Hi David, Fair enough; we shall agree to disagree on this one. What the Apple support person told you is basically true, but still doesn't contradict what I said at all. He is right, it reboots the phone. But it does not shut down any apps or save any data prior to doing the reset, because if it did, how would the reset actually work if there was a serious problem? Pocket PCs have totally, totally different internal workings to iOS devices and you're right, it is easy to corrupt those devices. Your friend also never told you anything other than his theory (he never stated that he knew of it happening), so I am not really sure I would consider it contradictory to what I said either.
The great thing about these lists is that we've got a ton of iOS enthusiasts sharing tips and perspectives, and there's nothing wrong with agreeing to disagree! Warmly, Grant On 5/31/12, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Grant, > > My friend is some sort of developer. You can argue for crashing the > springboard all you want saying it will not corrupt any code. My friend says > there is a very slight chance that it could corrupt code. I prefer not to > take that chance. I have corrupted code in a pocket pc which then required > me to do a complete rebuild from my computer. As this takes time which I > prefer not to spend in such fashion, I choose not to take the chance. > > An Apple support person is the one who told me that the home and power > buttons simultaneously for 10 to 12 seconds reboots the phone and properly > restores the driver stacks. From my timing of both restarts, the reboot > takes longer for booting up than the power cycling for booting up. > > To be precise, the higher level support specialist told me to first turn the > iPhone off then on, and once it has come fully on, do the reboot. > > Sorry, but I trust both of these people over what you are saying on the > list. My developer friend is a software engineer. The Apple tech support > person was in the higher tier of support. > > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 31/05/2012, at 19:28, Grant Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Neil, the twelve-second holding down of HOME and POWER is a forced >> reboot, rather like pressing the REBOOT button on a PC. If system >> corruption could occur on an iPhone using the other method (which as >> I've said I'm skeptical about), then it most certainly could occur >> with the reboot method as well, which does not shut anything down. >> >> Crashing your springboard is not "a forced collapsing" of the iOS >> platform; the springboard is one part of the iOS architecture. It's >> the part of iOS from which apps are launched. It does not store any >> critical user data. >> >> I think there are a fair few misconceptions about this topic on list. >> I don't mean to be argumentative but it is important that people >> understand them, and that if you have a theory (such as that data >> corruption could occur) that you make clear that it is just that--a >> theory. People who are stating this theory have relatively little >> technical data to back it up--case and point, the "forced collapsing >> of the iOS system" statement, which this is not. >> >> Warmly :) >> >> Grant >> >> >> >> On 5/31/12, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Adrian, >>> >>> I agree very much with David's suggestions, the stuttering of Voice Over >>> is >>> a classic symptom of an over full App Switcher and / or a handset which >>> is >>> rarely power cycled. >>> >>> My strong recommendation for all iOS users, is to empty their App >>> Switcher >>> daily and perform a power cycle immediately there after. >>> >>> This has kept my iPhone and iPad running smoothly ever since the first >>> stuttering symptoms appeared. >>> >>> In addition, as a system admin I also hold to David's assertion that >>> there >>> is a possible chance of corruption by performing the forced collapsing >>> of >>> the iOS platform resulting from the 5 successive presses of the power >>> key. >>> >>> The iOS device at this time is not expecting this crash and as a result >>> maybe accessing a key string of code, or a significant part of your user >>> data. If this happened at the exact moment you performed the 5 >>> successive >>> presses of the power key, it is conceivable that it might corrupt data. >>> >>> The 12 second or however long it is, press of power and home at the same >>> time, is far more logical and sensible. As it is coded into the iOS as a >>> sort of… I want to reboot this device, prepare for it please and stop >>> doing >>> anything critical notification to the device. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Neil Barnfather >>> >>> Talks List Administrator >>> Twitter @neilbarnfather >>> >>> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an >>> Apple >>> iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. 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