Archive for: glitch
- December 13, 2010 7:34 am
Macbook Air users typically fall into the most mobile of categories, and ultimately favor portability and mobility over creature comforts. Realizing that, Apple designed the Macbook Air without an Ethernet port, because in reality, the Air is a secondary machine. However, in instances when you do need to hook up to a landline, a simple USB-to-Ethernet adapter can be used. But according to a growing number of reports, said solution isn’t working.
A growing thread in Apple’s own user support forums points to an apparent issue with the $29 Apple-certified USB-to-Ethernet adapter not actually working. When plugged into the right USB port, the adapter will work for a short time before saying that it has become disconnected. The left USB port supposedly doesn’t work at all. Plugging the same adapter into a Macbook or Macbook Pro results in a properly working adapter, pointing to a software issue on the Macbook Air itself.
For now, users experiencing issues relating to USB-to-Ethernet adapters on the Macbook Air need to disable automatic connection setup, delete the current connection OS X has assigned the adapter, and create a new one from scratch.
Let’s hope Apple pushes out an update sooner rather than later.
- November 11, 2010 10:32 pm
Bad news bears for iOS 4.2 hopefuls who were planning on staying home from work tomorrow to update their iOS devices to version 4.2 — An apparent WiFi bug affecting the iPad has caused the update to be put on hold. Specifically, the iPad running the latest GM build of iOS 4.2 had a problem in which it would drop any WiFi connection after a few minutes. Supposedly Apple is already on top of it and has a second GM build ready to go for tomorrow. However, it will take several days of extensive testing to make sure any remaining bugs are removed for good, meaning we the people won’t see iOS 4.2 until sometime next week — most likely next Friday.
So no, this weekend won’t be spent pillaging through the inner sanctums of iOS 4.2 on your iPod Touch/iPad/iPhone. But it just gives us something to look forward to next weekend, right?
- November 11, 2010 12:59 pm
The Dell Venue Pro is in my book, the best looking Windows Phone 7 device currently on the market. It’s sleek, stylish, and highly functional with it’s classic design and sliding portrait keyboard. But early adopters of the Venue Pro experienced first hand some of the early adopter blues — a nasty WiFi bug that prevented the device from connecting to protected networks.
But all is well, Dell is fessing up. In their blog, Dell acknowledges the WiFi issue (as well as an issue with mislabled batteries), and says that it was a small glitch in a small number of early production units. Specifically, the range of affected models includes those purchased by consumers between November 8th and 9th. Though the bug has since been fixed, Dell advises that affected users return their phone beginning next week for a free replacement.
Anyone GS readers experience the WiFi bug first hand?
Of all the instances of things slipping through the cracks or someone “going out with a bang”, Facebook’s July 29th 2010 snafu will forever stay in my memory. The snafu, discovered by a TechCrunch reader, apparently involved (note the past tense — Facebook has already fixed the glitch) a small issue when changing your Facebook profile’s main language to Spanish. Up in the top right where birthdays are announced, the words “Fuck you bitches” resided instead.
Not exactly the Happy Birthday we’re used to. But in the spirit of a good laugh, I can certainly appreciate Facebook’s attempts to make me laugh. It was fun while it lasted guys…
- February 10, 2010 8:19 am
Nothing is ever “perfect”, especially in the software world. There’s always a bug, a glitch, a security hole or some other failure in the code that lets bad things happen. Apple however, generally has a pretty good grip on such things on the iPhone platform. The iPhone 3.1.3 update on the other hand, isn’t one of their better moments. iPhone support forums across the web are voicing problems with battery life and how it’s displayed as well as issues with iTunes playlists. Being that the iTunes integration and battery functions are big parts of the overall experience, I would categorize these as pretty serious.
In regards to the battery problem, users are finding that the battery meter is jumping all over the place — up one minute, down the next, and then back up again. Shorter overall battery life is also being reported, though, that could be in some way related to the glitchy battery meter.
On the playlist front, it’s looking like there’s a small problem with smart playlists not syncing properly and forcing users to re-sync several times to get it working, if it works at all.
Hopefully we’ll hear or see something from Apple soon. Any iPhone users out there experiencing any of these issues?
iPhoneAlley
- November 23, 2009 5:27 am
Now before you think this “pink” reference is made to some popular womens lingerie store, I’ll come ahead and crush your dreams — it’s not. Instead this is a bit more sinister. Much like the Droid is having issues with it’s camera, it seems as if the HD2 (popular device this morning isn’t it…?) has problems of it’s own. While the Droid currently lacks the ability to focus because of a random, weird ass cycle because of a time stamp bug, the HD2 has a nasty case of the pink halo. This halo or “aurora” as it is being called leaves pictures taken with the HD2′s camera showing a pink aurora or halo in the middle of the image. Some units aren’t as pink’d with a small “disturbance” in the white balancing in the middle of the image being noticeable. Users are stating that newer units aren’t having this problem and that swapping out the defective units seems to fix the problem. So I guess the question is, is it a hardware or software problem? I would at first say hardware, you know, something with the lens. But after the Droid’s time stamp problem reared it’s ugly, digital head, anything is game now? What do you say? Hardware or software sickness?
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Until the Moto Sholes pops into the world, the Sprint branded HTC Hero is the coolest piece of hardware to be graced by Android. Since the launch of the device roughly one week ago, reviews both professional and amateur have been highly praising of the wonder gadget. The only monkey wrench that seems to be appearing is an apparent bug concerning an “always awake” handset after sending a text with the stock SMS app. If you think you’re clean and clear because the backlight goes off you may be disheartened to know that you aren’t quite out of the woods. Of course, users experiencing this issue are reporting average run times of only 8 hours — I’m pretty sure you’d notice that. Anyway, how do you know if you are in fact infected? Navigate to:
- Menu -> Settings -> About Phone -> Status -> Awake
In this menu location, affected units will show an awake time right around 100%. HTC is reportedly aware of the problem and working hard on a solution. As hinted earlier, this battery sadness is only affecting the stock SMS app. 3rd party apps downloaded from the Marketplace are A-OK. Hardly an optimum solution, though, it’s better than toting around a small generator just to power your Hero isn’t it? Look for a firmware update from HTC soon. And yes, we’ll give you an update. Stay tuned…
HTC Source > @the_real_Newman > Sprint Forums
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The interwebs were in a tizzy late last week when The Pirate Bay was taken down and removed from Google search results. Many started speculating almost immediately (myself included) that the end was near for the once great site that defied common laws in countries around the globe. However it appears as if TPB has escaped outright death in the near term. Apparently the whole snafu was nothing more than a simple error on Google’s part. The DMCA takedown notice that was responsible for TPB’s downtime and removal centered around apparent infringement on porn copyrights. After the dust settled and the smoke cleared, it was found that thepiratebay.org address was wrongfully included in the takedown notice, or as it quickly was coming to be known — the prophesied end of the world. Cooler heads have prevailed and TPB lives on for now. Google meanwhile has since apologized for the glitch.
While it may seem like a sigh of relief is appropriate, TPB is currently on weak legs and has a grim outlook. With the potential buyout looking less and less like a finished deal and instead turning into a form of real life “vaporware”, how much longer will TPB remain relevant? Hypothesizing aside, it’s back up. Enjoy those torrents folks.
The Register
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- October 21, 2008 11:27 pm
Internet forums have been ablaze the last couple of days with angry psp-300 owners. At first the screen was something one would sit and simply drool over…now not so much. It seems some nasty little surprises have popped up.
Interlacing, jagged edges, scan lines and some pretty nasty pixelation are rearing their ugly heads in what is quickly becoming a nightmare for Sony. One would think that Sony would hop to it and issue a fix for their disgruntled customers ASAP. Sorry disgruntled customers, today is not your day. Sony is actually doing the opposite and claiming that the screen problems are not an issue and went further saying that their would be no fix whatsoever software or hardware based. Wow…doesn’t that just make you want to and go hug the CEO of Sony. I feel sorry for all of the early adopters of the PSP-3000. It’s like a bug light…it lured you in with its shiny, sharp screen…then ZAP!
source: Boygenius
