Why so many variable results?
This really does baffle me.
Why are people reporting different things happening to their Playbooks after the OS upgrade?
Are all BlackBerry Playbooks made with the same internals - or are some made in different manufacturing plants that use different chipsets?
I can understand perhaps a 3rd party application stopping working after an OS update - RIM can't possibly check every 3rd party app for compatibility...
However, some people have reported the front facing camera has stopped working. The camera? Built into the device? Put there by RIM?
I can't see why that would stop working after a RIM approved OS update to hardware that they made - and only affect some devices.
Then again, upgrading the OS from 4.2 to 4.5 on my 8800 stopped the blue tooth working. Apparently this only happened on Hungarian made 8800s. I guess back then they used different chipsets in different plants around the world. The only way to fix this was to downgrade the OS back to 4.2. There was never any fix for this published by RIM.
If RIM really are using different chipsets (or the hardware is different depending on the factory it was made in) then they should have learned from past mistakes and tested the OS with all of the chipsets that they use. This isn't like a PC where the user can customise their own hardware which, as we all know, can cause problems. This is supposed to be hardware made and put together by RIM - so they should know what is in the secret sauce recipe.
For the front facing camera to stop working after an OS update is just unacceptable - and the fear of that happening to mine is putting me off installing the new OS. I think the video function of the Playbook is a fantastic application.
Anyone know why there are so many variable results reported after the OS upgrade, because I'm baffled as to why that would be the case.
Harry
Re: Why so many variable results?
Originally Posted by
Harry_III_UK This really does baffle me.
Why are people reporting different things happening to their Playbooks after the OS upgrade?
Are all BlackBerry Playbooks made with the same internals - or are some made in different manufacturing plants that use different chipsets?
I can understand perhaps a 3rd party application stopping working after an OS update - RIM can't possibly check every 3rd party app for compatibility...
However, some people have reported the front facing camera has stopped working. The camera? Built into the device? Put there by RIM?
I can't see why that would stop working after a RIM approved OS update to hardware that they made - and only affect some devices.
Then again, upgrading the OS from 4.2 to 4.5 on my 8800 stopped the blue tooth working. Apparently this only happened on Hungarian made 8800s. I guess back then they used different chipsets in different plants around the world. The only way to fix this was to downgrade the OS back to 4.2. There was never any fix for this published by RIM.
If RIM really are using different chipsets (or the hardware is different depending on the factory it was made in) then they should have learned from past mistakes and tested the OS with all of the chipsets that they use. This isn't like a PC where the user can customise their own hardware which, as we all know, can cause problems. This is supposed to be hardware made and put together by RIM - so they should know what is in the secret sauce recipe.
For the front facing camera to stop working after an OS update is just unacceptable - and the fear of that happening to mine is putting me off installing the new OS. I think the video function of the Playbook is a fantastic application.
Anyone know why there are so many variable results reported after the OS upgrade, because I'm baffled as to why that would be the case.
Harry
Excellent questions for which I'm sure we will never get any official reply from Rim. It is nice that Rim appears to acknowledge some problems since they seem to be fixing camera issues after warranty expiration - although I would not count on that but that is what some are reporting. They may be different components in different builds.
On the 9900 (9930??), there are threads where folks who have had to replace screens have to match a specific screen Serial Number (batch number) or else the replacement will not work. So, clearly, there must be circuit differences if a "standard" part like a screen cannot just be replaced by another "standard" screen. There must be similar inherent differences that are not manifest in appearance.