Comments on: New iPhone Software 2.0.2 Today, New iPhone Shipment for AT&T Tomorrow

By: dont matter

dont matter — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:21:13 +0000

haha i have a first gen with 2.0.2 so kiss off u dont know what your talking about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:31:09 +0000

After upgrading to version 2.0.2 I no longer have any service on my phone. I’m in the exact same place that I have had a great connection and now “NO SERVICE” what’s up ? I have not tried other locations but service was perfect here and now none.

By: Jones

Jones — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:01:28 +0000

Better signal (3g) more bars in more places finally an update worth installing.

By: Jones

Jones — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:58:45 +0000

I see the same thing (more bars). I think we both might be crazy !

By: IDS

IDS — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:24:00 +0000

…Daniel Soeyadi…part of what you said is true, I too love my iPhone.

However, with all the phone has to offer, you don’t think is wierd or someone has reason to complain when the phone is missing features that lesser phones have. No reason to beat a dead horse but, the phone has an YouTube app built into it but does not have video capability. Copy and Paste???

So, hopefully all bugs will be fixed…but what about some of the basic features that the phone is just lacking?

By: Ash

Ash — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:50:54 +0000

I installed the update yesterday on my Iphone 3G and I have seen better signal strength. Infact today at my work I have 3G signal which I never had even on my previous 3G Blackjack. Apple has made some tweaks.
I had an area on the freeway where the coverage went from edge to 3G and yesterday and today I did not have a call drop. I wanted to test it today and give feedback.
The update did take a about 15 mins to install. Overall I am happy with the update.

By: James Monosmith

James Monosmith — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:38:32 +0000

Man i guess im lucky. I get a great 3G signal almost everywhere here in L.A. I even did that download speed test and got 1.5 Mbps at my house when wireless was turned off!

I guess i am just anti social, but hell if i hardly ever make phone calls on my phone, thats what AIM, Texts, and Emails are for. So we dont ever have to communicate in person with another soul. And as an extra bonus, i never get dropped or failed calls cause i dont make them

And yes i knocked on wood with every word i typed in this post, but coming from a Blackberry Pearl- i could’t be happier with my phone. Though i do try to block out of my mind that it is an apple product.

By: Joey P

Joey P — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:12:07 +0000

What do people think about a placebo update? Have the user download ~250 MB file, set the phone to show the apple logo, installer screen, whatever, and wait, then go back to the exact same phone, aside from an updated “build #” displayed in the settings/general/about page… then simply sit back and watch the blog comment pages as people hypothesize what “bug fixes” worked or didn’t work.

wouldn’t that be awesome to try one time if you were apple?

By: Iphone 3G?

Iphone 3G? — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:56:16 +0000

Well downloaded.. Didnt do anything differently.
Maybe more time should be spent on 3G, or lack
there of issues. To charge $10 bucks more for a phone that i have to keep in Edge mode 80% in
Major market-Chicago.

By: James

James — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:32:52 +0000

I had to power mine on and off after the update, as I had a message that said no wifi. but now it works yay!

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:01:54 +0000

Good attitude. Daniel Soeyadi

By: JoeS

JoeS — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:59:03 +0000

Also, why is apple mail so bad. Yea its Activesync but it doesn’t utilize 20% of its features. I cant search mail, mark as read, flag for follow up, forward/reply from msg view without opening – should just be able to hold down the MSG in inbox and have prompts pop up like save image .

Please dont say ” all they have to do is software update” they update – no new logical features.

By: JoeS

JoeS — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:53:50 +0000

Since i updated last night my 3G reception got worse. My phone has not collected data for mail in over 30 mins and safari wont open. Funny thing is it says 3G on top and i have 5 bars.

I use speedtest app and speed could not be tested in last half hour either.

We should give apple a break, its AT&T that sucks hairy ass balls. their network is the worst. I got the call failed error most of the day.

I hate you AT&T – oh wait, they no longer read this site. good riddance

By: blank...

blank... — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:32:09 +0000

Was hoping this release would add a feature so an audible tone can be added to calendar/meeting reminders. Sure my meeting reminders popup on the screen, but most times I don’t see. Having the ability to assign a tone like I had on my Treo would be icing on the cake!

Lets make it happen Apple!!!

By: Sheed

Sheed — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:47:04 +0000

Things I’ve learned about MMS:

It sucks, the only people who send me picture messages are the same people that send me stupid pictures that I can’t even make out. It’s almost worthless, send an e-mail, most picture phones are garbage anyway.

By: george

george — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:17:23 +0000

I did the 2.02 upgrade on my Gen1 iPhone last night.
Typing is not lagging anymore.
Everything else seems the same, no negative effects from the upgrade.
I guess for first generation iPhones, it fixed the slowtype problem that 2.0 created.

By: Daniel Soeyadi

Daniel Soeyadi — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:54:03 +0000

I’m just curious……first generation iPhone comes out….people snag them up and then complain about it…… second generation iPhones come out, people snag them up again and once again….complaints come in….what is it with people and their fascination of gadgets and then finding reasons to complain about it? I purchased the first generation after 3 months it came out……for the entire year I had no complaints…no issues. I took good care of it, used it and enjoyed it.

I just picked up my iPhone 3G…..sure battery life could be better, but consider all the technology packed inside this tiny device…..the 3G network by AT&T could have hick ups…..I expect the phones to have hick ups as well…that’s why we have software updates….

No matter what, people need to calm down, enjoy the device and report any bugs. They will be fixed….never easy to beat a great product….but consider the additions such as 3G, GPS, APPS, etc…..you have to give Apple props…it is a cool device and all competitors are trying hard to compete against it. I used to have the HTC 8525 which has PocketPC. That had errors as well but I used it and continued to enjoy it….until I got my iPhone….I will never switch away from it unless someone can come up with something that beats the iPhone. Sofar no one has. You paid good money because you wanted to have it. Now you own it…play with it, update it and wait for the next generation of iPhones.

Have fun with the unit…..nothing comes close….even for gaming…

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:32:38 +0000

General / reset / reset network. This should do the trick for your wifi woes…

By: David N.

David N. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:11:54 +0000

iPhone 2G: Had 2 Safari crashes that required a reboot after update.

100+meg audiobook/Speed test in safari.

By: Sachin Balagopalan

Sachin Balagopalan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:45:14 +0000

Doesn’t look good … http://tinyurl.com/69azbw

By: MadMike

MadMike — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:16:18 +0000

One major problem I have seen with MMS: Incompatible file types. Not so much of a problem with pictures, but once you get into audio and video. Depending on the phone that’s sending and the phone thats receiving – you may or may not be able to view that MMS.

I’ve sued my phone for about 5 hours now since the 2.0.2 update. I can’t tell a difference. Although I did have 3 phones calls and none of them dropped.

By: ctfeet

ctfeet — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:54:34 +0000

Well I just installed 2.0.2 and went from 3 bars of 3G (5 on my Blackjack) to 2 to 4 bars so I don’t know if this was supposed to have done anything with 3G reception. If it did, it didn’t do much.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:44:07 +0000

Thanks, I was able to download the update. I haven’t noticed anything really different with the reception. I was hoping this update would fix my gps. The locator pin is still off by a few blocks.

By: keymaker

keymaker — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:19:59 +0000

Dude MMS sucks on any device so i really don’t know what’s the big deal with MMS,
Why incorporated MMS if they might be thinking about implementing ichat????

By: butkusrules

butkusrules — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:07:24 +0000

I have more bars now. At least it seems that way.

By: jeepik

jeepik — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:44:56 +0000

i am in the DC area

never had problems with lack of 3g

like i said no diferences for me

if anything exchange active sync is acting up a litle, but that seems to be normal with my iphone

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:37:43 +0000

Yes … I installed the iPhone version 2.0.2 update today.

By: nospamjl

nospamjl — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:13:31 +0000

Well,

A lot of these improvements “faster speed”, no crashing, better signal, may simply come from rebooting the device.

Without being negative, I see no difference after testing for 20minutes whatsoever.

To anyone with 3G signal problems, reboot your device before compariing with post-upgrade.

By: yode

yode — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:07:03 +0000

oops

By: Chung

Chung — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:06:40 +0000

yay it says my iphone is shipped from texas through fedex this morning!! finally at&t..