Apple acknowledges Do Not Disturb bug, says it will magically fix itself on January 8th

Well, it's no "you're holding it wrong," but we can't say we're 100 percent satisfied with Apple's response to the recent discovery of a bug affecting iOS's Do Not Disturb feature. Starting January first, ringers failed to turn back on after the predetermined silent period. Today Cupertino seemed to acknowledge the existence of the flaw but, rather than offer a patch, it simply told customers to be patient:

"Do Not Disturb scheduling feature will resume normal functionality after January 7, 2013. Before this date, you should manually turn the Do Not Disturb feature on or off."

Understandably, it'll probably take longer than five days to find the offending code, whip up a fix, test it and roll it out to users. Still, a thorough explanation is always appreciated and the iOS faithful have already been patient enough.

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Via: CNET

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By: Dilusha On 10:34 PM

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New ad for the Apple iPhone 5 highlights "Do Not Disturb" feature

It's the 7th game of the NBA finals and there you are on the court at the American Airlines Arena, wearing your Miami Heat jersey. Time is running down and as you move closer to the hoop, totally undetected by the Clipper's defense, you notice LeBron James giving you a subtle nod of the head. It's the signal! You grab the pass from LeBron and are about to slam the ball in the hoop for the title-winning basket when...you hear your Apple iPhone 5 ringing, waking you up from a great dream.

Your dreams don't always have to be interrupted by your Apple iPhone. A feature called "Do Not Disturb" is the highlight of a new ad for the device. The application allows you to block calls for a pre-set period of time from everyone except certain numbers that you select. After all, some phone calls are worth interrupting a great dream to take.

In the new ad from Apple, you happen to be playing table tennis with the Williams sisters (and kicking their butt), which is something that you wouldn't want to be interrupted doing. What dream would you hate to see interrupted by your ringing handset?

source: YouTube via TUAW

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By: Dilusha On 10:39 PM

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Do Not Disturb bug silenced iPhones on New Year's Eve, Day

iOS comes with an interesting little feature called Do Not Disturb that blocks out disturbing calls usually in times when you rest like the night. There are exceptions, though, like New Year’s Eve, but sadly it seems iPhones weren’t aware it was that day and an annoying bug would have Do Not Disturb turned on even after the scheduled time for it has ended.

Some users changed the date as an emergency fix, but it must have been annoying for those waiting for a call just after the clock ticked 12. What Do Not Disturb does is switch the phone into silent mode so it does not ring or vibrate. An exception to that is alarms set in the native clock application.

So if someone you’ve wanted to call doesn’t answer, don’t panic - it is probably their phone playing tricks on them.

Ironically, Apple just released its new iPhone ad explaining how awesome the DND feature is. Not the best timing.

source: Engadget

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By: Dilusha On 8:53 PM

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