Originally, the bars were not manipulated, but people complained about their friends phones having more "bars" than their iPhones so Apple artificially inflated the bars in 2.1 I believe it was. I'm glad we're back to properly reported bars now. Comparing bars to friends phones is just idiotic. Bars are not a form of measurment.
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Apple Addresses iPhone Signal Strength Display in iOS 4.0.1, iPad Wi-Fi in iOS 3.2.1
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Originally, the bars were not manipulated, but people complained about their friends phones having more "bars" than their iPhones so Apple artificially inflated the bars in 2.1 I believe it was. I'm glad we're back to properly reported bars now. Comparing bars to friends phones is just idiotic. Bars are not a form of measurment.
Interesting. Mine is 579.3 mb. Ouch!
gotta remember people have different phones...
It is truly amazing at how many people have no clue as to what this release was supposed to do, and even after 16+ pages of discussion, still don't get it.
Very useful update. Thank you!
It's widely known that just because something doesn't appear in release notes doesn't mean it's excluded from the update. To hear a potential success story regarding the Prox Sensor is very encouraging.
I think the left-handed thing is a bit of a misnomer. I'm Right-handed but almost universally will hold my phone(s) in my left hand so as to free my right hand/arm up to complete tasks, hold my kid, whatever.
i've always gotten that message when i plug it into my computer. But then again i'm not on a mac.
I know that a lot of iphone chargers would say the same thing because they don't have enough AMPS to charge the iPad.
305 MB here, but it's an old 3G 16 GB so it probably excludes anything relating to multitasking etc. Still a giant waste of bandwidth to replace a few snippets of code.Interesting. Mine is 579.3 mb. Ouch!
I don't see the large green battery charging (don't know if you ever did for iPad), but I see the battery charge icon in the top-right of the screen. So I guess it charges.
yes i agree it is ridiculous. what we should all be talking about is why are my signal bars not the same looking and why do i not get full bars in my house anymore?!?!?!?!! any suggestions?
The success of a creative product, such as music and movies, is way different than a functional product, such as a computer or phone.
Been sitting at about halfway on the update progress bar on my phone for the past 10 minutes. Not a good sign.
Again, does anyone seriously expect a recall tomorrow with a software update released the day before the press conference?
exactly you hit the nail on the head with that one ! more like some one should hit apple for trying to pull a flanker until the share price took a doing .
New bars just look odd heh...
Non issue. Just avoid installing it that way.
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Yeah thats happening here too : / I thought it was maybe cause I had both my iphone 4 and ipad into my macbook. I'll try the ipad itself and see what happens. Once i fix my wifi, which this update was supposed to, but instead totally took it down..
as for iphone 4.0.1. sucesss. nice and smooth update. still displaying 5 bars
shall perform the almighty deathgrip and see.will post bk here with ipad and iphone updates soon
Update went fast, about 12 minutes. I had 5 bars at my office prior to the update, still 5 bars after the update. All is good.
New bars just look odd heh...
ugly... don't like. i know it's just bars, but still stupid imo.