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I had a MBP a few years ago. I installed the Boot Camp beta. When it went out of beta it locked up with no ability to change the configuration or installed OSs.

by TACIXAT 10y ago

I had a MBP a few years ago. I installed the Boot Camp beta. When it went out of beta it locked up with no ability to change the configuration or installed OSs. The solution was to upgrade (30$) to the latest version of OS X. Which meant I lost all the software that came with the laptop since I didn't want to pay for it again. I had an iPod touch. When I was using it on a certain network it couldn't hit the NTP servers. This set the time to 1970, and I couldn't change it manually due to some integer overflow bug. Trying to scroll those wheel things to the current date, it would start skipping 30 years forward and backward. The time not being set meant I couldn't use the app store, upgrade the OS, etc., rendering the device useless. I'll stick to Linux and Android. At least I can fix those when they break.

jagermo 10y ago
I own a perfectly fine iPad 1 and can't use apps for it anymore because Apple said so. This really irks me, at least let me install the latest usable version. The iPad is still working nicely, but the behavior by Apple just sucks.
- bigmanwalter 10y ago
  If you first add the app to iTunes for PC/Mac, then it lets you install the last compatible version of the app on your iDevice!
  - jagermo 10y ago
    wow, thanks. I'll try this.
    - bigmanwalter 10y ago
      It's absurd they don't say that anywhere, but it works :)
- nodamage 10y ago
  You can: https://support.apple.com/en-is/HT201377 https://support.apple.com/en-is/HT201377
  - jagermo 10y ago
    Running Windows :(
    - nodamage 10y ago
      Follow the iOS instructions. You can install older versions of apps directly from the App Store on your iPad by going into the Purchased section. It will prompt you to install the last compatible version. If you're trying to do this with an app you haven't previously purchased, you'll need to purchase it directly on iTunes, and then it will show up in the Purchased section of the App Store on the device.
eridius 10y ago
> When I was using it on a certain network it couldn't hit the NTP servers. This set the time to 1970 This doesn't make sense. No device resets its time to 1970 when it can't hit NTP servers.
- TACIXAT 10y ago
  I took a video - https://youtu.be/GAFh8j8pCaQ?t=21s https://youtu.be/GAFh8j8pCaQ?t=21s
  - eridius 10y ago
    That video is showing someone (presumably you?) scrolling through the date picker. It does not appear to provide any evidence to support your claim that the device resets to 1970 when it cannot get a response from NTP. As I said before, literally no device would ever behave that way, because not being able to get an NTP response is not a particularly uncommon occurrence (it happens any time you don't have internet), so any device that reset to 1970 would be extremely obviously broken as literally every single person would hit this many many many times.

by TACIXAT 10y ago

jagermo 10y ago

I own a perfectly fine iPad 1 and can't use apps for it anymore because Apple said so. This really irks me, at least let me install the latest usable version. The iPad is still working nicely, but the behavior by Apple just sucks.

bigmanwalter 10y ago
If you first add the app to iTunes for PC/Mac, then it lets you install the last compatible version of the app on your iDevice!
- jagermo 10y ago
  wow, thanks. I'll try this.
  - bigmanwalter 10y ago
    It's absurd they don't say that anywhere, but it works :)
nodamage 10y ago
You can: https://support.apple.com/en-is/HT201377 https://support.apple.com/en-is/HT201377
- jagermo 10y ago
  Running Windows :(
  - nodamage 10y ago
    Follow the iOS instructions. You can install older versions of apps directly from the App Store on your iPad by going into the Purchased section. It will prompt you to install the last compatible version. If you're trying to do this with an app you haven't previously purchased, you'll need to purchase it directly on iTunes, and then it will show up in the Purchased section of the App Store on the device.

eridius 10y ago

> When I was using it on a certain network it couldn't hit the NTP servers. This set the time to 1970 This doesn't make sense. No device resets its time to 1970 when it can't hit NTP servers.

TACIXAT 10y ago
I took a video - https://youtu.be/GAFh8j8pCaQ?t=21s https://youtu.be/GAFh8j8pCaQ?t=21s
- eridius 10y ago
  That video is showing someone (presumably you?) scrolling through the date picker. It does not appear to provide any evidence to support your claim that the device resets to 1970 when it cannot get a response from NTP. As I said before, literally no device would ever behave that way, because not being able to get an NTP response is not a particularly uncommon occurrence (it happens any time you don't have internet), so any device that reset to 1970 would be extremely obviously broken as literally every single person would hit this many many many times.