May 28, 2004
Thanks, Apple
A new update to OS X, version 10.3.4, hit the streets yesterday. Eager to take advantage of the "enhanced functionality and improved reliability", I installed it first thing this morning before hopping on a train for a long day in London.
Being a true roadwarrior, I figured I'd take advantage of the two hour train journey (yes, the train was late. Again. Three times in three journeys. Great batting average. But I digress.) to write up some notes and email them to the people waiting for them.
Can you imagine my joy - nay, sheer ecstatic exuberance - when I found out one of the things Apple "fixed" was bluetooth GPRS network connections? Yes, that's right, they've improved and enhanced it beyond measure.
I can no longer get an internet connection via my mobile phone. A few times this morning I managed to connect for precisely 60 seconds, but this afternoon all attempts ended in the useful and informative error message above.
I tried rebooting the laptop. I tried rebooting the phone. I tried getting a connection just on the phone - works fine. I tinkered with the myriad settings that I'd finely tuned last November in the mystical usability disaster that is OS X's Internet Connect application. Nothing worked.
I thought this sort of frustrating crap only happened to Linux and Windows users?
Time to spend a fun evening tracking down the problem, so I don't get the same problem when I'm on the road next week :-(
Posted by savs at May 28, 2004 6:16 PM