Be aware of multitasking!!!!!

Is iPhone multitasking really that good? I don't think so. The procedure of closing the app takes so many steps that it is really inefficient. Now, if you leave one, or two of those Ad supported applications running in the background the Ad rotation will eat up your monthly allowed bandwidth, and go far beyond that. It has happened to me, and my bill went up to almost $170!!!!!!
We demanded multitasking, and they did deliver it, but by teaming up with att, and figuring out another way to rip people off.

I think the multi-tasking is great but it does lack one very major insight...
what if we do not want to multi-task every app? I know not all apps mult-task but it really is a pain in the arse to constantly have to manually turn them off...
SOLUTION... let us choose which apps to multi-task with a double click.
click once for regular tasking and double click an app to keep it running in the background. this would solve the problem and its not at all complicated. alot easier then me triple clicking my volume rocker to back up a song for sure...

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Multitasking bar? Does this constantly use data?

Hi,
Unfortunetly AT&T did away with their unlimated data feature so I'm stuck with the 2gb per month plan. My question is when I leave an app in the multitask bar does this constantly use my data? I have notifications turned off and I have my mail set up for me to manually load it. It's becoming a pain to have to keep an eye on which apps are running and to not be able to shut the app completely down when I close it, instead I'm going to my MTB every 10 min. to kill apps.
Thank you!

I popped into the AT&T store this afternoon and confirmed that I could keep my unlimited plan and still have a family plan. Which is nice, not sure I need it but it does offer another choice.
I've been relatively uninspired by AT&T's service in my area and researching changing to the Droid X as well. It does have a few features that are attractive like a replaceable battery, storage on a replaceable card and so on. The display on the iPhone 4 is simply amazing though and I already prefer the interface of the iPhone to the Droids, so it's probably going to be an upgrade instead of a switch of providers.
The video conferencing on the iPhone is a nice feature but since it's required to be over wifi on each connection, the chances of both my wife and myself being on wifi at the same time unless we're in the house together are slim to none and slim left town. So, great feature, not very practical.
I did find one thing unique today, the sales guy at AT&T had his own iPhone 4 and we did a couple of speed tests while I was there vs my 3GS. Now we were both on 3G at the time and really the speeds should have been almost identical as the processor should have nothing to do with the transmission speed over 3G but his phone blew mine away. A bit on the download but a huge amount on the upload. Kind of makes me wonder if there's been something wrong with my 3Gs that I wasn't really aware of?

Multitasking on iOS 6 vs Android

Hi there!
I am quite excited about the new iPad mini. But i wanted to ask about multitasking on the iOS6 especially in comparison with the latest Android OS.
I still think the Android system is very easy and at least 1-2 step ahead of iOS 6. Am i right or wrong?
I am aware of how an iPad multitask like swiping up from the bottom and deleting the apps. But with iOS6 can it do more or better?
Example, can i leave a Youtube video without pausing and then check my email at the same time? Can i check my Twitter whilst a movie is running at the background?
Please advice.
Thanks.

I think and from what i know iOS does multiasking in a different way than Android OS. But that's the last time i know.
By double-tapping the Home button or by 4-finger swyping from the buttom one can see recently opened (and running) apps then delete them one by one but like someone has said if one would like to view running apps its all a single view thing.
With Android OS they are going on the direction of 3 buttons on the bottom. The one button on the right will open all the recent (and running) apps and you can just swype them either to the left or right to delete/stop them.
IS there anything new or improved on iOS6 on the multitasking (and deleting apps) front as far what i have mentioned so far?

IOS 4.0 Multitasking bar - even non-multitasking apps?

Why do non-multi-tasking enabled apps still get put into the multi-tasking menu accessed by pressing the home button twice? Surely if the app has not been coded to do any sort of fast task switching and all it can do is restart it should not be left in the list as its just filling it up with nothing to gain.
As many of the current apps are not multitasking aware it does not take long to get lots of non-multitasking apps getting in the way.
Am I missing something?

Rob_Quads wrote:
Am I missing something?
Yes.
What actually happens when you multitask out of an app (to call it that), is the app is backgrounded, sent a signal alerting it of that event, and then suspended. Being suspended means it still exists in memory, but it's not scheduled to run any code on the CPU until you bring it back to the foreground. This works even in apps that are not multitask-aware.
That said, apps should be updated to become multitask-aware, by handling the signal that's sent when you switch out of an app. The app should do some things like save state, reduce memory, close open network connections, etc. This has two functions: first, memory on the device is limited so when you run more apps than you have memory for, the OS will kill off the largest suspended processes until there's enough memory to continue. Reducing memory will make that not happen as quickly. Second, if your app is killed while suspended, it isn't woken up and told about this politely. It just goes from being suspended (and not being able to run code) to being non-existent. This is why it should save state: so it goes back to where you were once you restart the app.
Some people seem to think that multitasking on iOS, apart from actually backgrounded apps like music players, is just somehow more quickly starting up an app and keeping state. It's not. The app is still in memory, just as it was before you switched out of it, it's just paused.

More than one VI at a time (i.e. multitasking)

Hello.
I currently work in a lab where we use LabVIEW to control an multifunction instrument. We use the sofware both for data acquisition (through Ni-DAQ) and for physical control of things like stages, and frequency generators (e.g. through GPIB). There are a few programs that do very simple things (like move a stage with a joystick, or turn a laser on and off) that I would like to run continuously in the background while I run other more specialized software (like a data acquisiton routine). However, when I run more than one VI at the same time I run into very bad timing problems. Some of my programs require this kind of multitasking and I have implemented it using a sort of Master loop (similiar to the Master/S
lave paradigm discussed on the NI website).
If I were to purchase the compiler and build executables out of some of the VIs, would I be able to run these in the background while LabVIEW runs other VIs without running into timing issues?
Also, if I build executables from some of the VIs would these VIs be able to access global variables that LabVIEW is using (I assume the answer is no, but I figured I'd ask).
Thanks,
Josh
[email protected]
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Joshua Shaevitz
Department of Physics
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305

First, do you know where your timing problems are coming from? Are some of those background tasks very processor intensive, or is the problem that you're sharing subVIs that aren't reentrant (and hence may be "blocking" each other)? Have you tried multithreading the application yet (running the motion control in one thread and the laser control in another, for instance)?
Splitting your tasks between multiple executables might help, but it will almost certainly increase the overhead of each background task, and you will not have common access to global variables. You could, however, work around that by instituting a common data repository as one of your background tasks (presumably accessed through a messaging interface).
In fact, I would probably suggest
this as a method of performance optimizing your application anyway -- if you are using globals extensively for parallel operation, they might be part of the blocking problem.

IPod touch is no longer aware of the music...

I recently updated my iPod touch to the most up-to-date firmware/software available (1.1.2 I believe, I'll fix this if I posted in error) and upon restarting my iPod and attempting to browse my music I noticed that it said I had no music.
So, I simply reconnected the iPod and hit the sync button. No dice. "OK" I thought, and I moved onto the next 'simple' fix - I changed USB ports. Again, nothing. So, I restarted the iPod touch by powering it down and turning it back on. Still no music. Restore mode? nadda. Restore through iTunes? Nothing.
I have tried virtually every method of resetting and restoring available to me. I have also ensured that iTunes was the most up to date version. I connected my iPod to iTunes and made sure that the music was actually available on the iPod itself and the music IS there and iTunes is aware of it. The iPod just isn't.
Synced pictures are showing up, but that's about it. I don't seem to have access to any music, or video, despite it's availability on the iPod. I seriously have no idea what on earth to do about this, but I need my iPod functioning.

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Probably best if you start a new thread. Did you initially set-up this iPod touch on another Mac/PC?
Have you tried the troubleshooting steps on the Apple Support pages?
cheers
mrtotes

Best Practice Agregate Tables for agregate awarness ..

Hello,
the question i m facing now is how to improve performance trough agregate awarness. How to plan the agregate tables in order to get the best covering for reporting requirments ? How to realize maximum use of agregate tables and minimum use of Detail tables.
Is there a method / technique to do that the best way?
until now did it this way.
1. I generated a kind of select * from DetailTable. (exp. 5 Mio rows)
2. progressivly i removed one or more dimension from the statment and got for exp. only 3 Mio Rows. the removed dimension is something like Postal code of Customers or so that i get only information about city and country. Or removing Day from date so that i only have info about the month .. etc.
3. I remove further dimensions .. (less rows exp 1 Mio)
4. at the end i have 5 or 6 agregate tables candidate for use in agregate awarness ..
Is that Ok like this .. could u please share your experiences ..?
Edited by: MM on Sep 9, 2010 3:57 PM

What was already suggested is, of course, valid. You need to find out what questions your business users are asking else you run the risk of providing an answer to an unasked question. However, there are a few other tips I would like to share.
First, if you can't get an order of magnitude reduction, it's not worth the effort. Going from 5 million to 3 million rows is not good enough to consider. Going from 5 million to 500,000 rows is, as the resulting aggregate is smaller by a factor of 10. And then going from 500,000 to 50,000 could be even better.
Second, you might consider what options your database has instead of using Aggregate Aware. For example, Teradata offers the AJI or Aggregate Join Index feature which - to be honest - is far more flexible than using Aggregate Aware in the universe. Using your database means your aggregate tables are usable by any tool that hits the database, even from tools that do not hit the universe such as Crystal.
Third, and this goes back to the first point in a way, you have to be very careful in defining your aggregate path. The Aggregate Aware feature of the semantic layer is powerful but it does have limitations. For example, you have to build a linear reduction in your path. That probably doesn't make sense (and I have a draft blog post that I have to get finished one day) but here it is in a nutshell. Suppose you have five factors in your fact, call them A, B, C, D, and E. You want to build an aggregate table at the A, B level. That's fine. You can also build an aggregate at the A, C level. But you can't use both of them in the same @Aggregate_Aware() object definition. You have to build a pyramid, like this:
A
A, B
A, B, C
A, B, C, D
A, B, C, D, E
This does not work because items disappear and reappear later on, and that does not work.
A
A, B
B, C
A, C
A, D, E
A, B, C, D, E
With Teradata AJI definitions you can do this second case. It does not work in the universe, because you need one clear "best" answer at all times. In the second case, where is the single "best place" to retrieve attribute B? There isn't one, and the aggregate aware process fails.
Hope these ideas help.

Apple iPad 3. BT email not working. Cannot send emails from btconnect SMTP after iOS upgrade. This is the only difference I am aware of. Can anyone help me please.

BT email not working. Cannot send emails from btconnect SMTP after iOS upgrade. This is the only difference I am aware of. Apple iPad 3. Can anyone help me please.

All resolved at last
Deleted the SMTP setting
Recreated the SMTP using the same settings
Able to send emails now
No logic - as usual - just a bug!

Can I return my iPad in the states if I bought it at an apple store in the UAE because I wasn't aware it didn't come with FaceTime at the time?

Can I return my iPad in the states if I bought it at an apple store in the UAE because I wasn't aware it didn't come with FaceTime at the time?

Your only option is to sell the iPad and buy a new one.
Apple Reuse and Recycle Program
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/reuse_and_recycle
How to Sell Your Old iPad http://tinyurl.com/85d69lk
Other sources to sell.
eBay Instant Sell http://instantsale.ebay.com/?search=ipad
Sell and Recycle Used Electronics - Gazelle http://www.gazelle.com/
For instant gratification in selling a used iPhone or iPad, Gazelle’s Gadget Trader, an iOS app, is tough to beat. In seconds it detects the device and reveals how much it is worth in good condition. Tap the Sell This Phone to Gazelle button and the deed is done.
Sell Electronics for Cash - Next Worth http://www.nextworth.com/
Buy My Tronics http://www.buymytronics.com/
Sell Your iPad http://www.sellyourmac.com/mac-product-guides/ipad.html
Totem http://www.hellototem.com/
 Cheers, Tom

Multitasking on iPod Touch 4G, running iOS 6.1.2, nearly impossible. Opened, background apps do not seem to stay in memory and must "reload" every time I switch back to them. Also, intense battery drain (imo).

Let's say I'm playing Words with Friends, and also Angry Birds. I may want to go back and forth between the two. When I do so, the app that was in the background needs to reload again. There is no quick access or ability to quickly resume where I left off. And the reloading means that the app restarts from its opening screens...so if I was working on a level, I have to start all over again. And quite often, a game like Angry Birds will lag greatly when I first open it...moving almost in slow-motion.
I don't know if this is typical behavior when playing multiple games, or if I have an issue with my device. I've rebooted and even reset and restored, all to no avail.
There doesn't appear to be as much of an issue if I'm playing one game but also have the music player open, or Safari, Notes, Reminders, etc. Those will resume just fine, though there may be some lag when opening/re-opening them.
So I guess the problem seems to lie within 3rd party apps, and not the apps that are part of the iPod/iOS.
The other problem is battery drain. I do all of my music listening via Bluetooth, so I expect that to have a greater impact than if I were using plugged in headphones, and I have location services turned on. But I have most notifications turned off, all email accounts set to manual and not push, screen brightness turned down and auto brightness turned on, "ask to join networks" turned off, auto-lock is set to 2 minutes but I almost always turn off the screen immediately after setting up my music listening (since I do so at work), volume limit turned on, EQ turned off, sound check turned off,
With these settings, my battery can drain 20% or more within 10-15 minutes of game play. And these are not what I would consider memory intensive games--just Words and Angry Birds.
I've installed (and recently uninstalled) a couple of battery meters from the Apple Store as well--freebies. Carat, Battery Doctor, Battery HD, Battery Magic.
Carat and Battery Doctor seemed to offer the most pertinent and accurate information so the others were uninstalled long ago.
The Accelerate tab in Battery Doctor show the amount of memory in use, and the amount of available memory. The vast majority of the time, the memory in use is approximately 94%. I will occasionally choose to "accelerate" which supposedly frees up memory, but this "bump" lasts only a brief time and I'm not sure it's a great idea.
Even with absolutely nothing open or running, my used memory is generally still above 80%.
Carat, if anyone is familiar with it, shows a J-Score. My J-Score is 17, which means that my performance (according to Carat, anyway) is better than only 17% of the users who have Carat installed. In other words, 83% of people are getting better performance from their devices. It also has "battery hog" and "battery bug" sections. It doesn't detect any hogs or bugs.
I use my iPod Touch in rather limited ways. A typical day consists of approximately 5 hours of music listening via Bluetooth and 30 minutes to 1 hour of playing the aforementioned games. The occasional note and reminder, perhaps a brief check-in with the weather, and that's about it. And wifi is in use only when at home (there is no hotspot at work). Still, I need to charge it every day. I'd be keen to do more with the iPod if I could count on it to last more than a day.
I've read up on multiple forums and blogs for tips on prolonging a battery charge, and believe I've taken everything into account, and applied whatever I could. I've even reset the network settings and try to discharge the battery completely once a month (for supposed battery calibration).
I'm really hoping people can offer some suggestions or comments on whether this is typical behavior or if my battery is going, or even offer some additional tips.
With iOS 7 on the horizon, I'm hoping the upgrade will offer some resolutions (I've read there is better multitasking), but considering how weakly my device performs at this point, I'm not entirely convinced that an iOS upgrade will actually make any improvements.
Thanks a lot for reading.

No, the app does not have to completely restart. It gets shifted in its open state into storage. Similar to how a computer uses the hard disk when it has insufficient memory.
What complicates things is that sometimes memory does not get returned for reuse when you close an app. Thus yo should periodically double click the Home button and "delete" unnecessary apps from the multitasking dock and power off and then back on the iPod.

MOBILE VERSION DOES NOT WORK!!!! Is Adobe not aware that encrypted forms fail using mobile reader??

I created a PDF Form in Acrobat Pro 9, and encrypted it with a password. No other restrictions were placed on the document.
When I open the document on an android device (tablet or phone) or an iPod, it does not allow me to fill in any of the fields or apply a signature of any kind.
However, when I open the same exact form with the desktop version (Reader XI), it does allow me to fill it out and sign it with no problem.
I have no problems filling it out and applying a signature with a mobile device when the document is not encrypted.
PLEASE HELP!
I have updated all my versions to the most latest.

Yes, apparently Adobe is aware of this.
For Adobe to omit such basic functionality to its mobile version is appalling.
I would have expected this from Microsoft, but not from Adobe.

ADFS 3.0 WAP and Non-Claims-Aware Relying Party Trusts

I am attempting to migrating a Windows Claims SharePoint page to ADFS 3.0 (Windows Server 2012 R2) and the WAP (Web Application Proxy) from UAG, but are running into problems when our external users attempt to authenticate. Users from our external
domain (call it Domain2.com) have been accessing our SharePoint pages via SAML tokens but when I attempted to move them to the new WAP and off of UAG, they get a http/500 error. The WAP error log gives the following:
Warning Event ID 13016 - Web Application Proxy cannot retrieve a Kerberos ticket on behalf of the user because there is no UPN in the edge token or in the access cookie
Error Event ID 12027 - Web Application Proxy encountered an unexpected error while processing the request. Error: The specified username is invalid. (0x8007089a).
I presume the Error Event ID 12027 is because there is no UPN in the token and we are using KCD/Kerberos so I need to pass a UPN.
The ADFS server and WAP are joined to Domain1.com. Domain1.com is Active Directory and there is an account for every user in Domain2.com that is allowed access to our SharePoint Sites. These account contain the standard
info... UPN, Email Address, sAMAccountName, etc. The UPN, Email, and sAMAccountName do not always match the accounts with the Domain2.com accounts; however, we have been using an Active Directory Field labled employeeNumber that is synchronized
on both domains and we have been using a custom lookup based on the employeeNumber in AD.
When login's occur via Domain1.com, no problem, the UPN is pulled from the Active Directory Claim Provider Trust. When a user attempts to access from Domain2.com, we have configured ADFS to forwards them to an STS that collects the employeeNumber
from Domain2.com via a Web Auth SAML token. We are able to use the SAML token if we use the standard Claims-Aware Relying Party Trust (CARPT) and convert our SharePoint sites to use the trusted URN via powershell scripts, but we are trying to retain
functionality similar to how we are using UAG so we don't want to change every single SharePoint site to the SAML configuration, hence we are trying to use the Non-Claims-Aware Relying Party Trust (NCARPT)
Problem1: When we are using CARPT we can configure the custom translation for our employeeNumber lookup in AD. But CARPT uses SAML Tokens not Kerberos Tolkens so we cannot login when SharePoint is configured for Kerberos.
Problem2: When we are using NCARPT it works great when authenticating via local (Domain1.com) credentials and look's up the user in AD, but when we attempt to authenticate with remote (Domain2.com) credentials we are unable to configure the employeeNumber
lookup and ADFS doesn't just go out and make that correlation on its own.
Question1: Can I configure CARPT to use Kerberos?
Question2: If not, can I configure NCARPT to lookup the AD employeeNumber, match the UPN, and add the UPN to the token?
Question3: If neither option is available, am I just stuck with UAG or is there something out (not scheduled for EOL) there that can handle the translation between SAML and Kerberos Tokens?
Let me know if I left something out, I tend to ramble, but not sure of all the info that is needed...

Hi,
Based on the description, is there trust between domain 1 and domain 2? If not, we can try to create trust between these two domains to see if it helps.
Regarding Event ID 13016 and Event ID 12027, the following article can be referred to for more information.
Web Application Proxy Troubleshooting
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn770156.aspx
Besides, for ADFS questions, in order to get more and better help, it's recommended that we ask for suggestions in the following forum.
Claim based access platform (CBA), code-named Geneva
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=Geneva
Best regards,
Frank Shen
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My iPod email will not sync. It last did so three days ago. I have chnaged no settings that I'm aware of in the meantime.

Three days ago my iPod stopped syncing my email. I have IOS 8.1.2 so my software is up to date. I've changed no settings that I'm aware of. I now must check my gmail using the gmail APP. It says it's "checking for mail", but nothing shows up. How can I get my email to once again sync?

Problem solved. I deleted account and added it back in. Many thanks.

WRT1900 AC V1 - Linksys is aware that the router is not working properly. Help spread the word.

I just had a conversation with Linksys' Customer Service via chat: Daphne L. J: Hello Fernando Paramo. My name is Daphne L..
Daphne L. J: Welcome to Linksys Global Chat. Is this your initial contact or do you have a case number?
You: Case number is 04971062
Daphne L. J: Please give me 3-5 minutes to pull up and review your case.
You: OK
Daphne L. J: Thank you.
You: I have a WRT1900 AC, V1. The router is not working properly. I have disconnections every few minutes.I already installed the new firmware version and I still have the same issues. I already reset the router to factory defaults and same issues. I have changed the settings back to my personal preferences: Changed the SSID, changed the wireless security settings, changed the DNS and deactivate WPS. That's it.I'm using 5 Ghz mode with my laptops (5 Ghz adapters) and 2-4 Ghz with a few devices (Chromecast, Nintendo 3DS).
Daphne L. J: Thank you for waiting.
Daphne L. J: Please confirm if the following information is correct:
Name : Fernando Paramo
Phone Number :
E-Mail Address :
Model Number : WRT1900AC
Serial Number : 13J10609406280
Country : United States
You: That's correct.
Daphne L. J: Okay. Were you able to check if the devices have stable connection wired to the router?
You: No. I do not have devices with Ethernet ports. Well, only the cable modem.
You: But the modem is fine. No disconnections from my ISP.
You: It is the router.
Daphne L. J: Alright. What is the current firmware version of your router?
You: I tried to return the router to Wal-Mart yesterday with no luck. This is a useless device. And I have been reading comments on the community forums and a lot of people are having problems.
Daphne L. J: We are actually aware of the issue and are working on a resolution. What is the current firmware version of your router?
You: Ver. 1.1.10.167514
You: Latest one.
Daphne L. J: Yes, so you reflashed the firmware, reset and then manually reconfigure it after, not using backup configuration, is that right?
You: That's correct.
Daphne L. J: And it is intermittent on all devices connected to both 2.4 and 5 Ghz networks, is that right?
You: That's correct.
Daphne L. J: Thank you for the information. Please give ,e 3-5 minutes to verify this with my superior.
Daphne L. J: Thank you for waiting.
You: I want to send you my WRT1900 AC and get a V2 or I want a EA8500 and pay the difference myseld.
You: I do not want my current hardware.
You: It is useless for my needs.
You: I can't believe I had an older E3000 that didn't give me any problems.
Daphne L. J: We have already exhausted all possible troubleshooting steps for your concern. As verified with my Supervisor, we will forward your case to our Customer Assurance Team. They are highly technical and knowledgeable when it comes to advanced troubleshooting. They will contact you in the next 24 to 48 hours. By the way, who is your Internet Service Provider? And do you Cable or DSL connection?
You: Cable connection.
Daphne L. J: Who is your Internet Service Provider?
You: A company called .
You: How are they going to contact me?
Daphne L. J: Alright. By the way, on the device itself, on its FCC ID, please check if you have WRT1900AC or WRT1900AC v2.
You: Are you paying attention to me?
You: I already told you it's V1.
Daphne L. J: They will call or email you. Please double check if these informations are correct:
Name :
Phone Number :
E-Mail Address :
You: I told you I want to send you my WRT1900 AC and get a V2 or I want a EA8500 and pay the difference myself.
You: I want them to contact me to my email. I can't answer the phone during work hours.
Daphne L. J: We can't assure you if we will be able to replace it with Version 2 or if you are allowed to have the EA8500 instead.
Daphne L. J: Just in case, do you also have an alternate number?
Daphne L. J: Also, what time zone are you in? And what is your preferred time and day for them to contact you?
You: I have the one from my office in Mexico. Central Time. Any time is good.
Daphne L. J: So, you are currently in Mexico?
You: I work in Mexico but I have the house in USA. I live in the border.
Daphne L. J: I see. Do you have any other questions or clarifications?
You: I live 10 minutes away from the International Bridge. But that's not an issue. I bought the router at Walmart in Laredo, TX.
Daphne L. J: Thank you for the information. Would that be all for now?
You: I want a clarification: Do you realize that there is an issue with the current WRT1900 AC? Are you aware of that?
You: Because this is a very expensive router that is not working as it should be.
Daphne L. J: Yes, we are aware of the issue and are working on a resolution.
Daphne L. J: Would there be anything else you need?
You: That would be it. I will wait for you to contact me.
You: Thanks.
Daphne L. J: Alright. Thank you for giving us an opportunity to serve you through Linksys Live Chat. You may also visit our support site at www.linksys.com. For your reference, your case number is 04980394. Thank you for choosing Linksys and have a great day! We paid $250 for this piece of equipment. That's a lot of money for a device that doesn't work. I just want to get a V2 replacement, or better yet, an exchange for a EA8500. We should all demand this. It is not fair for us. The current WRT1900 AC is a useless device. They even should do a recall of the product. I will wait for them to contact me, but I'm thinking if I should send the information to The Consumerist or someone else. What to do?

FernandoRocker wrote:
Well... instead of looking into this with Engineering, I would prefer you to talk about this with the Sales department and exchange my WRT1900AC for an EA8500 (I will pay the difference if needed). Seriously. The device is useless. Not just a paperweigt... an expensive paperweight.Actually I looking into the swap for you because I think that would be best in your case. Keep this in perspective. There is laterally millions of WRT1900AC V1 out there with very few issues with latest firmwares and of course the odd exception. In your case it could be a defective WRT1900AC.

WRT1900AC V1 - Linksys is aware that the router is not working properly. Help spread the word.

I just had a conversation with Linksys' Customer Service via chat: Daphne L. J: Hello Fernando Paramo. My name is Daphne L..
Daphne L. J: Welcome to Linksys Global Chat. Is this your initial contact or do you have a case number?
You: Case number is 04971062
Daphne L. J: Please give me 3-5 minutes to pull up and review your case.
You: OK
Daphne L. J: Thank you.
You: I have a WRT1900AC, V1. The router is not working properly. I have disconnections every few minutes.I already installed the new firmware version and I still have the same issues. I already reset the router to factory defaults and same issues. I have changed the settings back to my personal preferences: Changed the SSID, changed the wireless security settings, changed the DNS and deactivate WPS. That's it.I'm using 5 Ghz mode with my laptops (5 Ghz adapters) and 2-4 Ghz with a few devices (Chromecast, Nintendo 3DS).
Daphne L. J: Thank you for waiting.
Daphne L. J: Please confirm if the following information is correct:
Name : Fernando Paramo
Phone Number :
E-Mail Address :
Model Number : WRT1900AC
Serial Number : 13J10609406280
Country : United States
You: That's correct.
Daphne L. J: Okay. Were you able to check if the devices have stable connection wired to the router?
You: No. I do not have devices with Ethernet ports. Well, only the cable modem.
You: But the modem is fine. No disconnections from my ISP.
You: It is the router.
Daphne L. J: Alright. What is the current firmware version of your router?
You: I tried to return the router to Wal-Mart yesterday with no luck. This is a useless device. And I have been reading comments on the community forums and a lot of people are having problems.
Daphne L. J: We are actually aware of the issue and are working on a resolution. What is the current firmware version of your router?
You: Ver. 1.1.10.167514
You: Latest one.
Daphne L. J: Yes, so you reflashed the firmware, reset and then manually reconfigure it after, not using backup configuration, is that right?
You: That's correct.
Daphne L. J: And it is intermittent on all devices connected to both 2.4 and 5 Ghz networks, is that right?
You: That's correct.
Daphne L. J: Thank you for the information. Please give ,e 3-5 minutes to verify this with my superior.
Daphne L. J: Thank you for waiting.
You: I want to send you my WRT1900AC and get a V2 or I want a EA8500 and pay the difference myseld.
You: I do not want my current hardware.
You: It is useless for my needs.
You: I can't believe I had an older E3000 that didn't give me any problems.
Daphne L. J: We have already exhausted all possible troubleshooting steps for your concern. As verified with my Supervisor, we will forward your case to our Customer Assurance Team. They are highly technical and knowledgeable when it comes to advanced troubleshooting. They will contact you in the next 24 to 48 hours. By the way, who is your Internet Service Provider? And do you Cable or DSL connection?
You: Cable connection.
Daphne L. J: Who is your Internet Service Provider?
You: A company called .
You: How are they going to contact me?
Daphne L. J: Alright. By the way, on the device itself, on its FCC ID, please check if you have WRT1900AC or WRT1900AC v2.
You: Are you paying attention to me?
You: I already told you it's V1.
Daphne L. J: They will call or email you. Please double check if these informations are correct:
Name :
Phone Number :
E-Mail Address :
You: I told you I want to send you my WRT1900AC and get a V2 or I want a EA8500 and pay the difference myself.
You: I want them to contact me to my email. I can't answer the phone during work hours.
Daphne L. J: We can't assure you if we will be able to replace it with Version 2 or if you are allowed to have the EA8500 instead.
Daphne L. J: Just in case, do you also have an alternate number?
Daphne L. J: Also, what time zone are you in? And what is your preferred time and day for them to contact you?
You: I have the one from my office in Mexico. Central Time. Any time is good.
Daphne L. J: So, you are currently in Mexico?
You: I work in Mexico but I have the house in USA. I live in the border.
Daphne L. J: I see. Do you have any other questions or clarifications?
You: I live 10 minutes away from the International Bridge. But that's not an issue. I bought the router at Walmart in Laredo, TX.
Daphne L. J: Thank you for the information. Would that be all for now?
You: I want a clarification: Do you realize that there is an issue with the current WRT1900AC? Are you aware of that?
You: Because this is a very expensive router that is not working as it should be.
Daphne L. J: Yes, we are aware of the issue and are working on a resolution.
Daphne L. J: Would there be anything else you need?
You: That would be it. I will wait for you to contact me.
You: Thanks.
Daphne L. J: Alright. Thank you for giving us an opportunity to serve you through Linksys Live Chat. You may also visit our support site at www.linksys.com. For your reference, your case number is 04980394. Thank you for choosing Linksys and have a great day! We paid $250 for this piece of equipment. That's a lot of money for a device that doesn't work. I just want to get a V2 replacement, or better yet, an exchange for a EA8500. We should all demand this. It is not fair for us. The current WRT1900AC is a useless device. They even should do a recall of the product. I will wait for them to contact me, but I'm thinking if I should send the information to The Consumerist or someone else. What to do?

Hello. I sent my WRT1900AC V1 to Linksys four days ago (Monday) via UPS with a RMA. Linksys paid the shipping and everything. The router is still in route, and it should arrive to their offices tomorrow. Once they receive the WRT1900 AC V1, they are going to send me an EA8500 as a replacement. But I have been reading the comments about the EA8500 here in the forum and it seems to have the same problems. I guess the firmware is extremely flawed in both routers (maybe it is almost the same code?). Anyway, I will try the EA8500 and I hope it works. I bought a temporary router from Walmart and I paid $35 for it. It is a Belink N600 DB. I can't believe that a $35 router is working a lot, lot, lot better than my previous $250 WRT1900AC router. Unbelievable. If the EA8500 doesn't work, I'm going to try and get my money back from Linksys, or contact The Consumerist or someone to get my money back and get a Nighthawk instead.

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