On the outside looking in. September 24, 2008 7:08 AM Subscribe
I can't stay logged into Metafilter when using an iPhone! When I bring up the page I'm not logged in. I log in, cool, but when I click on a thread to read comments or move to The Green or Grey or navigate to any of the site's pages I am no longer logged in--prompting me to re-log in every time I switch pages.
I am running 2.1 on a jailbroken phone.
What gives?
Are you on AT&T or using the jailbroken phone on another network? I've heard weirdness with iPhones on Tmobile.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:02 AM on September 24, 2008
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:02 AM on September 24, 2008
Still on AT&T. Unlocked (jailbroken?--I forget which term means which) using Quickpwn. All I wanted were two Non-app store apps: Quickgold and Categories.
posted by sourwookie at 8:54 AM on September 24, 2008
posted by sourwookie at 8:54 AM on September 24, 2008
1st gen, BTW.
posted by sourwookie at 8:54 AM on September 24, 2008
posted by sourwookie at 8:54 AM on September 24, 2008
Not that it's in any way helpful, but I've used both a 1st gen iPhone and 2nd gen iPhone, both jailbroken and not, and I've never had any trouble staying logged in.
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Maybe time for the dreaded "nuke it from orbit" option.
posted by kbanas at 8:58 AM on September 24, 2008
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Maybe time for the dreaded "nuke it from orbit" option.
posted by kbanas at 8:58 AM on September 24, 2008
If it's jailbroken, you should be able to SSH in, or run the netatalk service to connect via AFP. You could try to delete cookies and other Safari preferences through those means.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 9:30 AM on September 24, 2008
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 9:30 AM on September 24, 2008
BP: Heh. Wait, you're serious?
I was going to complain about a lack of a definitive list of files on folders on the iphone, but then I searched & found a suggestion for fixing a cookie problem on the iphone.
You could also install a terminal program & work from there. If you install the SSH server, you might also want to install something so that you can switch that on when you need to use it, & otherwise leave it off.
posted by Pronoiac at 9:53 AM on September 24, 2008
I was going to complain about a lack of a definitive list of files on folders on the iphone, but then I searched & found a suggestion for fixing a cookie problem on the iphone.
You could also install a terminal program & work from there. If you install the SSH server, you might also want to install something so that you can switch that on when you need to use it, & otherwise leave it off.
posted by Pronoiac at 9:53 AM on September 24, 2008
You could also try chown -R mobile /var/mobile/ instead.
posted by Pronoiac at 10:03 AM on September 24, 2008
posted by Pronoiac at 10:03 AM on September 24, 2008
You could also try chown -R mobile /var/mobile/ instead.
Thanks for posting that, I was curious where the relevant files were kept.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:00 PM on September 24, 2008
Thanks for posting that, I was curious where the relevant files were kept.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:00 PM on September 24, 2008
Man, this is a white whine if ever I heard one.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:07 PM on September 24, 2008 [4 favorites]
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:07 PM on September 24, 2008 [4 favorites]
White whine goes great with steaming brains.
posted by dirty lies at 2:58 PM on September 24, 2008
posted by dirty lies at 2:58 PM on September 24, 2008
I have to credit those Return of the Living Dead films. For being sort of cult glosses on the Romero films, they were really successful in introducing the theme of zombies eating brains, specifically, unlike Romero's zombie, who would eat any part of you then could get hold of. I think the Simpsons treehouse of terror episode, where the zombies were constantly screaming BRAIIIINNS, helped too.
That being said, I am an ASTRO ZOMBIE. We fly spaceships and occasionally hack people up with cleavers, when we're ordered to. People have to respect that there are different sorts of zombies out there. I mean, you can shoot a Haitian zombie in the head all you want, and it's just going to keep coming at you, because you have to feed them salt to stop them. And me? I'm solar powered, man. Cut off my power source, I'm done for.
Perhaps I've said too much.
posted by Astro Zombie at 4:38 PM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]
That being said, I am an ASTRO ZOMBIE. We fly spaceships and occasionally hack people up with cleavers, when we're ordered to. People have to respect that there are different sorts of zombies out there. I mean, you can shoot a Haitian zombie in the head all you want, and it's just going to keep coming at you, because you have to feed them salt to stop them. And me? I'm solar powered, man. Cut off my power source, I'm done for.
Perhaps I've said too much.
posted by Astro Zombie at 4:38 PM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]
What is this "zombies" derail about? I can eat steaming brains any time I like. I am tired of you undeadistic privilege, mister.
And you are lame. Let me explain:
If you are solar powered, and fly spaceships, and given how the amount of light falling on a surface decreases with the square of the distance from the source, you half as powerful as you are here when you are a mere 300,000,000 kilometers from the Sun!! That is just past Mars, not even close to Jupiter!
You and your kind are completely useless in interstellar space.
You should be called Inner Solar System Zombie.
posted by dirty lies at 5:03 PM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]
And you are lame. Let me explain:
If you are solar powered, and fly spaceships, and given how the amount of light falling on a surface decreases with the square of the distance from the source, you half as powerful as you are here when you are a mere 300,000,000 kilometers from the Sun!! That is just past Mars, not even close to Jupiter!
You and your kind are completely useless in interstellar space.
You should be called Inner Solar System Zombie.
posted by dirty lies at 5:03 PM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]
And my math sucks. But my point stands, Mr. Astro Curl in The Sunny Spot and Purr Like a Cat Zombie.
posted by dirty lies at 5:05 PM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by dirty lies at 5:05 PM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]
I have often thought making an undead zombie astronaut solar powered was foolish, but Dr. DeMarco, who created us, was not open to suggestions from corpses.
posted by Astro Zombie at 5:27 PM on September 24, 2008
posted by Astro Zombie at 5:27 PM on September 24, 2008
He was, however, open to green technology, in both the environmental and cadaverous senses. And we are thankful for it.
posted by brundlefly at 5:35 PM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by brundlefly at 5:35 PM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]
You know, a lot of times Metatalk reminds me of a session of D&D that has gone on too long and gotten way out of hand, and you start debating whether or not a shield provides Armour Class benefits when it's just strapped to your pack, or if you actually have to be wielding it, and then suddenly somebody starts up about this awesome tortise they saw once when they were a kid, and then you talk about the first time you ever masturbated, and once again, yet another D&D evening devolves into a frustrated circle jerk, with weeping, as the Pepsi becomes flat and the Doritos grow stale.
Done, you sniff loudly for the final time and let out one of those wracking sobs that are part-laugh, part-gag, wipe your hands on your jeans, collect your character sheet and dice bag, and make your way swiftly back into the world, avoiding eye contact. Halfway home you realise you forgot your cigarettes and have somebody else's lighter, and it's greasy, and also you never resolved the initial point of contention, but there's no turning back. You can never turn back.
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:13 PM on September 24, 2008 [4 favorites]
Done, you sniff loudly for the final time and let out one of those wracking sobs that are part-laugh, part-gag, wipe your hands on your jeans, collect your character sheet and dice bag, and make your way swiftly back into the world, avoiding eye contact. Halfway home you realise you forgot your cigarettes and have somebody else's lighter, and it's greasy, and also you never resolved the initial point of contention, but there's no turning back. You can never turn back.
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:13 PM on September 24, 2008 [4 favorites]
Since you can wear a buckler strapped to your arm when using a two handed weapon, and it provides AC benefits even when surprised (not actively using the buckler to defend oneself, just passively strapped to your arm), I would say the shield will have an effect on AC when strapped to your pack.
BUT! I do not see any straps or rope on your inventory sheet. All I see is the "7 sections of string, about 4 inches each, assorted colors, prbly. magical????" that you took from the Level 0 NPC seamstress you killed last week, and if you claime you used those to strap the shield while no one was watching, well, then the shield fell off 40 miles ago, and you just noticed, because I, SERIOUSLY NOT MAKING THIS UP, did a secret roll 6 hours ago, real time, and you did not notice that the shield had fallen then. And before you tell me I am a pathetic loser with no life, and underachiever that only gets his kicks from torturing players in my stupid half-elf minotaurs campaigns, I INVENTED MASTURBATION WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS OLD, AND NOW MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DO IT ON A DAILY BASIS! WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU EVER ACHIEVED THAT CAN EVEN START TO COMPARE???? EH????? And you just failed a saving throw versus the poison in the pieces of string, your character is DEAD!!!!!
One time we spent 36 hours straight paying AD&D, eating nacho chips and diet coke. I started smoking then and there, and by the third dump I took, my shit looked and smelled exactly like chewed nacho chips
posted by dirty lies at 6:32 PM on September 24, 2008 [5 favorites]
BUT! I do not see any straps or rope on your inventory sheet. All I see is the "7 sections of string, about 4 inches each, assorted colors, prbly. magical????" that you took from the Level 0 NPC seamstress you killed last week, and if you claime you used those to strap the shield while no one was watching, well, then the shield fell off 40 miles ago, and you just noticed, because I, SERIOUSLY NOT MAKING THIS UP, did a secret roll 6 hours ago, real time, and you did not notice that the shield had fallen then. And before you tell me I am a pathetic loser with no life, and underachiever that only gets his kicks from torturing players in my stupid half-elf minotaurs campaigns, I INVENTED MASTURBATION WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS OLD, AND NOW MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DO IT ON A DAILY BASIS! WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU EVER ACHIEVED THAT CAN EVEN START TO COMPARE???? EH????? And you just failed a saving throw versus the poison in the pieces of string, your character is DEAD!!!!!
One time we spent 36 hours straight paying AD&D, eating nacho chips and diet coke. I started smoking then and there, and by the third dump I took, my shit looked and smelled exactly like chewed nacho chips
posted by dirty lies at 6:32 PM on September 24, 2008 [5 favorites]
"One time we spent 36 hours straight paying AD&D, eating nacho chips and diet coke. I started smoking then and there, and by the third dump I took, my shit looked and smelled exactly like chewed nacho chips"
We're unclear on this. Did you have to poop three times during the 36-hour marathon, or do you mean the third poop after the marathon? Because if it's the former, that's a lot of pooping in a 36-hour period.
posted by An Infinity Of Monkeys at 6:35 PM on September 24, 2008
We're unclear on this. Did you have to poop three times during the 36-hour marathon, or do you mean the third poop after the marathon? Because if it's the former, that's a lot of pooping in a 36-hour period.
posted by An Infinity Of Monkeys at 6:35 PM on September 24, 2008
Well, there was a lot of nacho chip eating in the 36-hour calories.
posted by dirty lies at 6:51 PM on September 24, 2008
posted by dirty lies at 6:51 PM on September 24, 2008
I've had this same problem on regular Safari, not mobile, when a cookie got corrupted. I dunno how to nuke your iPhone Safari cookies but it ought to be possible.
posted by ikkyu2 at 6:52 PM on September 24, 2008
posted by ikkyu2 at 6:52 PM on September 24, 2008
My dumps look like nacho chips when I use Safari, too. Talk about corrupted cookies!
posted by Rock Steady at 7:09 PM on September 24, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by Rock Steady at 7:09 PM on September 24, 2008 [2 favorites]
On a related note, I never understood why TSR/Wizards of the Coast didn't get into the snack food/caffeinated beverages trade. D&D-branded cheesy poofs and cola? I am SO THERE. And with every ten barcodes you send in, with a bank cheque for $9.95 to cover postage and handling, they mail you out an EXCLUSIVE character figurine.
Of course, by the time you've saved up the nine "core" barcodes, and are about to go out and buy the first "expansion" barcode, they go ahead and release the REVISED COMPETITION RULES and you've got to START ALL OVER AGAIN.
posted by turgid dahlia at 7:56 PM on September 24, 2008
Of course, by the time you've saved up the nine "core" barcodes, and are about to go out and buy the first "expansion" barcode, they go ahead and release the REVISED COMPETITION RULES and you've got to START ALL OVER AGAIN.
posted by turgid dahlia at 7:56 PM on September 24, 2008
The option to clear the cookies is under Settings, then Safari.
is sourwookie even still here?
posted by Pronoiac at 8:05 PM on September 24, 2008
is sourwookie even still here?
posted by Pronoiac at 8:05 PM on September 24, 2008
Yep, I'm experimenting with some ssh stuff. Wish me luck...
posted by sourwookie at 8:19 PM on September 24, 2008
posted by sourwookie at 8:19 PM on September 24, 2008
Chpwnd!!!1!1!
Thanks, all!
Anyone else notice that the format tools now show up in Safari mobile? Cool!
posted by sourwookie at 8:30 PM on September 24, 2008
Thanks, all!
Anyone else notice that the format tools now show up in Safari mobile? Cool!
posted by sourwookie at 8:30 PM on September 24, 2008
I on iphine anf itworkiin brines
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 3:19 AM on September 25, 2008
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 3:19 AM on September 25, 2008
Steve Jobs has decided that metafilter competes with core iPhone functionality.
posted by srboisvert at 9:09 AM on September 26, 2008
posted by srboisvert at 9:09 AM on September 26, 2008
Not realley, srboisvert, metafilter constitutes most of Apple's Strategic Smug Reserve.
posted by dirty lies at 5:50 PM on September 30, 2008
posted by dirty lies at 5:50 PM on September 30, 2008
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posted by infinitewindow at 7:32 AM on September 24, 2008