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Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.1.3: Addresses iPhone 3GS Battery Level Accuracy, App Launching Issues

TheSpaz said:
I hate it when someone justifies something that Apple does by telling people to jailbreak to fix it. Lame.

Apple takes something away from us? Don't tell them about it... just jailbreak. That will get stuff done... not.
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I have a bug report in for this issue, and it's been marked off as a duplicate. It's good to see that I'm not the only one complaining about it :)

And I agree, it's ridiculous to suggest a jailbreak for a feature that should never have been removed in the first place.

bmoorhouse said:
Does the phone's screen still come on every time it receives an email?

What an unnecessary waste of battery power.
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Mine has never done that.
 
buggiest OS ever for me :eek:

- it won't sync to my mobileme account (calendar, contacts, bookmarks..) :confused:
- it won't connect automatically to my wi-fi when I reboot my phone
- it won't let me set the equalizer to "Rock", it automatically changes back to Off :confused:

WTF!!!
 
ALoveSupreme said:
It works, believe me. Check out this thread. http://www.mactechnews.de/forum/thread.html?id=284779&page=2

As I said in the previous post. I am writing this from my MBP connected to my factory unlocked iPhone 3G with o2 Germany as carrier!
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confirmation! its working

(over bleutooth) now I have to figure out how to enable usb tethering in OS X Network settings? what do I do wrong? any suggestions?

Enable Tethering (via USB) on iPhone, connect to MBP, should show up under settings??
 
dguisinger said:
Interesting feature, can't save I've ever seen that with the thousands of emails I get....
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Are you guys using Push and MobileMe for email? Why would it happen to my phone and no one elses? Not only does it waste battery, but it is disctracting to see the screen come on while I am working at my desk.
 
OS 3 is slow.

brockm said:
If anything, iPhone OS has gotten slower and slower as new updates have been released. iPhone OS 1.0 on the original iPhone was by far the fastest experience. Compared to running 3.0 on a 3G it's just insane. The OS was getting so slow that they really had to boost the processing power with the 3GS to compensate for the software slowdown.

Only a fool would honestly say that each release is "snappier".
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Correct. There is plenty of lag with 3.0. Apps open slower, and when you touch the screen, the recognition is not instantaneous like it was prior to 3.0.
 
bmoorhouse said:
Does the phone's screen still come on every time it receives an email?

What an unnecessary waste of battery power.
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My 3GS has never done this when receiving an email. Perhaps you meant to say "receives a text message?"
 
bmoorhouse said:
Are you guys using Push and MobileMe for email? Why would it happen to my phone and no one elses? Not only does it waste battery, but it is disctracting to see the screen come on while I am working at my desk.
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I am, I'm using MobileMe with push, gmail, plus two other IMAP accounts. I've never seen that behavior.

I only see the screen turn on for push notification popups and text messages...
 
Nermal said:
Under the previous OS it worked at any time, whether locked, unlocked, at the home screen, in an app...

If I'm running an app and listening to music, then I can pause it. Under OS 3.1, once I want to start the music up again I need to close the current app, open the Music app, resume playback, then restart the app I was running. Alternatively I need to lock the iPod, double-tap, resume playback, then unlock. Under OS 2 it was a simple double-tap at any time.
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TheSpaz said:
Well, previous to 3.0, the iPod touch was able to double tap the home button to bring up iPod controls no matter what app you're in and no matter if music is playing or not playing. That's the difference. Now, iPod users have to get out of what ever app they're using, go into iPod, start playing music and then go back into the app they were using. It used to be easier to just double tap, hit play and close the dialog.
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I see.

Never had a Touch, so I'm just used to the iPhone. Clearly there's some small differences...


On a much darker note...upgrading the iPhone OS using a dock and a cheap 5 meter USB extension chord might not be the best thing to do.

iTunes lost connection to the iPhone in "mid flight" and crashed spectacularly; so I had to restore and I'm now in the tedious process of restoring form backup and re-installing 16 GB of apps and music...

*** sigh ***
 
jav6454 said:
WARNING FOR JAILBREAK USERS! Do not update.
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Or what? If I shouldn't upgrade because I will lose the JB and nothing else, not an issue. I can re-jailbreak it down the road. However if the update is proven to brick only JB phones (maybe a legit one here and there), then hell no I won't update.
 
bmoorhouse said:
Are you guys using Push and MobileMe for email? Why would it happen to my phone and no one elses? Not only does it waste battery, but it is disctracting to see the screen come on while I am working at my desk.
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Yes, yes, and no idea. Never seen that happen, and I get dozens of emails through my me.com address daily. The only time I get anything like that is for notifications from Facebook, and text messages.
 
Nermal said:
Which I'd be very happy with :)

Only one NZ carrier has an official bundle, but all of the carriers with compatible networks are happy for users to tether. One of the reasons I've been holding off getting an iPhone is lack of tethering, so if this "fix" is true then I'm a step closer!
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I'm in the US with a NZ iPhone. Never jailbroken. I'm tethering via Bluetooth (not AT&T).
 
ThomasJL said:
Correct. There is plenty of lag with 3.0. Apps open slower, and when you touch the screen, the recognition is not instantaneous like it was prior to 3.0.
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This is why I've been happily on 2.2.1 since 3.0 was released. Too slow for me to handle. I like a fast, responsive iPhone. Also, there's a bunch of stupid UI glitches in 3.x that I do not care for. Whoever took over the UI design for the iPhone doesn't do as well of a job at it.
 
NOsher said:
My 3GS has never done this when receiving an email. Perhaps you meant to say "receives a text message?"
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No, I meant email. I can send an email to my personal account from my desktop at work and after a minute or so, the phone's screen turns out. I don't get a message box, but the inbox counter goes up. After my set period of inactivity, the screen turns back off . . . until the next email arrives.

I have even turned off Notifications, and it still happens. I did have Notifier installed at one point. Maybe that jacked something up.
 
ghostface147 said:
Or what? If I shouldn't upgrade because I will lose the JB and nothing else, not an issue. I can re-jailbreak it down the road. However if the update is proven to brick only JB phones (maybe a legit one here and there), then hell no I won't update.
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There's no guarantee that you'll be able to jailbreak it down the road.
 
bmoorhouse said:
No, I meant email. I can send an email to my personal account from my desktop at work and after a minute or so, the phone's screen turns out. I don't get a message box, but the inbox counter goes up. After my set period of inactivity, the screen turns back off . . . until the next email arrives.

I have even turned off Notifications, and it still happens. I did have Notifier installed at one point. Maybe that jacked something up.
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I used to have Notifier installed and I don't recall my screen turning on every time I got an email. Is there a setting within Notifier that is causing this maybe? The only time my screen turns on is when I get a text or a notification from Boxcar (new Twitter @ reply or DM).
 
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