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Is updating to 4.0.1 worth it?

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brosx3

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Jun 15, 2010
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With the numerous reports of the update bricking people's phones and the somewhat pointless new algorithm is there any actual reason to upgrade?
 
Mine makes me invisible!



Actually, mine is fine with the new update. Nothing earth shattering. More pixels in the antenna icon. Cool.
 
I don't think it's worth it. It fixes the bars and exchange which don't seem significant enough to waste my time downloading 539mb on a slow ass connection. Might as well wait for the next one which fixes the proximity sensor and hopefully includes Gamecenter.
 
trigonometry said:
I don't think it's worth it. It fixes the bars and exchange which don't seem significant enough to waste my time downloading 539mb on a slow ass connection. Might as well wait for the next one which fixes the proximity sensor and hopefully includes Gamecenter.
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So you don't want to be invisible? Sheesh.
 
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I think it is.
 
Hey guys, some people want serious answers and this site is where they come to get them. All these immature responses are really killing the reputation of this site..


Anyways, I updated today with no problem. Took maybe 15 mins. And I actually have bars in my house now. So in some aspect it has improved my phone.
 
the reports are a quick judgement, mine showed the bricked screen too.. for about 10 seconds then it rebooted and installed the update..
 
brosx3 said:
With the numerous reports of the update bricking people's phones and the somewhat pointless new algorithm is there any actual reason to upgrade?
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1) It extends the low end of the range the phone will use before declaring no service, so you will get one bar in situations where 4.0 would go no service on you. And yes the phone is very usable at amazingly bad signal levels.

2) The bars are taller so you can see if you have one bar now, which I welcome.

3) Fixes the microsoft exchange bug that was frustrating biz clients.

So not a big set of changes, but I updated both my phones.
 
Yes. It only takes about 10-12 min. I did 3 iPhones 4's and 1 iPad (3.2.1). I am sure that only a very small percentage have had problems.
 
If the upgrade is available, then go for it.

Upgraded my iPhone 4 today without any issues. But it did take about 10 minutes to complete the install.

It does fix the signal issue so now you get a better representation of the signal strength in your area. As well it may fix some other things that you may not be aware of.
 
It should help with dropped calls since it stays at 1 bar more and goes searching less than before
 
Wait 15 minutes to download and install a 400mb file, hope that the installation doesn't freeze up your phone, requiring a full restore, all in the name of the signal bars reporting a little more accurately? No thanks. I'll wait for the next update.
 
The best thing I've seen out if it is the camera app loads much quicker now on my 3GS. The lock screen is also smoother going to the password prompt.
 
Updated my 3GS's with no problem. Will get the 4 next year, hoping the antenna issues will be taken care of by then. Apple :apple: rules!
 
Apparently I'm one of the only ones out there staying "stock" on my iPhone 4 until I hear more from the iPhone Dev Team on what's going to be easiest to jailbreak. I'm not updating until I get some jailbreak news, besides, I think the new bars look pretty hideous with the logarithmic pattern
 
I just updated mine and now I have less bars when I used to have full bars with the bumper on. It gets 4 bars with it laying flat on the table and as soon as I pick it up only has 3 bars.
 
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