I don't mean to sound like a troll (I'm really not.) but does anybody else think it's odd that the go-to solution for most iDevice problems is to restore the device?
Isn't this a case of the cure being worse than the disease?
I'm a PC user myself so I don't know... is it NORMAL if your Mac has a moderately severe problem with one if the programs for you to completely wipe the hard drive and START ALL OVER AGAIN? *Is it normal to completely reinstall the operating system? Because that's exactly what we are doing when we restore our iDevices. Sure, there might be a back up but let's not kid ourselves, backups don't actually really back up everything. *When you restore from a backup, you DO lose information.
And sometimes we are told NOT to restore from backup. *If that's the case then we DO lose everything. Sometimes you get ahold of Apple and they tell you to restore as a new device! Then you DO lose everything!
If people called Microsoft complaing about an issue with Windows 7, and MS told them "why don't you delete everything on your computer and reinstall the operating system, the world would FREAK OUT! But just because it's Apple or it's this miracle device we are supposed to be okay with this "solution?"
Very strange.
Why is this an acceptable solution? *I just don't understand how you can be so cavalier about losing the information that you have on your idevices.**If you have to restore from backup, why aren't you complaining to Apple to fix the issue? *Everyone seems so calm when they say "I restored my phone."
Restoring my phone is a real chore so I just don't understand. *Can someone explain this to me because I just don't understand. Is this just the way it is for Apple computers? (iDevices are computers running OSX.) Because it's not for PCs.
It's hilarious to think that Apple loves to say they are mostly virus free. Well what's the worst thing that can happen to you if you are on a PC and you get a virus? You lose everything on your hard drive and have to reinstall the OS. Well, tell me then. What's the difference between these firmware glitches that occur so frequently on the ios devices and a virus that you can get on a PC? At least with a PC I can protect myself from getting the viruses. But with an iDevice I have no protection. I can't even back up the data! If I do and there's a problem, what happens if I have to restore as new? What's the difference between that and getting a virus on a PC? The end result is the same.
I just don't understand how you all can think this is okay.
Isn't this a case of the cure being worse than the disease?
I'm a PC user myself so I don't know... is it NORMAL if your Mac has a moderately severe problem with one if the programs for you to completely wipe the hard drive and START ALL OVER AGAIN? *Is it normal to completely reinstall the operating system? Because that's exactly what we are doing when we restore our iDevices. Sure, there might be a back up but let's not kid ourselves, backups don't actually really back up everything. *When you restore from a backup, you DO lose information.
And sometimes we are told NOT to restore from backup. *If that's the case then we DO lose everything. Sometimes you get ahold of Apple and they tell you to restore as a new device! Then you DO lose everything!
If people called Microsoft complaing about an issue with Windows 7, and MS told them "why don't you delete everything on your computer and reinstall the operating system, the world would FREAK OUT! But just because it's Apple or it's this miracle device we are supposed to be okay with this "solution?"
Very strange.
Why is this an acceptable solution? *I just don't understand how you can be so cavalier about losing the information that you have on your idevices.**If you have to restore from backup, why aren't you complaining to Apple to fix the issue? *Everyone seems so calm when they say "I restored my phone."
Restoring my phone is a real chore so I just don't understand. *Can someone explain this to me because I just don't understand. Is this just the way it is for Apple computers? (iDevices are computers running OSX.) Because it's not for PCs.
It's hilarious to think that Apple loves to say they are mostly virus free. Well what's the worst thing that can happen to you if you are on a PC and you get a virus? You lose everything on your hard drive and have to reinstall the OS. Well, tell me then. What's the difference between these firmware glitches that occur so frequently on the ios devices and a virus that you can get on a PC? At least with a PC I can protect myself from getting the viruses. But with an iDevice I have no protection. I can't even back up the data! If I do and there's a problem, what happens if I have to restore as new? What's the difference between that and getting a virus on a PC? The end result is the same.
I just don't understand how you all can think this is okay.