...and it wouldn't be for a good reason, either. I have an iPad and it was jailbroken, operative word here "was". I had a problem with my wifi connecting and thought it all stemmed from a glossy keyboard I was attempting to download from Cydia. So, I Googled and read everything I could from anyone who had something similar happen. I was getting pretty frustrated so I decided to restore the iOS. Problem is, I inadvertently upgraded to the latest version of iTunes, which royally messed me up in not being able to bypass the upgrade to iPad 4.2.1 ~ and well, you know the dilemma at this point. Apparently there is a jailbreak from Green Poison, but I will wait until Spirit is up to speed with theirs. I really liked the previous Spirit jailbreak. It was flawless, very fast and perfect.
So, I ended up restoring my iPad to my previous settings, and still - no wifi. Huh? wtf? So, now even more frustrated, I restored it to the factory settings and the wifi still wouldn't work. I couldn't believe it. Then, I did one of the most no-brainer things anyone could do. I walked over to my router, unplugged the thing, waited for less than a minute, plugged it back in, and Voila! wifi now working on iPad; and I bet I never needed to get rid of the jailbreak and restore it after all.
So, as I sit here and type this, I'm in the processing of restoring my iPad to my previous settings, and if yours is loaded to the gills like mine is, then you know how long *that* can take.
I should've figured out the router thing actually. A few days ago I was using VMware Fusion to run Windows XP on my iMac. It wasn't as easy as you'd think to set up the printer to work in XP on VMware, so after more Googling, I figured it out. Well, when I returned to the Leopard end of things, my printer wouldn't work. It would queue the documents, but wouldn't print anything. Don't 'cha know when I unplugged and plugged my router back in that all those pending documents started to print (and they're still printing). And that's all I had to do this entire time --> UNPLUG THE ROUTER AND THEN PLUG IT BACK IN!!!
So, I'm okay for now with the 4.2.1 on my iPad, but what I don't like is that I can no longer password protect individual apps or folders. There are just some things that are not for anyone else's eyes other than mine. Apple, go figure, hasn't come out with an app for this. I recently saw an app in one of my Mac mags that mentioned an app that allows you to sync wirelessly with iTunes. That's a good one, too. Although "Folders" is alright, I still really like Cydia's "Categories". Folders is problematic on the iPhone in that you are restricted to I believe, 12 apps per folder. I have many apps in some categories that go beyond 12 apps; for instance in the "Games" and "Relaxation" categories. I enjoy those apps you download where it sounds like a thunderstorm, etc. and have a lot of them. It's annoying to have "Relaxation 1" and "Relaxation 2". Then I have 3 "Medical" app folders. Yeah, it's annoying. The iPad might prove to be better than the iPhone since there is more screen real estate, in that I'll probably get all of my desired apps into each folder category. We'll see.
Restore Still In Progress...
It's been awhile since I last blogged so I'm going to try to stay a bit more current. I read a good article online that showed a job posting for Apple. Wow, was that tempting to think about, to work at Apple - Gadget Heaven. Then after some more Googling (I luv that word) I found how slack the pay is for someone at the Genius level. Should be much more in my opinion. I kinda think Apple can afford it. What say you?
(right about now you're probably thinking, well, it would've been nice if she included the links. So here they are; the links:
This one is discussing the job posting:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/02/apple_seeks_digital_photography_expert_for_ipad_development_team.html
This one describes the potential salary; taken from an actual letter for offer of employment:
http://www.macblogz.com/2008/09/26/leaked-apple-genius-position-hiring-documents/
I have also come to the conclusion that just like medical terminology add-on's for word processors, there should be a geek terminology add-on. I can't tell you how many times I've right clicked and selected "Add to Dictionary" while composing this.
Restore Still In Progress... still ... until the next post ~ stay well and stay informed. :-)
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