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Has anyone made a correlation between production week X and iphone issue Y?

What specific issues are you having? I have a week 29 and I have some issues with 3G/EDGE switching and a relatively crappy battery. However, my screen lag is not as bad as some are reporting, my light leak is minimal, and I have no housing cracks yet.
 
My issues (I'm in Midtown Manhattan, FYI):

1) Apps constantly crashing... even apple's apps (safari, mail, etc). I keep having to reboot my iPhone, which fixes the problem temporarily.

2) Can't hold a solid signal anywhere. Switches from Edge to 3G to No Service constantly. Dropped calls galore is a given.

3) I have NEVER seen any download speeds above the 200kb range. VERY SLOW to say the least. And I'm talking about 3G with 5 bars.

WTF Apple?

P.S. -- This is my 3rd iPhone 3G.
 
Probably a dumb question, but how exactly do you check what week your phone is? Are certain weeks known to have more problems than others?
 
essential said:
Probably a dumb question, but how exactly do you check what week your phone is? Are certain weeks known to have more problems than others?
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4th and 5th digit of your serial #.

Mine is week 24, no problems (comparatively to many others here).

and we dont know if certain weeks have more problems, that's what the OP is trying to figure out.....
 
I have 29 and my sound is my main problem. Half the time my alerts don't work and my sound bar in the settings constantly goes back to the default if not lower. It will make the noise when I sent a txt but now when I receive one, etc. My range on signal varies A LOT. I don't live close to an apple store so I can;t just pop in and see whats up.
 
AGEC2008 said:
I have 29 and my sound is my main problem. Half the time my alerts don't work and my sound bar in the settings constantly goes back to the default if not lower. It will make the noise when I sent a txt but now when I receive one, etc. My range on signal varies A LOT. I don't live close to an apple store so I can;t just pop in and see whats up.
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I too have a range of signal and a week 29 phone....i also am not getting my "push" email do just that....i'll get 90% of the emails (some don't reach my iphone for a day or so..), but i don't think i've gotten push to work after i set it up...
 
Week 31 16gig Black iPhone. No problems so far; perfect wifi, no light leaks, no cracks, no dead pixels, no typing lag or program crashes. Cannot test 3G (not available in my area) but when I move back to Houston I should get to see it in action.
 
ArmyMirage said:
Week 31 16gig Black iPhone. No problems so far; perfect wifi, no light leaks, no cracks, no dead pixels, no typing lag or program crashes. Cannot test 3G (not available in my area) but when I move back to Houston I should get to see it in action.
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ditto , exactly the same , no problems at all week 31 , black 16gb.
 
No sound problems with the week 31? Looks like I am going to have to go to Apple at some point and gripe until I get what I want.
 
Week 32 and absolutely no problems... other than the fact that the metal bezel isn't completely lined up on one corner. it sticks up above the screen just barely on the bottom right.
 
I have a week 29 black 16 gig and im having problems with both disconnects and battery life. I turned off 3g, push notification, Wifi and Bluetooth and i still have crappy battery life. It lasts maybe 5 hours with little activity.
 
I just got a week 31 white 16gb (4th replacement) and this one has a horrible light leak. About 1/3 of the left side has a gap where you can see the gasket was placed a little under the screen and so is not doing its whole job (this also is making the screen be raised above the casing on the left side). Not planning to swap again as this will be covered up by a case. If a day comes when everything truly seems to be completely fixed in production then I may switch it.
 
I also have week 29 and everything is fine. Phone works great. You know the funny thing is I had a few dropped calls / static when I purchased my phone in Atlanta and using obviously towers in the ATL but since I have been back in Puerto Rico I have yet to drop a call or hear static. This also could be related to updating to 2.0.1 the day I left Atlanta so I am not sure if firmware or tower related.
 
I am on my 3rd iPhone 3g. I am not sure of the first one. But the last 2 have both been week 31 and both have light leaks. And this current week 31 has an aweful headphone jack issue. When using non iPhone headphones the iPod app will play and pause randomly. Making pandora useless. I have my 3rd appointment at the genius bar tomorrow. (3rd in two weeks). I will not live with a light leak and I restored 3 times trying to get the headphone jack bug fixed. I am now convinced it is a hardware issue.

Back to the store we go! I wish there was a way to test for light leaks in the store, but it's really bright in there :(
 
Margin of error is going to exist regardless of where or when the product was produced.
 
must be a pretty large margin. I have seen an aweful lot of people on these boards on their 4th or 5th 3g due to hardware defects. This is turning into the Xbox 360 all over again.
 
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