iPhone Problems
Posted: June 30th, 2007 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Uncategorized |Reports of iPhone activation problems are surfacing. An example is the report filed by Jim Dalrymple for PCWorld:
“When I tried to activate my account, I got an error message announcing that my account was incompatible with the iPhone. I called AT&T and explained the situation–the service-provider checked the account and said that it definitely qualified. The tech support person checked all kinds of other things, too, and then said I should be all set to activate.
No go.”
link: iPhone Activation Disasters
link: Activation problems plague iPhone debut
link: Some iPhone customers put on hold
Unfortunately, Jim is not alone in reporting such problems. It would be so annoying to spend over six hundred dollars and to have these activation issues. AT&T is not winning public relations points with this mess. Perhaps Jim is still on the phone… on hold.
Catherine
The activiation on both my iPhone and my husband’s iPhone went very smoothly. No problems there. However, starting yesterday, my phone has started acting up. I’m unable to unlock it for incoming calls. The “slide to unlock” feature no longer works at any time. The only way I can get into the phone is to flip the ringer on/off switch on the side of the phone. Sometimes that works…sometimes not. The iPod part of it is also malfunctioning. It will only play about 2 or three songs on my playlists then shuts down, even with a completely full charge. It has also started randomly calling people in my contact list while laying on my desk untouched. I’m beginning to think it’s possessed…. Back to the Apple Store I go. I knew I should have waited for the bugs to get worked out before buying one…..