iPod Touch firmware update fixes LCD issues


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While many considered the LCD issues plaguing some iPod Touch units a hardware issue, Apple just released a firmware update for the device that appears to fix the problem.

That's the issue many Touch owners are dealing with at the MacRumors forums right now, it APPEARS to fix the problem.

Some forum members speculate that the update, which is a huge 150 MB, alters the contrast and brightness settings of the LCD screen. Others simply believe that the incorrect application of the LCD coating theory was just plain wrong, but that raises the question: Why did Apple admit to shipping faulty units if it could've asked users to wait for an update to fix the issue?

No one can answer that question, but one thing's certain: the update significantly fixes, at least to a degree, the LCD issue.

source: http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/...xes-lcd-issues/

and i was just thinking about picking one up today....

Odd that it wasn't a hardware issue. I mean, it didn't affect everyone so I can't see how firmware would fix it :s

Maybe some shipped with the wrong firmware, or maybe the parts were different. Something slipped under the radar, and it was probably just a difference between one half of the Touches and the other.

well that makes me feel better! although i do know they said they had fixed it in all newly shipping models (i think a week or so ago).. i won't be as weary about getting one (or two!) for my 3 week vacation to Mexico this winter!

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