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Old 5th November 2008, 12:41 AM
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My iPhone was at the red battery screen for having not been charged for 2 days, and when it got enough juice to show the home screen, I noticed something above the application icons I'd never seen before.

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Specifically the Optus text. Anyone else seen this?

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Old 5th November 2008, 12:42 AM
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yeh mine did that after one of the updates but then it went away. Not sure what caused it.
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Yep happened to me a few times... only after taking out my sim whilst the unit was switched on and putting in another sim on another network.
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I recall it happening to me as well. It went away and I've never seen it again.
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can someone explain to me what am I supposed to be looking at? what about the OPTUS text?
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can someone explain to me what am I supposed to be looking at? what about the OPTUS text?
Under the clock, that 'Optus' text isn't normally there.
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I haven't noticed it, not there now.
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Have seen this before. It appears to be something that's just gone wrong. A reboot usually fixes it. I've seen this when my phone has decided to crash and 'reboot in safe mode'. That's always a fun one
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Old 5th November 2008, 02:32 PM
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never seen that, and i'm on optus...

thats odd. call optus and complain.
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Pfft, sif it has anything to do with Optus.

Its a bug in the firmware, writing your carriers name in the wrong position on the screen.

I've never seen it happen (yes I'm with optus)... but it just screams of a software bug. And a rare one judging by the number of people reporting it, and the fact they say they've never seen it again.
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Old 5th November 2008, 05:19 PM
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well, call apple and get a new iphone. :P
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What setting do you need to use to get the tiny clock next to the bluetooth icon?
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This happened to me when I was switching around sims to test my unlock, but then it went away and never came back. I think I have a screenshot laying around somewhere.
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The text went away when I restarted the phone, but then it came back again yesterday when I switched the device to airplane mode and off again when I was in an area with sporadic Optus 3G/GPRS/plain network coverage to try and force it to reconnect to 3G. Very strange.
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