Apple's iPhone software update going well so far
Remember the pandemonium the last time iPhone owners updated software?
It was a Friday. Apple's iPhone 3G, the latest version of its hot gadget, began going on sale around the world and the company made available its free iPhone software update. Then a collective howl started on the East Coast and spread west, going on for six hours or so as people who dutifully downloaded the software found they couldn't make phone calls, access their contacts or check their calendars.
That problem was fixed, but over the last 60 or so days, iPhone owners have complained about a series of issues such as dropped calls. Applications would stop working, music and video would disappear and many iPhone owners became experts at restoring data.
Today at 6 a.m. EST, Apple made available its latest iPhone software update, which is supposed to, among other things, fix eight security vulnerabilities and improve battery life for most users, ComputerWorld says.
Early signs show that the update process itself is smooth and phones are operating.
Scott Kleinberg is live blogging his iPhone updating process on the Chicago Tribune's Redeye site as if the update were the birth of a child.
"Updated and all I can say is Wow," he wrote at 11:08 Central time.
Photo: Two new iPhone 3G buyers in New York in July when the second version of the phone first went on sale. Credit: Gino Domenico / Bloomberg News
BIG TIME WOW!!!!!!!!!!! THIS HELPED OUT SO MANY THINGS ON THE PHONE IT RUNS SMOOTHER THRU APPS AND CONTACTS AND EVEN SHOWS MORE 3G BARS.I TESTED BANDWIDTH AT 2WIRE.COM AND NOW I'M AVERAGING FASTER
SPEEDS WITH 3G AND EDGE.I DONT KNOW IF THE UPDATE WAS FOR THAT BUT IT WORKED.I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS PHONE AND I HAD KEPT MY OLD PHONE AND SOMETIMES WOULD USE THAT ONE.(CHANGING SIMS).BUT NOW I'M VERY HAPPY.HAVEN'T HAD THAT MUCH TIME TO TEST
BATTERY BUT AT THIS POINT I WONT BE DISAPOINTED CAUSE A CAR CHARGER HELPS FOR THAT ISSUE.
Posted by: ARMANDO CASAREZ | September 12, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Just upgrade my iPhone (original version) to the 2.1 formware, and the reception of my EDGE connection seems to have got a lot worse - I'm getting a lot more "can't access web server" error messages using the browser and many of the applications.
Posted by: Greg | September 12, 2008 at 01:19 PM
2.1 does NOT fix the 3g Woes.
Apple MUST be stopped from selling this defective product ASAP!
There needs to be a recall or money back/ cancel contract without penalty.
Seriously, they are not providing what they are selling.
Posted by: mk | September 14, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Shows more bars after update but my phone's reception has gotten worse. Absolutely bad product. My iPhone 3g was changed 4 times by apple due to various issues and now this s/w update made my reception worse
Posted by: sridhar | September 15, 2008 at 05:21 PM