RSSApple releases iPhone 2.0.2 update, 3G problems remain
By Ed Oswald | Published August 19, 2008, 1:15 PM
Just two weeks after the initial update to the iPhone's second generation firmware, another has appeared with promises of more "bug fixes."
At a little under 249 MB, the latest iPhone firmware update, version 2.0.2, is about the same size as the previous patch. While many had hoped for fixes to the 3G connectivity issues the device has been experiencing, reports on Apple's support forums seem to indicate there may be no fix in this patch.
Tests by Apple enthusiast site iPhoneBuzz appeared to claim initially that 2.0.2 did improve 3G functionality, however the methods used have since been called into question by some.
Some users on iPhone enthusiast sites have reported seeing differences in reception, however, but there are also quite a few who just were not sure if anything had changed. No new settings have appeared, according to those who have pored through the update, and some report experiencing reduced typing lag. That problem is part of a bigger issue that many are experiencing with the second generation firmware -- general slowness.
Apple has also not yet put the kibosh on the NetShare tethering app, which it pulled from its App Store earlier this month. Tethering is against AT&T's terms of service, and it's not out of the question that Apple could use its recently discovered blacklist to shut users out.
AppleInsider also noted that the transition from the music list to Cover Flow view -- in which the user flips through a stream of album covers -- has changed.
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|I updated my itouch and it went in an endless cycle of trying to restore it then it froze so I had to do a hard reset of it and finally it seems to be working but still a pain...
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|...... internetworld7 plans his defense strategy as the loser has nothing more important in his life to do ...........
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|hollywood__ posts another inflammatory comment specifically calling out an individual poster because he has nothing more important in his life to do dot dot dot dot dot
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|Not true, I jump in here for a few minutes a couple times a day as I work from home and on a PC all day unlike you 9-5 coffin stuffers who will always work for someone else.
And yes, I think almost everyone in the world is pretty much an idiot.
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|*WIFF!* swing and a miss
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|If you believe the "Almighty" Jobs, it's only 2% of the users experiencing connectivity problems. Just like it was only 1/2% of users on MobileMe that experienced e-mail problems.
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|And the fanboys show up like flies. {Like?}
And yet the iPhone is selling and there is a pent up demand! That must really confuse the fanboys!
Sure glad its not like other major products in the 7th year with no end in sight for fixes...
But it can certainly aspire to such great heights.
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|mines got crap for bars but the connectivity works. i generally use edge though because 3g is a battery gobbler just like bluetooth or wifi. i like my phone to sip power so i can keep it from burning a hole in my leg like the pictures i've seen online. thankfully mines never gotten hot. :)
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|funny enough the only posts in this thread were from flame starters. which comes first? the chicken or the egg
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|The Chicken
that's a fact
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|You mean like... Vista?
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