iPhone: Texting bug fix = 297 MB download. Seriously?! | The Coffeehouse

littleguru
<3 Seattle

Wow! To fix the iPhone texting bug you need to download a 297.9 MB package. Seems like Apple has nothing in place to do hotfixes on their software... Perplexed

Just to recap. This is an isolated error that they fixed by adding more error handling.

Superior software... yeah. I would hope Apple would start the copy machines once and implement at least something that allows to push down smaller updates.

And once again. It's storing it in the roaming profile. Excellent Tongue Out

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

Well, it beats WinMo which didn't really have any updates at all until recently.

littleguru
<3 Seattle

In reply to W3bbo

#Jul 31st @ 6:19 PM

This beats a lot. Yeah!

Bass
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In reply to W3bbo

#Jul 31st @ 6:19 PM

Dovella would say that is because Windows Mobile is perfect. Big Smile

Ray7

In reply to Bass

#Jul 31st @ 6:23 PM

Then he would be wrong,

A lot of people seem to be complaining about the size of the download, but I really don't see what the problem is.

I imagine that downloading the whole OS is a lot less likely to brick the phone than if they try to patch it.

And is a 300mb download such a big deal anyway? How many iPhone users are still on dial-up?

littleguru
<3 Seattle

In reply to Ray7

#Jul 31st @ 10:52 PM

Dial-up is not the problem. And it's not about the whole OS. I don't even say they should patch certain files by altering them. Why not packing up the files that were changed and replace them?

It seems to me that Apple never thought that they are going to have these kind of issues and therefore don't have a proper system in place!

Ray7

In reply to littleguru

#Jul 31st @ 11:05 PM

But why bother if it makes no difference to any of their users? To be honest, if I had an iPhone and I was given the choice, I'd rather install the whole thing from scratch rather than just replacing certain files.

Would I do that for a desktop OS? Probably not because it would be an all day job. For a phone, about three minutes.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

In reply to littleguru

#Jul 31st @ 11:05 PM

You mean like Windows Mobile? To update the OS in Windows mobile it's flash the ROM time.

That is, if you ever get an update at all.

littleguru
<3 Seattle

In reply to blowdart

#Aug 1st @ 12:20 AM

Windows Mobile is far from perfect. But on the other hand Microsoft isn't making ads like these. If you do something like that I am expecting that you really have the the most awesome technology around the block. And then you get a 300 MB download as a hotfix Tongue Out These two worlds (world 1 = ads, world 2 = my download yesterday) don't match at all...

As to the difference: it does. I could only watch a movie in low quality on netflix because for half a hour I had to download the update. But that isn't the big thing. In Europe a lot of contracts (DSL, or wireless cards that you put in your PC) come with download limits... Do I really need to use 1/4 or half of my monthly quota for one hotfix that updates a texting bug?

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

In reply to littleguru

#Aug 1st @ 9:12 AM

Well one of the major drawbacks is the Windows Mobile update process. It's not there. Manufacturers of phones issue ROM updates if you have bought the phone from them directly. If your operator has customised the ROM then you have to wait for the Operator.

One benefit of apple not allowing customisation is they can push the update out to everyone.

littleguru
<3 Seattle

In reply to blowdart

#Aug 1st @ 9:13 AM

True. But my last update of the Diamond Touch was like, what was it... <50 MB?

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

In reply to littleguru

#Aug 1st @ 9:15 AM

I've never had an update for this Windows Mobile phone. Despite there being a lot of bugs in the custom ROM. My last phone had all of one update.

Heck one reason I won't upgrade is I don't trust my operator to provide a WM6.5 upgrade. If I'm going to get a new phone that's WM based I'm going to buy it directly. Or rather I would, except they're all more than an iPhone that way.

Dovella
Go Microsoft !!!!!!!

In reply to Bass

#Jul 31st @ 6:23 PM

Wm 6.5 is 60 MB. all OS Wink

littleguru
<3 Seattle

In reply to Dovella

#Aug 1st @ 9:23 AM

Where did you get that from? Link!

Dovella
Go Microsoft !!!!!!!

In reply to littleguru

#Aug 1st @ 9:24 AM

Depend from your mobile

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

In reply to Dovella

#Aug 1st @ 9:29 AM

How is the size of the core operating system dependant on your mobile? That makes no sense, as the OS size is exactly the same regardless of who makes it.

And if it were true how come the vast majority of WM phones these days have 256Mb ROMs? What do they fill that space with? Made up statistics?

Dovella
Go Microsoft !!!!!!!

In reply to blowdart

#Aug 1st @ 9:33 AM

CLICK

(Remember driver modem, Camera etc.)

intelman

Who cares? The iPhone is very well done. Windows Mobile phones have a while yet.

littleguru
<3 Seattle

In reply to Dovella

#Aug 1st @ 9:34 AM

Still can't find the size... You need to be more precise Dovella!

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

In reply to blowdart

#Aug 1st @ 9:33 AM

That makes no sense, as the OS size is exactly the same regardless of who makes it.

Apparently not. There is a not so official WM6.5 rom for the Axim X51v, and the guy who made it talked a lot about all the work he had to do to get the OS to fit in th 30MB of ROM space that the Axim has for the OS (sure, it has 256MB of flash memory too, but that can't be used for the OS). He did apparently manage it. No idea how though, I don't know how this custom ROM building business works.