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IOS 4.01, iPad 3.2.1 Released

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Re: IOS 4.01, iPad 3.2.1 Released

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Post by dchest »

illumin8 wrote: post #16
klinquist wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reports show that it is no faster, unfortunately. If you haven't seen it, here's a parody of the original iPhone commercial showing a 3G on iOS4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdk2cJpSXLg

That's a funny commercial, but maybe he should try a full settings restore (factory defaults, no restore of backup) of iOS 4 before giving up. It looks like he had a large music library, 6 open tabs in Safari, and a ton of email saved to the phone. Start with a fresh phone and re-load it and see if the problem clears up. It's most likely a remnant of a huge Safari cache, iPod library, and Mail.app account that is per…

Do you have an iPhone 3G with iOS 4.0?

Re: IOS 4.01, iPad 3.2.1 Released

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Post by gamble »

siculars wrote: post #5

Any word on how this functions on older 3g and 3gs hardware? I've been waiting to upgrade my 3g due to reports of severe slowness on 3g+ios4.

The 3G was barely usable with OS3. OS4 is embarrassingly slow. Don't upgrade unless you can deal with 30+ second waits to launch apps and continual hitching.

Re: IOS 4.01, iPad 3.2.1 Released

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Post by ghshephard »

CamperBob wrote: post #29
glhaynes wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does your compass consistently point 90 degrees the wrong way? I just realized I haven't tested the compass on my 4, but on my 3GS, the compass worked fine except when I was in the car; then, it consistently pointed 90 degrees the wrong way. And 99% of the instances in which I want to know my direction is in the car. Grrrrr.

Yeah, the compass in the 3GS has never worked right. It's just a cheesy gimmick as far as I can tell.

Well, I guess people have different experiences. As long as I haven't been in a car (too much metal), it's always worked fine for me. Certainly more than good enough to orient myself on google maps (which is where it's little "beacon" light let's me know my actual orientation on a map)

Re: IOS 4.01, iPad 3.2.1 Released

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Post by pohl »

MrRage wrote: post #20
illumin8 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a funny commercial, but maybe he should try a full settings restore (factory defaults, no restore of backup) of iOS 4 before giving up. It looks like he had a large music library, 6 open tabs in Safari, and a ton of email saved to the phone. Start with a fresh phone and re-load it and see if the problem clears up. It's most likely a remnant of a huge Safari cache, iPod library, and Mail.app account that is per…

It's pretty shitty to have to wipe out your data just to get it to function like it should.

What would you lose? Refraining from restoring from backup does not mean that you can't still sync your data in iTunes afterward.

Re: IOS 4.01, iPad 3.2.1 Released

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Post by mkramlich »

klinquist wrote: post #6
siculars wrote: post #5

Any word on how this functions on older 3g and 3gs hardware? I've been waiting to upgrade my 3g due to reports of severe slowness on 3g+ios4.

Reports show that it is no faster, unfortunately. If you haven't seen it, here's a parody of the original iPhone commercial showing a 3G on iOS4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdk2cJpSXLg

OMG now I know i'm not alone! I also have a 3G and installed the iOS 4.0 update and this video depicts exactly what it's been like for me. Lots of strange hangs in many of the apps I use regularly. It's become a much more frustrating experience using it. You press a navbar button and it just sits there, doing nothing, for example.

Re: IOS 4.01, iPad 3.2.1 Released

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Post by dugmartin »

datasink wrote: post #23
ronnier wrote: post #19

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It seems to consistently point the wrong way, but not always 90 degrees. Sometimes it's 180 (talk about confusing). Right now it's off by 180 degrees while sitting in my office. Also, when I open the compass application it prompts me with a "Compass Interference" message. As a side note, I haven't had any of the reception problems.

I had issues with the compass in my 3GS. At some point I tried to use it to navigate my way back from some convoluted hiking trails. I realized the compass was off just as the battery died in the phone. And the sun began to set.

At least then you knew which way was West.

Re: IOS 4.01, iPad 3.2.1 Released

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Post by MrRage »

pohl wrote: post #34
MrRage wrote: post #20

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It's pretty shitty to have to wipe out your data just to get it to function like it should.

What would you lose? Refraining from restoring from backup does not mean that you can't still sync your data in iTunes afterward.

I didn't say you would loose your data. I said wipe out your data with the implication of it being wiped off your phone.

That being said, maybe my understanding of how iPhone updates happen is a little flawed. I'm not too clear if it wipes your phone clean and then resyncs everything after the update. Or does it keep your data on the phone during the upgrade?

Re: IOS 4.01, iPad 3.2.1 Released

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Post by cmelbye »

jmatt wrote: post #27

579.3 MB download to make a small software fix to: Improves the formula to determine how many bars of signal strength to display Really? Seems like a bit of a waste. I can only hope there is more to this update.

I don't think iPhone's updates work like Android's updates. Each update is the full firmware, so it's going to be large regardless of what they actually changed. I believe that Android only downloads things that changed and need to be updated.

Re: IOS 4.01, iPad 3.2.1 Released

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Post by illumin8 »

MrRage wrote: post #20
illumin8 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a funny commercial, but maybe he should try a full settings restore (factory defaults, no restore of backup) of iOS 4 before giving up. It looks like he had a large music library, 6 open tabs in Safari, and a ton of email saved to the phone. Start with a fresh phone and re-load it and see if the problem clears up. It's most likely a remnant of a huge Safari cache, iPod library, and Mail.app account that is per…

It's pretty shitty to have to wipe out your data just to get it to function like it should.

It might be shitty, but a good analogy is if you bought a PC with Windows 95 on it, would you expect to upgrade to Windows 98, keeping all your apps and data, then upgrade to Windows XP again with the same apps and data, and have everything work fine? You've gone 3 generations of software with the same data. Those SQLite tables (CoreData) probably need to be optimized in some way, and the easiest way to do that is start fresh and do a new sync. Or just live with your slow phone; either way I could care less.
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