Google fixes worlds dumbest bug
November 11th, 2008
Google has pushed out a fix to the G1 handset, which is running android, which fixes a particularly clumsy bug. The issue arises when anyone enters a system command into any open text field, as the device just randomly follows this command. If for instance you type an email or text message with the word “reboot” in it, the G1 would diligently go ahead and reboot. This may not seem like much of a problem, as how many people write “reboot” on a text? Well how many write “cancer”, it’s on the same T9 list.
Props have to go out to google for fixing the issue so quickly, but someone has to ask QA how such a massive and obvious issue wasn’t caught in-house
