so usn is the problem

nothing to do with Apple. thats great.

I'm glad the saint Jobs doesn't need to look into this one.

Instructions incomplete

You should also stand on one leg in a bucket of water while wearing a bishop's mitre, a cricket box, and three vests.

Under no circumstances should you attempt the update when the moon is waxing crescent or waning gibbous.

Ouch

Probably best to just ditch the rubbish phone and supplied software and get a phone that was actually properly tested for functionality instead of looks!

"have some crack" did you say?

Sounds like the only sensible way to get a handle on Apple kit these days!

oi! Rielly

using the same logic, because it works for one person it's a massive succes.

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Or...

Works fine for me, therefore it can't be a significant issue?

Huh

Then I pray to the lord god above that I never have to see any of the software, hardware or duct taped together server rooms you guys build.

RE: oi! Rielly

OK, using your logic, it's failed for under 100 people.

How many iPhones have been sold?

Statistically speaking etc etc etc

RE: o'reely?

You're the first poster here who has actually tried it.

...and it worked.

Surprise, surprise, it worked for me too.

I'll probably get downvoted just as much as you did though.

Some people don't like the truth. Next they'll be claiming that the holocaust never happened.

Yesssss!!!!!!!

Godwin's Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law) has been invoked and applied!!!!

Well done AC!

iconic

i think this is the icon you are looking for

@AC I think you are right

Coz .....3, that's the magic number

bad luck

4 is considered bad luck in many asian cultures.

I remember Panasonic as one company that usually avoids product numbers starting with 4.

The moved from Fz30 to Fz50.

The must know something Apple did not.

Indeed

Also, I think this was the reason that Psion went from the Psion 3a direct to Psion 5.

Perhaps, there is some truth here.

Or perhaps this is the average number of models that a successful manufacturer has to go through before they get complacent and shoddy.

Canon?

Exception!

Canon 40D, 400D and 450D all reasonably good cameras for the markets they were aimed at.

Much more likely

Is that they got in a panic about the antenna issues and decided they needed to rush out the bar update to try and quieten things down. Unfortunately when you rush out updates they are routinely not very well tested, and one of the hardest thing to test is the installation process.

Funnily enough, Apple's reputation for quality comes partly from the fact that they control the entire stack from hardware through to software. iOS is a significant departure from this in the fact that the application layer has many many more 3rd party apps on it than other Apple platforms. But installation is something that requires 3rd party hardware quite often as well. Anyone willing to bet that Apple don't test updates from anything except Macs? Anecdotally the problems seem to be when installing iOS 4.0.1 from anywhere except a Mac. My suspicion is that they have a non-standard feature in the USB implementation which works fine with Mac OSX hardware. And don't tell me that it is a Windows problem since the installed base of USB devices on windows that don't have an issue is rather a lot larger...

@Martin

Of course, silly me - maybe one day I'll have your wisdom

no

I have updated iPhones on both windoze and mac, and have been fine - suspect its just hype like all of the reporting so far.

RE: Much more likely

"Unfortunately when you rush out updates they are routinely not very well tested, and one of the hardest thing to test is the installation process."

Except if you'd read the article, you'd know it's due to USB issues. Oh, wait. You did know that since you mentioned it later in your post.

hogwash this is not fanboy heaven

Maybe it was Microsoft who did the damage or maybe it was a disgruntled fanboy. Never blame the obvious source the manufactures because we all know Apple is perfect and cannot make a mistake.

Agreed but...

... the windows program installer and the components of the iPhone that receive the data should have some answer to this kind of error, like, say, several retries, instead of just exiting immediately. Other programs that use USB ports have been doing this for ages.

One way or another, Apple has a lot of responsibility for this failure.

@worked fine for me

"Not the slightest issue - and it was way fast too" - fair comment. A bit of balance.

"sorry - I know you want as many bad-apples reported but I ain't one of them" - idiot comment whereby you identify yourself as that which you purport to ridicule - an intolerant 'tard not interested in truth - and blow the validity of your initial comment.

I'm reminded of the patching mechanism on the PSP

Where it downloads the patch, then won't install it if the battery level is too low, or the device isn't plugged into the charger. Seems you have to try harder to brick a PSP...