Reply to: Apple Update just 'bricked' my iPhone

[pleomax]

So you know a couple of people who have sourced the kit you need, but won't ask because they are permanent members of staff??!!

No wonder you purchased a Jesus Phone!

You missed the point i was making, I did not want to go an show a sign of weakness to permies who have a aura of greatness.

I am free of their ties and do not want to add fuel to thier ego's.

I did not know that the iPhone had been called a "Jesus Phone" in digital media. It always amazes me how when people find it hard to express themselves they always resort to using a spiritual symbol in a derogortory fashion.

[Ardesco]

Last update I did bricked my phone, and I thought ****!!! Clicked recover and it restored it to the back up it made before it patched and installed the update fine.

I was quite impressed, just had to resync my apps which was a 5 min job

[DogTown]

I have been trying to source an adaptor amoungst the other contractors on site but to no avail!

I know a couple of permies have adaptors but I am not that desperate!
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So you know a couple of people who have sourced the kit you need, but won't ask because they are permanent members of staff??!!

No wonder you purchased a Jesus Phone!

[pleomax]

I have been trying to source an adaptor amoungst the other contractors on site but to no avail!

I know a couple of permies have adaptors but I am not that desperate!
I have turned push/wifi and location services off and decided not to listen to tunes this afternoon.

I think it will be ok for the 1 1/2 hour drive home now.

Can any one recommend a good incar charger?

Regards

Pleo (I almost signed my real name there phew!)

[Durbs]

How do you find the battery life?
Fully charged this morning, sent a couple of emails and 1/2 surffing this morning and battery only half full now!
Not sure if it will last listening to an hour of iPod this afternoon and till i get back to home office!!!!

Yeah, its not great in that respect. I'm finding it needs a charge every couple of days. Playing games and sitting watching YouTube on it for a couple of hours seems to chew power.

Although to be fair, from what i've seen of it so far, theres a fair bit of processing/graphics power under the hood.

[Pondlife]

Update: iphone is now working again but was restored to some point in November which is weird.

I don't think it likes it if you use different copies of iTunes for updates, i.e. one desktop and a lappy.

[spoons]

I find the battery gets to about half full if I send/receive a lot of mail, and listen to music for about an hour during a day.

[Jog On]

mine is soldiering on quite well at the moment but I've stopped playing with it so much now.

[pleomax]

How do you find the battery life?
Fully charged this morning, sent a couple of emails and 1/2 surffing this morning and battery only half full now!
Not sure if it will last listening to an hour of iPod this afternoon and till i get back to home office!!!!

[Durbs]

Seems they are on a roll

So far, not tempted by the iPhone. Never been interested in these do-everything (poorly) phones.

Nah, i cracked and got a 3G and love it. It does everything very well IMO. Web browser is particularly well implemented. Just updated mine and it didnt break either.

[Jog On]

Going to back mine up before applying any updates now

[pleomax]

My company provided me with an iPhone 3G as the Co Mobile. Seems alright to me, and it hasn't "bricked" yet. Only got it on Friday and yes it is up-to-date.

[bogeyman]

Yay!

Now having to restore factory settings after an update failed. Clearly the "restore" is a load of old tosh if you have to reset back to factory settings and lose everything on it!

Cheers Apple, Merry Christmas.

Anyone else had this? Or should I feel special.

Edit: apologies to BM for piggybacking

Seems they are on a roll

So far, not tempted by the iPhone. Never been interested in these do-everything (poorly) phones.

[Pondlife]

Nope. It was/is/will be on O2.

I'll see what it can get back.

[NickFitz]

Yay!

Now having to restore factory settings after an update failed. Clearly the "restore" is a load of old tosh if you have to reset back to factory settings and lose everything on it!

Cheers Apple, Merry Christmas.

Anyone else had this? Or should I feel special.

Edit: apologies to BM for piggybacking

Was it unlocked? Updates usually break unlocked systems, as unlocking involves making a number of unsupported changes to the OS.

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