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iPhone 3G Connectivity Suppose to get better with 2.0.2 (AT&T Sends SMS Notifcation)
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I didn't get the message, but that's fine...I'm not going to upgrade to 2.0.2. It's too much of a "roll of the dice" and from many reports nothing of substance changed (or things got worse). I'm doing quite fine with 2.0.1 (despite the lag when typing and viewing contacts or settings). I don't have "stability" issues so rather than roll the dice I'm just going to deal with the lag and wait for the next release.
I wonder if it went to original iPhones cause I still haven't gotten it. Maybe it just went to 3G'ers.
I wish you could firmware update over the air... that would be nice.
Perhaps even incorporate it into the text. "Tap here to upgrade"
Anyway, I never got the text.
Perhaps even incorporate it into the text. "Tap here to upgrade"
Anyway, I never got the text.
Sending out messages? Too whom?
Who IS AT&T and Apple sending these messages too? I have not received one yet, and I am signed up on almost every e-mail list that Apple has.
Nice idea, but it won't help if all it is, is a media stunt.
-Dan
Who IS AT&T and Apple sending these messages too? I have not received one yet, and I am signed up on almost every e-mail list that Apple has.
Nice idea, but it won't help if all it is, is a media stunt.
-Dan
I updated to 2.0.2 Wednesday. So far nothing is broken, but nothing is fixed. 3G wasn't working well before, and it still isn't.
My 3G, which I am paying an extra $120 a year for (compared to old Edge plan), doesn't work well at all. As a consequence I leave the phone on Edge all the time now.
I'd love to know specifically what the update did. In my case switching from 3G to Edge takes forever and results in dropped calls.
My 3G, which I am paying an extra $120 a year for (compared to old Edge plan), doesn't work well at all. As a consequence I leave the phone on Edge all the time now.
I'd love to know specifically what the update did. In my case switching from 3G to Edge takes forever and results in dropped calls.
I got one a second ago and I have the upgrade (2.0.2), so it's not just people who haven't upgraded. Worthless text though about a near worthless update... thanks AT&Apple for nothing...
I have used 2.0.2 on my iphone 3g and it absolutely sucks. I think it was the most stable at the 2.0 stage when I first bought the iphone 3g. 3g connection is absolutely the worst. In downtown Philly, not moving, the bar moves up and down like a yo yo. I have had too many dropped call since I switched from my original iphone, which never dropped calls.
I am thinking too that it is a hardware issue. I am more worried about my long AAPL stocks in case there has to be a hardware recall. Planning to call ATT to complain and hopefully get some credit on my plan.
I am thinking too that it is a hardware issue. I am more worried about my long AAPL stocks in case there has to be a hardware recall. Planning to call ATT to complain and hopefully get some credit on my plan.
Yeah but does 2.0.2 really make for a better phone?
The title pretty much says it all, I upgraded to 2.0.2 and frankly am not sure the phone actually works better.
By the way Apple / AT&T not all of us signed up for SMS. I have to wonder why they asked for our E-Mail addresses.
Dave
The title pretty much says it all, I upgraded to 2.0.2 and frankly am not sure the phone actually works better.
By the way Apple / AT&T not all of us signed up for SMS. I have to wonder why they asked for our E-Mail addresses.
Dave
It's definitely not Apple's fault, but AT&T's 3G network. I've gone through three 3G phones back when they were Cingular, and I've always had a problem with dropped calls on all three phones prior to the iPhone. When I bought the first iPhone (which wasn't 3G), of course I didn't experience the issues anymore, and automatically assumed that Apple figured something out. After buying the iPhone 3G, the nightmares of dropped calls have haunted me once again--a deja vu moment with AT&T(Cingular)'s less than stellar 3G network. I thought maybe they got their act together by now, but apparently I'm still having issues, and so is everyone else. I was naive to think that after switching through so many phones, I thought it was the hardware each time, and of course it's easy to assume that when you take steps backward from 3G back to Edge (1st gen iPhone). But it didn't occur to me that I've experience the same lousy 3G service I had in the past until I started using my new iPhone 3G more and more. Then it just hit me that it's AT&T's network, regardless of what phone you use. I've been with them for so long now that I've pretty much given up and just deal with it. So unless Apple builds a phone that doesn't ride on AT&T's network, I think we are all pretty much screwed unless by some miracle, AT&T decides to actually fix their end of the problem.
I just got message like 5 min ago. Did anyone notice that "sync" is misspelled in the message?? They wrote synch instead :/
funny, just as i was reading this, i just now got a text from apple.
how are people getting pictures from their iphone? are those taken with a camera or is there a way to take a screen shot from your iphone?
how are people getting pictures from their iphone? are those taken with a camera or is there a way to take a screen shot from your iphone?
When a reporter has to teach a company how to treat customers, the level of service is dissapointing.
Wow because you've had bad luck its gotta be AT&Ts fault? How do you explain the trouble free 3G phones on other chipsets on the ATT network or the bars suddenly jumping up from 1 to 5 when the phone is sitting still? ATTs fault? Couldn't possibly be the antenna or reciever in the iphone could it? Not to mention apple has ACKNOWLEDGED a problem with the phone....
Do you homework before placing blame...
It's more annoying that they sent a text to people when 2.0.2 didn't fix ****...
Don't you think its obvious if they promote everyone to update the firmware and yet doesn't change anything? When a customer calls and complains about the 3g network they throw the ball to apple and that saves them a week or so.
Trust me it's the network however they are building new networks but don't want to give any credit back to the existing customers who are having issues.
O...ok because you say it it must be...
let's discard all the reports about the chipset in the phone being faulty and untested...unless of course you think the chipset is part of the network...
Just because they send a text doesn't mean ATT is stalling...aside from the fact we've heard that 2.1 addresses OTHER 3G issues, and 2.0.2 doesn't fix anything relating to 3G for me. This is all because apple cheaped out on the hardware and went with an untested Chipset. Case closed. There's not a SINGLE credible report indicating its ATTs network...NOT ONE. Gotta be the network when you put 2 3G phones (1 iphone, 1 not) next to each other and the iphone doesn't read but 1-2 bars and the other phone reads 5 bars constant...yeah that sounds like the network to me not the device