Given:
- When an iPhone is being used as a WiFi hotspot, there's a good chance that it's the only connection available to the internet (why use it as a hotspot, otherwise?)
- When a user upgrades the OS, the iPhone is rendered completely and utterly non-functional during the upgrade process.
- While the iPhone is in this non-functional state during an OS upgrade, iTunes (which conducts the upgrade) requires an internet connection to complete further stages of the upgrade.
- Without this connection, the upgrade can not be completed, nor can it be rolled-back.
So, it's entirely possible (and likely) that a user will start the upgrade process while their iPhone is acting as a hotspot. iTunes will happily wipe the existing OS from the iPhone and then try to contact Apple to continue the OS installation only to find that the internet connection is down. And then the iPhone is completely non-functional until iTunes can find some other internet connection.
So, a proposal: if an iPhone is being used as a hotspot, you should not allow the user to initiate an OS upgrade on that iPhone.
Just a thought.
I wonder if Android would do the same thing.
Totally off topic. I have decided that my life is missing something and that something is, amongst lots of other things, Robyn Hitchcock. The only thing I really know is the few “hits” and the stuff that has been posted here. So, where to start? What should I get first?
I always recommend Storefront Hitchcock as a starting point. It’s a live record but doesn’t really sound like one; it’s a compilation so you get a taste of many eras; the movie is great.
Or, I Often Dream Of Trains is a favorite and a classic. It’s mostly acoustic, early.
Or, one could start at the beginning, with the Soft Boys stuff. They were a psychedelic/new-wave band. Fun.
His 80s stuff with the Egyptians is generally good too, but I don’t have a favorite. Maybe “Gotta Let This Hen Out” (another live record) would be a good way to get a feel for that era.