Since 2.0 mine hasnt worked anywhere, except in Warwick, where it did seem more accurate. But I havnt got it working since then, still doesn't work in 2.1, but lag has gone.. Thanks Apple.
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Since 2.0 mine hasnt worked anywhere, except in Warwick, where it did seem more accurate. But I havnt got it working since then, still doesn't work in 2.1, but lag has gone.. Thanks Apple.
So you don't get the 1sec lag as well?
Agree though, it's better now, but still not up to 1.1.4 standards.
Anyone getting the email received notification although no new email is actually received?
This occurs when i enter Mail, then go to the inbox. navigate to trash or sent, then back to the inbox, i receive the notification again.
This occurs when i enter Mail, then go to the inbox. navigate to trash or sent, then back to the inbox, i receive the notification again.
Contacts lag went from about 6 seconds to 3-4 seconds. I hope they can fix it and make it as quick as windows mobile some day
I have about 1,300 contacts syncing thru exchange.
regards
I have about 1,300 contacts syncing thru exchange.
regards
quick question:
I downloaded this update last night to my laptop, and haven't installed it yet.
I plan to do this at work today, but will iTunes need to connect online to activate the phone again? I have a strict firewall connection at work, so I can't hook my laptop up to it, if that is the case.
I downloaded this update last night to my laptop, and haven't installed it yet.
I plan to do this at work today, but will iTunes need to connect online to activate the phone again? I have a strict firewall connection at work, so I can't hook my laptop up to it, if that is the case.
Well, I managed to get a location after about 4 mins on my car... I suspect the gps is working, but it's not getting assistance from the net or from cell tower triangulation...
Inside my house I can't get a location now... And up until yesterday I got a location within seconds and fairly acurate with just triangulation and wifi...
I hope it get's sorted soon, as maps is the app I'm using the most, specially abroad...
Inside my house I can't get a location now... And up until yesterday I got a location within seconds and fairly acurate with just triangulation and wifi...
I hope it get's sorted soon, as maps is the app I'm using the most, specially abroad...
iPhone EDGE 2.0.1
Pre Upgrade
I was also getting the terrible long backups so before I did the upgrade I deleted all of my emails, all of my SMS and removed old notes and unwanted photos. I also cleared out the cache of safari completely, and the history in youtube.
Doing this improved the speed of the backup immensely (I only have a GB of music on the phone but also have about 32 apps). Was much much faster than before.
Post Upgrade
Once the backup was completed I upgraded to 2.0.1. First impressions were quite good. The OS does feel a bit quicker in various areas.
Down to the testing!!
Did my typical, many applications opening and closing test. Various app store ones such as Aurora Feint (good app to test with as its heavy) and other smaller apps rapid fire open close open close switching among them. On 2.0 this killed my iPhone every time without fail. Resulting in a complete reboot of the iPhone. On 2.0.1 so far I have not managed to kill it so good signs there of improvement.
Update: Just did the test again, really went for it this time, and the iPhone handled it pretty much perfectly, hopefully will stay this way when I add more apps.
The biggie: Contact and SMS lag. It is unfortunately still there. So far from what I have tested it looks as though it wont be as prominent a problem in contacts. Once contacts has managed to get its self scrolling, contact selection is definitely faster although it still needs improving. It is still to easy to make the iPhone keyboard lag in SMS. I have managed to simulate it 5 or 6 times now. That to me shows no improvement especially since my SMS app has been completely cleared of all the messages so that cannot be the problem. Its a shame because in general the update seems a pretty good one.
Safari: To be honest seems pretty much the same, I have found it a good improvement in 2.0 from 1.1.4 (1.1.4 has been by far my favorite firmware as for me it was amazing). Page rendering and two finger zoom rendering maybe a tad faster.
Settings: Scrolling is definitely less choppy. Thats about all I can say!!
Note: All of the tests were done in a situation in which the signal drops out and comes back again frequently. Its not an iPhone problem as other phones on the same network (o2) in my flat, this also happens to them as well due to bad signal. The point I am getting to is that in the past I have noticed that this can affect the iPhone and cause it to have difficulties, slowdowns and crashes. So this again is a good sign as to stability improvements in this firmware.
Hopefully the next update finally sorts the contacts and most definitely fixes the SMS app as that really needs close attention. Other than that a reasonably happy camper here
Pre Upgrade
I was also getting the terrible long backups so before I did the upgrade I deleted all of my emails, all of my SMS and removed old notes and unwanted photos. I also cleared out the cache of safari completely, and the history in youtube.
Doing this improved the speed of the backup immensely (I only have a GB of music on the phone but also have about 32 apps). Was much much faster than before.
Post Upgrade
Once the backup was completed I upgraded to 2.0.1. First impressions were quite good. The OS does feel a bit quicker in various areas.
Down to the testing!!
Did my typical, many applications opening and closing test. Various app store ones such as Aurora Feint (good app to test with as its heavy) and other smaller apps rapid fire open close open close switching among them. On 2.0 this killed my iPhone every time without fail. Resulting in a complete reboot of the iPhone. On 2.0.1 so far I have not managed to kill it so good signs there of improvement.
Update: Just did the test again, really went for it this time, and the iPhone handled it pretty much perfectly, hopefully will stay this way when I add more apps.
The biggie: Contact and SMS lag. It is unfortunately still there. So far from what I have tested it looks as though it wont be as prominent a problem in contacts. Once contacts has managed to get its self scrolling, contact selection is definitely faster although it still needs improving. It is still to easy to make the iPhone keyboard lag in SMS. I have managed to simulate it 5 or 6 times now. That to me shows no improvement especially since my SMS app has been completely cleared of all the messages so that cannot be the problem. Its a shame because in general the update seems a pretty good one.
Safari: To be honest seems pretty much the same, I have found it a good improvement in 2.0 from 1.1.4 (1.1.4 has been by far my favorite firmware as for me it was amazing). Page rendering and two finger zoom rendering maybe a tad faster.
Settings: Scrolling is definitely less choppy. Thats about all I can say!!
Note: All of the tests were done in a situation in which the signal drops out and comes back again frequently. Its not an iPhone problem as other phones on the same network (o2) in my flat, this also happens to them as well due to bad signal. The point I am getting to is that in the past I have noticed that this can affect the iPhone and cause it to have difficulties, slowdowns and crashes. So this again is a good sign as to stability improvements in this firmware.
Hopefully the next update finally sorts the contacts and most definitely fixes the SMS app as that really needs close attention. Other than that a reasonably happy camper here
Guess I'm lucky because I'm not having any BT issues with my 06 5-series and my iPhone 3G.
Interesting - did you do anything "special" when you first paired the phone? Do you have to do anything (e.g. turn off WiFi) when you use it in your car? When did you get the phone (will try to work out if it's a hardware issue). What version of CIP/Progman do you think you have on the car?
I can't update atm, because I'm at work. But I'm really looking forward to the now legendary "snappier" Safari!
I can't update atm, because I'm at work. But I'm really looking forward to the now legendary "snappier" Safari!
I honestly don't thing there is any difference in Safari. It still crashed for me this morning, and still has that annoying bug, in where you are clicking a link and a new page opens like it should. But when you close that opened page it puts THAT page on the original. Instead of leaving the page that was there alone.
The update is 249.2mb, can this only be bug fixes?!?!
Its the entire firmware. Take a quick read through this thread has been stated a few times
Depends - if you have a UK PAYG one then yes, it will require internet access for activation (mine did).
If you have a contract one, then no it won't need re-activation.
Well I can confirm viewing contacts via an exchange 2003 server is quicker albeit not by much.
I've also noticed reduced 3G reception.
I've had some calls that were dropped under 3G due to a low signal. My guess is they increased the 3G service threshold to reduce dropped call by forcing you to edge service in weak areas.
This stinks since under GSM I wouldn't hear feedback via my PC speakers at work. Now that it's forced to edge, the buzz came back.
I've also noticed reduced 3G reception.
I've had some calls that were dropped under 3G due to a low signal. My guess is they increased the 3G service threshold to reduce dropped call by forcing you to edge service in weak areas.
This stinks since under GSM I wouldn't hear feedback via my PC speakers at work. Now that it's forced to edge, the buzz came back.