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Seth Weintraub

Apple versus Google

Apple's iPhone 2.0.2 software update didn't fix much

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TAGS:2.0.2, Apple, fix, iPhone, software, update
IT TOPICS:Macintosh & Apple, Mobile & Wireless, Personal Technology

I've had very few problems with my iPhone 2.0 and subsequent 2.01 releases. But the Internet has been abuzz lately with people who are having lots of problems with the iPhone 2 software, especially overseas. Apple's iPhone 2.0.2 update was supposed to help alleviate these problems....it didn't. For me, it has caused more.

In fact, I am finding 2.0.2 to be the buggiest version of the iPhone software yet, including the 1.x versions. I've had to blow away my iPhone 3 times now - a few times because one of my 3rd party apps, which is over 100 megs, gets stuck in the middle of the update process. Another because it would just go at a snail's pace even after a hard reset. It is still slow and clumsy.

Steve Jobs has written a few users who are concerned about the stability of the software, saying that September's 2.1 update should alleviate many of the problems. He even said that 2% of the iPhones had bad firmware that would be updated. Apple seems to have even pulled some planned upcoming features in the name of stability.

So I am waiting with a slow and buggy 2.0.2 iPhone 3G. Apple, bring on 2.1, my iPhone is waiting!

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After the 2.0 upgrade, my

Submitted by 350-030 on October 17, 2009 - 12:15 A.M.

After the 2.0 upgrade, my iPod began registering one (1) bar of WiFi connectivity in my home when the router was just in the other room. After one of my PCs died, I moved the router into my primary office room (I kept the networking gear in the middle of the house in order to provide adequate coverage to all wireless devices) at a different end of the house. Now my iPod usually sits in here when I am not using it, and even though it is sitting RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ROUTER, the WiFi connection register only ONE (1!) bar. The iPod was running 2.0.1. 640-822 I just now updated to 2.0.2 and no longer does the iPod register a consistent one bar connection. As soon as I turn WiFi on, it immediately goes to 3 full bars. Very good indeed. Download and browsing speeds are normal, and I think that the iPod is running a little more efficiently now. Good job Apple. My point is, if the 2.0 software limited wireless connections on the iPod, the 3G and EDGE problems may be in fact software issues as well. So far, PMI-001 I haven't heard if the update has fixed coverage problems for iPhone users, but I hope it does; I plan on switching to AT&T soon. For existing iPhone users: my advice is to wait it out. There will be a fix if the update today does not solve the problems.

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2.0.2

Submitted by Mitch on September 11, 2008 - 6:50 P.M.

I just updated last night. This morning as i was making a call, phone froze! Hard Reset....and now nothing! I reset phone 20+ times now and all I see is an image of a silver apple. Painful!!!

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no signal

Submitted by keith mcandrew on September 8, 2008 - 4:28 P.M.

ive just updated software on my iphone to 2.0.2. now i cant get no signal or service at all. any one know how to fix this.

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Well, 2.0.2 has been a

Submitted by David Jones on August 27, 2008 - 3:59 P.M.

Well, 2.0.2 has been a disaster for me. I can no longer browse the internet unless I am using WiFi. GPRS/EDGE/3G doesn't work, at all.

O2's answer? - Replace the handset!

That's rubbish!

How about fixing the one i've got?

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APPLE 3rd PARTY APPS MAJOR FLAW

Submitted by Tomas on August 24, 2008 - 2:36 P.M.

I got this confirmed by two separate Apple employees. Ready for this.... The data created by 3rd party apps is NOT synced with iTunes. This means that all the data you've spent hours entering could be gone in a cloud of smoke if something happens to your iPhone. The data is backed up if you do a backup, but not through the synch mechanism. Don't believe me, call Apple like I did. This has got to be the stupidest design call of the 21st century. Way to go Apple. And people think Microsoft is stupid....

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And the only way to save

Submitted by Anonymous on September 12, 2008 - 10:21 A.M.

And the only way to save that data is if you've jailbroken it, SSH in and find the data files for that app. It's disappointing when you've played a game for hours and update and lose your progress :'(

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I'm not an apple fan-boy I

Submitted by sparkbox on August 21, 2008 - 9:51 A.M.

I'm not an apple fan-boy

I don't have a mac or multiple generations of ipods

I have used every smart-phone device available and also used various HTC windows smart-phones both with oem and user created firmwares.

My iPhone as a smart-phone has been more reliable than any smart-phone I have ever owned (including my N95-3). But comparing it to a regular cell-phone I could see how it someone would be upset with its current performance.

I am impressed at how responsive apple is being and has already supplied 2 iPhone 2.0 firmware updates since its release 7/11/08. Each firmware has made the phone more stable (2.0.1) and faster with less dropped calls (2.0.2). It isn't perfect but it is getting there. The new blackberries are a real nightmare as well but they don't seem to get the same negative press.

There is not a single phone other than the iPhone that provides a relatively full Internet experience and real html email (even with the absence of flash). Though it is not a cellphone my N810 Internet tablet wasn't easy or fun to surf the web or read emails.

2.0.2 has brought a much better connection and eliminated my dropped call problems. In my residence it appears it is a cellular signal black hole outside signal is very robust. Every cell I have owned has reflected this problem at my residence. The iPhone 2.0.2 is the only phone that has been able to perform even in my basement! 3G is performance is better and similar to my N95-3 (N95-3 3G is just slightly better).

What may help is to reinstall 2.0.2 and do NOT restore the back-up instead chose "set it as a new phone" I think the old settings from previous firmwares may limit the success of 2.0.2 (this is not confirmed just my perception).

Hope this post provides a helpful perspective!

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Fan Boy

Submitted by TJ on August 26, 2008 - 8:53 P.M.

It is obvious you are a fan boy. Your comment on blackberry proved it. I am a Apple fan boy who has used blackberry phones for some time. They are much more stable. I switched to an iPhone and have regretted it. The simplest tasks on a blackberry can stump an iPhone. Let's not even get into the lack of cut and paste or no multitasking. After 2.02. I am luck if it will hold wifi for more than 10 minutes

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Improvement for me

Submitted by Julian Nicholls on August 20, 2008 - 4:04 P.M.

Apparently the thresholds for network acquiring were set too high before, and they seem to have been adjusted.

I have crap service in places at home, and I've gone from having no service to three bars, which is what I was getting with my Nokia N95.

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well i had alot of problems

Submitted by karl... on August 20, 2008 - 11:43 A.M.

well i had alot of problems when i updated to 2.01 with my music not showing up on my iphone even tho it was there and none of my apps working at all...... so when 2.02 i was really hoping to it to fix all this AND YES IT DID FIXED ALL MY PROBLEMS yay...A+ if having probelm update nowwww

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