iMessage & FaceTime outage hits Apple devices for second time in a week [update: fixed]

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  • Reply 21 of 51
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post

    "Apple full of Samsung part'? Do you want to take another swing at the question?


     


    It translates to "Apple Is Doomed". It transliterates to "Well, well. Not only is Apple full of Samsung parts, meaning they can't possibly exist without Samsung and couldn't possibly have done anything they have done with hardware without Samsung, they can't even make software on their own and have it be reliable in any respect."


     


    Just ignore him.

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  • Reply 22 of 51
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    Wow Apple really needs to get this sorted. This stuff should be up and rock solid all the time. I wonder if perhaps Eddy Cue has too much on his plate now that he's got maps and Siri responsibilities too.
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  • Reply 23 of 51
    slurpyslurpy Posts: 5,398member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Gatorguy View Post


    FWIW Amazom's cloud status can be found here:


    http://status.aws.amazon.com/


     


    Windows Azure is here:


    http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/service-dashboard/


     


    Anyone wanting to check Google's Cloud status would use this page:


    http://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en&v=status&ts=1365785787530


     


    Noted that Google is very transparent about downtime, allowing you to search a couple months back for service interruptions "where others may not be" so forthcoming. 



     


    Only Google offers any sort of history like what Apple does, and even then it's by the day, not by the hour. 

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  • Reply 24 of 51
    mstonemstone Posts: 11,510member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Applelunatic View Post




    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post



    It appears that FaceTime and iMessage are connected on the back end more than the others or it's really huge coincidence they seem to go down in tandem.

    It depends on the service. WIth a redundant internet service 99% or higher is expected, even if it is free.


    99% uptime means you can have about ~87.5 hours of downtime in a year.  I'm confident there well under that.



    Actually some data centers advertise "five nines" 99.999% uptime. I doubt many actually achieve that but plain old 99% is not really that spectacular, comparatively speaking. Of course in this case we are talking about a couple applications and not the entire data center network.

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  • Reply 25 of 51
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    mstone wrote: »
    Actually some data centers advertise "five nines" 99.999% uptime. I doubt many actually achieve that but plain old 99% is not really that spectacular, comparatively speaking. Of course in this case we are talking about a couple applications and not the entire data center network.

    365 x 24 = 8,760

    8,760 / 100 = 87.6 or 87.6 hours for one percent.

    8,760 / 10,000 = 0.876 or 0.876 hours or 53 minutes.

    With redundant services it's quite possible to never have any service down for more than an hour a year. For certain types of services contracts may also have times in which planned outages don't count toward the guaranteed uptime.
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  • Reply 26 of 51
    philboogiephilboogie Posts: 7,675member
    solipsismx wrote: »
    For certain types of services contracts may also have times in which planned outages don't count toward the guaranteed uptime.

    Where I come from, those are the only contracts I see.
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  • Reply 27 of 51
    airbubbleairbubble Posts: 105member


    Well so far these last lot of down-time we haven't seen here yet!


    I haven't had any problems with iMessages or FaceTime, maybe because of where I am? 

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  • Reply 28 of 51
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    slurpy wrote: »
    Only Google offers any sort of history like what Apple does, and even then it's by the day, not by the hour. 

    They all seem to offer it. Some even have RSS feeds set up to individual services which can be very helpful if you company depends on it.

    They all also offer time times. Find any outages then click on one. They will list time down to at minute (not sure if they go to second) and detailed info. I like that Apple has a running hour timer on the bottom of the page but it's not as detailed as the others when it comes to what they tell you is the problem and any resolutions taking place. It is a consumer-only service so it's not shocking that they don't offer what other companies focused on the Enterprise offer.
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  • Reply 29 of 51
    Lighten up. Bitch about my skyrocket, Nokia and dell... If it helps. Maybe those names will crack a smile anyway.
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  • Reply 30 of 51
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by SCProfessor View Post

    Lighten up.


     


    If you're going to complain about Apple, at least have a coherent, honest complaint.

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  • Reply 31 of 51
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    Lighten up. Bitch about my skyrocket, Nokia and dell... If it helps. Maybe those names will crack a smile anyway.
    ,

    "Bitch about my skyrocket"? Lay off the bath salts.
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  • Reply 32 of 51
    timbittimbit Posts: 331member
    The sun went behind a cloud over their data centre.
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  • Reply 33 of 51
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by Timbit View Post

    The sun went behind a cloud over their data centre.


     


    That's DirecTV. image

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  • Reply 34 of 51
    macbook promacbook pro Posts: 1,605member
    slurpy wrote: »
    Only Google offers any sort of history like what Apple does, and even then it's by the day, not by the hour. 


    The services referenced are not comparable services.

    Amazon, Google and Microsoft are offering enterprise services at considerable expense to their customer base.

    I am sure someone will defend Google, stating that this is a consumer service. The difference is that the service is also an enterprise service.

    Reviewing the data, Google has very poor uptime for an enterprise service.
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  • Reply 35 of 51
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,741member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by MacBook Pro View Post





    The services referenced are not comparable services.



    Amazon, Google and Microsoft are offering enterprise services.


    I believe you're mistaken MacBookPro. Why do you think the Google Cloud dashboord status isn't comparable? It's reporting both consumer and enterprise service status.


     


    Gmail, Google Drive, Google Talk, Google Docs, etc. . . .


     


    image


     


    EDIT: Yup I'm right.


    "Unless otherwise noted, this status information applies to consumer services as well as services for organizations using Google Apps."

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  • Reply 36 of 51
    macbook promacbook pro Posts: 1,605member
    Are you dumb enough to actually expect an answer to that question? That's not even a question. You're using multiple completely incorrect premises to make assumptions tied to both them and reality in no way whatsoever.

    Here's your answer: They use an argon laser to cut a model train from a single piece of pineapple and ship it across the world to street vendors for resale.

    Here is another answer:

    Apple iPhone 5 components (1)
    • Skyworks 77352-15 GSM/GPRS/EDGE power amplifier module
    • SWUA 147 228 is an RF antenna switch module
    • Triquint 666083-1229 WCDMA / HSUPA power amplifier / duplexer module for the UMTS band
    • Avago AFEM-7813 dual-band LTE B1/B3 PA+FBAR duplexer module
    • Skyworks 77491-158 CDMA power amplifier module
    • Avago A5613 ACPM-5613 LTE band 13 power amplifier
    • Qualcomm PM8018 RF power management IC
    • Hynix H2JTDG2MBR 128 Gb (16 GB) NAND flash
    • Apple 338S1131 dialog power management IC*
    • Apple 338S1117 Cirrus Logic Class D Amplifiers
    • STMicroelectronics L3G4200D (AGD5/2235/G8SBI ) low-power three-axis gyroscope
    • Murata 339S0171 Wi-Fi module
    • STMicroelectronics LIS331DLH (2233/DSH/GFGHA) ultra low-power, high performance, three-axis linear accelerometer
    • Texas Instruments 27C245I touch screen SoC
    • Broadcom BCM5976 touchscreen controller
    • Apple A6 SOC
    • Qualcomm MDM9615M LTE modem
    • Qualcomm RTR8600 Multi-band/mode RF transceiver
    • Elpida 1GB LP DDR2 SDRAM

    Not even one part from Samsung.


    1. Unattributed. iPhone 5 Teardown. iFixit. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
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  • Reply 37 of 51
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,741member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by MacBook Pro View Post





    Apple iPhone 5 components (1)


    • Skyworks 77352-15 GSM/GPRS/EDGE power amplifier module


    • SWUA 147 228 is an RF antenna switch module


    • Triquint 666083-1229 WCDMA / HSUPA power amplifier / duplexer module for the UMTS band


    • Avago AFEM-7813 dual-band LTE B1/B3 PA+FBAR duplexer module


    • Skyworks 77491-158 CDMA power amplifier module


    • Avago A5613 ACPM-5613 LTE band 13 power amplifier


    • Qualcomm PM8018 RF power management IC


    • Hynix H2JTDG2MBR 128 Gb (16 GB) NAND flash


    • Apple 338S1131 dialog power management IC*


    • Apple 338S1117 Cirrus Logic Class D Amplifiers


    • STMicroelectronics L3G4200D (AGD5/2235/G8SBI ) low-power three-axis gyroscope


    • Murata 339S0171 Wi-Fi module


    • STMicroelectronics LIS331DLH (2233/DSH/GFGHA) ultra low-power, high performance, three-axis linear accelerometer


    • Texas Instruments 27C245I touch screen SoC


    • Broadcom BCM5976 touchscreen controller


    • Apple A6 application processor


    • Qualcomm MDM9615M LTE modem


    • Qualcomm RTR8600 Multi-band/mode RF transceiver


    • Elpida 1GB LP DDR2 SDRAM



    Not even one part from Samsung.





    1. Unattributed. iPhone 5 Teardown. iFixit. Retrieved 12 April 2013.


    ...except for the A6 processor, P/N APL0598. It comes from Samsung Semiconductor.

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  • Reply 38 of 51
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    gatorguy wrote: »
    ...except for the A6 processor, P/N APL0598. It comes from Samsung Semiconductor.

    That's for manufacturing of the component, not for design nor ownership of the part for sale. Foxconn assembles the iPhone but you don't see anyone saying it's really an fPhone.
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  • Reply 39 of 51
    macbook promacbook pro Posts: 1,605member
    solipsismx wrote: »
    That's for manufacturing of the component, not for design nor ownership of the part for sale. Foxconn assembles the iPhone but you don't see anyone saying it's really an fPhone.

    I suspect he can't provide a reliable source for the manufacture of the Apple A6 SoC by Samsung (inferred arguments from your post since I block fallacious content on this website).

    At any rate, the Apple iPhone certainly isn't "full" of Samsung parts which was the fallacious original claim (inferred arguments from a previous post since I block fallacious content on this website). .
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  • Reply 40 of 51
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,741member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by MacBook Pro View Post





    I suspect he can't provide a reliable source for the manufacture of the Apple A6 SoC by Samsung (inferred arguments from your post since I block erroneous an fallacious content on this website).


    I suspect I can...


    http://www.anandtech.com/show/6297/iphone-5-memory-size-and-speed-revealed-1gb-lpddr21066


     


    You've been making a number of uncharacteristic errors lately. You're normally very good at research and sources. It's good I don't also block erroneous content then.image 

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