iphone rubbishness...

[thedarkprince]

Just upgraded my girlfriend's iphone to OS 3.0 and its finished downloading, done the bit which says the phone's about to restart, and then i got the message:

"Could not complete the iTunes Store request.  The store may be busy.  Check your internet connection or try again later."

The phone is now in the stupid pre-registered state where it says to connect to iTunes.

Anyone got any clues???

[thedarkprince]

and before anyone states the obvious, yes she has an account and yes its iTunes 8.2somethingorother...

[Arnold.J.Rimmer]

have you tried switching it off and back on again

[Samdy Gray]

Could just be the Apple servers acting up at the moment.

[Samdy Gray]

Also, do you use Internet Explorer?

http://www.petersopinion.com/2009/06/17/installing-iphone-os-3-0-fail/

[thedarkprince]

Hmmm, didn't get that SIM message and that "Check for server certificate revocation" was already unchecked...

[thedarkprince]

I've resorted to posting it on the Apple support forums... god help me!

[jonny72]

Try recovery mode (basically a complete restore of the software on the iPhone):

- turn it off.
- unplug it from the computer.
- press and keep pressing the home button.
- plug it in to the computer (still pressing the home button).
- open iTunes (if not already open).
- it should now go in to recovery mode, then you can let go of the home button.

[Talk Talk]

Apple kit is wonderful.

NOT

It is the most incompatible, unfriendly, buggy consumer good in the world.

My first experience of Apple was 25 years ago and that was a IIe computer. Fucking shite. My most recent was my youngest son's birthday present last week, an iPod Touch. Would the fucking thing work with my wireless router? Oh no. No way. I found an Apple forum thread with 32 pages debating which brands it would and wouldn't support with WPA 1/2/fucking any. I gave up in the end and recommissioned an old WAP as a second wireless network with stone age WEP encryption. It worked immediately.

Complete toss.  Even Windows is better than the crud 'compatibility' that Apple peddle.

[Talk Talk]

Try recovery mode (basically a complete restore of the software on the iPhone):

- turn it off.
- unplug it from the computer.
- press and keep pressing the home button.
- plug it in to the computer (still pressing the home button).
- open iTunes (if not already open).
- it should now go in to recovery mode, then you can let go of the home button.

And how shit is that? JUST FUCKING WORK YOU EXPENSIVE DOORSTOP.

[Fred Elliot]

Apple kit is wonderful.

NOT

It is the most incompatible, unfriendly, buggy consumer good in the world.

My first experience of Apple was 25 years ago and that was a IIe computer. Fucking shite. My most recent was my youngest son's birthday present last week, an iPod Touch. Would the fucking thing work with my wireless router? Oh no. No way. I found an Apple forum thread with 32 pages debating which brands it would and wouldn't support with WPA 1/2/fucking any. I gave up in the end and recommissioned an old WAP as a second wireless network with stone age WEP encryption. It worked immediately.

Complete toss.  Even Windows is better than the crud 'compatibility' that Apple peddle.

I blame ;

Brown
Cameron
Clegg
MP's expenses
Anne Widdecome
Anne Snelgrove


et al

[Sippo]

Did you have a PIN number on the phone's start up? I had the same issue and had to put my sim in an old phone and remove the pin. Then worked fine.

[axs]

I blame ;

Brown
Cameron
Clegg
MP's expenses
Anne Widdecome
Anne Snelgrove


et al

And illegal immigrants and princess Di dying.

[jonny72]

I couldn't agree more, having to hold a button for 5 seconds and plug in a cable is a ridiculous amount of effort to restore a device. I've had to do it a few times and am absolutely disgusted. So disgusted that I'm planning to go back to Windows and a Sony phone.

How I miss those days of having to re-install Window every so often, the blue screen of death, being constantly on the guard for viruses and being unable to sync my phone with anything.

So much better than having to press a button for 5 seconds.

[Fred Elliot]

And illegal immigrants and princess Di dying.

And the Chuckle Brothers and Wee Jimmy Krankie



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