Massive Roaming Bug

I and two of my friends have just arrived in New York. We all have O2 3G iPhones running the latest software. The 3 phones were purchased in the UK from different stores at different times.
ALL 3 phones are exhibiting the same massive bug as follows.....
For the first day or so we were here all phones worked as normal whilst connected to the roaming network AT&T.
Today, all of the phones now connect to T-Mobile (with no way of changing that).
The T-Mobile signal strength if 100% for 10 seconds, then 0% for 20 seconds, then back and forth for ever.
You cannot, call out or in and text messaging fails.
After 5 mins or so the phone auto-reboots and the cycle continues.
Manually re-booting does not fix the problem.
I cannot got off the T-Mobile network.
My phone is 100% totally useless. I can do nothing with it whatsoever.
All of the phones are exhibiting the same problem.
Went to the NY Apple Store and they said they could not help because it was a UK phone.
Went to AT&T and they just laughed saying the iPhone is causing nothing but problems and other roaming customers have reported the same problems. After spending 30 minutes with them I left the store with the same problem.
Sine 3 phones are all doing this (and I have 1 other UK friend here with an iPhone and his phone is working normally, however, this is his 3rd phone as the other 2 did exactly this issue as well).
This is totally unacceptable and bugs like this should not make it into production devices.
I travel abroad all of the time and the iPhone has never presented these problems. Here in NY and 3 out of 4 phones are bust.

This is not a roaming bug. All GSM cellphones will choose the strongest tower available to use for voice and data. By default all GSM phones are set by the manufacturer to auto-detect any GSM carrier tower for better reception though unfortunately this can cause roaming charges to be incurred. Due to the USA has several GSM carriers (top two are AT&T and T-Mobile) with towers in close proximity to one another you can change the iPhone 3G network settings to only use one specific carrier by going into "Settings" then "Carrier" then select which network carrier you want to use. This can be very handy for those living close to the USA/Canada boarder where they may be picked up by the other country carrier network. Keep in mind that by setting the iPhone to only use one carrier you do run the risk of dropped calls when roaming outside that specific carrier's network coverage. Though at least you won't see roaming charges Note: When roaming in the USA I leave my network settings to auto and when I get back home my Rogers invoice shows the dates and times I was roaming on either AT&T or T-Mobile. I've never had any issue when roaming in the USA of being billed by both carriers at the same time when placing a call due to as stated the iPhone will pick the strongest signal.

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a) When you disable roaming and you
have no Carrier data connection then
the phone will not use WiFi for data
like I.E. or email... Urgent Fix Needed!
This is a weird one... as WiFi schould
work even if there is no Carrier.
b) When you type in a new contact
the Autocaps for a new cell does
not always work. A fix would be welcome.
c) The latest Nokia navigation software
does not install...

To make sure that this is not software related, set it back to factory settings, without using any backup data afterwards. Set up the rest of the personal settings manually and test the phone.
If the phone works after that, restore from the latest backup again. If the problem comes back, the backup contained corrupt data, causing the issue.
If it still does not work, this could be a hardware issue and the phone has to be serviced by Apple or an Authorized Apple Service Provider:
Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings - Apple Support
Find an Apple Authorized Service Provider
iPhone - Contact Support - Apple Support

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I ran into this huge massive bug in FP9..
Reproduction steps:
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2. Select version 9 for Linux.
3. Install
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So its not a bug in the player .. its a problem in the
download of it.
Doesn't sounds like a massively huge bug in the player at
all.
>I ran into this huge massive bug in FP9..

Using a US iPhone 3Gs in Europe for 4 months...

My daughter will be on a study abroad program in Italy for 4 months and likely will be frequently traveling to other European countries on the weekends, etc. What is the best way for her to be able to use her iPhone without incurring the potentially massive roaming charges I have heard of. My worry is that she will inadvertently turn on the roaming feature and I will get slammed for a $5,000 bill for the month! Also, what about using Skype or similar with the 3Gs?

You get charged for 1 international roaming minute if the phone is not answered and the call goes to voicemail. Data charges will also be incurred, since the iPhone's Visual Voicemail is accessed as data, not voice. Airplane mode will prevent all of that, of course. As an alternative to data, she can call her own number and press * during the voicemail greeting, then enter her voicemail password to access voicemail (calling her own number would, of course, incur another 1 minute charge...).
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http://wireless.att.com/learn/international

If you shoot in raw do not use a mac!

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is this a massive apple bug?

Some folks aren't happy unless they're unhappy. For them, Windows is the perfect solution to all of their maladies. I would suggest the OP make the switch as soon as possible so he can find all of his missing pixels.

The HTC One M8 is a lemon and Verizon refuses to work with us.

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Do yourself a favor and avoid this garbage phone!

"You have a warranty which states replaced with certified like new and not brand new."
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I'm taking my US purchased ATT iPhone 4 on a backpack trip to Italy to use as a photo/video camera. I have a regular, US customer ATT account - not a business or international account.
If I understand it correctly, to avoid getting socked with massive roaming and data charges I should:
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Moving photos from old iMac to memory stick
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That is not moving an iPhoto Library. It will not retain Faces, Titles and lots of other metadata. That's moving the Previews (only) from one Library to a thumb drive and then importing them to another Library.
To move a Library:
To move an iPhoto Library to a new machine:
Link the two Macs together: there are several ways to do this: Wireless Network,Firewire Target Disk Mode, Ethernet, or even just copy the Library to an external HD and then on to the new machine...
But however you do choose to link the two machines...
Simply copy the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder on the old Machine to the Pictures Folder on the new Machine.
Then launch iPhoto. That's it.
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I'll ask the same question that I posed
above - can you do this for Mail and iTunes?
Most certainly not. You need to ask on those forums for the correct way to move those databases.

Lightroom 4: Massive BUG with White Balance / Quick Develop. Totally Unreliable!

I just recently updated from LR3 and just now found a massive bug concerning the white balance adjustments in the quick develop module.
After a studio shooting and especially after weddings I use the "make warmer" adjustment in the quick develop panel to give all (a few thousand NEFs) a nicer look all at once.
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After closer inspection it came out that a lot of images (50%-60%) had the following custom WB set: 5316, Tint: +10.
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That setting of course applies way too much magenta to a lot of images.
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I tried completely resetting all images prior to "make warmer", setting them to different camera profiles first and even switched them to Process 2010 again. But absolutely no luck! :-(
The "make warmer" tool gives me totally unusable results.
I find it strange, that I couldn't find anything about that on the net.
PLEASE fix this ASAP.
To apply WB to thousands of images individually is a real pain.
I would be glad to support you fixing the issue.
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Nikon D700
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@ssprengel
I get your point but that is exactly my problem.
Not only is there no pattern but also once I reset a file that got 5316+10 to "as shot" and select "make warmer" for it again it does get the correct value! As long as I select it as a single file without others.
So just to simplify my findings and explain what I have been doing all night:
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File 1: 5700 / -8
File 2: 5500 / -8
File 3: 5550 / -8
File 4: 5450 / -6
File 5: 5500 / -7
- CLICK "make warmer" once
Result:
File 1: 6089 / -8
File 2: 5867 / -8
File 3: 5316 / +10
File 4: 5316 / +10
File 5: 5316 / +10
1 and 2 are okay!
- SELECT 3-5
- RESET THEM
Result:
File 3: 5550 / -8
File 4: 5450 / -6
File 5: 5500 / -7
- CLICK "make warmer" again
Result:
File 3: 5316 / +10
File 4: 5812 / -6
File 5: 5867 / -7
File 4 and 5 are okay!
- SELECT File 3 again
- RESET IT
- CLICK "make warmer"
Result:
File 3: 5923 / -8
now File 3 is okay, too.
It is completely random!
But that is no way to work, of course.
I have two weddings from last week and am going nuts already.

Bug: For a migrated roaming profile from V2 to V3 browser history may not work ...

Solution: Do a new profile ...
or
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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/6418ae13-63c7-44a1-9e97-0ad875a2bd7a/browsing-history-not-being-recorded?forum=ieitprocurrentver#d16f8580-0d2a-40f7-8197-86d232bbaa74
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A Bug in Windows (or Windows 8 ... seen this issue posted quite a few times for Windows 8.
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Thank you for your answer.
The entry in that registry key remains indeed there. Is it safe to just remove that registry key when the user is no longer logged into that specific server?
The KB that you have send me is with the following explanation:
Notes
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When this issue occurs, the registry subkey that represents the stale user profile is deleted. This subkey appears in the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
But we do not have the Windows Search service installed nor is it enabled in the services list? But the subkey does remain in the registry.
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I don't think that data loss is something that was purposefully precisely calculated.
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Stereodark
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If TIM Italy is "...saying the software roaming lock works well for EDGE and 3G, but for 4G/LTE it sometimes allows some data to be transferred,...", then this seems like it must be what we refer to as a "known issue". Apple seldom (if ever) uses the term "bug", no do they often offer workarounds (as the issue is likely unaddressable by the user with a "Setting" or such).
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I mean when software is proven fine on the test fleet the next step should be to put it on non important computers. Those are the ones nobody depends on and I was now talking about 10.9 in particular. Home computers are good because you get well exposed of them and your also have close relationship with the users who will not be afraid to give you the slightest flaw right in your face.
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