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2.1's Placebo Effect is Wearing Off

TheSpaz

TheSpaz

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At first I really loved how fast and responsive my iPhone was being after the big 2.1 update, but after a few days of using it... It seems like it's lagging again. What is the deal? Is it from running the iPod app? When I restart, everything is speedy again, but I don't wanna be restarting all the time.
 
Very pleased owner here. I even have Cydia/Winterboard/Theme and its still SNAPPIER :)
 
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duelingdragons said:
Mikey B said:
Everything's still smooth sailing for me. Don't think I got a sugar pill so far.
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Word.
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Me too. Still going strong, this is a VAST improvement over 2.0.X ...
 
Working good here.

My only complaint is getting Mail app to check my mail seems a bit of a lottery, it regularly gets stuck at 'Connecting...' even with full signal...
 
Not too happy here. Did you try a restore? I haven't. Was thinking of trying that tonight. Overall, i feel my phone is slower than before. When i open settings or iPod (music), it's very slow to open.

OMG. I was just trying to go through my email and it crashed. Seriously??? For me, 2.1 is 10 times worse than 2.0.2.
 
TheSpaz said:
At first I really loved how fast and responsive my iPhone was being after the big 2.1 update, but after a few days of using it... It seems like it's lagging again. What is the deal? Is it from running the iPod app? When I restart, everything is speedy again, but I don't wanna be restarting all the time.
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Sounds a lot like a memory leak to me. The reason it will be fast after a restart is whatever is hogging resources is (obviously) forced to release them when the phone isn't on :) So when you turn it back on, usage will build and build and everything will slow down until you restart again.
 
I just did a reset on my phone and for the moment it's better. I'm at work now and have 3G service in here. Never had it before. It actually works too! At least something is good with 2.1 for me.:eek:
 
TheSpaz said:
At first I really loved how fast and responsive my iPhone was being after the big 2.1 update, but after a few days of using it... It seems like it's lagging again. What is the deal? Is it from running the iPod app? When I restart, everything is speedy again, but I don't wanna be restarting all the time.
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Wore off about 5 minutes after the install for me since it still doesn't allow a working BT connection to my car:( which 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 did. Apple themselves seem not to mention that "Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR" actually means "severely crippled and restricted Bluetooth stack" in :apple:speak

For me the iPhone is a nice looking fun phone with a great interface and a fab web browser - and that's the only reason I keep my O2 SIM card in it most of the time.

For use as a proper business tool - as per Apple's PR - it's a bit of a pig in a poke: still no Office editing, cut'n'paste, multiple message marking, attachments or decent BT stack &etc. All of which I can easily get from SmackBerrys or WM6:(.

C'mon Apple - get on with it.
 
so far

For me the update was nothing special.

Battery life is horrible

3G is horrible ( l live about 20 minutes north of Boston)

It took for ever to update

Same old same old for me.
 
I never did a restore. Should I try that? Will it make a difference?
 
Someone just told me to do a restore because his phone is solid as a rock. I'm going to restore mine tonight.
 
The number of bars 3G shows for me is greatly improved. Went from 1-2 to 4-5 almost everywhere. I always had really fast speed even with 1 bar though, so I'm guessing they just remapped how the bars relate to the signal, which really is just a placebo, but I underestimated how good such a placebo would make me feel. It feels awesome having lots of bars everywhere, even if my signal truly isn't much different in reality.

Too early for me to tell anything else. It doesn't feel any "snappier" to me than previous versions. 2.0.1 felt much snappier to me than 2.0, and I didn't notice much different from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2, and now again not much difference from 2.0.2 to 2.1.

I do like how fast apps install now. At least 5 times faster.
 
Sweetbike40 said:
Not too happy here. Did you try a restore? I haven't. Was thinking of trying that tonight. Overall, i feel my phone is slower than before. When i open settings or iPod (music), it's very slow to open.

OMG. I was just trying to go through my email and it crashed. Seriously??? For me, 2.1 is 10 times worse than 2.0.2.
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I originally did an upgrade as I was at work and my backup was at home, the upgrade made my phone slower and couldn't find 3G much and normally it has it everywhere i go, once home i did a restore and it's been fine since only thing that might be an issue as it doesn't seem to be fetching my mail properly but just reboot the phone and i'll see if that fixes it.
 
perhaps your iPhone is clogged with crap ;)

I did a restore when upgrading to 2.1 (because I had to due to using an unlocked phone) and I have had absolutely no problems. It might be worth a try.
 
Mine was actually running well b4 the update but is even better since the update was release. Much faster and more responsive, especially with typing.
 
No Placebo here! :D It's definitely a lot better. Backups that used to take 20-30 minutes, now take 2-3.
3G reception where I live, is now how it should be, Safari has been flawless for me, no keyboard lag in SMS, Safari or any other apps now. haven't noticed an increase in battery life though, so I guess any gains there were minimal, if any.

It's obvious to say, that 2.1, is what 2.0 was intended to be.
 
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