Not normal. Sounds like either a bad fit for the mini plug on the headphones themselves or a faulty headphone jack on the 3GS...take it to an Apple Store (if that is where you bought it)...
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The "I Got My iPhone 3G S" - First Impressions Thread
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Not normal. Sounds like either a bad fit for the mini plug on the headphones themselves or a faulty headphone jack on the 3GS...take it to an Apple Store (if that is where you bought it)...
I've had my 3GS for a few weeks now. Everything about it is awesome, except...
* Optus Australia (my service provider) is pretty crap. Browsing the net via 3G is usually slow, and it simply wouldn't work at all for several hours yesterday.
* The chrome bezel scratches too easily. I've already managed to scratch the front of the darn thing, and it's quite noticeable in certain conditions. Oh well.
* Optus Australia (my service provider) is pretty crap. Browsing the net via 3G is usually slow, and it simply wouldn't work at all for several hours yesterday.
* The chrome bezel scratches too easily. I've already managed to scratch the front of the darn thing, and it's quite noticeable in certain conditions. Oh well.
Ive had my 32GB 3GS for about 6 hours now and love it! I came from a Curve 8900 and had a 3G before that and I'm sooooo happy to be back to the iPhone. I forgot how much I loved it! haha. The speed increase is noticeable from the 3G. The camera is amazing and compares to my Curve 8900's which had a amazing camera on it, and flash. My 3GS did get quite hot while doing its initial sync with iTunes and it was enough to spark the memory of reading peoples complains about the 3GS over heating, so I'm hoping that doesn't become a issue. Another big improvement and this is a pretty obvious one, is the increase in space. I really didnt think I'd need or care about having 32gbs of space, I was wrong, its amazing! I can have all of my music, music videos, pictures, apps and 10 full length movies all in my pocket, its really pretty amazing!
So far I'm very impressed, now was it worth $500, thats still questionable but I have a feeling I will be at peace with it sooner or later...
So far I'm very impressed, now was it worth $500, thats still questionable but I have a feeling I will be at peace with it sooner or later...
Got my 3GS, black 16GB, on Saturday, and so far Im really loving it. With Telstra, not the best deals (I'm on a $49 cap with $10 of data) but it's the only carrier I have here... Cant comment on the actual phone capabilities because Ive been waiting over 48 hours already for Telstra to activate the SIM (lame, I know), but everything else is speedy and flows nicely. I came from a 2nd gen iPod touch, and in comparison this iPhone just flies, everything happens the moment I select something - on my touch it'd sometimes take several seconds to load (my settings page loads immediately on the 3GS, but takes about 5 seconds to load everything on the touch). It's just been great fun playing around with it, and Im sure when my service is finally up and running it'll be even better.
Just got my first iPhone with the white background and 32GB of space. I love how I can use the Cisco VPN client and then using a 3rd party app, log into our windows terminal server. I no longer need a laptop to do this!!
Had my 3GS about a month now, got it after having a HTC Magic and Hero for the last 8 or so months, and had WM phones before that.
Its alot simpler and nicer to use and the hardware feels great, shame about the lack of even some simple multitasking, I would rather it didnt get to full blown multitasking as I feel both WM and Android can fall on their arse after a while.
Anyway it seems like a breath of fresh air after the mess that was Android, just little things annoyed me, how some apps on both systems the android one would be inferior or buggy, and problems like my Hero being on 1.5 so I couldnt have apps that the mrs had on her older HTC Magic, and no signs of any firmware in the near future.
Atleast you know firmware goes out to all iPhones.
Its alot simpler and nicer to use and the hardware feels great, shame about the lack of even some simple multitasking, I would rather it didnt get to full blown multitasking as I feel both WM and Android can fall on their arse after a while.
Anyway it seems like a breath of fresh air after the mess that was Android, just little things annoyed me, how some apps on both systems the android one would be inferior or buggy, and problems like my Hero being on 1.5 so I couldnt have apps that the mrs had on her older HTC Magic, and no signs of any firmware in the near future.
Atleast you know firmware goes out to all iPhones.
My 3gs iphone does not slide to unlocked
When I switch my 3gs iphone on, the panel lights up and show slide cursor but it does not slide to unlocked the phone. If I pressed and hold for voice control and then cancelled, then it will slide and unlocked the phone! When the iphone goes to stanby then it will go back to status quoe, it will not slide to unlock. If I received a call while on stanby, it will not slide in order to recieve the incoming call. Please help, this is most urgent.
When I switch my 3gs iphone on, the panel lights up and show slide cursor but it does not slide to unlocked the phone. If I pressed and hold for voice control and then cancelled, then it will slide and unlocked the phone! When the iphone goes to stanby then it will go back to status quoe, it will not slide to unlock. If I received a call while on stanby, it will not slide in order to recieve the incoming call. Please help, this is most urgent.
Brand new iphone user...defected from bb after 3 years !!
Hey all !
Just wanted to say HI *waving* and get my feet wet in the forums....I just got my first iphone (3gS) last friday and I'm a total freak for it already. Kinda wished I'd jumped ship from bb earlier but better late than never LOL
Hey all !
Just wanted to say HI *waving* and get my feet wet in the forums....I just got my first iphone (3gS) last friday and I'm a total freak for it already. Kinda wished I'd jumped ship from bb earlier but better late than never LOL