Iphone 5 KILLS all chargers
I am honestly at my wits end. I can officially say, I will likely never purchase another I-device again, which is a shame because it used to be so reliable.
I excited purchased and Iphone 5 in October 2012. I was happy, new technology it would be a great thing (I was actually upgrading from a 3). I noticed in the beginning that my phone NEVER held a charge. It died SO fast, but I thought it just came with the new technology. In the span of 10 months I went through THREE charger cables which I thought was a bit weird, but then again I was ALWAYS charging it because it was ALWAYS dying so maybe that was the issue. Until of course, August rolled around and out of the blue my phone stopped charging all together.
Took it into the apple store. They did a diagnostic on it. Turns out there was something wrong with the charging port the entire time (likely why it didn't hold a charge ever and what killed all of those cords). Apple graciously replaced it for free, however I was never refunded ANYTHING for the cords that I spent money on that year. Fast forward 2 days later. Already issues with the new phone. Edge of the screen has a vibration, it randomly freezes and the screen goes entirely white and shuts down. Have to restart. It happens a few times, I take it in they assure me its fine.
Fast forward 2 months, October. Now the phone is doing it every 5 mins, screen is always fading. Take it in. Finally, sorry guess what there has actually been a problem with a part of this phone that connects to the screen the entire time. Our bad! Here's another free phone.
Now I know what you are all thinking. Great they have replaced a purchase twice! That's amazing, and I agree. Except for the fact when you pay hundreds of dollars for a piece of technology and its accesories you shouldn't REALLY have to have so many issues that it is replaced TWICE in the span of a year.
Fine, new phone ago. Wahoo! No screen shaking problems. No battery draining problems. What in the world could go wrong now.
The attached picture will help. Since October I have gone through THREE Iphone chargers from apple and FIVE more knock offs (I mean at like 40 dollars a pop who can afford to keep buying the real thing). I've tried buying the lightning cord... it dies after max a month. Ive tried buying the old cord with the adaptor it dies after a month. I try knockoffs... same thing.
Like really? I have spent literally well over 150 dollars in chargers in a year and half?!?!? Could you imagine if I hadn't of bought the knockoffs. Apple this time takes no time to tell me that it's wear and tear of the chargers. Oh I am sorry I guess the charger remaining idle at home is TOO much for it.
Has anyone else had this problem? I've seen related topics when I searched google. I just can't for the life of me wrap my mind around it. I also can't afford to continue paying for accesories to a phone that seemingly is just fritzing all the time. I have stood up and by apple for a while, while every moves onto other phones with less issues and it's unfortunate to say I think I've come to the end of the road.
I have an iPhone 5. Bought it new. Charge time is the WORST of ANY smartphone I've EVER owned and, if I want to actually USE my phone, I HAVE to have it on a charger about every TWO HOURS. I had it replace TWICE! NO DIFFERENCE.
THEN, on top of that, I've NEVER had a charger cord last longer than about TWO MONTHS!!! I got tired of throwing my money away on the expensive Apple charger cords, after purchasing FOUR IN LESS THAN NINE MONTHS. I began buying the 'generic' cords at Walmart. This 'saved' me $10 a pop but, at more than $20, with tax, it was STILL TOO MUCH and they ALSO lasted about 2 months each. Then little 'store' at my local Walmart's Murphy Gas Station began selling really short cords for FIVE BUCKS!!! I WAS SOLD!!! They still only last about 2 months but $5 is a WHOLE LOT BETTER than $20-$30!! I'm waiting to see how the iPhone 6 does with cords and charge time. I MAY wait until the iPhone 7 comes out!!
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The Complete Guide to FaceTime + iMessage: Setup, Use, and Troubleshooting
http://tinyurl.com/a7odey8
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sophieguichard wrote:
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How can I kill all Threads of the same class from within the run() method?
Ok
I have a class called Consumer that extends Thread
I have several Consumer threans running... but, when a certain condition is true (within the run() method) in ANY of the threads, I want to kill ALL the threads of that object.
is this possible?I know this is gonna be too demanding, but can someone please tell me why my Consumer's run() method never reaches the System.out.println( "ALL CONSUMING DONE") line
Create a multi-threaded prime number calculator that is based on the producer-consumer model
using semaphores. Your program should be able to check for prime numbers in a range specified
by the user and with a variable number of threads. Example:
$ java PrimeFind 3 5000 10000
should use 1 producer and 2 consumers (3 threads in total, obviously the minimum is 2) to find all
the prime numbers in the range [5000,10000].
The producer should: use a buffer to store candidate numbers that have to be checked for
primality.
Consumers should: read from the buffer, check if a number is prime and update the status of the
program accordingly (e.g. show the number on the screen, or save it to a file)
import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
import java.io.*;
public class Assign1 {
static int fromThisNumber;
static int toThisNumber;
static int numberOfThreads;
static int buffer[];
static Semaphore ready; /*This semaphore is used by the Producer to signal
an "OK" to the consumers*/
static Semaphore critical; /*This is a Mutex semaphore. It allows only 1 consumer
to enter his critical section.
static Semaphore counter; /*This semaphore acts as a counter.
Instead of having a global variable
incremented each time, we just release()
this semephore when we find a prime number
Because remember that release() increments permits
static Producer prod;
static Consumer cons[];
static int in=0;
static int out=0;
static PrintWriter outFile;
public static void main (String args[]){
try{
outFile=new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("primes.txt"));
}catch(Exception e){}
numberOfThreads=Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
fromThisNumber=Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
toThisNumber=Integer.parseInt(args[2]);
buffer=new int[Integer.parseInt(args[2])-Integer.parseInt(args[1])+1];
ready=new Semaphore(0,false); /*We initialise it to 0 because we wait
for the Producer to produce atleast a
item. Suppose ready was 1 and if
Consumer ran first he would be in an
empty buffer */
critical=new Semaphore (1,false);/*We initialise it to 1 because when
the first Consumer thread tries
to enter its critical section, it
should be allowed to;
Subsequent threads will have to
wait since only 1 thread can
access its critical section at a time*/
counter=new Semaphore(0,false); // duh!
cons=new Consumer[numberOfThreads-1]; /*numberOfThreads-1 because 1 thread
is taken by the Producer*/
//Creating Producer object
prod=new Producer();
//Creating the Consumer object and start the thread.
for(int i=0;i<cons.length;i++)
cons=new Consumer();
cons[i].start();
prod.start();
//Printing to screen and file
/* for(int i=0;i<buffer.length;i++)
if(buffer[i]!=0)
System.out.println(buffer[i]);
outFile.println(buffer[i]);
System.out.println("Total primes found between "+args[1]+" and "+toThisNumber+": "+counter.availablePermits()+"\n primes.txt written");
outFile.println("Total primes found between "+args[1]+" and "+toThisNumber+": "+counter.availablePermits());
outFile.close();*/
static class Producer extends Thread {
public void run(){try{
while(in<buffer.length) /*'in' should always be more than 'out'.Oherwise the consumer will try to access an empty index*/
{ System.out.println("producing");
buffer[in]=fromThisNumber;
in++;
fromThisNumber++;
ready.release();
catch (Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
System.out.println("ALL PRODUCING DONE");
static class Consumer extends Thread {
int tempout=0;
public void run(){try{
System.out.println("before while"+this.getId());
while(tempout<=in)
System.out.println("before ready"+this.getId()+" "+ready.availablePermits()+" "+in);
ready.acquire();
System.out.println("before critical.acquire"+this.getId());
critical.acquire();
tempout=out;
out++;
critical.release();
if(!isPrime(buffer[tempout]))
{System.out.println(buffer[tempout]+" by "+this.getId());buffer[tempout]=0;}
else {counter.release();System.out.println("prime added: "+buffer[tempout]+" by "+this.getId());}
critical.acquire();
tempout=out;
System.out.println("tempout:"+tempout+" of "+this.getId());
critical.release();
System.out.println("ALL CONSUMING DONE"+this.getId());
catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
//Prime number-checking method
public boolean isPrime(int n){
for(int i=2;i<=(n/2);i++)
if(n%i==0)
return false;
return true;
======================
import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
import java.io.*;
/* 3 questions to ask Barlas
* Why error if I start the Consumer threads before Producer
* Why does the counter semaphore always give a +1 result at the end
* Is there a way I can verify that all the work is not being done by only 1 consumer thread? In other words, the workload is being shared properly
* if I put ready.acquire() outside or inside the while loop, its not making any difference, why?
* Strangely, its not making any difference if I playing with the release() and aquire() of the semaphores, WHY?!?!
public class Assign1 {
static int fromThisNumber;
static int toThisNumber;
static int numberOfThreads;
static int buffer[];
static Semaphore ready; /*This semaphore is used by the Producer to signal
an "OK" to the consumers*/
static Semaphore critical; /*This is a Mutex semaphore. It allows only 1 consumer
to enter his critical section.
static Semaphore counter; /*This semaphore acts as a counter.
Instead of having a global variable
incremented each time, we just release()
this semephore when we find a prime number
Because remember that release() increments permits
static Producer prod;
static Consumer cons[];
static int in=0;
static int out=0;
static PrintWriter outFile;
public static void main (String args[]){
try{
outFile=new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("primes.txt"));
}catch(Exception e){}
numberOfThreads=Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
fromThisNumber=Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
toThisNumber=Integer.parseInt(args[2]);
buffer=new int[Integer.parseInt(args[2])-Integer.parseInt(args[1])+1];
ready=new Semaphore(0,false); /*We initialise it to 0 because we wait
for the Producer to produce atleast a
item. Suppose ready was 1 and if
Consumer ran first he would be in an
empty buffer */
critical=new Semaphore (1,false);/*We initialise it to 1 because when
the first Consumer thread tries
to enter its critical section, it
should be allowed to;
Subsequent threads will have to
wait since only 1 thread can
access its critical section at a time*/
counter=new Semaphore(0,false); // duh!
cons=new Consumer[numberOfThreads-1]; /*numberOfThreads-1 because 1 thread
is taken by the Producer*/
//Creating Producer object
prod=new Producer();
//Creating the Consumer object and start the thread.
for(int i=0;i<cons.length;i++)
cons[i]=new Consumer();
cons[i].start();
prod.start();
//Printing to screen and file
/* for(int i=0;i<buffer.length;i++)
if(buffer[i]!=0)
System.out.println(buffer[i]);
outFile.println(buffer[i]);
System.out.println("Total primes found between "+args[1]+" and "+toThisNumber+": "+counter.availablePermits()+"\n primes.txt written");
outFile.println("Total primes found between "+args[1]+" and "+toThisNumber+": "+counter.availablePermits());
outFile.close();*/
static class Producer extends Thread {
public void run(){try{
while(in<buffer.length) /*'in' should always be more than 'out'.Oherwise the consumer will try to access an empty index*/
{ System.out.println("producing");
buffer[in]=fromThisNumber;
in++;
fromThisNumber++;
ready.release();
catch (Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
System.out.println("ALL PRODUCING DONE");
static class Consumer extends Thread {
int tempout=0;
public void run(){try{
System.out.println("before while"+this.getId());
while(tempout<=in)
System.out.println("before ready"+this.getId()+" "+ready.availablePermits()+" "+in);
ready.acquire();
System.out.println("before critical.acquire"+this.getId());
critical.acquire();
tempout=out;
out++;
critical.release();
if(!isPrime(buffer[tempout]))
{System.out.println(buffer[tempout]+" by "+this.getId());buffer[tempout]=0;}
else {counter.release();System.out.println("prime added: "+buffer[tempout]+" by "+this.getId());}
critical.acquire();
tempout=out;
System.out.println("tempout:"+tempout+" of "+this.getId());
critical.release();
System.out.println("ALL CONSUMING DONE"+this.getId());
catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
//Prime number-checking method
public boolean isPrime(int n){
for(int i=2;i<=(n/2);i++)
if(n%i==0)
return false;
return true;
===========================
BTW, when I tried to change extends Thread to implements Runnable I got some kinda of error.
Actually, my program is pretty complete... its just that something if messed up in my Consumer's run() method's while loop... I think
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His computer had the same issue,
- was connected,
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- did not have the DNS or router address in his current network settings.
The key point here is the same as yours, that all other devices were connected and could surf with Safari, except for that one device, in your case the iMac.
I determined his problem by manually assigning a 192.168.1.x IP address, subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, dns for his ISP and router address of 192.168.1.1. This worked, however it wouldn't when set to DHCP... went back to a 169 address.....
The real problem, the router was config'd to allow only 5 dhcp addresses to be giving out, once the 6 device tried, it would show a wireless full bar connect, a 169 address and wouldn't connect to the internet as Safaria stated it wasn't connected to the internet.
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I cannot connect my iPhone 5 32GB IOS 6.02 to iTunes 11.01 on a Mac Book Pro. The screen freezes and doesn't recognize the iPhone at all. Thank you for your help.
Read here.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591
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