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From: Mike Edwards on 1 Mar 2010 07:50 > I had an odd thing yesterday where I was sending a text message and the > phone suddenly rebooted, and got stuck on the apple logo. I can't > remember how I got it going again though. > > I have hardly any extra apps on it as yet. > > It's also done an odd thing where a thing like a volume(?) scale appears > on the home screen (the one with the world on it). > > Anyone seen this? I had a new iPhone that did that once every couple of days. Took it back and got a replacement.
From: Bella Jones on 1 Mar 2010 07:51 Mike Edwards <mike.edwards(a)rocksoft.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > I had an odd thing yesterday where I was sending a text message and the > > phone suddenly rebooted, and got stuck on the apple logo. I can't > > remember how I got it going again though. > > > > I have hardly any extra apps on it as yet. > > > > It's also done an odd thing where a thing like a volume(?) scale appears > > on the home screen (the one with the world on it). > > > > Anyone seen this? > > I had a new iPhone that did that once every couple of days. Took it back > and got a replacement. Well exactly - if it happens again I'll get it replaced. -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: zoara on 1 Mar 2010 11:00 Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > I had an odd thing yesterday where I was sending a text message and > the > phone suddenly rebooted, and got stuck on the apple logo. I can't > remember how I got it going again though. Just a thought (which no-one else has suggested yet); were you low on battery? The iPhone will shut down the app and then the phone when you get too low, and it does feel sudden and spontaneous... > I have hardly any extra apps on it as yet. That won't make a difference as to how crashy the phone is (though the individual apps may be crashy - but they'll just dump you on the home screen). > It's also done an odd thing where a thing like a volume(?) scale > appears > on the home screen (the one with the world on it). > > Anyone seen this? This sounds like the volume control - ie what pops up onscreen when you hit the volume rocker in any app, but your later description - "an odd thing that spontaneously appears at the top of the screen with a beeping noise" - sounds very different and not like something I've seen before. Does it look like the volume control? Oh, wait a minute. Start some music playing, turn off your iPhone using the top-left button, turn it back on with the same butoon and - without sliding to unlock - double-tap the home button (the one on the front). Is that what you're describing? That's the lockscreen media control, used to pause, play and change volume without unlocking and opening the iPod app. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 1 Mar 2010 11:00 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-03-01, Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > So this is a little bit normal then. I wonder if that newsreader app > > is > > doing it; newstap lite. > > I couldn't say for certain but I'd find it unlikely. I certainly haven't had *any* reboots caused by NewsTap (the full version). > In my experience when a > third-party app crashes it just takes you back to the icon screen. That's what happens here, too. I've had a few of those with NewsTap, although it is not the worst culprit. Generally speaking I'd say that sort of crash is rare, but I've stepped outside Apple's walled garden by jailbreaking, and the extra stuff I run behind the scenes is probably straining this poor 3G's resources far more than it likes. > Besides, weren't you in the SMS app? In which case NewsTap couldn't be > running. Indeed. Unless you're jailbroken, the only thing that can cause a crash is the app you're running or the operating system itself (which can include the bundled apps or services which furtle about in the background). -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Woody on 1 Mar 2010 11:05
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > I had an odd thing yesterday where I was sending a text message and > > the > > phone suddenly rebooted, and got stuck on the apple logo. I can't > > remember how I got it going again though. > > Just a thought (which no-one else has suggested yet); were you low on > battery? The iPhone will shut down the app and then the phone when you > get too low, and it does feel sudden and spontaneous... But it won't start it again though. > Oh, wait a minute. Start some music playing, turn off your iPhone using > the top-left button You have a top left button? -- Woody |