Best feature of Yoga 3 Pro? What would you change?

For those who have Yoga 3 Pro systems, what do you think are the best features after having used it for a while?
What new features or changes would you want to see on future models?
Thanks!

Hello,
I have mainly used my Yoga as a document creation station (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, etc.), so I am looking at it from that perspective.
The Good:
Screen is bright and high enough resolution so that I can see a full page of information.
System does not weigh much (but see below)
The Meh:
function and meta keys missing. making it harder to use Microsoft Office
yet another keyboard layout to learn
no TrackPoint (I find the touchpad so abhorrent that I use a Lenovo N700 wireless mouse)
Micro HDMI port
yet another one-off power supply connector
I'm concerned about how this notebook computer will last over the long-term; while it seems fine, so far, it is so thin that I'm concerned it is not very durable
the external AC adapter (see below)
The Asks:
Frankly, I would be happy to have a thicker, heavier unit. Adding a few millimeters to the thickness and a few 100 grams to the weight would be fine by me. It would make the unit appear more solid and less likely to break.
Can I have te function keys back, please? Also meta keys (PrtScn, ScrollLock, SysReq, etc.)
Can you please standardize on a power connector and use it across multiple lines and models?
Standardize on one video conector so each laptop doesn't have to get a bespoke set of adapter dongles. My preference would be MiniDisplayPort, as adapters for that are much easier to locate than for Micro HDMI.
The "wall wart" style AC to DC transformer is very small and does not take up a lot of space. It is also impossible to plug into many AC outlets that use decorative outlet covers, like my local coffeeshop chain does. As a result, I now have to carry an additional short AC power extension cord with my notebook computer. Frankly, I'd just rather have something like Lenovo's own Ultraslim AC adapter, with a detachable AC line cord. As an added bonus, if I travel to a new country, I can just get a new AC line cord conformal to local power outlets, and be up and running in no time.
Recovery media would be nice. Even DVDs are okay, since external USB DVD±RW disc drives are plentiful and inexpensive.
That is all I can think off off the top of my head.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky

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I'm in the planning phase of my first photo/video editing PC build. I've done quite a bit of research to this point, and I've finally come to a decision on all of the components (I think). After seeing how helpful everyone is on this forum, I decided to post my plan and see what everyone thinks.
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Component
Description
Processor
Intel   Core i7 - 950 3.06GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard
ASUS   P6X58D-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
Memory
Corsair   Dominator 12GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Memory
System Drive
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Data Drive(s)
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Optical Drive
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Video Card
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Power Supply
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Monitor
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So, what would you change and why?
I'm looking forward to your responses!

"I'll take your advice and go with Samsung F3s. With the money I save (by not getting the WD Caviar Blacks), I'll add a 4th drive and use the RAID5 on the mobo until I can afford to upgrade to a proper RAID controller."
I might be a bit late, but wanted to let you know about motherboard software RAID configs (at least mine):
I have an older system running an ASUS P5AD2-E Premium MB containing a Silicon Image 3114 RAID chip. I originally configured a RAID 10 array with four 74 G Raptors for speed and redundancy. Figured if I lost a disc, I could just rebuid the array. Come to find out, the Sil 3114 chip does not support rebuilding the RAID 10 array.
I had lost a disc (disc was okay, just power to the disc was interupted) so was running on three. Fixed my power problem, went to rebuild the array and couldn't. So I figured what is the point of having a RAID 10 that I couldn't rebuild. Went to a RAID 0 with a backup disk.
Never checked the documentation to see if software RAID 5 through the SIl 3114 was rebuildable.
Mind you, I am not a computer guru nor all knowledgable about software/harware based RAID configs. But after talking to others who are the guru's, I found that I should stay away from the motherboard software RAID arrays and they mirror what Harm said about hardware RAID boards. But on a budget, the RAID 0 with a backup drive works for me.
Just my 2 cents to help.
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What would you change from factory default on router

Newbie here. For all the master techs out there. What all should be changed from factory defaults on router to make it as safe as possible? thanks

1. Change the router password (default "admin") on the Adminstration tab. Choose a good longer password.
2. Enable wireless security WPA or WPA2 in the Personal/PSK variant.
3. Choose a good passphrase, if possible use a random generated 63 character string.
That's about what you have to do to secure the router and the wireless.

HT3231 how do i TRANSFER MY PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FROM MY MAC PRO POWERBOOK G4 TO MY NEW MACBOOK PRO, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY, THANKS

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I think the easiest way is to use a firewire cable (you will need on like this: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=Firewire+400+to+800+cable&oe=utf-8&rls= org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=120962573 04625337030&sa=X&ei=PytQT9r4NtOBsgL9s_C6Dg&ved=0CHYQ8gIwAA).
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I have a great number of Hi8 video tapes and I would like to burn them onto CDs through MacBook Pro (ME665LL/A), but I do not know how to transfer those footage into Mac. What would you recommend?

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Just Google "convert hi8 to dvd" and you'll find a number of software/hardware combinations that will allow you to do what you want. One important piece of the puzzle is whether or not you still have access to the video recorder(s) that the movies were shot on.
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I have a 2009 13"MacBook pro running on OS X 10.6.8. How do I know whether this is leopard or mountain? What would you advise that I use as I need to be running OS X 10.7? All help appreciated. Thank you.

I have a 2009 13"MacBook pro running on OS X 10.6.8.
How do I know whether this is leopard or mountain?
What would you advise that I use as I need to be running OS X 10.7?
Also can you advise how I upgrade please?
All help appreciated. Thank you.

Thank you for your response Niel.
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Finally why snow leopard and not mountain lion?

What would you replace an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (256MB) with?

Hi,
I started a thread before asking whether I could replace a 256MB card with a 128MB card, even though the interface was a different shape.
But, as I know so little about Macs and graphics card, it seems wiser to ask
What would you replace an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (256MB) with?
The computer is user for photo editing and normal internet/email use. The photo editing is done on Adobe Photoshop for professional treatment of photographs.
The computer is a Power Mac G5 (1.6GHz) and budge is £80 / $120.
Thanks in advance, Franc.

Hi-
Please check my recommendations in your other thread.
Better options for the 9800 Pro are the Radeon 9800 XT, Geforce 6800 GT, Geforce 6800 Ultra, or if one has the money or finds a good deal, a Radeon X800 XT.
For your budget and uses, the Geforce cards are a performance value buy.
BTW, I have owned all of the cards, used all of the cards, and tested all of the cards.
Graphics Cards- ATI and Nvidia
See my testing pages starting here:
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What would you recommend as the best video converter (mac)?

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What would you recommend as best quantity Ram. to run Lightroom and Photoshop CC?

What would you recommend as best quantity Ram. to run Lightroom and Photoshop CC?

Hi There,
Kindly check the system requirement for the same.
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What would you do with this system and very little geekness?

I am a student and I have a $1000 budget to upgrade my Dell Precision T5400. What would you do?
Here is what the computer has now. It's 300gb only one harddrive is red-lining, almost full.
I want to run Premiere Pro CS5 and AfterEffects. Those are the classes I want to take.
Although as soon as CS6 shows, I will upgrade to that.
Windows Vista 64bit
Dell Precision, T5400 Mini-Tower Quad Core Xeon Proc E5420, 2.50GHZ, 2x6MB L2 Cache, 1333MHz
nVidia Quadro FX1700 512mb dual DVI Graphics Card
320GB SATA 3.0Gb/s, 7200RPM HardDrive with 8MB DataBurst Cache, Dell Precision T7400/5400
C1 All SATA Hard Drive Non-Raid for 1 hard drive
Mini-Tower chassis configuration, Dell Precision T3400
I am trying to decide to go buy another computer ($3000 budget for that) or try to upgrade
this one ($1000 budget for that).
What is good here and what needs replacing? I have never built a system.

I agree with some of the above comments, but not all.
First, 24GB of RAM is a nice luxury option, but it's not the minimum for AE - come on RJL you know better than to say that. 16 would be more than enough for a student project. I run a business, and it's more than enough for me. 16GB is affordable. It's about $150.00 max.
The Quadro card is over priced, and undervalued. Something like the Nvidia GTX570, 580,590 starting at about $335.00 is Adobe Authorized, and lots of performance.
Now, I'm running a 6 core AMD, but most people will tell you an Intel system is better. According to the benchmark, it seems correct. Get a nice i7 chip. What ever you can afford.
Motherboard. Look to spend in the $220 range. Gigybyte makes a nice one, so does Asus.
Hard drives, one of the better things you need to consider. A 2-4 disk RAID 0 - say 4X1TB, or if that's too much $$ then 4X500GB for less than $400 would be your best investment with a 500GB system drive.
Case count on $100 with enough fans, card reader,
DVD burner $70.00etc.
So, if you looked at it my way. Here is your parts list from Newegg. You will toss another $100 or so in cables and fans, etc.
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS: $209.00
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131701)
Processor:Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K: $320.00
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070)
RAM:G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11Q-16GBXL:$150.00
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231473)
NVidia GTX570: EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card: $340.00
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130613)
HARD DRIVES (5): HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.D HDS721010DLE630 (0F13180) 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive. $130 EACH OR $650.00
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145533)
CASE: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case: $100.00
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021)
POWER SUPPLY: Antec EarthWatts Series EA-750 Green 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Continuous Power Supply: $100.00
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371051)
BLURAY BURNER: LG Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 10X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Internal 12X Super Multi Blue with 3D Playback Blu-ray Disc Rewriter WH12LS38 LightScribe Support - OEM: $70.00
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136239)
TOTAL: $1,939.00
You can upgrade your current operating system to atleast windows 7 - 64 bit home. You could even choose to use the DVD drive out of your existing computer.
Someone in your rea will build a system like this for you for somewhere around $125.00 if you can't do it, but looking on YouTube can give you a step by step.
I trust this helps.
Goodluck

If you traded in your mac mini for a windows pc, what would you get?

I have a late 2009 Mac Mini and am just chafing to upgrade. It's slow as molasses. But at the same time, I'm not willing to pay full price for 2012 model, and Apple is way behind in releasing an update. In fact I'm hearing speculation that Apple may be just discontinuing the Mac Mini.
I don't know... But I'm getting tired of waiting. And getting a different model of Mac doens't work for me, because I want to use my own screens. (I'm running two large screens in "portrait" mode.)
Also, I have a Windows 7 PC at work, and I've come to realize that I don't mind Windows 7 and don't see it as intrinsically better than the Apple OS. In fact Windows & has generally been mariginally more stable, and a lot faster then the OS on my Mac. In fact I got both systems around the same time and the Windows 7 system did better with less RAM and is "aging" better.
HOWEVER, what I really love about the Mac Mini is how QUIET it is. I have it in my bedroom, next to my bed, and it's noise is barely noticeable. So I guess I should look into seeing if there area any desktop PC's that are as quiet.
Have you considered switching back to a PC, and if you did what would you get?

I moved away from Apple in 2007 and have never looked back !
I use the ASRock Vision X 420D http://www.asrock.com/nettop/Intel/VisionX%20Series%20(Haswell)/
Its the same size as the current Mini but a bit taller - BUT it is FULLY user upgradeable and about the same price once you make a mini upto the same spec.
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As to woodmeister50 comment of : Also, with Win8, many third party add on companies have dropped support etc. is that not the same for Mavericks ?!
Custom mini
ASRock Vision X 420D, 16Gb Ram, 3x 512Gb SSD, AMD Radeon R270X, WiFi (n, ac)

Homesite Future - What would you want changed?

There have been threads debating whether HomeSite was
orphaned or whether it would be upgraded or not. Since none of us
know, those are mainly ways we've all been expressing our
frustration.
Someone pointed out to me recently how useful HomeSite is
even now "as it is" (which I knew of course), but he also
enumerated some good arguments why there might not be much demand
for HomeSite to be upgraded. If fact he has trouble sometimes
convincing people to upgrade from HS 4.5, even when they already
have HS 5.5+ on a DW CD. While I disagree on some of his arguments,
he has a good point that
putting development resources into doing an upgrade only makes
sense for Adobe if there are compelling enough reasons for users to
pay to buy the new version.
Anyway, I have no idea if this is how Adobe is thinking, or
really what they are thinking at all, but I thought I'd start a
thread to see what you all think on this question.
What updates, features or fixes to HomeSite would you be most
interested in?
(to the point of being willing to pay for an upgrade,
assuming cost is reasonable)
Or some more detailed rephrasings that might jog your mind:
- What things would you be willing to pay (a reasonable amt) to
upgrade to get?
- Or what things would make you look elsewhere because they
aren't in HomeSite?
- What bugs or things about HS drive you nuts?
- What do you need/want to do in HomeSite that can't be done
using it's extensions?
So, anyone willing to put some thought into it? Please be
honest, not just posting little gripes, or things that would be
nice, but that you wouldn't be willing to shell out some $ for.
(you can post those things too, but please note which are which.)
And let's keep the scope here on this, not on the broader
arguments about whether Adobe will or should do patches or upgrades
or whether their dogs have fleas. We can use other threads for
that. ok? ;-)
thanks!!
jeff
p.s. No, this isn't Adobe's way of doing a user survey on the
cheap, it's just me posting to see what you all care about.
If it gives them motivation to do something - great, but this
is for us to talk together about what you think really *needs*
improvement in HS.

The most important change for me would be the capability to
use Unicode.
Neither editor I use (HS and Topstyle) support Unicode. The
first to do
this will draw many users from the other. This lack of
Unicode is a
major stumbling block to me.
JeffW wrote:
> There have been threads debating whether HomeSite was
orphaned or whether it
> would be upgraded or not. Since none of us know, those
are mainly ways we've
> all been expressing our frustration.
>
> Someone pointed out to me recently how useful HomeSite
is even now "as it is"
> (which I knew of course), but he also enumerated some
good arguments why there
> might not be much demand for HomeSite to be upgraded. If
fact he has trouble
> sometimes convincing people to upgrade from HS 4.5, even
when they already have
> HS 5.5+ on a DW CD. While I disagree on some of his
arguments, he has a good
> point that
putting development resources into doing an upgrade only makes
> sense for Adobe if there are compelling enough reasons
for users to pay to buy
> the new version.
>
> Anyway, I have no idea if this is how Adobe is thinking,
or really what they
> are thinking at all, but I thought I'd start a thread to
see what you all think
> on this question.
>
>
What updates, features or fixes to HomeSite would you be most
interested
> in?
> (to the point of being willing to pay for an upgrade,
assuming cost is
> reasonable)
>
> Or some more detailed rephrasings that might jog your
mind:
>
>
- What things would you be willing to pay (a reasonable amt) to
upgrade to
> get?
>
>
- Or what things would make you look elsewhere because they
aren't in
> HomeSite?
>
>
- What bugs or things about HS drive you nuts?
>
>
- What do you need/want to do in HomeSite that can't be done
using it's
> extensions?
>
> So, anyone willing to put some thought into it? Please
be honest, not just
> posting little gripes, or things that would be nice, but
that you wouldn't be
> willing to shell out some $ for. (you can post those
things too, but please
> note which are which.)
>
> And let's keep the scope here on this, not on the
broader arguments about
> whether Adobe will or should do patches or upgrades or
whether their dogs have
> fleas. We can use other threads for that. ok? ;-)
>
> thanks!!
> jeff
>
> p.s. No, this isn't Adobe's way of doing a user survey
on the cheap, it's just
> me posting to see what you all care about.
> If it gives them motivation to do something - great, but
this is for us to
> talk together about what you think really *needs*
improvement in HS.
>

CS4 and consistent crashing...what would you advise?

Hi,
I have recently installed Windows 7 32 bit and have been suffering significant crashing and instability with Premiere Pro CS4.
These issues occur consistently with 1 to 20 minutes of using the software...usually every 2-7 minutes.
Sometimes I receive the message: "The system is running very low on system memory"...followed by a crash some minutes later.
Sometimes I don't receive a message at all...Premiere Pro just instantly stops....sometimes a message.."Premiere Pro has encountered an error."
I previously used Premiere Pro CS2 on this same computer but with a Windows XP install...this worked very well and was stable (SD editing not HD)
I have tried a range of "fixes" but the problem still continues...
it seems to crash no matter what footage I use..or what I am doing.
Fixes tried:
Defrag of all HD's
Placing Scratch disks etc. on different drives.
Turning off virus protection.
Tweaking of memory settings
Updating to latest graphics driver available.
Freeing up hard drive space
Running CS4 in Comptibility mode for Win XP Pro sp3
In summary Premiere Pro CS4 is very unstable on my system and I don't know what to do.
My current system is:
Premiere Pro CS 4 version 4.2.1
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version    6.1.7600 Build 7600
System Model    P5K-E
Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2394 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)    4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory    3.25 GB
Available Physical Memory    1.79 GB
Total Virtual Memory    6.50 GB
Graphics: NVIDIA 8800GT
Hard Drives: (all 7200 RPM)
Local Disk C: 1.81 TB (650GB Free)
Disk E: 698 GB (34.4 GB Free)
Disk F: 931 GB (41.5 GB free)
Options I can think of:
1.) Format drive C and install Windows 7 64 Bit..reinstall just Premiere Pro and key drivers.
2.) Upgrade to CS5 and give up on Cs4.
3.) Build another computer and give up on my old system.
4.) Format drive and return to Windows XP Professional
5.) Install Premiere Pro CS2 again and give up on CS4.
Any other clues?
What would you do?
Which of these options should I try?
Any advice greatly appreciated.

When one is having resource issues, I would look at these articles in about this order, to work through the potential issues.
First, I would make sure to have updated both the audio and video drivers from the mfgr's. Web site.
This ARTICLE gives tips on setting up one's computer for an editing session. For Win7, please see Black Viper's link, down-thread for tune-up tips.
Next, this ARTICLE gives some tips on Windows Virtual Memory.
This ARTICLE talks about one utility, that can really get in the way.
This ARTICLE, from the PrPro-Wiki, has some trouble-shooting tips.
This ARTICLE will give you tips on finding clues as to what is happening, when the program hangs, or crashes.
If one is still not getting to the bottom of the crashes, then see The Case of the Unexplained. Note: this is a new link, as MS moved some things about.
Last, if hardware problems are suspected, say with a BSOD, then this ARTICLE offers some tools to track hardware issues. There are other great tools in Harm's list.
Good luck,
Hunt

What would you advise....

Upgrade time is here and I have been lurking on this forum watching for issues etc with the N97
Firstly, would you advise against me getting the phone? If so, what would you advise I replace my N95 8gb with?
Secondly, assuming the geek in me wins the argument and I get the N97, I was thinking the first thing to do would be a hard reset to get rid of the unwanted software and then an upgrade to the V11 firmware. Is this correct?
Cheers in advance
PP

There is a lot of confusion about this unwanted software issue on the N97. There is essentially 3 types of storage on the device:
The most obvious is the 32Gig of flash.. this is treated a bit like a USB disk.. Nokia don't put much on there and in some cases installing certain applications to this drive is not possbile. Further to this, when you use the phone in USB storage mode, the "drive" is disconnected from the phone and attached to the PC.. this means the phone has to close any applications that are running on the "e:" and looses its ability to read/write from there. This is a serious problem if you store your message repository on the e: as the phone will revert back to C: and you *may* loose all your messages
Then there is the z:. This is the ROM. and it is just that.. read-only.. If an application is installed there, you won't be able to remove it.. this goes for Quick Office and that boingo thing.. both are terrible apps.. You won't gain anything by removing them BUT there's the problem.. The boingo app is running all the time using RAM in the phone.. Since you can't disable it, it uses RAM rather than storage..
Lastly there's the c:.. this is flash that is always available to the phone. It is where your contacts, message, config, internet/browser cache and most things are stored by default. A bit like c:\windows on a PC.. So, Nokia in their infinite wisdom made it 70meg or so.. Brilliant.. I cannot stress how mind-blowing stupid that decision is and how it continues to ruin everyone's lives.
Many applications are installed on the c: by default. Why? because the 32Gig e: is not always available (see above about USB storage mode). When I transfered all my messages from my previous handset (using the sync thing) I was left with less than 5meg free..
This problem is NEVER going to be fixed.. there simply isn't enough storage on the phone to do this..
This is not the same as the low RAM problem.. the fact that, for example, you receive a text message or email with a hyper-link. you click open.. the web browser opens.. the phone runs out of memory and closes the messages app.. so now when you close the browser, the message app is also closed.. **bleep**?!?!?!?!?!?!
Nokia never fix their products.. ever.. anyone who claims they do is lying! Ok, that's harsh.. but..
In my experience (and I've owned many first gen Nokia products (7110, 7650, 770, 7710, 5800, N97) when Nokia sell a broken product, particularly if it is broken by design, they may release firmware fixes that update SOME stuff.. but they'll never fix most of them.. Instead they'll wait a few months and release a new product that doesn't suffer the same problems..
You'd think the N97 was fixing the problems with the 5800.. but the N97 is a very different beast.. It runs a different not entirely compatible version of S60.. They must know it was flawed from the start, though.. they introduced a Low memory set of features into S60 especially for N97.. Riiiight, Nokia.. you spent time and effort developing a way to handle low memory that actually isn't that good rather than just doubling the RAM in the phone.. how much is a 1Gig dimm these days?
This phone is terribly beta.. Even after v11 has been released it has a truely inconsistent look and feel.. You could get an N97, or you could wait for this fabled n97-mini there's recently been talk of.. or you could opt for a vendor that is trying to compete with Nokia in the smart phone market and so is actually making an effort to produce a phone that doesn't make their quality-assurance department look like kinder-garten nap time..
I've been disappointed with Nokia products before.. but NEVER so much as with the N97.. And in todays market are you going to pick a poor product in the hope that software may fix it later (bearing in mind it took over 3 weeks for Nokia to release the v11 firmware to all the phone versions.. that's right there are 100s of different versions of the N97) or are you going to opt for something the industry already accepts as a stable handset..
It's a shame.. I want to love it.. I've loved Symbian since its EPOC days.. but this phone is terrible in every aspect..
Quick office and Boingo.. that's a bit like bundling AOL and compuserv CD's with windows 95.. It feels that old!

Random kernel panics on iPhone 4 GSM: what would you do?

Hello all,
I'm posting here in hopes that someone could help shed some light on the matter before I give up and send my phone in for repair, provided it will be repaired/replaced given how random this issue is.
I've had an iPhone 4 since November 2010, a GSM unit as I'm in Europe. Jailbroke it on a dull day just to see if I'd have any use for that, restored it to stock firmware (using the backup I had created before applying the jb) about 24 hours later. No trace of jb on it at all nowadays, basically. The phone and the system are as vanilla as they can be. The only customization, so to speak, is the provisioning profiles in my name as I'm an iOS developer.
Ever since March, the phone will sometimes randomly reboot. There is no pattern whatsoever: I may be fiddling with it, I may be keeping it in my pocket, it may be charging, it may be placidly sitting on a table undisturbed. Out of the blue, the Apple logo will show up and the thing will reboot, and won't ask for the PIN either. I hadn't thought much of it as it was very rare, but lately it's become more apparent and I decided to look for some logs.
To my horror, I found that ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/Jolliphone/Panics on my Mac was way overpopulated. The weirdest thing is that all the logs look virtually the same, although they all end abruptly in different points (which suggests that they were so brutal that there was no "time" to write the whole thing down.)
Here is an example:
Incident Identifier: [...]
CrashReporter Key:   [...]
Hardware Model:      iPhone3,1
Date/Time:       2011-05-28 10:20:51.833 +0200
OS Version:      iPhone OS 4.3.3 (8J2)
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x8007f3e5): "buf_brelse: bad buffer = 0xd0705fc8\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1735.46/bsd/vfs/vfs_bio.c:2348
Debugger message: panic
OS version: 8J2
Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 11.0.0: Wed Mar 30 18:51:10 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1735.46~10/RELEASE_ARM_S5L8930X
iBoot version: iBoot-1072.61
secure boot?: YES
Paniclog version: 1
Epoch Time:        sec       usec
Boot    : 0x4de0afb5 0x00000000
Sleep   : 0x00000000 0x00000000
Wake    : 0x00000000 0x00000000
Calendar: 0x4de0b02c 0x0007b411
Task 0x812e7c60: 10957 pages, 100 threads: pid 0: kernel_task
Task 0x812e7a50: 187 pages, 3 threads: pid 1: launchd
Task 0x812e7210: 152 pages, 2 threads: pid 13: usbethernetshari
Task 0x812e7000: 134 pages, 4 threads: pid 14: syslogd
Task 0x839be840: 543 pages, 2 threads: pid 17: lockdownd
Task 0x839be420: 1068 pages, 23 threads: pid 19: mediaserverd
Task 0x839be210: 383 pages, 3 threads: pid 20: mediaremoted
Task 0x839be000: 342 pages, 3 threads: pid 21: mDNSResponder
Task 0x83ad2c60: 1593 pages, 12 threads: pid 22: locationd
Task 0x83ad2a50: 588 pages, 4 threads: pid 23: imagent
Task 0x83ad2840: 586 pages, 1 threads: pid 24: fairplayd.N90
Task 0x83ad2630: 764 pages, 15 threads: pid 25: configd
Task 0x83ad2420: 407 pages, 4 threads: pid 26: awd_ice3
Task 0x83ad2210: 411 pages, 3 threads: pid 27: apsd
Task 0x83ad2000: 225 pages, 2 threads: pid 28: accessoryd
Task 0x83b8ac60: 6689 pages, 18 threads: pid 29: SpringBoard
          thread 0xc0a780d0
                    kernel backtrace: d2663ac8
                      lr: 0x8006de75 fp: 0xd2663af4
                      lr: 0x8006e085 fp: 0xd2663b14
                      lr: 0x8006e19f fp: 0xd2663b1c
                      lr: 0x80015fed fp: 0xd2663b34
                      lr: 0x8007f3e5 fp: 0xd2663b74
                      lr: 0x8007fec5 fp: 0xd2663b8c
                      lr: 0x8007fedf fp: 0xd2663b94
                      lr: 0x800a256f fp: 0xd2663bd0
                      lr: 0x80132735 fp: 0xd2663bd8
                      lr: 0x80132cd3 fp: 0xd2663c00
                      lr: 0x80158d45 fp: 0xd2663c10
                      lr: 0x80156dab fp: 0xd2663ce0
                      lr: 0x8013393f fp: 0xd2663d08
                      lr: 0x8013399f fp: 0xd2663d18
They are all like that. The only thing that's different is the OS system, which ranges from 4.3 to 4.3.3, and the location that generated the panic:
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x8007f3e5): "buf_brelse: bad buffer = 0xd0704640\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1735.46/bsd/vfs/vfs_bio.c:2348
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x8007f3e5): "buf_brelse: bad buffer = 0xd070aa98\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1735.46/bsd/vfs/vfs_bio.c:2348
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x8007f3e5): "buf_brelse: bad buffer = 0xd06fdf88\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1735.46/bsd/vfs/vfs_bio.c:2348
…and so on. The caller is always 0x8007f3e5, and the buffer location is always in 0x0d6…–0x0d7… range. This is what leads me to think that it may be some memory problem.
As I said there is absolutely no pattern in this. Sometimes it will stay a month without panicking – after a few panics on April 1st, it happened again on May 2nd – yet in other occasions it will panic 4 times within 8 minutes as it happened yesterday morning.
Lately it's been happening more often when I charge it using the wall adapter, but then again it's fairly inconsistent: I have kept it connected since last evening on purpose, and it hasn't panicked once.
I have tried restoring it as a new phone, just to make sure that it wasn't a software problem, and the very same thing happened as soon as I connected to my father's iPad 2 adapter.
If you have read so far, I want to thank you very much for your patience. I'll get to the point: what should I do?
I spent 35 minutes on the phone with AppleCare this morning and was about to give the green light to have it picked up, but the woman told me that I couldn't provide the logs to tech support, and that they'd run some tests on their own and, if they could reproduce the problem, I would get a refurbished phone in place of this one, otherwise they'd send the same unit back. Considering that it's impossible to reproduce it on purpose, I'm afraid that I will just end up being phoneless for two weeks (with the added issue of finding a way to stick this micro-sim into a phone that takes regular-sized sims), and ultimately be sent back the faulty phone.
I told the woman I'd consider going to the Apple Store in Rome, so I could at least speak with a human person and expose the problem in more detail. I do have a repair ID and apparently I can just book a slot at the genius bar and have them access the repair ID data.
The problem is that I live 200 km from Rome, and it would take the better part of a day and it would be more money spent on this issue to get there and back. And I wouldn't even be certain that they'd replace it: even if they agree to replace it, what if they're out of stock on 32 GB units, for instance?
So here is the dilemma: I have a phone that feels very unstable given the 18 (eighteen) panics I've had in the last three days, and I'm facing either wasting time and money to go to an Apple Store, or being without the phone for the better part of two weeks, again without any certainty.
Going to my carrier (Vodafone) is pointless: they referred me to Apple; at most they will ship it for me, but at that point I'd rather do it myself.
As for the local Apple Premium Reseller, they are an authorized support center for Macs, but they don't offer any support for iPhones at all.
What would you do?
Thanks.

DaVBMan wrote:
Not saying you are complaining, I know it isn't what one likes, but just the way it is and quite normal.
You can buy a used one from somewhere and just continue on your same contract (if same type of phone, eg: You didn't have original one before and go buy a used 3G now..then you need to change plans). But if you had 3G before and buy a used 3G now, you can activate it and your contract shouldn't restart.
A used one you buy shouldn't have a SIM card in it but even if it does, you don't want to use it. You need to go to AT&T store and request a new SIM. They will give you one set for your account and you just go home and activate using same account (thus no contract changing). If you try to use another SIM without getting one from AT&T it could mess with your contract so best to deal with them first to get one coded for you. There is nothing wrong with buying a used iPhone and saying you want to put it on your existing account. You can do that with any phone. You already have the data plan etc required so they don't care.
That was useful info, and I'm not complaining (well, I am, but it does no good, so it's a rhetorical complaint)...
What I'm really looking for is opinions about what would be the most sensible/cost effective way to go right now, given the available options.
Thanks,
Lorraine

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