Twitter Rages: What tweets say about Apple's iOS 5 woes

Have you been trying to upgrade your Apple device to iOS 5 and failing? So are millions of other people, as Apple's battered servers get assaulted by download requests of its newest operating system. All day long, people have been faced with exceedingly long download times for the update. Most are rewarded with an error after waiting hours for it to finish. Jay Freeman (also known as iPhone jailbreaker Saurik) tweeted, "To anyone getting "An internal error occurred." (3200) while installing iOS 5.0, Apple's servers are swamped, and failing half the requests."

As with any prevalent failure of a popular global brand like Apple, consumer rage follows. And Twitter, of course, is a very convenient way to vent. User @dottyteakettle comments on the slowness of the iOS 5 upgrade process by tweeting, "The whole world is downloading #iOS5 and remembering what it was like to be on dial up." User @JosephStash even goes as far as to tell everyone off from getting the new OS, "Can everyone else sod off downloading #iOS5 please? Because obviously I have to play angry birds. Download time has doubled since I started."

Thankfully, Apple isn't failing alone right this moment. User @DavePaylor tweets, "BlackBerry is down and downloading iOS 5 results in 'ERROR 3200'. I can see the headlines already: 'APPLE AND BLACKBERRY CRUMBLE'." User @Leeizdi believes nothing could be worse than Apple's upgrading errors and BlackBerry's outage than humanity's demise. She tweets, "2012. The end of the world. #lol RT @ReeVDK: BBM is down, iPhone updaters gettin ERROR 3200, Whats next? Electricity shut-down?"

User @paigeonlines falls into depression: "When you get ERROR 3200 and realize you're life is an endless pit of disappointment." While user @DanRebellato is an obvious pessimist: "Ooh. I'm downloading iOS 5. Exciting. *basically expects phone never to work again*" Still, some don’t believe in giving up like @RealJiveTurkey who tweets, "I'm up to my tenth time getting the "Internal Error 3200" message trying to update my iPhone to #iOS5." User @YAZANai, however, is a perfect example of how misery loves company, "After a frustrating hour of failed restarts, I discover I'm not alone in this world. ERROR 3200 is trending! I am now officially a Tweliever."

In the end, all of these just amplify the truth of what @mhaithaca tweeted, "Apple ships, the Internet shudders. (HT @alexpriest)" The internet shudders indeed. Still experiencing error 3200 problems when upgrading? Check out our iOS 5 Troubleshooting guide!

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