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Apple Pulls Apple TV 6.0 Update Following Reports of Bricking
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You need to update itunes on the computer you are using to do the restore.
Even after the restore if the light is still blinking do a power cycle on the AppleTV.
I do both of these and my tv3 is fine now (and 6.0).
Yes, that's right and I do. But you miss the point. I want better quality updates from Apple that work so I can benefit from new functionality and security and not be in a defensive posture most of the time.
Just Wait Next Time
Haven't you figured it out yet? Never install the initial version of any software update from any company!
Idiots.
Haven't you figured it out yet? Never install the initial version of any software update from any company!
Idiots.
I've never seen so much misuse of the term "bricked". Bricked means it's only useful as a brick, meaning it's broken forever and not coming back to life/usefulness. If you hook it up directly to a computer with iTunes, and it starts working again, then it was not bricked, it was just a crappy update process.
/rant
/rant
This can show up anytime, usually after it sleeps.
Another rushed out, half-baked software release. Really nice, Apple.
Well I've updated and so far all is good. Hope it stays that way after all the bad reports. Time will tell.
Priceless
Update ATV3 OTA, no issues during the update. After a restart the wifi cycled on/off/on/off about once every other second. Reminded me of the old days with password issues, so I configure wifi again.
It's been solid since, under near constant use. Hopefully the 601 update will help everyone.
Well...maybe Apple needs to change it QA process
Was trying to do this upgrade this morning but it wasn't been offered so I then check Macrumors and found Apple has pulled the plug on it.
What surprises me is Apple's QA process. I get that some systems may have issues but for them to actually pull the plug on an update is an admission of guilt sort of in the vein of Apple Maps last year. Bricking a device, be it an ATV or an iphone, is really poor QA. Hell, there are only a few different types of ATVs and getting 1000 people to test in each pool of devices would be easy by expanding their beta test program so that thousands more of loyal users help. I think this would not be hard to do.
Come on Apple. Go ahead and use your greatest resource, i.e., your loyal user base, to help. Add more to the testing phase of software releases. Believe me, you'd have known well in advance of bricking devices before it ever went GA.
Was trying to do this upgrade this morning but it wasn't been offered so I then check Macrumors and found Apple has pulled the plug on it.
What surprises me is Apple's QA process. I get that some systems may have issues but for them to actually pull the plug on an update is an admission of guilt sort of in the vein of Apple Maps last year. Bricking a device, be it an ATV or an iphone, is really poor QA. Hell, there are only a few different types of ATVs and getting 1000 people to test in each pool of devices would be easy by expanding their beta test program so that thousands more of loyal users help. I think this would not be hard to do.
Come on Apple. Go ahead and use your greatest resource, i.e., your loyal user base, to help. Add more to the testing phase of software releases. Believe me, you'd have known well in advance of bricking devices before it ever went GA.
update 2 AppleTV, no issues
I didn't have to relogin to Netflix or even HBO Go
go figure
So for the people who downloaded and which I did and no my Apple TV is working fine but what does it mean? New Apple TV from Apple or a update to fix this for everyone?
Will people ever be satisfied with technology that works well as-is? Will we ever stop demanding that companies cram in more and more features (WTF is Vevo anyway?). Is "leave well enough alone" a dead phrase?
The answer is no. Thus, turn around times get tighter and tighter and software gets more bloated and harder and harder to debug.
If people weren't so damn grabby about every possible feature, things might actually work.
Louis CK said it best; just because you CAN do something doesn't always mean you SHOULD.
The answer is no. Thus, turn around times get tighter and tighter and software gets more bloated and harder and harder to debug.
If people weren't so damn grabby about every possible feature, things might actually work.
Louis CK said it best; just because you CAN do something doesn't always mean you SHOULD.
Yeah but it does not work because Charter Communications says it is Apples fault, I just think this company highers trolls.
I can't wait to have a 65" Apple iTV... and then get an OTA update that bricks it.
Bwahahaha.
Apple Internal Testing = Oxymoron
Makes me wonder if they test anything anymore...
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You must work for Apple because you are obviously not a consumer.
Why do you blame consumers for something that is Apple's fault?
Roku doesn't have a fraction of the resources that Apple has and they are doing just fine. I unplugged my ATV when the Roku 3 came out. Why? Because it offered MORE. [I didn't ask Roku for anything. They, as a company, offered more. Their choice, not mine.]
You can ask Apple to add more of anything, until you are blue in the face, and they won't do it. They never cater to consumers... So your argument is not valid here. They do what they want, when they want.
Consumers are just "lucky" that Apple allows us to buy their stuff.
Try to call me a troll... I'm just as upset with Google/Android
Bwahahaha.
Apple Internal Testing = Oxymoron
Makes me wonder if they test anything anymore...
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You must work for Apple because you are obviously not a consumer.
Why do you blame consumers for something that is Apple's fault?
Roku doesn't have a fraction of the resources that Apple has and they are doing just fine. I unplugged my ATV when the Roku 3 came out. Why? Because it offered MORE. [I didn't ask Roku for anything. They, as a company, offered more. Their choice, not mine.]
You can ask Apple to add more of anything, until you are blue in the face, and they won't do it. They never cater to consumers... So your argument is not valid here. They do what they want, when they want.
Consumers are just "lucky" that Apple allows us to buy their stuff.
Try to call me a troll... I'm just as upset with Google/Android
But I liked 10.5 better than 10.4 immediately. I can't get used to inconsistent icon styles.
Although I'm glad some of you had a successful update, this is exactly why I don't need or want to jump on the band wagon as soon as a new update for anything (hardware or software) comes out. It's not worth feeling like a beta tester.