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Apple Releases iOS 4.2.1 Golden Master to Developers

Jamie0003 said:
What issues? I had none on my 3GS....but on 4.2 I have had lots of lag. Not sure about 4.2.1 yet.
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There was a widespread power consumption issue in certain circumstances introduced in iOS 4.1 which effectively halved standby time for some users.

Visual Voicemail didn't work correctly for me until 4.2 GM (although that issue was limited to the UK).
 
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The developer: "ok, let's take this one step at a time, and check things are working, then report what isn't"

The user: "cool! New update. This is great stuff. Let's see what's new, and hope there's no bugs"

The idiot: "ahhh apple! You messed up big time with (insert minor and resolveable complaint here). You suck! I'm going to click negative on Mac rumors because you've ruined my life. My life! Don't you understand apple, it's all about me! me! If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have a business. The beatles suck, and change back that almost never used switch on the side of the iPad"
 
Celtic-moniker said:
The developer: "ok, let's take this one step at a time, and check things are working, then report what isn't"

The user: "cool! New update. This is great stuff. Let's see what's new, and hope there's no bugs"

The idiot: "ahhh apple! You messed up big time with (insert minor and resolveable complaint here). You suck! I'm going to click negative on Mac rumors because you've ruined my life. My life! Don't you understand apple, it's all about me! me! If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have a business. The beatles suck, and change back that almost never used switch on the side of the iPad"
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+10000

why does ios software update going up and down?
 
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athand said:
Hallelujah!!! They fixed the 4.2 lag issues. 4.2.1 made my iPhone 4 snappy again! :D
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Does it fix the VoIP ringer bug?
 
Does it fix the VoIP ringer bug?
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That's what I'd like to know because naming the builds GMs indicates that Apple wants to release this ASAP (there is no set date for the release). The VOIP bug is what seems to be the show stopper right now. So if 4.2.1 addresses that issue, and if they are not asking devs to resubmit all their apps, it does seem pretty obvious that once the fix is confirmed, the release will happen fairly quickly unless a new show stopping bug emerges which is unlikely at this point. I think it's likely we will see the release either tomorrow or Monday.
 
the software update keeps bouncing back and forth, between saying the current version is 3.2.2 and being unable to connect to the server...

is there any hope of 4.2 tonight, and 4.2.1 later this month?
 
Does this GM release work on Windows computers? As in, could I just update through iTunes 10.1 without a dev account like I was able to do with 4.2?
 
Mattsasa said:
the software update keeps bouncing back and forth, between saying the current version is 3.2.2 and being unable to connect to the server...

is there any hope of 4.2 tonight, and 4.2.1 later this month?
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Find A mate. After a while you won't care about little things like when an upgrade is coming
 
frunkis54 said:
i have no idea. they have issues with 4.2gm? but if they found issues why don't they fix before final release?
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You may not be thinking clearly here. The didn't release 4.2 to consumers. They found a bug in it that was big enough to warrant an .01 increment in the naming convention and released that to devs as a GM, presumably because Apple is confident that the bug is fixed and sees no reason for a beta release of 4.2.1.
 
Surf Monkey said:
You may not be thinking clearly here. The didn't release 4.2 to consumers. They found a bug in it that was big enough to warrant an .01 increment in the naming convention and released that to devs as a GM, presumably because Apple is confident that the bug is fixed and sees no reason for a beta release of 4.2.1.
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have they ever done that before?
 
Bosunsfate said:
Yes. This is why they send out final builds for testing.
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Beat me to it. Yes, they have done this before. It's not a deviation from their normal practice. The only difference here is the rabid demand for 4.2.x by consumers who are currently hanging on every peep that comes out of Cupertino.
 
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