SpiceMan Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 iPhone 3.1: The 'buggiest' update yet Complaints about Apple's new iPhone OS 3.1 are flooding the web, with one poster calling it "the buggiest update that Apple has yet released for the iPhone." The problems being reported are legion. They include iPhones becoming totally unresponsive, dropped calls, poor battery life, difficulties with Wi-Fi connections, failed Microsoft Exchange syncing, dead GPS service, loss of signal after syncing, tethering no longer working in "legally" unlocked phones outside the US, and more. It should, of course, be noted that on some message boards there's an "everything's fine with mine" post for every complaint - and we've experienced no problems with OS 3.1 on our iPhone 3GS - but the sheer volume of problems being reported can't be ignored. Take the unresponsive-iPhone reports, for example. Tartly dubbed "Coma Mode," it's a hot topic on Apple's own Apple's "Using iPhone" user forum. Reports vary, but they have one common thread: that the iPhone chooses to simply disregard all input and needs to be fully rebooted before it will work again. Users report seemingly random occurences, sometimes when the phone has been put to sleep, sometimes when it's locked, and sometimes just whenever it feel like it. A blogger at the Detroit News provided a detailed description of his attempted - and unsuccessful - workarounds, and a poster in an Apple thread entitled "Mysterious random total shut downs following 3.1 update" described how he reset his iPhone to factory settings, restored it, set Autolock to Off, deleted his email account, and removed all third party apps - all to no avail. That poster also tried to downgrade his iPhone OS to version 3.0 - but, unfortunately, Apple's iTunes doesn't provide that option. One tech-savvy user, however, has posted a YouTube video of how he used the Mac OS X Terminal to restore iPhone OS 3.0 from an iPhone running the iPhone 3.1 beta. Finally, as of Thursday morning in a decidedly unscientific poll on Phones Review, 70 per cent of respondents had answered the question "Is your Apple iPhone useless after 3.1 update?" with "Yes and I am so ticked off." Even those lucky enough to have their iPhone remain functional after the OS 3.1 update are expressing frustration. On the Apple discussion boards alone, there are threads devoted to problems making and receiving calls even when a strong signal is available, reduced battery life, flaky Wi-Fi, and disabling of tethering in unlocked phones outside of the US. Other users have reported a loss of signal after syncing (YouTube video), and a multitude of problems reported on MacInTouch, Macworld, and iPhone Chat, including problems with GPS service, the ability to restore, and many, many other problems. And there's also a thread on the Apple discussion boards and a series of posts on DSLReports about the inability to sync with Microsoft Exchange on iPhone 3G phones that have been upgraded to OS 3.1. This frustration, however, involves the new hardware encryption in the iPhone 3GS, and AppleInsider has a comprehensive article explaining the problem and providing a server-side workaround for iPhone 3G users. Apple did not respond to our request for comment. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/17/iphone_update_problems/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooNoi Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Dont' even talk to me about the iPhone right now!! After upgrading to iTunes 9.0 I have had nothing but problems, and now can't even open iTunes at all no matter how many times I uninstall and reinstall it. Apple, of course, doesn't seem to want to help in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 A phone is to make calls :content: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooNoi Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Not when it contains your music collection as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 A phone is to make calls :content: Bingo!! Technology has grown (maybe not with these problems) so much that the phone part of a cell phone is not the primary function anymore. Don't know a good solution as I understand people want all their toys in one package but sometimes they don't always work so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 My phone shut off 4 times today...and would not come back on when the proper sequence was followed...eventually it did each time...also had a few incoming calls, which the caller could not hear me, and were dropped...cell phones piss me off...not sure who to blame...also issues with bluetooth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 ...oh, Snow leapard has caused me 1-4 small issues as well...should get off my ass and call Apple tech... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 ...oh, Snow leapard has caused me 1-4 small issues as well...should get off my ass and call Apple tech... Maybe we can help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Yes, maybe. The main problem is, I cannot watch the video I take with my point and shoot in iphoto anymore. Before, I could load the contents of a card into iphoto, click on the video segments and watch them...now I can't. Pisses me off. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 OK, apparently it is much worse than it was before. Since the last upgrade, the phone shuts off suddenly, just goes black, and takes several minutes before it restarts. I talked to AT+T and Apple on this, long story short, sending the phone in for repair. Will need to use my old phone in the mean time. Now the other kicker...the warranty was set to expire tomorrow! $69 renewed it for another year. The Snow Leopard issue...needed to stick the disk in and update/activate quicktime player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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