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You've got to be kidding me. He may be the world's leading expert in search engines (I doubt it), but this post is ridiculous. My favorite part is when he rece
by freyr 14y ago
You've got to be kidding me. He may be the world's leading expert in search engines (I doubt it), but this post is ridiculous.
My favorite part is when he receives simple, straightforward advice from Apple on how to fix his iPhone issue, but he chooses to ignore it. Instead he scours the web for alternatives, and spots one suggestion that is applicable to jailbroken phones.
"Are you frickin’ kidding me? I have to jailbreak my phone to fix this problem?"
Uh, or you could just try any one of the four easy solutions you've been offered so far.
But that would make way too much sense, so he continues his search. He ends up at iphonefaq.org, a site that "looked pretty official." Are you freaking kidding me?
Finally, after hours of searching, he arrives at this gem:
"The only option that was relatively straightforward and seemed to work, according to many forums, was to restore the phone."
As in, the original solution provided by Apple's tech support. Apparently it's Apple's fault that he can't follow directions or readily accept simple solutions. I can't go on, I'm getting dumber just reading this.
- sequoia 14y agosimple, straightforward advice from Apple on how to fix his iPhone issue, but he chooses to ignore it. 'Oh, your phone has 2/3 of the storage taken up by cruft because our OS doesn't work properly. Delete everything on the phone and start over. Have a nice day!' This is answer may be "simple and straightforward" but it is not "acceptable." soon: "That model is 9mo old and Apple gave you a simple, straightforward answer: buy a new one. Why are you still complaining?"
- fname 14y agoI think you're missing the point. He didn't ignore the suggestions, he felt that particular suggestion to restore the entire phone was unacceptable. Just because Apple says to do it, doesn't mean it may be the absolute best solution so the author went about finding other possible alternatives among the community. Unfortunately, beyond jailbreaking it there was no other worthwhile solution. In the end, he did exactly what Apple told him to do... and it still failed. Now what?
- freyr 14y agoYou're missing my point. If a warning light on my car's dash turns on, I might look for a fix online. But if someone in a forum suggests I drive my troubled car off a cliff, I'm not going to write an angry rant accusing Ford of making me drive my car off a cliff. I'm also not going to navigate to some amateurish-looking website that's obviously not affiliated with Ford, and claim that I can't tell it apart from Ford's website (and imply that Ford is somehow responsible for my confusion). And if I can't fix it myself, I'll bring the car in for servicing, rather than writing a linkbait article speculating about what the repairman might tell me. (In fact, if the phone is a year old and it has a legitimate issue, Apple might just hand him a new phone... I find that scenario more in line with my own experiences, but we'll never know, since he couldn't be bothered). > Unfortunately, beyond jailbreaking it there was no other worthwhile solution. Really? Because he listed a bunch that all seemed more worthwhile.
- MSM 14y agoLooks like he definitely hit the nail on the head when he assumed he'd get people blaming him for not blindly following the "Just wipe your phone!" advice.
- freyr 14y agoI don't blame him for not blindly following the advice. I blame him for blindly ignoring it: > I have to jailbreak my phone to fix this problem? Clearly, that's not his only option.