So what exactly CAN the 3G do in iOS4?

unified inbox?

folders

Folders and unified inbox.

Not a whole lot. About the only things of value in 4.0 on a 3G are folders and the unified Inbox. There's no wallpapers, no multitasking, and overall I feel it runs very sluggish. I compare the experience of 4.0 on my 3G to my fiance's 3GS (also w/ 4.0) and let me just say I can't wait to get my hands on an iPhone 4.

The 3G has outlived much of its usefulness.

f00f said:

Not a whole lot. About the only things of value in 4.0 on a 3G are folders and the unified Inbox. There's no wallpapers, no multitasking, and overall I feel it runs very sluggish. I compare the experience of 4.0 on my 3G to my fiance's 3GS (also w/ 4.0) and let me just say I can't wait to get my hands on an iPhone 4.

The 3G has outlived much of its usefulness.

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Totally agree with every point. Had 2 good years with it, selling it a decent price. Me = happy.

Do we not get the new spell check? Playlist creation? 5x digital zoom?

f00f said:

Not a whole lot. About the only things of value in 4.0 on a 3G are folders and the unified Inbox. There's no wallpapers, no multitasking, and overall I feel it runs very sluggish. I compare the experience of 4.0 on my 3G to my fiance's 3GS (also w/ 4.0) and let me just say I can't wait to get my hands on an iPhone 4.

The 3G has outlived much of its usefulness.

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Why wouldnt the 3G be able to do wallpapers? i thought multitasking was lthe only thing it couldnt do in iOS4?

wolfpackfan said:

Folders and unified inbox.

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And ibooks as well. And i Hope it makes my 3G a bit faster/less sluggish

And Bluetooth keyboard ?!

alecgold said:

Hope it makes my 3G a bit faster/less sluggish

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Uh-oh.

Some of this stuff is going to be repeated from above but:

• New Dock
• Spell Check
• Folders
• Unified Inbox
• Ability to Sync Notes
• Birthday Calendars
• Ability to show multiple calendars instead of having all or one
• iBooks (as soon as it is updated to be a universal app)
• Create Playlist
• Album Art in Album View
• Ability to turn off location services for certain apps
• More complex passwords
• YouTube videos in portrait
• 5x digital zoom (I'm not sure on this one because right now I have 4.0 on a 2G iPod touch so I can't test this one out.) EDIT: CaliKev confirmed this below.

That's all I can think of for right now

Also, you're gonna think I'm insane for saying this but I highly suggest doing a fresh install of 4.0 as in restore to 4.0 and then don't restore from a backup. I know you think I'm crazy but it will be less sluggish if you do this.

Here is a list of the features I've noticed while playing with iOS4 for the last couple days:


- The ipod app shows the album art when you are playing an album

- Unified inbox as others have mentioned.

- Spell check will basically red underline misspelled words.

- You can combine apps to make folders

- Adding a contact is more streamlined

- The icons are much more crisper on the home screen

- Calculator app has a new icon

- The tray for the 4 main icons on the bottom is different

- Find my location in the map app has a different icon for some reason

- Some of the settings have been simplified and changed

- Game Center app is included

That's all I can remember right now. not a whole lot of change, and GM runs really slow on my 3G. I'm really hoping when iOS4 is officially out I can reinstall and hope to get a smoother running version. Cause this is crap. Songs skip when I get a text message. Loading any app takes about 15-30 seconds.

bndoarn said:

• 5x digital zoom (I'm sure on this one because right now I have 4.0 on a 2G iPod touch so I can't test this one out.)

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Yes, with one tap on the screen you open the zoom feature.

Is a restore from 4 and reinstall apps, etc., rather than loading 4.0 and then syncing from a backup restore proving the 3G to be less sluggish?

bndoarn said:

Also, you're gonna think I'm insane for saying this but I highly suggest doing a fresh install of 4.0 as in restore to 4.0 and then don't restore from a backup. I know you think I'm crazy but it will be less sluggish if you do this.

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Agreed. I don't have personal experience with this update, but in the past, any sluggishness with new updates was usually fixed by doing a clean restore of the latest update, then adding apps, music, etc. without a backup restore.

It's a bit of a pain to lose some saved games and things, but it was worth the speed increase.

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Is a restore from 4 and reinstall apps, etc., rather than loading 4.0 and then syncing from a backup restore proving the 3G to be less sluggish?

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You could always just put the backup on there and if it is sluggish then restore again and don't put it on there. I went straight to not putting it on there because with 3.0 at first I did restore from a backup and it was sluggish but then I restored again and didn't put the backup on there and it was a lot better so with 4.0 I just went straight to not putting the backup on it.

The 3G can have home screen wallpapers and multitasking with the right modifications.

I have a 3g currently and am mutlitasking pandora now, its a simple plist edit. Same with wallpapers

They've made it even easier now and both can be enabled with the newest version of RedSnow.

http://compixels.com/913/enable-hom...tasking-on-iphone-3g-ios4-using-redsn0w-0-9-5

There's a verb missing in the title.

Deadman64 said:

Thanks for the replies, very helpful.

Sad to see it's still ridiculously sluggish. I thought maybe it would be a little more tolerable. White iP4 cant come soon enough.....

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That's exactly what I'm waiting for.... I may not upgrade my iPhone 3G to iOS 4 as it already isn't exactly a speed demon. I sure wouldn't want it to slow down even more.

alecgold said:

And Bluetooth keyboard ?!

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Nope. See http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/ios4-software-update.html

Not all features are compatible with all devices. For example, multitasking, custom wallpaper, and Bluetooth keyboard support are available only with iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and the third-generation iPod touch (32GB and 64GB models from late 2009).

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