Mac OSX Mountain Lion kills fastboot : « ERROR: Unable to create a plug-in (e00002be) »

After upgrading to Mac OSX Mountain Lion (10.8), the fastboot command does not work anymore, making it impossible to flash custom roms from OSX Mountain Lion.

Here is an extract of what happens when trying to use the fastboot command from OSX Mountain Lion command shell :


droid $ fastboot erase cache
ERROR: Unable to create a plug-in (e00002be)
< waiting for device >
ERROR: Unable to create a plug-in (e00002be)
ERROR: Unable to create a plug-in (e00002be)
ERROR: Unable to create a plug-in (e00002be)
ERROR: Unable to create a plug-in (e00002be)
ERROR: Unable to create a plug-in (e00002be)
ERROR: Unable to create a plug-in (e00002be)
^C
droid $


The workaround I've found so far is using the fastboot command from previous versions of Mac OSX : Lion (10.7.x) or Snow Leopard (10.6.x).

Steve, thank you for daring to realize your dreams !! Rest in peace.

I asked my parents to buy me the first Mac 128 the year it was released.
Years later, I've started again to buy Macs with OSX. And other Apple devices too.
So Apple's way of designing devices (should I call it philosophy ?) has been part of my life for many years.

Today I'm sad. I don't know you personally, Steve. I've never met you. So I should not be personally affected by your death.
But in the same time, it seems to me I know you so well, not your personal life but your way of thinking, designing, building things ... above all the extreme demand for your work that can be seen on Apple products and that reflected on your staff.

I'm sad because people like you, Steve, are so rare.
Today the World has lost one of those rare people who think they have so few things to loose that they can have to try the impossible, whatever the price, especially for themselves.

You have been, and will continue to be, an example for a lot of people.

Steve, thank you for daring to realize your dreams !!
Rest in peace.

iPhone too seems to have connectivity problems

According to the HotHardWire's article AT&T Insiders Report iPhone Exclusivity Going Away On Wednesday, it seems that iPhone also have connectivity problems : "Inside of AT&T, we are hearing that the iPhone is causing more trouble than ever before. On some level, having the iPhone is hurting AT&T's image. Because they are the only company to carry it, and it's such a data hog, it's largely to blame for AT&T's network troubles. We don't remember hearing about AT&T's "horrible network" before the iPhone--do you? The iPhone itself doesn't really handle the switch from 3G to EDGE very well, so calls that are in-progress tend to fail whenever the 3G bands aren't optimal and the phone attempts to step down to EDGE. It seems that AT&T is tired of taking the heat for this, and at this point, they may be smart to just let another carrier take some of those customers who are most inclined to complain."

Apple vs Google - on the ongoing battle between previously strategic allies

BusinessWeek publish Apple vs. Google, an article on Apple Inc. and Google subtitled "How the battle between Silicon Valley's superstars will shape the future of mobile computing". This article gives clues to understand what is going on between the two compagnies that were strategic allies and that now consider each other more likely as a concurrent. It seems to be all a matter of how to make money from ads on mobile devices.

The side bar contains the following table :

Beside the figures, the way they consider business, the mind of the compagny, the Big challenge they have to face to, the decision process and employees who matter are interresting.

Here is another article, The battle for the clouds (Google) from the What matters..... blog to complete the BusinessWeek article.