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jtees4
May 26, 2013, 7:37:01 PM5/26/13
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On Wed, 22 May 2013 10:42:10 -0500, jetjock <jet...@example.com>
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>My wife and I both have 3gs models with the latest OS. For over a
>month now, neither of us have been able to "Slide to open" our phones
>for about a minute after they turn on. Never used to have any delay.
>Anyone else see this?
I'm no expert, but it sure sound like a virus type thing...not sure if
getting a virus is even really possible.
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>My wife and I both have 3gs models with the latest OS. For over a
>month now, neither of us have been able to "Slide to open" our phones
>for about a minute after they turn on. Never used to have any delay.
>Anyone else see this?
I'm no expert, but it sure sound like a virus type thing...not sure if
getting a virus is even really possible.
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Rod Speed
May 26, 2013, 7:51:15 PM5/26/13
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jtees4 <jte...@hotmail.com> wrote
> but it sure sound like a virus type thing...
No, its VERY unlikely to JUST affect the slider and nothing else.
> not sure if getting a virus is even really possible.
Corse its possible.
> jetjock <jet...@example.com> wrote
>> My wife and I both have 3gs models with the latest OS. For over a
>> month now, neither of us have been able to "Slide to open" our phones
>> for about a minute after they turn on. Never used to have any delay.
>> Anyone else see this?
> I'm no expert,
That's obvious.
>> My wife and I both have 3gs models with the latest OS. For over a
>> month now, neither of us have been able to "Slide to open" our phones
>> for about a minute after they turn on. Never used to have any delay.
>> Anyone else see this?
> I'm no expert,
> but it sure sound like a virus type thing...
> not sure if getting a virus is even really possible.
nospam
May 26, 2013, 7:53:00 PM5/26/13
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In article <e375q8t5i011e45ab...@4ax.com>, jtees4
<jte...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >My wife and I both have 3gs models with the latest OS. For over a
> >month now, neither of us have been able to "Slide to open" our phones
> >for about a minute after they turn on. Never used to have any delay.
> >Anyone else see this?
>
> I'm no expert, but it sure sound like a virus type thing...not sure if
> getting a virus is even really possible.
it's not possible unless jailbroken and even then it's rare.
> >My wife and I both have 3gs models with the latest OS. For over a
> >month now, neither of us have been able to "Slide to open" our phones
> >for about a minute after they turn on. Never used to have any delay.
> >Anyone else see this?
>
> I'm no expert, but it sure sound like a virus type thing...not sure if
> getting a virus is even really possible.
nospam
May 26, 2013, 7:55:05 PM5/26/13
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In article <b0flfo...@mid.individual.net>, Rod Speed
<rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > not sure if getting a virus is even really possible.
>
> Corse its possible.
only if jailbroken, and even then, not likely.
> > not sure if getting a virus is even really possible.
>
> Corse its possible.
Rod Speed
May 26, 2013, 8:26:08 PM5/26/13
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> and even then it's rare.
Rod Speed
May 26, 2013, 8:39:36 PM5/26/13
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nospam <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote
> and even then, not likely.
Irrelevant to whether its possible.
> Rod Speed <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote
>>> not sure if getting a virus is even really possible.
>> Corse its possible.
> only if jailbroken,
Wrong, as always.
>>> not sure if getting a virus is even really possible.
>> Corse its possible.
> only if jailbroken,
> and even then, not likely.
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nospam
May 27, 2013, 7:25:19 PM5/27/13
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In article <dqg7q8dtpt0vjvnkb...@4ax.com>, jetjock
then it's definitely not a virus.
take the phones to an apple store and have them diagnose it for free.
if it's a simple fix they'll even fix it for free.
<jet...@example.com> wrote:
> >> >My wife and I both have 3gs models with the latest OS. For over a
> >> >month now, neither of us have been able to "Slide to open" our phones
> >> >for about a minute after they turn on. Never used to have any delay.
> >> >Anyone else see this?
> >>
> >> I'm no expert, but it sure sound like a virus type thing...not sure if
> >> getting a virus is even really possible.
> >
> >it's not possible unless jailbroken and even then it's rare.
>
> Phones are NOT jailbroken. Thanks
> >> >My wife and I both have 3gs models with the latest OS. For over a
> >> >month now, neither of us have been able to "Slide to open" our phones
> >> >for about a minute after they turn on. Never used to have any delay.
> >> >Anyone else see this?
> >>
> >> I'm no expert, but it sure sound like a virus type thing...not sure if
> >> getting a virus is even really possible.
> >
> >it's not possible unless jailbroken and even then it's rare.
>
then it's definitely not a virus.
take the phones to an apple store and have them diagnose it for free.
if it's a simple fix they'll even fix it for free.
jtees4
May 30, 2013, 7:45:30 AM5/30/13
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myself. But so far, I put a theory out there that has not been proven
wrong yet. I find it interesting that it is affecting two phones the
same way, that is what leads me to believe it is software based. You
are correct in saying it is unlikely, but I haven't heard anything
that is likely either.
Rod Speed
May 30, 2013, 2:57:44 PM5/30/13
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jtees4 <jte...@hotmail.com> wrote
> especially since I stated that myself.
That would have been obvious even if you had not.
> But so far, I put a theory out there that has not been proven wrong yet.
No one bothered to prove something that
basic, essentially because if it really was a virus,
it wouldn't just affect the slider and nothing else.
> I find it interesting that it is affecting two phones the same way,
Yes, that's certainly important information.
> that is what leads me to believe it is software based.
Sure, but that's an entirely separate matter to the point I was
making, that its very unlikely to be a VIRUS, because a VIRUS
is very unlikely to affect JUST the slider and nothing else.
> You are correct in saying it is unlikely, but
> I haven't heard anything that is likely either.
One obvious possibility is that is a quirk of an update
to the software that only affects a subset of iphones.
A subset in the sense of a particular hardware detail
that is only seen in a subset of even that model.
Its certainly possible that the initial setup phase
that the software goes thru when the iphone is
starting from scratch has a problem with some
of the hardware that sees the slider inactive
while its having that difficult and once it has
decided to say just ignore that, everything else
works fine.
> Rod Speed <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote
>> jtees4 <jte...@hotmail.com> wrote
>>> jetjock <jet...@example.com> wrote
>>>> My wife and I both have 3gs models with the latest OS. For over a
>>>> month now, neither of us have been able to "Slide to open" our phones
>>>> for about a minute after they turn on. Never used to have any delay.
>>>> Anyone else see this?
>>> I'm no expert,
>> That's obvious.
>>> but it sure sound like a virus type thing...
>> No, its VERY unlikely to JUST affect the slider and nothing else.
>>> not sure if getting a virus is even really possible.
>> Corse its possible.
> It should be obvious I'm no expert,
It was.
>> jtees4 <jte...@hotmail.com> wrote
>>> jetjock <jet...@example.com> wrote
>>>> My wife and I both have 3gs models with the latest OS. For over a
>>>> month now, neither of us have been able to "Slide to open" our phones
>>>> for about a minute after they turn on. Never used to have any delay.
>>>> Anyone else see this?
>>> I'm no expert,
>> That's obvious.
>>> but it sure sound like a virus type thing...
>> No, its VERY unlikely to JUST affect the slider and nothing else.
>>> not sure if getting a virus is even really possible.
>> Corse its possible.
> It should be obvious I'm no expert,
> especially since I stated that myself.
> But so far, I put a theory out there that has not been proven wrong yet.
basic, essentially because if it really was a virus,
it wouldn't just affect the slider and nothing else.
> I find it interesting that it is affecting two phones the same way,
> that is what leads me to believe it is software based.
making, that its very unlikely to be a VIRUS, because a VIRUS
is very unlikely to affect JUST the slider and nothing else.
> You are correct in saying it is unlikely, but
> I haven't heard anything that is likely either.
to the software that only affects a subset of iphones.
A subset in the sense of a particular hardware detail
that is only seen in a subset of even that model.
Its certainly possible that the initial setup phase
that the software goes thru when the iphone is
starting from scratch has a problem with some
of the hardware that sees the slider inactive
while its having that difficult and once it has
decided to say just ignore that, everything else
works fine.
jtees4
May 31, 2013, 7:15:24 AM5/31/13
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On Fri, 31 May 2013 04:57:44 +1000, "Rod Speed"
I agree, the update thing makes sense.. The only thing I don't agree
with is a virus won't affect only one thing. Maybe it's because it
happened to me once, OK granted it was a Windows machine....but I got
a virus that did only one thing. It disabled my CD/DVD drive...nothing
more. In fact, that's why I didn't think it wasn't a virus at the
time, because it just acted like a broken drive. Granted, I do agree
it's unlikely....but it did happen. But then again...I did say it was
Windows ;-)
with is a virus won't affect only one thing. Maybe it's because it
happened to me once, OK granted it was a Windows machine....but I got
a virus that did only one thing. It disabled my CD/DVD drive...nothing
more. In fact, that's why I didn't think it wasn't a virus at the
time, because it just acted like a broken drive. Granted, I do agree
it's unlikely....but it did happen. But then again...I did say it was
Windows ;-)
Rod Speed
May 31, 2013, 10:33:42 PM5/31/13
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"jtees4" <jte...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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SLIDER essentially because the slider doesn't actually
do anything much that's going to be affected by a virus.
> Maybe it's because it happened to me once, OK granted
> it was a Windows machine....but I got a virus that did only
> one thing. It disabled my CD/DVD drive...nothing more.
seeing it do nothing for a while and then it works fine.
Very hard to see what a virus could be doing
to produce that detail of the symptom seen.
> In fact, that's why I didn't think it wasn't a virus at
> the time, because it just acted like a broken drive.
> Granted, I do agree it's unlikely....but it did happen.
that have you kick yourself when you work out what
it is, but I still don't see that with a virus and the SLIDER.
Rod Speed
Jun 6, 2013, 4:21:36 PM6/6/13
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"Rod Speed" <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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you turn the phone on from a power off, there is
a very short time during which the slider does not
work. Presumably that's longer on your 3gs because
of the lower horsepower cpu in it, so is likely the
only effect you are seeing.
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