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iPhone 2.1 Firmware Now Available

reden said:
"Building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental damage than a Hummer that is on the road for three times longer than a Prius. As already noted, the Prius is partly driven by a battery which contains nickel. The nickel is mined and smelted at a plant in Sudbury, Ontario. This plant has caused so much environmental damage to the surrounding environment that NASA has used the ‘dead zone’ around the plant to test moon rovers. The area around the plant is devoid of any life for miles." - Chris Demorro
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Demorro wrote an opinion piece in a college newspaper that once printed an editorial titled "Rape Only Hurts If You Fight It." Additionally, Demorro's facts are severelly questionable -- rebuttal with hard facts available here.

Back to topic: Has anyone actually MADE ANY PHONE CALLS with their iPhone? I'm still interested to hear if the changes in reception noted were cosmetic only or if people actually are experiencing less dropped calls and better connections.
 
Something New?

Today I went to my parent's house and I turned off my Bluetooth headset and left it in the car. I left Bluetooth turned on in the iPhone. I was there for a couple of hours and when I left I noticed that the Bluetooth symbol was no longer on the iPhone screen. I checked the settings and it was turned off.

Does the iPhone now turn off Bluetooth if there is nothing connected to if for a while?
 
Voicemail via Bluetooth

First post. Tired of trolling...

I've performed every update since buying my 3G. My last (somewhat)SmartPhone was a Treo (and a Treo before that), so I can compare what was with what the iPhone has been, with what it is today post-2.1.

The 2.0 3G was moon, stars, and several major planets superior to the Treo. Simply superior, warts and all.

With 2.1, the warts are largely gone. Speed, battery, stability, call control, all are fantastically improved. Oh, and I like the 3G and E icons, too, so there.

One further fantastic FEATURE included with 2.1 is the playing of voicemails via BlueTooth. I've not seen any posts from anyone else yet noticing this, so perhaps I'm saying something new... If not, I'm just happy to be here.

I've used Palm, I've used WinMobile(shudder), and I've used CrackBerries. The iPhone with 2.1 eats them all.

Add C&P, someday, Apple. I can wait.
 
reden said:
"Building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental damage than a Hummer that is on the road for three times longer than a Prius..."
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Let me guess... you are a republican, are you? Not that I care, but advocating a Hummer is ridiculous.

In any case, according to some, if you own an iphone, then you should drive a Prius. :)
 
i.mac said:
Let me guess... you are a republican, are you? Not that I care, but advocating a Hummer is ridiculous.

In any case, according to some, if you own an iphone, then you should drive a Prius. :)
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Have you seen the chemicals they use in those Prius batteries!? The fact is neither a hummer or a Prius is 'good' for the environment. Don't think that you're saving the world because you drive a Pruis. Ride a bike, much better for you and the environment. A Pruis is no better for the environment than a Hummer.
 
"Originally Posted by petvas
Not everybody lives in the US. You know the world existed many many years before the US even was discovered..."

yes, the US was 'discovered'... ok.
 
Zen Pinball dead

I've just discovered that my favorite app, Zen Pinball: Rollercoaster, is dead after updating. All I get now is a white screen with the controls superimposed. I've rebooted my iPhone but that didn't help. :(
 
petvas said:
You want to send a nice video message to your girlfriend. She has a typical mobile phone. You send her an email but she will see it when she will go online. If you had MMS, you would create a nice video and send it immediately and your girlfriend would see it at the same time. That's direct communication...This feature is also missing from the iPhone...
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Rogers in Canada doesn't allow one to send or receive MMS outside your own network. Not sure if AT&T in the USA is like that though.
 
Neebee said:
Rogers in Canada doesn't allow one to send or receive MMS outside your own network. Not sure if AT&T in the USA is like that though.
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In the US we can send picture and video messages to any cell phone that receives them. Except our beloved Iphones of course. Not yet anyway.
 
After I was done installing the update I did a restart as someone on here recommended and as soon as I did the phone locked me out and wanted me to connect it to iTunes, then went to the emergency call only screen and I have never turned on the pass-code lol. Anyone else have this happen?

Other than that it seems like a nice update but I am having problems updating apps. Every time I try to update CroMag it tells me I haven't bought it so I can't update or it says that the update is being modified and won't let me install it. I did the update purchases in iTunes and tried to update it in there too but nothing is working. I have to say, CroMag sucks. Crash Bandicout is way better.

Anyone having weird things happen with app updates like this?

P.S. Put me on the list of people who do NOT like the new 3G logos! :(
 
ha.. 2.1 is supposed to be better..
not.
i updated.. and it didnt work..
and thank god i made a backup first right? so i could restore from it..
wrong
4 hours (about 15 times) of trying to resotre to 2.1 and use my backup and getting just the apple logo with the vibrating every 30 seconds or so, i just set up as a new iPhone..
Wouldve thought everything was good from there? of course not
I went to the fresno state game, and tried to use safari and was showing an edge icon( where i know theres 3g service) and couldnt even connect to safari or send/recieve texts.
I havent had 3g signal at all.. even where i always had it pre 2.1..
restoring one more time to see if reception gets better
EDIT:
nope.. reception still showing edge..
i used to have 3g in my room.. but no more
 
Perfect and smooth update

I updated my iPhone 3G last night. Everything has been running so smoothly. The upgrade was so easy. Backup takes only less than 30 seconds. Lag when opening Contacts has reduced significantly. SMS definitely improves much. Installing and updating Apps is now easy as well.

And I just realize that we can triple click the button on the headphone to go back one song in our playlist.. I think this is a very nice addition.. :p
 
petvas said:
Japan is actually more mature in mobile phones technology. I think though that if Japan more advanced is or not, is irrelevant. MMS is something that ALL mobile phones all over the world support. The iPhone should have it.

I don't use MMS, I never liked it but most people do.

There are other issues with the iPhone that a simple software update can solve:
  • Bluetooth support for file transfers. This is a must. I don't get it why Apple doesn't support that.
  • Forwarding of an SMS message...no comments here
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Being able to forward SMS is a must, and should be available, please Apple sort this out, surely everybody needs the ability to forward SMS, don't they?
 
iPhoneGotWorse said:
I eagerly updated to the new 2.1, from 2.0.2 around 11am Friday EST. I used my work PC, which isn't the normal PC I sync with. It was updated to iTunes 8.0 as well.

After the update my iPhone showed 5 bars and a slightly different color 3G icon. However, it took me from 2 to 3 times to send an SMS message. Previously my SMS messages rarely failed to send, unless I was at less than 1 bar.

I made phone calls on the way back from work down I-95 and dropped calls continually. I tried calling back on number 7 times and got "call failed". Calls took longer to connect for some reason. I finally turned the phone off and on again in hopes that would make a difference. I was finally able to call the person back, but they were jilted and told me to call back later that night from my home phone. Needless to say, I was dissappointed.

I went home and tried to restore my iPhone to 2.0.1, but iTunes wouldn't let me. I even tried the control-shift-Restore trick (option on mac) and the restore always failed half-way through.

I finally gave up and let it put 2.1 back on. Some posts say if you put a clean copy on it works better and you get a few additional features. How does one put a "clean copy" on? Has anyone else had the same experience I had with WORSE call or SMS service? Again, my service was much better before the update, which is surprising. Or is it? Any feedback is appreciated.

Thanks,

J.
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I had the same experience. It looked like I got full bars, but I kept on dropping calls and I kept on getting "Call Failed" in Los Angeles.
 
anyone elses EDGE connection (when talking on the phone) make echoing sounds and static when the person on the other line is talking? and these problems seem to disappear when talking on 3G. but it's just that at home, from time to time, the 3G signal seems to dip out and thus switching itself over to EDGE for phone calls/internet browsing, etc.

did anyone else notice this or is it just my phone's fault and need to head back to apple to get it replaced? btw, I have yet to drop it once and it's still in absolute perfect condition.

any opinions at all much appreciated.
 
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