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Re:Ask HN: Why is Bluetooth so unreliable? by Tepix on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @04:50PM (#14756546)
I can't understand why AirDrop is as unreliable as it is. It's abysmal and only Apple is to blame.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Bluetooth so unreliable? by smcl on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @06:31PM (#14757233)
Yep. I took to emailing pictures to myself to transfer them because it was so flakey. The tricky part was that because it was supposed to Just Work there's not much configuration or anything you can twiddle to refresh or anything, so when it Just Doesn't you're completely out of luck.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Bluetooth so unreliable? by FussyZeus on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @05:27PM (#14756840)
Now that is 100% true. Is AirDrop bluetooth or Wifi though?
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Bluetooth so unreliable? by digi_owl on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @05:36PM (#14756926)
Seems there is a bit of both, depending on what generation of hardware and software involved.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Bluetooth so unreliable? by FussyZeus on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @09:43PM (#14758183)
That's probably why it's on the flaky side.
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