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iPhone 2.1 Firmware Now Available

No crash (Yes!), No real change in 3G or Edge (No)

OK,

My experience after updating to 2.1 is that applications that crashed frequently haven't died so far (and I've been switching back and forth a bunch, which always broke it quickly before). So that is good! :)

As for RF performance, I had a -99 signal before that would display 1 or 2 bars. Now it shows 5 bars (whoop-de-do), but still reports -99 dBm. So there is no real increase in receive signal level according to the service menu (*3001#12345#*). I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this change is more than just faking more bars.

Contacts now open in about 3 seconds (was taking about 5 seconds before) for about 500 entries.

Email was always working for me (local ISP POP and Gmail), no difference noted.

Just fixing the crashes was great. And until AT&T does something about their total BS service, there isn't much Apple can do.
 
I didn't watch the keynote, but if 'shake to shuffle' means what it sounds like, that is the stupidest idea I have heard in a while. Please stop asking for it :)
 
HyperZboy said:
If iTUNES 8.0 doesn't work well on PPC Macs, well than Apple should not RELEASE SUCH CRAP for PPC MACS.
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I have a 5-year-old PPC, and everything so far has been working fine for me. My and my wife's iPhones backed up and updated quickly without any issue.

Now you have blue numbers/letters 3G instead of a blue square with white 3G inside. IMHO for the worst.
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I actually like the new look. It's much cleaner. And I like the subtle embossing on the letters. After all, it's just for information, and I really don't even need that information. Personally, I don't care what mode the phone is in as long as it works. So the less distracting that information is on the screen, the better.
 
az0madman said:
I'm loving the 2.1 firmware. I actually get service where I didn't get it before (although a bit flaky), and it seems to switch to Edge more quickly when there's no 3g available. Before, I had to turn 3g off just to get service. Texting is much more responsive so I'm liking that. Loving the Genius feature, though it makes me want more space on my iPhone just so I can add more music and really make the most of it. Speed test wise, for me at least, it's still the average 700kbps, so sadly nothing new there. I haven't really cared about a bug fix update since I've never noticed a difference until this one.



You should be see the option under playlist, and when playing a song, the genius symbol should appear under the song. I heard you have to activate Genius first on iTunes though.
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This is somewhat incorrect.

The playlist of Genius does not appear until you create one.

To create one, while playing a song you like, touch the album art (or just the center of the screen). This will cause a menu to come up on the top with the ability to loop the song, etc. In the center will be the genius icon. Tapping on this will create the playlist. You can browse this playlist and choose another song to play, etc.

I hope this answers your question?
 
And applications DO update faster

Ah fantastic a new AIM version to update my iPhone now that it has 2.1 firmware.

It took 2 seconds to load and 3 seconds to install. Typically I would see 5 to 10 second load time, then wait 30 to 45 seconds to install.

Much faster.
 
Finally....

Waited all day to get this... and it is dreamy.

My 98 apps backup quickly and apps install so fast too.

Call quality and drop outs have not been a problem for me so far (touch wood) so I can't speak to those fixes; but everything else looks great.
:)
 
Syphone SMS backups ?

Did Syphone stop working for anyone else who updated their iPhone to 2.1 ??

If 2.1 no longer backs up SMS messages I'm gunna be a bit miffed.
Maybe they should give backup options, that way those of us that wanted EVERYTHING backed up and didn't mind the backup taking a few minutes can do so, then the folks that want speed but less complete backups can also.
 
One thing I noticed and like, is that when I upgraded to 2.1, I didn't loose all my Safari cookies. So I didn't have to relog on to everything or place all my favorite tv shows on the TV Forecast web app like I did with the other upgrades. Small feature but cool.
 
Just curious if anyone else's email is displaying emails that don't exist. I updated and my Mail app tells me I have 4 unread emails, but I have none. They appeared directly after I updated so I thought it a bit odd.

Also, did the Push feature make it in for third party applications yet or?
 
Don't know if anyone else has posted this, but there are sound issues with 2.1, the game sounds in Toy Bot Diaries and other games are all messed up.

In addition, I noticed the orientation in the Crete level in Cromag rally is all messes up. Is that new?
 
Wait, I think I accidentally downloaded the wrong update. The one I got seemed to of left off MMS messages, copy and paste feature, and the ability to record video.... :confused:
 
swb1192 said:
The playlist of Genius does not appear until you create one.
To create one, while playing a song you like, touch the album art (or just the center of the screen). This will cause a menu to come up on the top with the ability to loop the song, etc. In the center will be the genius icon. Tapping on this will create the playlist. You can browse this playlist and choose another song to play, etc.
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I am unable to find anything like what you describe as a Genius icon. There is nothing on my screen like that. In the center of my screen appear the lyrics to the song. The 'loop' button is to the left, 'crossed arrows' is on the right (whatever that is for), and lyrics in the middle.

How do I activate the 'Genius'?
 
I am having the same issue with toy bot diaries sound. Some apps will no doubt need some tweeking due to the update.
 
Holy Mary Mother of God, what a scare. After finishing the install, I turned on 3G and the phone reported "No Service" at my house, where I used to get 2-3 bars. Thank god, after restart I get a full, stable five bars of signal.

Backup, typing lag, contact lag, etc. is much improved.

Finally. :D
 
Much improved. Thank you, Apple.

One word of advice though...

Do NOT have XCode running while you try to update your firmware! XCode (if you have the iPhone SDK installed) seems to keep a connection with the iPhone and it caused many errors while syncing and updating the firmware. After shutting down XCode and restarting iTunes 8, the installation went fine.

I figured I'd to some work while the 2-hour backup was cranking away. I know... what was I thinking?!?
 
i had the same problem. all i did was create a new playlist on the computer n sync it again. sumone here said to do that n there it was. worked for me. oh n btw it seems pretty cool now. i mean i dont know about the battery life but the txts so far so good, seems kinda faster on safari to load pages. it does sound kinda louder prob some fixed glitch. genius is maybe the best thing ever (or that might be just to me) back up time went from 20 min to 1 1/2. seems good to me. oh n one more thing,,,,it used to take a whole minute and a half to reboot like from the moment the apple shows.. now it took about 25 to 35 secs. anyone else wit that? i mean no complaints here but still.


......ps. my gps is still screwed up cant find me. only shows general area...
 
Great...so far...landscape texting?

I have a lot better reception at my house now!! I haven't used it much around town but if it's like this everywhere else I'll be very, very happy.

What about landscape mode for texting like they had on the old iphones? Has anyone heard about plans to bring this back?
 
This might be old news, but this update enhanced the headphone/mic button function to include a triple push to listen to a previous track in ipod.
 
lvt said:
Still have not gotten the one app i downloaded on the phone last week to transfer to the imac iTunes. Fortunately I only paid .99 for it.
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The amount you paid for it is irrelevant. :) You can always re-download any purchased app -- either on your iPhone or in iTunes -- at no cost.

Just delete the app, and "purchase" it again (either on your iPhone or in iTunes). You'll be notified that it's a free download.

Done.
 
Bracchi said:
Have just updated to 2.1 and when i update i get "I phone cannot be synced an unknown error occurred (1 32 13). Anyone??. or out of the whole world am i the only one to get this.
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MllePrecieux said:
Holy Mary Mother of God, what a scare. After finishing the install, I turned on 3G and the phone reported "No Service" at my house, where I used to get 2-3 bars. Thank god, after restart I get a full, stable five bars of signal.

Backup, typing lag, contact lag, etc. is much improved.

Finally. :D
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LOL ... Same thing happened to me. Scared the POOP out if me lol :D

Cheers.
 
Updated. Used to have one bar of 3G in the house, 2 max, now I have the full 5. Everything seems to be working fine, contacts load up fairly quickly, no lag in SMS yet, seems to work normally. Fingers crossed :)
 
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