YES!!!!!!! I did the update, and now I have no 3G signal whatsoever! Thanks, Apple! (I used to get 1 or 2 bars of 3G signal at home.)

diesel828

Well, I don't connect to 3G at my desk, (figures) but got the signal in another location in my building and the data was much faster. Almost there Apple.

litbruin

Gs. I'm glad I still have a virgin v. 1.0 phone. No updates of any kind. This 2.x.y business is starting to seem shambolic.

propertius

2 questions: 1st Is this for Touch also? 2nd Is this going to be 250MB again?

Noobs-R-Us

This had better be the firmware update of justice.

davebg5

"bug" fixes much like how Sony releases "bug" fixes for the PSP to curb custom firmwares.

fuzzycuffs

@kennyNegs: If you're referring to your computer monitor, then I would think twice. I broke two different monitors trying to hit "Next."

Rabid Penguin

@Faslane66: I only push my keyboard around when it starts giving me 'tude.

kennyNegs

Got it. Awesome. Not only is it snappier, I feel like I can swim faster than Phelps.

Ken_Darrow

@kennyNegs:

You push your keyboard around? J/K. nice comeback btw!! !

Faslane66

@Faslane66:

Phone should automatically backup when you sync. Takes forever.

Also, I don't think it is possible to have songs on your iPhone that are not on your computer unless you bought them on the iPhone and you haven't synced back to computer yet. Or if you put them on your iPhone and then deleted from your computer.

justinpe

Earlier today I was getting a little concerned at how Apple was handling the 3G issue. Now I am somewhat relieved. All we need now is for someone to install it and test to see if they've really fixed this issue.

I was concerned it was a hardware and not a software issue.

yoshi

Psssstttt... I don't really notice anything? Maybe less crashes? I dunno. I'd love a release notes or bug list or SOMETHING.

kosikutioner

FYI, anyone wanting to copy songs from iPhone FIRST then update, I'm using Podworks to do so. It'll copy all the songs off the iPhone to your itunes music library in the event you don't have them on your Mac already. then if you update, you can just copy the music back. (I need to do this, and found a solution I thought I'd share). :-)

Faslane66

@Rabid Penguin: by using the thing i push around on my desk with the buttons that's connected to my computer?

kennyNegs

Great. I just upgraded to 2.0.1 yesterday afternoon in preparation for getting my phone later in the month.

NatefromOgden

Agh, and I just jailbroke my 2.0.1 today, too. Seriously, just today, cuz the new QuickPwn thing came out. Gawd >_<

Ima go ahead and wait for the feedback on this one before updating my phone a-frickin-gain.

Aristeia

Damn I was hoping it would fix the keyboard lag. Maybe next time.

Foodstamp

maybe it will make my battery last longer then 5 hours

bunziole

But does it have more ladle than previous versions?

Xavoc

wow this is taking it's sweet ass time

f0rge

address book lag...scroll lag, search/keyboard lag, everything with address book seems the same

CEOself

@kennyNegs: Yeah.. I had that same problem. You've gotta click "Next."

Rabid Penguin

hmmm...I'm waiting, just filled my phone with tunes, and DO NOT want to start all over...plus, need to wait now for Pwnage. Is there a way to backup iPhone songs etc. so I don't have to reload them all?, can I Copy from the iPhone to my Mac Book? I don't have some of the music in my iTunes Library that I have on my iPhone currently.
TIA
Faslane

Faslane66

Longest. Update. Ever.

kennyNegs

@snitch29:

what? Will Smith to have fix the lag in contact's?

Is there nothing that man cannot do?

Parapraxis

@snitch29: Nope it didn't, i thought it got fix for a minutes though

snitch29

address book seems faster come up faster, still have a keyboard pause though. What else was wrong. That's all I know to check. :)

CEOself

Well Seems to have fix the lag in contact's

snitch29

I take it if I upgrade to this release, I loose my jailbreak applications? Anyone seeing any big differences with the release?

gridskipper007

@Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish: Haha, much the way those in the trash-collecting industry prefer the term 'sanitation engineer'?

Gotta love that PC. And I don't mean Windows.

rcast1986

@Rabid Penguin: My bugs were working just fine before this update, thank you very much.

I gotta wait for the dev team to catch up to this. Judging from the last 2 jailbreaks getting progressively quicker, I'm gonna say... 3 days? possibly 2?

lpranal

@CEOself: And more vowels :P I kid, you're good people.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish

@aseriesoftubes: Unfortunately I had all my anti-iphone rants on the "2.0.2 is Imminent" post Jason took down. I'm a little too tired to post any more.

Why does the first line after "* Bug fixes" look cut off at the bottom? They should fix that in the next patch too.

Rabid Penguin

@rcast1986: He prefers the term computing anomaly.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish

This update installs the Kill Switch!

bms

this is pathetic...I need to get job

CEOself

BRICKED
kidding

CEOself

Hopefully this will fix some of the weirdness I've experienced with my 3G iPhone.

Cue the chorus of anti-iPhone whiners in 5... 4... 3...

aseriesoftubes

@Jason Chen: Hooray for accuracy!

rcast1986

@BoinK: Or maybe every iPhone comes with a "Bug fixes" tool and it was ironically buggy, so they had to patch it.

Rabid Penguin

@Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish: Haha, yeah. We call that bug 'Steve Jobs'.

rcast1986

@smcguinness: If you mean that last one, the one that said that the update is imminent, we took it down because it's no longer imminent (it's here).

Jason Chen

@BoinK: bugs. it fixes bugs. 248.7 MB of bug-fixin' goodness.

kennyNegs

@BoinK: it fixes bugs!

bubba451

@BoinK: Maybe the next update will fix the bug that mysteriously erases the download details.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish

Great! Now we have to listen to everyone cry while waiting for pwnage to update. :(

dirtybird1977

extracting...

CEOself

Are they too chicken to point out what it fixes?

BoinK

ugh... still backing up the phone first. (foot goes 'tap, tap, tap')

kennyNegs

WTF on the first posting?? I dugg it and now it throws me a 404 error. BOO Giz BOO

smcguinness

lol i just unlocked my phone yesterday with 2.0.1. I guess I'll wait on these updates from here on out until a big one hits.

MrBlahBlah

Pausing current torrents.....now.

rcast1986

Well, this update did virtually NOTHING. "Snappier" and all these other words I'm hearing are likely from the mental trick where you think something is improved, but it really isn't.

diesel828

Oh man! I just updated me and all my friends to 2.0.1. I'm getting tired of this. I don't see any huge benefits of updating to this one.

Kareem King

After installing the update, I noticed that my relationship is a little better. Thanks Apple.

Fountain

NetShare still works?

ninelife777

Well Now i need pwnage tool 2.0.3 i hate this game

mweege

i see no difference with my 3g connection blah

it is snappier though

rexfrmgr

@justinpe: Yeah, I did backup the apps and whatnot via, "sync". I Found an app that will copy the music too though, Senuti. worked like a champ. I Tried Podworks, but it produced some erros and din't copy all songs, Senuti did. woohoo!!

Thank for the reply!!

I'm still going to wait, I just "jailbroke" a few days ago, and have it all dialed in with themes etc and don't want to do it all over yet, took like 5 hours to restore, jailbreak, reload all music, album art, then do a backup, whew....;-)

Faslane66

Gees, already? WTF Apple!?!?!?!?! Why didn't you just wait on the last update until now?

It takes me 1 Hour and 35 minutes to BACKUP my iPhone on my PC.

Now I'm told the backup only backs up phone settings? That it shouldn't take longer then 10 seconds??? Again, WTF Apple!?!?!?!?!

So Apps, music, pictures, blah blah are stored on PC and sync to the phone. No need to worry about those. But WHERE and WHEN do/does App DATA get backed up? During a sync? Nothing in the progress bar shows me that app DATA is getting synced.

Is there a way to make a REAL backup of the phone? In otherwords create a backup image that contains EVERYTHING? Like I can with all my Pocket PCs?

I'm mostly after restoring Contacts that are on the phone but NOT on the Mac (differnt phone, not mine). Removing Entourage DELETED all contacts. Again, WTF Apple!?!?!?!?! But I'd like a REAL backup before experimenting.

JEmlay

i like any updates.

even if they are not updates at all, but just a mental trick.

vgart

i hope 2.0.2 fixes SOMETHING. 2.0.1 didn't fix anything on my phone. After upgrading to 2.0.1 I still had the sluggish keyboard, random reboots, and random application crashes... c'mon apple, you can do it!

slob360

And I just returned my Iphone yesterday due to crappy 3g signals....now what do I do?

paul96734

Apple is the master of fixing something that's not broken... and ignoring the problems that are actually there.

diesel828

Apple doesn't actually "say" anything these days, so I just go into these things hoping for the best, but expecting nothing.

However, just b/c I wasn't expecting anything doesn't mean that I'm not one PO-ed MoFo these days.

My next appointment with a "genius" is Wednesday. I truly feel bad for whichever genius gets stuck with my appointment.

davebg5

hmmm..lots of angry folks today..must be a case of the Mondayz.

unlikelee

@davebg5: They didn't actually say it was going to, did they? That's your Gizmodo talking to you.

ALT

Just got it installed. It's still early, but right off of the bat it doesn't look like this did ANYTHING to improve the craptastic phone reception that this thing gets.

APPLE...YOU FAIL!!!

davebg5

oof. thought i'd just quickly update this before heading home for the night.

not even half way through the backup yet.

naclone

Well I just did the update too and also I am not noticing anything different. I'm not feeling the "snappier" thing either.

Foodstamp

@Fountain: Hahahaha. If only this could have done the same for me 5 months ago.

diesel828

Yea...all the lags are still there, only reason it seems to be "snappier" is because you're starting over fresh and nothing has used up the memory resources.

Cableguy44

I hope some real tests can tell us all if this is a REAL fix or just, as I've seen so many predict, a horse suppository sized placebo.

Maybe the size is an exaggeration.

mhlaxp

What does it do for us iPhone "Classic" folk?

PC+Mac Coexist

NetShare still works-and I've even read that jailbreak doesn't get broken by it, but I can't independently verify that.

I've observed different readings re: bars and 3g, but can't report on dropping calls or switching yet.

My battery drained less in 1 hour than it would have before, but we'll see if that lasts.

storm

@unlikelee: More likely a case of people getting fed up with Apple's arrogance and lack of communication surrounding their iPhone 3G problems.

davebg5

I'm just going to go out on a limb and say it....Apple is a piece of shit and can suck my cock.

Ok I feel better. I'm sorry. Just needed to vent my frustration. WTF is up with the HUGE file AGAIN for a fix that doesn't even have immediately noticeable fixes? God Apple is just retarded. I wish they didn't make the iphone. Give it over to a responsible company.

Der182

I'm going to hold off on this for now and keep my phone jailbroken too.

Here are mirrors and direct links to the ipsw files:
[www.iphone-hacks.com]
[www.iphone-hacks.com]

bryonbrock

In all seriousness, I'm noticing significant improvement on the responsiveness front *so far*. Though the damn thing did reset my phone, so maybe that's just a temporary fix.

And it's not like it's hard to improve the state of the phone from 2.0.1. Thing was laggy as all get-out.

rcast1986

I don't know but it seems like i am getting better 3g, or maybe its just me imagining it (read: hoping!) - who knows

ryanobo66

Well, it fixed my four-hour backup problem, but unfortunately, I still smell bad. Thanks for nothing, Apple.

gordeaoux

@davebg5: very true...but....to let a phone, and a company affect peeps attitudes this much..is a bit...far.

unlikelee

Mine popped an error when applying the update. I had to go into restore mode. Apparently it doesn't actually restore anything, because after 15 minutes of "restoring" I then had to choose "restore from backup" from iTunes. Now I wait another 40 minutes for everything to copy back over. Hope nobody is trying to call me on my phone...

Thanks apple!

GenericWhiteGuy

Didn't notice any difference yet.. works like charm just like before.

sos10

@Der182: (unintentionally) Funniest post of the day. Hats off to you, sir.

On a related note, the size is so large because it's the whole image - and will be the whole image, every. single. time. Count on it.

Dancing Milkcarton

It almost seems that my reception has gotten WORSE in the last two updates.

All of a sudden I don't get EDGE or 3G coverage anywhere in my apartment. And if I do, it lasts seconds.

I'm sorta pissed.

Anyone else having this problem?

josh.hofer

@ijuleguy: Yeah, I know. It's just a little annoying that they ask if I want to "Restore and Update" and when that is done I need to "Restore from Backup".

I've been sitting here for over an hour now waiting to get my phone back so I can make a call.

GenericWhiteGuy

Still running perfect in 2.0, anyone know if I update to 2.2 I'll have to put all my music and videos back on?

gamecrazychris

@Aristeia: WinPwn allowed you to jailbreak your iPhone/Touch/3G for a while now.

akifbayram

Haven't noticed it behaving snappier, but it's definitely more robust. And squishier.

terraform

@GenericWhiteGuy:
Restore as in "restore to factory defaults".

The update seem to have improved my reception, although it could've been the fact that the update restarted the phone and obviously reacquired signal...I don't notice anything else.

ijuleguy

@gamecrazychris:

Yes, you will, it's ALWAYS the case...until Apple changes the update practices. bummer huh?!

Triplet66

Jailbroken is the "bug". Download update and bug is fixed.

Kajo

i dont think this did anything

f0rge

I certainly hope this fixes my 0XE8000002E Error. I miss updating my apps.

coreyfriedman

Anyone else getting an error -3259 when trying to download it? I keep getting timed out!

Noobs-R-Us

@unlikelee: Oh, don't worry about me. Went to the gym to blow off some steam and am now...well...I'm still kinda' pissed.

Whatever. Wednesday I have an appointment with a genius. We'll see about that. Right now I think I sum up my feelings as:

BOO APPLE!

HOORAY BEER!

davebg5

HAHA just got an email from Apple, they're giving ME users another 60 day (free) extension to apologize for its suckiness

stlblufan

Oh, come on. Took over an hour to restore and it didn't put any music or movies on the phone? WTF?

Ok, I'm done complaining for the day.

GenericWhiteGuy

GREAT!!!! THE SMS LAG IS BACK!!! WELL DONE APPLE!!!

biofreak

mobileme fail story: I read stlblufan's comment and went to my @me account on my iphone, and the fucking thing won't download anything past the header. if it wasn't for the extra 60 days I may have quit, then again, when it's working, it awesome.

crackle

@CEOself: Among other things.

Gilbert

It may be just my phone but-

Contact app- Loads faster, typing in contacts has no lag at all.

Speed seemed to increase as well, but many factors come in to this test, but these are the fASTEST speeds I have ever recorded with Wifi. 3g is above my average. EDGE is superslow now for some reason!

Wifi- 5.69 Mbps 28.43x faster than EDGE

3G- 1.38 Mbps 6.89x faster than EDGE

EDGE- .15 Mbps .74 times faster than EDGE (What .74 times less than what its supposed to be that the whackest shit I've ever seen)

What are your new speed tests? Test at TESTMYIPHONE.com and please post your tests. Remember to go into your settings and manually switch to 3g and edge!

mplsboywonder

The only thing I've noticed so far is that the contact list loads and scrolls better. It was horrible before with my 400+ contacts.

I have not noticed any other improvements, and I can say that 3G does not seem to be improved at all here in Chicago where I'm having major issues with it.

honestbleeps

Back up took for frickin' evar - typing is faster, ooooo, now my life is complete - and my 3G still sucks hairy arse balls.

robbo

Anyone know if the Pwnage carrier unlock on a 1G survive this update? I don't care about jailbreak.

geeniusatwrok

I think it's already worth something that we see updates for the iPhone, even though they may not fix all the bugs at once. At least Apple updates their device and we're seeing there is progress.

I've own a bunch of Nokias (since it's the de facto phone here in Finland, duh) and NEVER EVER seen an firmware upgrade. I've heard that there are some, must be rare then. And there were bugs in my phones. Nokia just doesn't give a shit about their phones after they get them in stores.

RIMs are way too ugly for an aesthetic person like me, SEs lack the top features and I've never seen an attractive Samsung/LG/etc. And Nokia is just piece of shit. I'll consider Big N again when they replace the horrible S60 but most probably I'll be happy with my 5th generation iPhone then.

atheos

Still get no 3G reception on my damn phone....

More like 2.0.boo

dcdttu

PROBLEM NOT FIXED:
my phone randomly 'goes to black' when I'm using it. Usually pressing the home or power buttons (a couple of times) will turn the screen back on. After unlocking I can continue. This was one of the bugs that hasn't been fixed with this update... in case other are having the same problem.

slob360

@dcdttu: are you sure you are in a 3G coverage area??? That seems pretty messed up that you don't get ANY 3G if you're in the designated area. If that's the case, you should take the phone back.

Der182

I'm not a Mac guy but is it standard practice for Apple to not tell their customers anything. Like zero?

c2

ugh i tried to to install it and i got an error and it made me restore my phone! It went back to factory settings. Good thing I've been syncing everything with my outlook

TMDoc

Just updated. I then synced to put some new apps and music on there and backup times is a whole lot faster. Backing up took a matter of minutes compared to an hour or more that I have been experiencing before the update.

Am very pleased.

dcaoko

apple has pumped--us up

chanmoss

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH bricked im stuck with a 1604 and cant restore. HELP!

theshortguy

Easy fix for when 3G data is on the fritz: switch to EDGE. Yes I know it isn't ideal, but at least you can still get data. AT&T and/or Apple needs to get on the ball with this 3G nonsense. No reason it should be crapping out. And it only started recently so I think it might be more of a network issue than an issue with the phone it self. Also: I have learned the hard way, that restores, syncs and back up should only be done at night when I get home from work. That way when I get the White Apple of Death, I can leave it restoring for a few hours and have my phone up and running by the morning. No need to worry about missed calls.

thechansen

I would say this update did shit for 3G issues. I've only had the phone for 10 days, but my reception has gotten progressively worse. Have 3 bars on 3G tonight and can barely get data to pass. Immediately after the firmware update, I had 4 bars and tried to call my office - 5 of 6 calls "failed" after the first ring. Data is intermittently passing - no better or worse than before.

I really like this device and want to give Apple the benefit of the doubt (AT&T not so much) but if this doesn't get better soon both of my iPhones are going back.

downboy

WTF! After updating to the new firmware it won't sync my contacts, erased my contacts grouping and deleted phone pics in address book. Apple tech support told me they are not yet aware of these problems in the new firmware update and will investigate further. Sigh!

rjbuddyboi

No problem downloading at 10pm PDT. My Contacts Application seems to run about 80%+ faster after the update (first thing I tried). I used to get a very long delay opening my 1500 contact list. The update is worth it for that alone as long as nothing else is broken.

keithhat

here is my 2cent worth of contribution

album artwork has gone haywire (it has mind of it's own now)REALLY ANNOYING
Modem FW is now 2.08.01 (don't know if they have made any changes or not, may be they just like to keep changing FW ver)
Contact list responds better (with push contacts on)
SMS still lags
Battery life sucks even more
safari is crashes less frequently
Phone OS hasn't crashed yet (2.0.1 use to crash atleast 3 times a day

FireBALL

Hey, here is a random bug for you to reproduce. I saw it on my original 3G which Apple just replaced at the Apple Store in Jacksonville FL this weekend, only to have me repro it later that night on my new phone:

1. Delete any app from your phone (from the phone itself, by holding down the icon until it starts shaking).
2. Immediately open the phone settings (by clicking the "Settings" icon".
3. Wait.

Now, one of two things will happen. You will sit there at a gray screen for 60 seconds, followed by the actual settings finally opening, or you will wait for 60 seconds, then be kicked back to the home screen, unable to get to your settings. In my case, #2 happens to me consistently. The only way to break this cycle is to open a couple of apps one at a time, close them, and try to reopen settings. The "genius" said that he had never seen the issue before, and there was no diagnostic info on my phone about it. I about pinched a Twinkie when it happened on my new phone.

Oh, and the new firmware doesn't do anything to my 2-bar 3G signal at home. I suspect that it is geared more toward a smoother 3G-to-EDGE handoff when signal is lost, though. Also, I saw a weird issue last night after the update where my battery got really hot when plugged into the wall charger, and I could actually see the battery meter slowly draining. I restarted the phone and this went away.

Meatlocker - still a man, despite his white iPhone fetish.

I downloaded the update for my iphone. Prior to the update, I would never be able to get 3G at my home (even though the map says I am on the *edge* of the coverage area for 3G services). After the update, nothing appeared to change, however, after I turned off/on 3G and did a reboot, I can now get 3G services at my home. This update does appear to correct some signal issues at some level (at least in my limited test environment). However, I did have to reboot and switch the 3G off/on before it seemed to take affect.

kaffeen

i have to say that the overall process of the update is very smooth now

pdxnick

@honestbleeps:

I'm having the same problem... and my GPS is acting up.

kennyNegs

Worked fine for me. I did a sync before the update and i did not have to restore the 1 song and 2 moves i had loaded on the iPhone

Contacts do seem faster, but might be b\c of the restart.

AEsco48

I updated my iPhone and instantly noticed a problem: I live in a location where i get great Edge reception but barely any 3G reception. After the update I noticed my phone said "No Service". I rebooted and it came back with a 3G connection with no bars. I was relieved I had not bricked my phone. So I tried calling my home number and kept losing the call (4-5 times in a row). I gave up and looked for the setting on the phone to turn off 3G... flipped the switch, waited and I got an Edge connection with about 4-5 bars. Calls went through. In summary, what I'm seeing is that the phone is hanging onto the 3G connection for longer (or forever?) before it tries to switch to Edge. I suspect this was one of the things that Apples was doing to address the reported connection / dropped calls issue.... I'm not impressed with the solution.

ShyamalikaKhayree

I actually did notice a difference: I used to get crappy near unusable 3g reception in a lot of places, including my apartment. It got so bad that I just switched it to Edge and figured I'd go to 3g when I needed fast internet for some reason. Now, when I'm in my apartment it starts off with a period of no-service and then switches over to Edge automatically. I wouldn't say this "fixed" anything, but whatever.

AbbottMetis

Funny ... when I watch the Apple 3g commercial the pages just *snap* when surfing via safari ... mine don't snap like that over wifi ...

I've been hanging out for the Slingbox client but based on my experiences with 3g I'll be really surprised if a smooth stream is possible over 3g.

knackers

well, I needed to unjailbreak to return my iphone anyway. got a few days left on the 30day cancellation. looks like apple needs to hire some rf engineers, instead of just designers. I am a perfect candidate to see if this fixed the 3g problem. in my apartment I can go all they way from 3 bars 3g down to 1 bar on edge. I'll post again after it finishes installing.

neonide

I am a HUGE fanboy and I can say for the first time in my long relationship with Apple, I am actually getting really frustrated with a product. Come on this was supposed to be the 'be all, end all of mobile phones' I replaced my original iPhone twice and already once with my 3G. Hour and a half back-ups, restores and updates just isn't cool. I really hope that 2.1 is an overhaul of the whole system, forget the bug fixes just make my phone do what it is supposed to.

Brent_Andrew

2.0.2 did nothing! - I am tired of being punished for being an early adopter.

My last iphone worked great (after a long and painful wait). I thought just maybe, iphone 3G would take what worked in the iphone 1st gen and add to it....nope.... So in return for my $300 plus added fees for upgrading my AT&T accountto 3G, I have a glorified PDA - cool - but I thought I bought a phone.

Come on Apple - live up to your promises. And if you can't do that - at least be open about the issues. Saying "bug fixes" doesn't help at all. I understand the problems with new technology, but I don't have patience for a company who tries to pretend like nothing is wrong.

bluedogpro

Wow in the time between starting this update and it finishing i was able to cook a steak, eat a steak, digest a steak, and... oh wait. It hasn't finished "backing up". *wonder what else i should do.

Illustrator0316

It seems to have fixed the lag on my keypad for text messages...

missedmyexit

guess what we know have landscaping keyboards on emails, internet, and texting

quay69

I used to get 5 bars 3G at work now I'm at 5 bars Edge. Lame.

robbiedigital

My speeds in Orange County, California:

3G is .76 Mbps 3.82 x greater than Edge (this sucks)
WiFi is 5.36 Mbps 26.82 x greater than Edge (this is okay)

Wow. That 3G is horrible. What a crock.

jakatak

This update only fixes the Jailbreak bug. Thanks Apple.

jakatak

Mine is stuck with the message "reticulating splines." What now?

traphicone

TBH it blatently doesnt " FIX " anything it most likely is an " update " to try and piss off those people who keep unlocking there iphones. Apple tutut you naughty men

jmzwheadon

Also on an amusing sidenote, the Verizon ad at the top of the page seems to be trying to take over my screen (Mac FF 3.0.1), evilly taunting me to return to their mediocre yet infinitely-better-than-AT&T network, desperately calling to me: "You know you want to pick up that RAZR, it has a slow-as-f**k interface and no decent applications, but at least it makes and receives calls."

froboy

(Before the happenings of this post, I had replaced the SIM cards in my and my wife's 3G iPhone's once previously, about 2 weeks ago, with no significant improvement in service.)

After updating to 2.0.2 I am completely unable to make or receive calls when 3G is enabled. Disabling 3G while standing in the same location results in 3-5 bars of EDGE, and turning on 3G again results in "No Service" (when previously the phone would at least drop down to EDGE when 3G was unavailable). Also, even with 3-5 bars of EDGE, I had 5 calls last night that did not ring at all to my phone (I got the voicemails about 30 min later). Disabling Wifi, doing a Network Reset, and rebooting did nothing to resolve the issue.

I reported these issues to AT&T Technical Support after getting bounced to Apple and then back, and requested a refund for the month or so of incredibly poor phone service that I've received. The representative was happy to comply, discounting a significant portion of next month's bill.

I refuse to pay for poor phone service, and I suggest any who are having issues do the same until these problems are resolved.

froboy

WHY WHY WHY did Apple remove the UPDATE ALL button!?!?!?!?!

Now we have to update all apps one at a time on the phone. Of all the many problems I've had with this phone, that's one that was working fine! Ugh!

JEmlay