weekend so it wasn't about the music...more the principle

iOS4 has issues, its probably a bug in that. There are quite a few.

Someone called me last night but that made it spaz out telling me that it had over heated and it needed to cool down. I reset it and it had messed my wall papers about.

iOS4 Definitely needs some work to get to the rugged reliability of v3.

 

[editor]

Someone called me last night but that made it spaz out telling me that it had over heated and it needed to cool down. I reset it and it had messed my wall papers about.

Looks like quite a few people have had this overheating handset problem:

http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/06/29...erheating-warnings-on-otherwise-cool-iphones/
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=975816
http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-4-overheating-is-your-apple-handset-toasty-2992045/

 

[Structaural]

iOS4 has issues, its probably a bug in that. There are quite a few.

Someone called me last night but that made it spaz out telling me that it had over heated and it needed to cool down. I reset it and it had messed my wall papers about.

iOS4 Definitely needs some work to get to the rugged reliability of v3.

Reseating the SIM might help, it has solved the problem for a couple of users...

I'm about to attempt a replacement of my 3G front panel, didn't know I needed a heatgun/hairdryer to complete it, hopefully I won't bork it, takes between 1 and 3 hours :-(

 

[Sunray]

Looks like quite a few people have had this overheating handset problem:

http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/06/29...erheating-warnings-on-otherwise-cool-iphones/
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=975816
http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-4-overheating-is-your-apple-handset-toasty-2992045/

Its just a bug. v2 had a quite a few, v3 was quite good but still had issues. v4 is their worst, but its their most complex so not doing too badly.

It will get better with time, they always have.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Proof the anti Apple brigade exists:

http://bit.ly/ajyiKz

What a fucking tool!

 

[editor]

Proof the anti Apple brigade exists:

http://bit.ly/ajyiKz

What a fucking tool!

That's one idiot, not a "brigade"!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Tip of the iceberg.

 

[Kanda]

New store opening in Covent Garden will have them froffing at the mouth.......

 

[Kid_Eternity]

New store opening in Covent Garden will have them froffing at the mouth.......

Indeed...

 

[Kanda]

Ha, it seems it was pre-empted seeing as Ed's off to Endorset, he posted it the other day: http://www.wirefresh.com/apple-covent-garden-store-opens-saturday-live-over-excited-previews-now/

 

[maldwyn]

Ha, it seems it was pre-empted seeing as Ed's off to Endorset, he posted it the other day: http://www.wirefresh.com/apple-covent-garden-store-opens-saturday-live-over-excited-previews-now/

Was that a momentary lapse or has he always been so reserved.

Yesterday I was in the Regent St store getting my iP4 replaced when it occurred to me that might be my last visit - Covent Garden will be more convenient for me - though walking through any apple door always gives me Bg spike.

 

[paolo]

Ha, it seems it was pre-empted seeing as Ed's off to Endorset, he posted it the other day: http://www.wirefresh.com/apple-covent-garden-store-opens-saturday-live-over-excited-previews-now/

Hype and Hysteria, they go hand in hand round these parts.

 

[Piers Gibbon]

I've got a jailbroken 2g iphone and was about to buy an iP4...a friend who has one said I'd be better off buying an unlocked 3gs and waiting for the next gen iPhone next june...

is that madness?

 

[nick]

walking through any apple door always gives me Bg spike.

Having taken the kids to the transport museum yesterday afternoon, I thought it would be handy to pop into the new Apple store to see if I could get a phone case. It was 6pm, so wouldn't be so busy right?

Wrong: Still a huge queue out of the door for phones and, even after it had been open for 8 hours. I had to steel myself to run the gauntlet of the blue shirted whoopers.
Despite my grimace they still insisted in doing it - neither they or I realising the impact that 20 yelling, high-fiving, pizza fed apple geeks would have on a 4 year old girl.

It was with grim satisfaction that I then blocked the entrance to the store whilst I tried to stem the tears from a confused and frightened girl for a few minutes.
She didn't like the store after that and I left without buying anything. I thing she may grow up to be a windows fan

 

[paolo]

I went yesterday, to get a new iPhone. And, erm, an iPad. It was indeed mental. Got suckered by a queue that wasn't too long, but then fed another queue. Took about an hour and half. When i got to the front, I managed to put on a glazed look that seemed to quell the awful whooping.

The service was pretty good. They sit you down and offer to do any set up stuff you want. Amazingly, the whole number transfer thing went through before I'd even stood up to leave. Phone came alive and had voicemail there waiting. It's been trouble free so far. The iPad however is having WiFi glitches. Hmm.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

What kind of glitches is the iPad having?

 

[paolo]

Network (WiFi) stops responding.

WiFi connectivity still shows ok.

If I bounce it - flip to Airplane mode and back - it comes back to life. Very odd. I've had this on older iPhones, but not seen it at all on the 4 so far.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Network (WiFi) stops responding.

WiFi connectivity still shows ok.

If I bounce it - flip to Airplane mode and back - it comes back to life. Very odd. I've had this on older iPhones, but not seen it at all on the 4 so far.

I had it as well - very annoying it was too. It's router-related though, I think. It doesn't happen on OS4, but it was happening on the iPad with my old router. I've got a new router since then and now I have no trouble at all.

It's not an iPad issue certainly, it's an OS + router one.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Network (WiFi) stops responding.

WiFi connectivity still shows ok.

If I bounce it - flip to Airplane mode and back - it comes back to life. Very odd. I've had this on older iPhones, but not seen it at all on the 4 so far.

Ah right, have never managed to get onto the wifi net at home with my iPhone but then Orange Livebox is generally shite...

 

[paolo]

I had it as well - very annoying it was too. It's router-related though, I think. It doesn't happen on OS4, but it was happening on the iPad with my old router. I've got a new router since then and now I have no trouble at all.

It's not an iPad issue certainly, it's an OS + router one.

Ah ok. I thought it could be that. I'm moving this week, so I'll see how it gets on with the router at the new place.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Ah ok. I thought it could be that. I'm moving this week, so I'll see how it gets on with the router at the new place.

FWIW the old router (which didn't work) was an old Sitecom one, and the new one is the one that came with my new O2 broadband. It's probably a standards or protocol thing.

 

[editor]

New store opening in Covent Garden will have them froffing at the mouth.......

Here's a video of it.



Do you wish you'd gone along and joined in?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I wonder how much the staff discount is for Apple store staff..?

(e2a: oh man this is fucking sweet, the embedded video keeps playing when you add a quick post!)

 

[Kanda]

Do you wish you'd gone along and joined in?

Not at all. Why would I??

 

[skyscraper101]

Do you wish you'd gone along and joined in?

OMG. I'm with Ed on this. Its just embarrassing stuff all that faux wooping and cheering.

 

[teuchter]

What did they do to those people? How do they make them like that?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

What did they do to those people? How do they make them like that?

Like I asked above about staff discount, retail pay ain't great so they must have wicked discount on Apple products to bring themselves to act like that..!

 

[editor]

Not at all. Why would I??

You normally get new the latest shiny Apple products just about as soon as they become available, so I thought you may have been equally keen to check out what is their biggest store in the known universe.

Did you watch the video, btw? What do you think of it?

Like I asked above about staff discount, retail pay ain't great so they must have wicked discount on Apple products to bring themselves to act like that..!

If I was expected to whoop, clap, chant, hug and high five like that in public, I'd want the products for free!

Oh, and apparently Apple employees are not allowed to talk about their discounts as part of their employment contract, but there's an outdated guide here.