iPhone Mail’s Bug?

Steven — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:59:22 +0000

After upgrading my iPhone to 2.0, I ran into a couple of problems receiving messages. When I open the Mail.app, on occasion (3 to be precise), it attempts to connect and never establishes a connection. I left it in this state for a few days once, and it never connected, so no mail.

I solved the problem by exiting the Mail.app. You do this by opening Mail.app and holding the home button, the one with the square at the bottom of the iPhone. Hold it for about 10 seconds. Mail will close and you’ll be back at the home screen. Re-launch Mail, and all should be right.

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PowerBook Charger Problem Solved?

Steven — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:48:36 +0000

For the last few months, my powerbook has been suffering from balky charger. The LED indicator on the power connection has been flickering between charging and charged (amber and green). The computer itself has been switching between charge and battery power. While it’s doing this, it’s been making popping sounds through the speaker. Sometimes the power cable gets pretty hot. I’ve been trying to find the solution to this problem for three or four months.

Today, I came across a very interesting Hot Topic in the Apple Powerbook G4 Support page entitled “The AC power adapter won’t charge my battery.” The real title of the article is “Portable Computers: Troubleshooting power adapters” which makes more sense as the article covers three power adapter problems, in particular, “The adapter only charges the computer intermittently.”

Apparently when the charger overheats, gets an over voltage, or senses ground noise the adapter shuts down. In my case, acts erratically. Unplugging it from the wall and letting it rest for 60 seconds seems to have done the trick. It’s working fine now. The power manager is stable, the battery is charging, and the power cable is cool.

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iPhone Mail’s Bug?

PowerBook Charger Problem Solved?