[aaddwweedd]

When I use Yahoo maps from my iPhone 3G with the 2.2 firmware the device locks up. I'm going to yahoo.com and logging into user account, choosing Maps, then tapping on the top address pulldown. Safari stops responding and the Home button wont respond. I must power down with the lock button and restart to regain access to the iPhone. I've just done a complete restore using iTunes and I still have the problem.

The issue here is that the address pull down on Yahoo Maps chokes the iPhone. The iPhone's Home button won't respond (read Bricked) and I have to power the iPhone off to regain control of the device. This is clearly a bug in the iPhone firmware and should be fixed by Apple.

This address pulldown is a simple list of one's saved locations. Perhaps the string length is too long for the iPhone's Picker. Apple should fix it as this can be a problem on other web pages as well.

The pulldown on Yahoo Maps is doing more than giving mobile Safari fits, it bricks my iPhone requiring a power cycling to recover. This behavior is also seen when using Xtools' iPhone simulator on my Mac Book Pro. The iPhone's 2.2 firmware should at least be able to handle a graceful failure without locking up the whole device. The iPhone picker which the iPhone uses to enable pulldowns may not be up to the job in the case of Yahoo Maps since it seems to only handle simple lists. Apple should be rethinking how nonstandard pulldowns should be implemented on the iPhone. Yahoo Maps' pulldown has more in common with a popup than a pulldown, and the iPhone's current software design simply cannot support it.

That being said Yahoo should provide mobile versions of their content. The Maps web page's design is clearly for desktops, and mobile screens have to use a lot of zooming and scrolling to make any use of the content.

[Phileas]

Just tried it, works fine here. No lock up, no problem. However, not sure why I'd want to use Yahoo over Google.

[aaddwweedd]

Phileas,

Did you tap on the street address pulldown in Yahoo Maps? If you did, did you get a list of previously searched of stored address? I'm not comparing Google top Yahoo Maps, I just detailing how a web page can brick the iPhone.

[analogue SPRINKLES]

I think you need to look up what "Bricked" means.

[aaddwweedd]

analogue SPRINKLES,

Ahh... I stand corrected, my iPhone was not Bricked, it was only unresponsive and requiring cycling of the device's power to recover. BTW did you try the street address pulldown at Yahoo Maps?

Brick (electronics)
For other uses, see Brick (disambiguation).
When used in reference to electronics, "brick" describes a device that cannot function in any capacity (such as a machine with damaged firmware). This usage derives from the fact that some electronic devices (and their detachable power supplies) are vaguely brick-shaped, and so those which do not function are as useful as actual bricks. The term can also be used as a verb. For example, "I bricked my MP3 player when I tried to modify its firmware."

In the strictest sense of the term, bricking must imply that the device is completely unrecoverable without some hardware replacement. If the device can be repaired through software or firmware changes, it's not a brick.