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iPhone 2.1 Firmware Review: It Fixes Everything We Can See

By Jason Chen on September 16, 2008 at 5:00 AM

iPhone’s 2.1 update last Friday was supposed to fix a whole dump truck-load of issues people have been having with the iPhone 3G. If the update did succeed in getting rid of dropped calls, improving battery life, dramatically speeding up backup times, improving application install speeds, more accurately displaying 3G signal strength display and eliminating keyboard lag, we could finally recommend the iPhone 3G to our friends without looking like asses. Did the 2.1 firmware do everything it promised? Oh yes.

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  • creamandchives
    September 16, 2008 at 10:13 AM

    I have noticed that since the 2.1 upgrade my iPhone 3G (on Telstra Next G) ALWAYS shows 5 bars of reception, my call making ability was exceptional before (stayed on 2.0.1) so there seems to be no difference in reception usability. The constant full bars seems to imply a placebo effect… never had any other phone always showing full bars (and i live in a patchy reception area, hence the excitement when I got the iPhone and it had the best reception and call quality of any phone I have ever owned!)

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  • FER
    September 23, 2008 at 5:28 AM

    hey guys i jailbroke my ist gen iphone with quikpwn and on ver 2.1 …the last row of letters in my ophone keyboard are not working when i send sms and also in the internet…. is this due to the upgrade being so messed up or is it the jailbreak

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