Don't be fooled. Its a marginal increase at best.
Dissapointing to know it actually is a hardware issue.
I would disagree. The sounds coming from my iPhone are significantly louder.
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I would disagree. The sounds coming from my iPhone are significantly louder.
See, this is the kind of thing I hate. This should be dummy-proofed by now -- in 2007, Apple can't do a full sync/backup of the iPhone or give users the option to do so before blowing away the SRAM with a restore function.
ARGH!!!
ARGH!!!
Yes.
Updating now. It apparently had to do a restore, so I lost the few photos I hadn't pushed over to iPhoto yet
Anyone else have a weird Bluetooth issue? My headset connects fine but when I go to the Bluetooth settings on the phone, next to Devices I see a spinning icon and it doesn't seem to ever stop. I still see the headset I have paired with it in the list but it's just that spinning icon that bugs me.
Not trying to be snarky, but if native IM and real GPS are that important to you, why the hell did you buy a phone that doesn't have either? I can see complaining that you won't buy one because of these things, but to state you will be *selling* because of these things just strikes me as you being stupid.
It's like if I bought a Curve and then at the first major software update for the Curve I start bitching about how the interface sucks and it isn't touch screen.
One observation so far:
Apple's desire to keep things locked down after the horse bolted has left a lot of unlocked and/or jailbroke iphones in many different states.
Can the strategy to keep this all locked down be considered wise?
I think a better approach would have been to have this a much more open platform.
Apple's desire to keep things locked down after the horse bolted has left a lot of unlocked and/or jailbroke iphones in many different states.
Can the strategy to keep this all locked down be considered wise?
I think a better approach would have been to have this a much more open platform.
Can anybody give a concrete answer to this question:
What are the top 5 apps that make hacking my iPhone worthwhile?
Not theory, not principle, not what-if scenarios about the future: real apps. It seems to me a lot of people are dying on the cross for an NES emulator... I'm just trying to decide if there are any real, important, game-changing things to be gained by having access to 3rd party apps.
I'm all for 3rd party development, but at the end of the day I'm only going to hack my phone if there is an actual compelling reason to do so. Seems to me like the "hacking" gains stuff that most people wouldn't even bother bringing up if they were freely available. Prove me wrong.
(And "native IM" is not compelling since web-based gets you 90% of the way there already. Native IM makes things slightly more convenient, which is a far cry from a deal-breaker).
What are the top 5 apps that make hacking my iPhone worthwhile?
Not theory, not principle, not what-if scenarios about the future: real apps. It seems to me a lot of people are dying on the cross for an NES emulator... I'm just trying to decide if there are any real, important, game-changing things to be gained by having access to 3rd party apps.
I'm all for 3rd party development, but at the end of the day I'm only going to hack my phone if there is an actual compelling reason to do so. Seems to me like the "hacking" gains stuff that most people wouldn't even bother bringing up if they were freely available. Prove me wrong.
(And "native IM" is not compelling since web-based gets you 90% of the way there already. Native IM makes things slightly more convenient, which is a far cry from a deal-breaker).
I have to agree. Don't get me wrong, I love Apple and will always have much respect for their products, but Jobs' OCD is a lit bit out of control with the iPhone. I realize it is to be expected, that hacking/modding icons and such may cause conflicts, but c'mon already, my RAZR on Cingular allowed for customization through ObEx and that wasn't against Cingular/Motorola policy. I know, Apples and oranges, but for the $599 price tag, at least let me use SOME of the capabilities my RAZR had. Sheesh Apple
.Ok I updated and now I am bored with the new features. It took, let's see, 3 months to come out with them. 3rd party was a better way to go. I was seeing new native apps daily. If Apple were to purchase installer.app and then Apple can approve the apps that get installed on the iPhone. They could then use that method to deploy applications to iPhones. I mean come on. Having to go back to your computer to install applications is so Palm and Pocket PC.
Google hurry up with the gPhone and make it open source and open network.
Google hurry up with the gPhone and make it open source and open network.
I didn't have time to browse the other responses, so if this has been mentioned, I'm sorry.
I had one of the 7-series screens (from field test) and not the 5-series. The white dots in the background problem is gone on my phone. Totally gone.
I'm thrilled! My screen seems to be so much sharper and clearer.
I had one of the 7-series screens (from field test) and not the 5-series. The white dots in the background problem is gone on my phone. Totally gone.
I'm thrilled! My screen seems to be so much sharper and clearer.
Now the phone market has been affected by Apple (for better or worse) I'd say Google will have a better idea of what is needed now for the gPhone to succeed. I hope they do it.
There isn't any yet. That is why they are all proof of concepts and they are free. Also, an app that is important to me may not be important to you. I like the new step counter app. I think it is a start of a good idea.
My iToner experience - I upgraded fw, haven't touched iToner or contacts but old contacts maintain the pre-assigned rings. I probably will just leave it at that for the time being until something more official is announced.
(1) VNSea, I was remote controlling my home Mac and more importantly, my office WinBox. The update that just came out this morning was very usable.
(2) Summerboard was really getting fun, lots of very creative "skins" were becoming available for changing the appearance of the icons, dock, and wallpaper. I can't believe at 1.1.1 Apple hasn't even added something as simple as keeping your wallpaper behind the icons rather than plain black.
(3) NES was really nifty, because it was both fun to play all those retro games that kept me up all night in college, but it was the "gee whiz look what my iPhone can do" application
(4) Any of the several "Finder"-like file manipulation systems that allowed the iPhone to act as a little jump drive...still don't get why Apple won't let you sync selected files to the iPhone for transport from computer to computer, even if it was another barbed-wire protected tab in iTunes. Just about every iPod can do this, even the Shuffle...why do I still have to carry a jump drive with me?
(5) AIM/iChat compatible chat programs
So it was fun while it lasted, but I chose to wipe clean and start fresh....just in case I was at risk of being bricked. I will miss some of those apps, only the VNSea is irreplacable in terms of actual productivity for me, but I can still access my Mac via the web-based Telekinesis.
There are more polite ways to say what you said but I will answer your question. I did not buy my iPhone as I got it as a gift. I did accept it as I was blinded and confused thinking the mother of all phones would be able to do some very basic things, even if it came later via an update.
BTW, if you recall they claimed it would have a push-mail solution. IMAP is trash and far, far from a solution.
I just wanted to chime in that I updated my non sim unlocked, non customized (at the time of the update anyway) iPhone with iTunes 7.4.1(2) installed, and all went fine I guess. My ringtone that I snuck in via the older iTunes version hack still worked great, until of course I went into the settings on the iPhone to check to see if my ringtone was still in the list. On the general sounds page, where you can click to drill down to the list of ringtones, it listed my snuck in ringtone. But when I drilled down, it was no longer in the list, and the iPhone had reverted back to Marimba. I am so dang sad now, I am getting to where I dread updates instead of drool over them like I had been. I'm going to go pout in a corner until I think of something better to do.