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HTC Hero users hit by Twitpocalyse bug
It's great having lots of manufacturer provided applications in the ROM of your mobile device, but what happens if one of them breaks? It's not as easy as just contacting the developer for an updated version is it!
This is exactly the problem being faced by users of 'HTC Peep', the Twitter client on the HTC Hero.
Last night, the unique id number assigned to each Tweet exceeded 4,294,967,295, in an event we covered as 'Twitpocalyse II'. This is the highest number that can be stored in an unsigned 32 bit integer. If the developer of a Twitter client uses this method to store the Tweet ID, then unexpected things will happen. Hence, since this occured, Peep users have been unable to use the application, instead being greeted by the error message above (after which the application either closes or refuses to load new tweets).
We have contacted HTC to ask how long Hero users should expect to wait for a fix, but if you are affected, it might be time to try out Twidroid, Twitterride or perhaps Swift!
UPDATE: HTC have responded to this issue. They have said "Thanks for helping to make us aware of the details of this problem. We have are investigating the issue and are working with Twitter on a solution. We apologize to our users for any inconvenience this has caused."
We'll bring you more information as it comes in.
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsGrant RobertsonSep 23rd 2009 10:42AM
I vote for Twidroid. I personally even think the PRO version is worth paying for (Apparent blashpemy in the Android Market, which is only part of why the iPhone gets all the best apps).
TomSep 23rd 2009 10:44AM
Twidroid is good but leave it running at your peril. My Magic's battery life was down to about 8 hours....
Grant RobertsonSep 23rd 2009 11:02AM
Turn down the polling frequency.
Although, I'll say, I had the same issues on my G1. The G1 just had lousy battery life. On my Ion (Google IO issue dev phone, not the MyTouch version) I have zero issues, even with Twidroid polling at the minimum interval.
danthemegamanSep 23rd 2009 11:17AM
Not having this problem for some reason? Still able to send and check updated tweets through peep!
VinceSep 23rd 2009 12:02PM
This has been driving me nuts for the past day. Even did a hard reset and have been looking at software I had updated. Wasted so much of my time.
clockworkSep 23rd 2009 12:39PM
here is a link to a thread in android forums that concerns this topic so that people in this situation can keep up to date with the situation and hopefully in time find a solution to the problem...
http://androidforums.com/htc-hero/9917-com-htc-provider-force-quit-peep-but-only-wifi.html