I began the day excited. A new iPhone 2.0 update! My baby will be like new again with exciting new applications! Shiny!<\/p>\n
Step 1: Update iTunes.<\/p>\n
Step 2: Attach iPhone.<\/p>\n
Step 3: Watch update download and install.<\/p>\n
Step 4: Let it restart your iPhone to factory defaults.<\/p>\n
Step 5: New protocol has iPhone need to contact iTunes before it can restore all of your settings, as well as your phone number, to your iPhone.<\/p>\n
Step 6: Watch iTunes servers scream for mercy because everyone is trying to do the same thing.<\/p>\n
Step 7: Cry as you realize your phone can only make emergency calls. Effectively bricked.<\/p>\n
Step 8: Find iPhone developers and beat the snot out of them.<\/p>\n
Another Machead friend of mine is telling me to try repeatedly, as he had the same issue and he eventually was able to reach the activation servers.<\/p>\n
But the developer in me is asking WHY would you have existing iPhone owners re-activate their phones? They’ve been building up buzz on this for months, didn’t they forsee this clusterfuck? This just strikes me as abject stupidity.<\/p>\n
I’m somewhat tempted to sell this thing now since it has been wiped of all my details, except it’s a truly useful thing when developer brain fartery isn’t getting in the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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