Update

Smack my bitch up, I was able to perform an update to iPhone firmware 2.0.2 without a complete brickification unlike the last 2 times I did this! Yay!

Thanks Tony n' Mike for your feedback. I guess I'll try reinstalling iTunes since the new firmware didn't fix any of the shit that I wrote about yesterday. I guess my question there is, if I uninstall iTunes, then re-download and install it, will I still have my backups and purchases and all that junk? Will that be tied into my iTunes account?

I would love to have a mac, but unfortunately I'm still paying off my Alienware, so that prospect is a ways off.
I have tried syncing to iTunes on my mac at work, but it seems that even using my iTunes account, it says I can't be syncing it to 2 computers or something. Like I said, iTunes is a piece of shit IMO, and I may have just gotten confused doing that.

P.S. Wanna hear something funny? The 2.0.2 update, which is thought to be one made to improve reception problems it seems many are having actually made my service indicator drop by 2 bars at home and work. Go figure.

Another iRant

I hate to write another iRant, but this time I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing these errors, and/or what I should do about them.

I want to start off by saying that words cannot express how horrible of a program I think iTunes is. I have used a lot of different programs across a whole gamut of categories in my time, and I dub iTunes the iCrappiest.

My latest woes involve Apps. It seems if I purchase an App from the App Store on my iPhone, theres a 50/50 chance it will never show up on iTunes once I sync, not even when I go to "Check For Purchases". So, I have some Apps that only exist on my iPhone, and some that are on both my iPhone and my iTunes. So much for backing everything up.

Another annoying App problem is when I get the notice on my iPhone that an update is available to an app I have purchased and/or downloaded, this is often what happens when I open up App Store and tell it to download the update:
Strange, but okay, whatever. The only problem is, when I try to find the update once my iPhone is connected to my computer, iTunes shows there is no update for that program which my iPhone is telling me needs an update. This problem is only compounded when it is a program that will not show up in iTunes from the error I described before this one.

The last annoyance is this one:
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This is an error I get SOME of the time when I attempt to sync the contents of my iPhone with iTunes. It says a whole plethora of programs could not 'install on the iPhone' because of an error.

All this shit I seem to be having to deal with involving iTunes/iPhone is really taking the fun out of owning an iPhone. So far, the simplicity factor of it all has been absolutely lost on me.

I have made up my mind that if this continues, or if I'm faced with another iNoyance to deal with, the precious iPhone is going to ebay-land. That really really sucks, but I cannot stand having to deal with constant problem after problem.

Does anyone know what may be causing all this AppCrapp? What should I do?

Worst. Service. Ever.

So it's no secret that the Taco Bell on Missouri Boulevard is a worthless sack of monkey balls, but check this faux pas out.

Ordered:
Combo with Mexican pizza, 2 taco's; supreme, and a Baja Blast Mountain Dew + a cheesy chicken melt.

Received: No Mexican pizza, 2 regular tacos, a regular Mountain Dew + a fajita steak melt.

On top of that I was not given a total at the drive through nor did I have my order confirmed (obviously).

I was pissed off enough to contact Taco Bell via their website, but I haven't heard anything back yet. They're probably all cracked out hippies at corporate HQ, too.

Dang Ole' Danggers in Slogans

I was playing with the Advertising Slogan Generator using the word 'dangger', and these are a few gems it randomly created:

Happiness is Dangger-Shaped.

Give the Dog a Dangger.

Half the Dangger, All the Taste.

You'll Look a Little Lovelier Each Day with Fabulous Pink Dangger.

It's That Dangger Feeling.

Does the Hard Dangger for You.

Mamma Mia, That'sa Spicy Dangger!

Double the Pleasure, Double the Dangger.

This Is Not Your Father's Dangger.

I am Stuck on Dangger, 'Cause Dangger's Stuck on Me.

Dude, You're Getting a Dangger!

I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Dangger.

Ribbed For Her Dangger.

I've Seen The Future, and It's Dangger-Shaped.

Nobody Better Lay a Finger on my Dangger.

Gotta Lotta Dangger.

Go On, Get Your Dangger Out.

My iPhone is a Sexy Brick

So I get home tonight and hook my iPhone up to my computer so I can update the firmware to the latest 2.0.1 which I read about today, and it's now just a sexy brick. I am stuck in some kind of infinite loop where it tries updating the firmware, then says there was some error and it needs to restore, then when I try to restore it throws up this message:

My iPhone has been rather crashy from the get-go, but this is just icing on the cake. I want to love it, but I dont think it likes me very much. I'm not sure what to do next. Do I take it back to AT&T? It's my only source of phone and now I cant use it.

Update:
After a few hours of trying over and over to get the restore to work in desperation, it finally took hold with a restore. Now, whenever I hook up my iPhone to my computer I'm presented with 2 options: Restore from backup or set up as a new phone. I can't get to any files or sync or anything. When I choose restore from backup, it starts the whole process again, only to take me back to the same damn screen with the 2 choices all over again. My only options being to set up as a new iPhone, I did that, but somehow it kept my e-mails and notes and settings, just got rid of my music and pictures. I seriously hate iTunes y'all. This has me pissed off enough to be considering returning my iPhone while I've still got my buyers remorse window.