iPod Touch firmware update fixes LCD issues
Posted by Steven Parker on 29 September 2007 - 13:57 · 16 comments & 15491 views
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#2 Posted by Boogiman on 29 Sep 2007 - 15:08
- I rly don't get it. If you gonna sell a product, my guess would be to test it to death before actually selling the darn thing.
Now they are selling it, and all of a sudden there is a problem with the lcd...... how?! -
#2.1 Posted by
markjensen on 29 Sep 2007 - 15:11
- There is a marketing balance point that they shoot for. Test products internally for too long, and you lose the jump momentum into the market. Release too soon, and you run into too many of these potential warranty issues.
Nothing is released and is flawless, software or hardware. -
#2.2 Posted by PureLegend on 30 Sep 2007 - 18:19
- Quote - (markjensen said @ #2.1)There is a marketing balance point that they shoot for. Test products internally for too long, and you lose the jump momentum into the market. Release too soon, and you run into too many of these potential warranty issues.
Nothing is released and is flawless, software or hardware.
Unfortunately, companies nowadays tend to rest on "we'll patch the firmware"
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#3 Posted by +Obi Wong on 29 Sep 2007 - 15:58
- i just got my iPod Touch yesterday
uploaded an episode of Heroes to it and it looks fine
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#4 Posted by Hell-In-A-Handbasket on 29 Sep 2007 - 16:22
- i pre-orderd my touch when it was announced,, from what i can decipher, i have a week 37 ( week affected ), and have had no issues before or after the update.
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#5 Posted by hulibecker on 29 Sep 2007 - 19:10
- I have a week 37 iPod Touch, and can confirm that this update for me at least has had a significant improvement on the screen issue.
I would have kept the touch even without this update though, cos o be honest even before it didnt bother me.
I just hope in the next update they unlock iCal so can make changes on the touch instead of on PC and having to sync the changes
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#6 Posted by betasp on 29 Sep 2007 - 20:12
- It has improved the issue, but it is still there. I am waiting for the local Apple store to get some more in and they are going replacing mine. They confirmed mine still has the issue.
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#7 Posted by P!P on 29 Sep 2007 - 20:42
- Can they use a more updated picture than the 1st generation iPod? lol.
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#8 Posted by dandin1 on 30 Sep 2007 - 02:59
- 150 MB? Even if there's other fixes in that update, how can it be so big? Someone accidentally zipped their pr0n stash along with it?
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#9 Posted by Tiger.Girl on 30 Sep 2007 - 04:09
- Quote -the update significantly fixes, at least to a degree, the LCD issue
Either it significantly fixes it or only doesn't.
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#11 Posted by DigitalE on 30 Sep 2007 - 15:51
- This update also fixed some wireless network connection problems I was having
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#12 Posted by whocares78 on 01 Oct 2007 - 01:44
- but they just work, or don't they?
That's the issue many Touch owners are dealing with at the MacRumors forums right now, it APPEARS to fix the problem.
Some forum members speculate that the update, which is a huge 150 MB, alters the contrast and brightness settings of the LCD screen. Others simply believe that the incorrect application of the LCD coating theory was just plain wrong, but that raises the question: Why did Apple admit to shipping faulty units if it could've asked users to wait for an update to fix the issue?
No one can answer that question, but one thing's certain: the update significantly fixes, at least to a degree, the LCD issue.