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• Monday, July 2, 2007 01:21 PM

  Very important:

  iPhone crashing? Mine hasn't. If anything it's been a breath of fresh air compared to all the other "smart" phones I've owned over the years. Nokia and Treos no longer! No more problems with updates, lagging OS, etc.

  Of course, no device is perfect...but even though this is a 1st gen phone, I am blown away by how easy it is to use and how well it does what was advertised.

  This aside, Farhad...if you're going to be fair, you really should mention that a OS crashing could be from a variety of things and not just a poorly coded OS. I run a G5 quad like crazy from sun up to sun down with an absurd amount of audio/video/design software running hundreds of plugins, yada yada. It has NEVER crashed. Why? Probably because I repair my permissions and check my directory once in a while. I make sure my dual 500 gb hard drives aren't too full, and I have really good SDRAM installed. This things make a VERY big difference.

  I've teched people's macs when they have been having problems. Bad RAM crashes a operating system, no matter what the platform. Then you have people who fill up a hard drive so it has a mere 30 mb left on it and they are wondering why things slow down or crash. It's not like I expect you to be a mechanic, but you should know better than to run a car without checking the oil once in a while or filling the gas tank with the right fuel.

  Farhad, you might have bought a lemon. I'd bring it in to the Apple store and I bet they'd exchange it no problem. I'm sure the last thing they want is a tech writer telling everyone a iPhone is unstable.

  To the guy who's Power PC mac is always crashing:

  -Make sure your hard drive isn't more than 75% full.

  -Make sure your RAM isn't defective (using your OSX install disc diagnostics application)

  -Print this and do the following:

  restart the computer...while it's starting up hold down (option) (apple) (o) and (f).

  the screen will go grey and then you will get a prompt.

  type "reset-nvram" (without the quotes, of course) and hit (return).

  type "reset-all" and hit (return).

  your computer will reboot.

  THEN

  restart the computer...while starting up, hold down (apple) and (s).

  type "/sbin/fsck -f" (without the quotes, of course) and hit (return).

  if any errors come up, repeat again until everything is fixed.

  when done, type "reboot" and hit (return)

  your computer will reboot and it's directory will be better.

  LASTLY...

  go to your applications folder, find the utilities folder and open the "Disk Utility" application.

  select your hard drive and click "repair permissions".

  if you haven't done this ever, or in a while, it might take a while.

  If you do all of these things, I bet your problems with OSX will go away.

  —johnnyrandom Read johnnyrandom's other letters
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