What happened to Lex's macbook - he was keeping us on tenterhooks?
― Bob Six, Friday, 26 November 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
we put the old hard drive i mentioned into it, and it works - still kinda annoying in many ways cuz i'd got used to the new 10.6 hd. on 10.4 i have to use firefox, which ALWAYS freezes and generally takes up more memory, instead of chrome (does anyone have any recommendations for light 10.4-compatible browsers?). and the version of itunes on 10.4 is pretty annoying too - for certain mp3s it has to stop and think and spin the beach ball for ~5secs before it'll play them, which rules out listening to some mixes completely.
i don't know what to do about the dead hd - there's stuff on there that i really quite need to have back, but not quite enough/sufficiently important to pay top dollar to retrieve. i've tried the freezing thing - didn't work. and i tried data warrior - the free demo tells you what data it can retrieve, and no dice there either. then i hit it a few times and that didn't work either.
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Saturday, 27 November 2010 09:50 (thirteen years ago) link
(does anyone have any recommendations for light 10.4-compatible browsers?)
seamonkey
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 27 November 2010 11:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Try Camino for a browser.
― stet, Saturday, 27 November 2010 12:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I got a new iphone 3gs on Tuesday. Everything seems to work apart from one thing: when I make or receive calls, I can't hear any sound unless I plug in the earphones or put it on speakerphone. There doesn't appear to be any fix for this - as far as I can tell the handset is just slightly fucked and there's no setting I can change to sort it out. Carphone Warehouse (who I ordered the phone from) were so hopeless in the first place (they managed to get my bank account blocked temporarily by fucking up the payment, then repeatedly promised me the phone would be delivered the next day but took a week to send it) that I don't know if I can face trying to get this sorted: I can see myself losing everything I've downloaded / set up so far and being without a phone for a week. Should I take this short term pain for long term gain, or just take the earphones with me everywhere and put up with it?
― Porpoises Rescue Dick Van Dyke (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Short-term pain for long-term gain.
― Interests: eating my cookie (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
do you have an apple store nearby? they should be able to replace it on the spot. just back it up before you go.
― joe, Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a massive apple store on regents street (in central London) (or there was in 2005 and I assume it's still there), but I didn't buy my phone from them so surely they wouldn't be obliged to help.
― Porpoises Rescue Dick Van Dyke (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 28 November 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
my 3G died last year, i bought it from O2 but the apple store changed it with no fuss. can't see why they'd treat you any differently.
― joe, Sunday, 28 November 2010 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Cool. I just need to work out how to save all my contacts, apps, etc. and then delete everything from the phone.
― Porpoises Rescue Dick Van Dyke (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 28 November 2010 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Do a full backup in iTunes. Then, when you get the new one, do a restore from backup and you'll be set.
― schwantz, Sunday, 28 November 2010 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Apple handles support for iPhones, nevermind where it was bought.
― shaane, Monday, 29 November 2010 00:29 (thirteen years ago) link
There's the fact that it's a retail store that makes you think they support what was sold there, but they're also the brick-and-mortar franchises of AppleCare and general support.
― mh, Monday, 29 November 2010 00:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Nasty & Brutish - have you tried this?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1630
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 29 November 2010 12:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, but thanks for looking. That's not the same problem - I couldn't find my exact problem on their site. Now that I know I can essentially save everything I need on my computer, I'm going to try restoring the device. If that doesn't work I'll take it to the Apple store.
― Porpoises Rescue Dick Van Dyke (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 29 November 2010 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
an empty plastic pitcher fell on my iphone from like a foot up and cracked the screen. wtf.
what are the chances that apple will replace this for me for free (none right)is it worth trying to replace it myself for ~$50 with a diy kitor should i just get the iphone 4 since ive had this phone for 2 years
― max, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
2 years? iPhone 4 for sure
― mh, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
dont want to spend the moneyyyyyyyyy
― max, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
should have thought of that before you got into bed with steve jobs
― caek, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
$50 for repairs, $199 for a new iPhone 4, assuming it really has been 2 years
― mh, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
(sorry about your phone max)
assuming it really has been 2 years
― mh, Tuesday, November 30, 2010 1:16 PM (44 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
you doubt me?!
― max, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
eh it still works so probably i will do what i always do which is just use it until it really breaks even tho it has a gross ugly broken screen now
Well, I would say "2 years" if I'd bought it in mid-December 2008, but by actual time, that is 1 year, 11 months and some change.
― mh, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
well i bought it in sept 2008 so so there
― max, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
$199 for a new iPhone 4
+ 2yr contract?
― Interests: eating my cookie (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Some friends insist that you're actually losing money if you don't upgrade your phone as soon as your carrier will subsidize a new one, since part of your monthly bill is basically paying for that subsidy.
― mh, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
haha that is the kind of thing my dad says
― max, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, don't do it if you have any inclination to switch carriers, though.
I say all this from a guy who was off-contract for like three years and bought his own phones, so ymmv
― mh, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
is the supposed verizon-apple deal coming soon
― max, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
new year allegedly
― caek, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
(i just alleged it)
maybe itll be worth it to just stick it out then
― max, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
meh, i didnt feel like paying $199 for the 4, i just upgraded to a refurb 3gs for $20
― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
and if it shits the bed, it was only $20
― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
verizon thing might actually be happening early next year, so its probably not a bad idea to wait. i havent bought an iphone yet, but ill probably go for it next summer after iphone 5 comes out
― markers, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
verizon thing IS happening, btw. friend of mine works for A Company (not apple) and one of his coworkers was at a factory in china and saw the verizon iphones being made
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
MAX pro-tip DO NOT BUY IPHONE 4. pls pls wait for the 4G version
― Shakey Sides (sunny successor), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:42 (thirteen years ago) link
verizon are retards fwiw
― Shakey Sides (sunny successor), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
improved camera alone has been worth the upgrade to iPhone 4, IMO
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Yep, and the display is ridiculously high-res.
― schwantz, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
And the 512Mb memory. It's basically better than an iPad.
― Interests: eating my cookie (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 00:31 (thirteen years ago) link
probably what's going to happen is the glass shards are gonna lacerate your femoral artery and you will bleed to death
― .\ /. (dayo), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 00:52 (thirteen years ago) link
― .\ /. (dayo), Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:52 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
best advice so far
― max, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 01:26 (thirteen years ago) link
― Shakey Sides (sunny successor), Tuesday, November 30, 2010 6:42 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
wont i be waiting, like... forever?
btw buying phones in this country is such a fucking drag
4g is not really 4g. T-mo's 4g? Same tech as at&t's 3G. Sprint's? Marginally faster, but works on few phones and their coverage is ~
I think the official 4g spec is another factor faster than anything anyone is using the branding for.
― mh, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
is there any way to make new itunes look less ugly
― max, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
hit it from behind
― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
the icon, or the actual program? app looks basically hte same
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link