What features does 4.2 bring to 3G? Currently on 3.1.3 and know a lot of the 4.2 features have been left out for the 3G so wondering if it's worth upgrading and loosing the speed of 3.1.3?
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Anyone update a 3G to iOS 4.2?
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Haven't seen it pointed out before so I'll iterate that the 3G doesn't get AirPlay functionality.
For me it has to lead to the device staying on wifi constantly - nice for immediate wake but overnight I can easily loose 50% battery.
For me it has to lead to the device staying on wifi constantly - nice for immediate wake but overnight I can easily loose 50% battery.
For me, wanting to upgrade to 4.X over my current install of 3.1.3 (jailbroke my phone a little too late for Cydia to snag 3.1.3 blobs, I guess I could use PWNAGE though to revert if I had to?) is less to do with iOS features and more with other Apps that are requiring 3.2+.
If 4.1.2 is slower than 3.1.3 I don't think that it is a good idea to upgrade only to have "Airplay" and "Some SMS ringtones mores".
The 3G and 3GS do not get the additional ringtones.
iOS 4.2 is just as quick as 3.1.3 in my opinion. Miles ahead of 4.1.
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Hi guys
I was just about to start a thread...
The 4.2 on 3g totally rocks! I have jailbroken my device with Redsnow, Cydia has been revamped, it is so fast, its amazing.
The device performs much better, its almost like it was in the 3.1.2 / 3.1.3 days...
Seriously. I will recommend to everyone.
I have also found that all my apss are working, speed is great
Hope it helps!
Hi guys
I was just about to start a thread...
The 4.2 on 3g totally rocks! I have jailbroken my device with Redsnow, Cydia has been revamped, it is so fast, its amazing.
The device performs much better, its almost like it was in the 3.1.2 / 3.1.3 days...
Seriously. I will recommend to everyone.
I have also found that all my apss are working, speed is great
Hope it helps!
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What?
So, what is the added value to go form 3.1.3 to the 4.2.1? Do you have an iPhone 3G? Is really the 4.2.1 equally fast as 3.1.3, Cam101?
Thanks!
You seem to be looking for excuses NOT rather than to upgrade so you might as well stick with 3.1.3
4.2.1 won't bring any new features to the 3G, 3GS besides printing/find on page and performance enhancements. In addition you get the following if you're upgrading from iOS 3
Folders
Threaded mail
iTunes playlist creation / editing
5x digital zoom:
iBooks:
Photos: you can now sort by albums, events, faces, and places
Spell check
Spotlight search:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)
Yeah, multiple Exchange accounts.
torakaru said:What?
So, what is the added value to go form 3.1.3 to the 4.2.1? Do you have an iPhone 3G? Is really the 4.2.1 equally fast as 3.1.3, Cam101?
Thanks!
Yeah, multiple Exchange accounts.
Will the 3G with 4.2 Slows Down After Weeks of Use?
A lagging iOS really does bug me to no ends. I hate choppy pinching and zooming or keyboard lag.
That is the reason I'm thinking about upgrading. I don't need the new 4.2 features or the multitasking of iOS4. But I've begun to notice there are more and more apps showing up in the app store that run on iOS4 but not on iOS3.
If some of you blokes could chime back in after you've been using 4.2 on your 3G iphone for a bit, I'd appreciate it. If 4.2 is marginally slower than 3.1.3, but then slows down considerably after weeks of use, I might just stick to 3.1.3.
A lagging iOS really does bug me to no ends. I hate choppy pinching and zooming or keyboard lag.
That is the reason I'm thinking about upgrading. I don't need the new 4.2 features or the multitasking of iOS4. But I've begun to notice there are more and more apps showing up in the app store that run on iOS4 but not on iOS3.
If some of you blokes could chime back in after you've been using 4.2 on your 3G iphone for a bit, I'd appreciate it. If 4.2 is marginally slower than 3.1.3, but then slows down considerably after weeks of use, I might just stick to 3.1.3.
3G and 4.2 - Questionable
People are saying 4.2 is much better on the 3G.
According to these benchmarks, I have to believe that those performance gains will be short lived as the device gets more bogged down.
IPHONE 3G - iOS 4.2 TESTS
Might be best to stick with 3.1.3
I'm going to wait and see what users are saying 4 weeks from now before making the leap.
People are saying 4.2 is much better on the 3G.
According to these benchmarks, I have to believe that those performance gains will be short lived as the device gets more bogged down.
IPHONE 3G - iOS 4.2 TESTS
Might be best to stick with 3.1.3
I'm going to wait and see what users are saying 4 weeks from now before making the leap.
It is untrue that the iPhone 3G does not get the new text tones. In addition to the original tri-tone text alert, there are now 5 others: chime, glass, horn, bell, and electronic. You can find them by going into the Settings app:
SETTINGS > SOUNDS > TEXT TONE
You can also set text tones for individual contacts from within the contact's info by tapping "Edit" while viewing their contact information.
Also, within SETTINGS > SOUND you can now toggle the ringer's volume controls via a new "Change with Buttons" setting. This allows you to essentially "lock" the physical volume buttons, so that when you press them, they will no longer affect the ringer volume for incoming calls/text messages, thereby allowing you to only adjust the volume via the slider within SETTINGS > SOUND.
I agree that this iOS update runs noticeably smoother on the iPhone 3G than the previous iOS 4.1. But aside from speeding up the phone and apart from these new text tones and a new icon for the Voice Memos app, I don't see any noteworthy changes.
And what's more: The iPhone 3G does NOT get the ability to search within a webpage in Safari! When scrolling down the list of Google suggestions, the "Find in this page" option is simply not there. Why not? I don't see the logic behind this omission.
By the way, I experienced the same loss of music from my iPhone after the new update. This has happened to me with various other updates in the past, though.
I solved this problem by plugging my phone back into my computer, launching iTunes and verifying that, yes, my songs really were still on the phone. They could be viewed and played from within iTunes. After I did this, when I went back to the iPod app on my phone, it updated itself and all of my music become available again.
So, if you notice that your entire music/video collection has disappeared from your phone when you update to iOS 4.2, plug your phone into your computer and use iTunes to check that the music is still there. Then either play one of the songs from iTunes or resync your phone. That should do the trick.
SETTINGS > SOUNDS > TEXT TONE
You can also set text tones for individual contacts from within the contact's info by tapping "Edit" while viewing their contact information.
Also, within SETTINGS > SOUND you can now toggle the ringer's volume controls via a new "Change with Buttons" setting. This allows you to essentially "lock" the physical volume buttons, so that when you press them, they will no longer affect the ringer volume for incoming calls/text messages, thereby allowing you to only adjust the volume via the slider within SETTINGS > SOUND.
I agree that this iOS update runs noticeably smoother on the iPhone 3G than the previous iOS 4.1. But aside from speeding up the phone and apart from these new text tones and a new icon for the Voice Memos app, I don't see any noteworthy changes.
And what's more: The iPhone 3G does NOT get the ability to search within a webpage in Safari! When scrolling down the list of Google suggestions, the "Find in this page" option is simply not there. Why not? I don't see the logic behind this omission.
By the way, I experienced the same loss of music from my iPhone after the new update. This has happened to me with various other updates in the past, though.
I solved this problem by plugging my phone back into my computer, launching iTunes and verifying that, yes, my songs really were still on the phone. They could be viewed and played from within iTunes. After I did this, when I went back to the iPod app on my phone, it updated itself and all of my music become available again.
So, if you notice that your entire music/video collection has disappeared from your phone when you update to iOS 4.2, plug your phone into your computer and use iTunes to check that the music is still there. Then either play one of the songs from iTunes or resync your phone. That should do the trick.
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from 4.0 to 3.1.3 to 4.2.1 is night and day. I should of never updated to 4.0 for my moms 3G when it came out. lag lag lag. I downgraded to 3.1.3 a couple of days ago and it was great but she lost all contacts and pictures. Glad it didn't last long, I updated 4.2.1 last night for her and all is back to normal.
These are the same tones I had on my 3GS before the upgrade to 4.2.1. To get the additional 9 tones, you have to have an i4. From what others are saying, the new tones aren't much, so not missing anything.
Out of the iPhone OS's i've tried (2.1, 2.2, 3.0, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2), 2.1/2.2 were the fastest, 3.0 was decently fast and worth it for the push notificaitons, 4.0 was completely slow and useless, 4.1 was better than 4.0 but much worse than 3.0, and 4.2 is about as slow as 4.1 After doing a "reset all settings" my keyboard lagg is less than 4.1 or 4.0, but safari still runs much slower than 3.0. If I were able to go back to 3.0, I would. There's really nothing special about any of the 4.X releases for the 3G in my opinion that 3.0 couldn't do.
My touchscreen doesn't have a lag, it just completely stops working. Lock the phone and unlock and sometimes it goes back to working, and other times I have to do this over and over until it goes back to working. I miss half my calls because of this, when the phone rings the touchscreen is in-op so I can't slide to answer or just touch to answer when the phone is unlocked either...Total failure ever since going from iOS3 to iOS4.1 and 4.2.1
I have a 3GS and I also didn't get the new tones. Just the same ones when I go into the text tone page. I personally don't give a crap about "new tones". I want to be able to use a custom. I hate being at work and hearing the same text tone from 15 iPhones with the same tone.
Ugh...I can't wait till my ATT contracts ends and I can get another phone.
Love you Apple, but I am very disgruntled about my iPhone!!
Although, I am in love with my iTouch 4G!
Ugh...I can't wait till my ATT contracts ends and I can get another phone.
Love you Apple, but I am very disgruntled about my iPhone!!
Although, I am in love with my iTouch 4G!
On the plus side, sounds like we do get the ability to pick different tones among what we have for different contacts.
On another plus side, most people with a 3G will have their AT&T contract expiring soon
Most accounts say it is faster So if you're having problems it's likely to do with your current setup rather than the OS itself.
I haven't changed anything. What setting is their, where I can make the touchscreen not quit working. Took it to Apple once, and they said all they could think was a restore. Fixed it just long enough for me to get out of the store and 10 miles down the road, then back to the same thing. I tried a restore myself, same thing. Update to 4.2.1, same thing. So now I am going back to 3.1.3 and try that out.
Likely something wrong hardware wise with your phone e.g. the touchscreen controller has become defective. I hope 3.1.3 works for you though...
So it's time to sell this one and get a new one...Sounds good to me...
iPhone 3G for sale...
Slow for me
I have to say I think 4.2.1 with a 3G is slower. Most noticably in the menu's for say turning Bluetooth or Wifi on. The menu's take take 2 seconds to change. I've gone through many OS versions, and this is the first weher I have thought - maybe it is time to move on.....
I have to say I think 4.2.1 with a 3G is slower. Most noticably in the menu's for say turning Bluetooth or Wifi on. The menu's take take 2 seconds to change. I've gone through many OS versions, and this is the first weher I have thought - maybe it is time to move on.....
Just did
Hi first time poster but thought it was important to share experience, as I go by what other people post on these forums.
Took the leap and just updated iPhone 3g 16gb from 3.1.3 to 4.2.1 on pc.
Took about 50 minutes to do everything but took another hour to copy my 2000 songs....
It has updated successfully, but has lost all my texts and updates/info added for the last three days. Its as if it was taken from a backup on Wednesday, although it backed up this morning-Saturday. Saved games etc lost, and didn't sync all apps, but I was able to manually check and resync them.
The phone is working well so far, checked ipod, sms, phone, safari and most apps.
Marginal lag on opening settings, and seeing network info etc.
Little bit choppy on slide to unlock occasionally.
Marginal lag on search function.
Although no big extra features for 3G, ability to access new apps will make it a worthwhile update.
It is as stated previously marginally slower, but certainly not to the extent that it's not worth doing. It is really much the same phone as it was.
Works just fine so far.
I haven't checked tethering, cos I don't use it for that.
So up to you folks. I was shiz scared because of all the bad press re 4.0, but it looks like 4.2 is the way to go. Pity though that apple didn't really give us anything cool, although the zoom on camera works well, and making playlists is good for me.
Hope this helps people make an informed decision.
Hi first time poster but thought it was important to share experience, as I go by what other people post on these forums.
Took the leap and just updated iPhone 3g 16gb from 3.1.3 to 4.2.1 on pc.
Took about 50 minutes to do everything but took another hour to copy my 2000 songs....
It has updated successfully, but has lost all my texts and updates/info added for the last three days. Its as if it was taken from a backup on Wednesday, although it backed up this morning-Saturday. Saved games etc lost, and didn't sync all apps, but I was able to manually check and resync them.
The phone is working well so far, checked ipod, sms, phone, safari and most apps.
Marginal lag on opening settings, and seeing network info etc.
Little bit choppy on slide to unlock occasionally.
Marginal lag on search function.
Although no big extra features for 3G, ability to access new apps will make it a worthwhile update.
It is as stated previously marginally slower, but certainly not to the extent that it's not worth doing. It is really much the same phone as it was.
Works just fine so far.
I haven't checked tethering, cos I don't use it for that.
So up to you folks. I was shiz scared because of all the bad press re 4.0, but it looks like 4.2 is the way to go. Pity though that apple didn't really give us anything cool, although the zoom on camera works well, and making playlists is good for me.
Hope this helps people make an informed decision.