So I'm fed up with my slow wifi on my new 3GS. I've had several friends test theirs and they get close to their home circuit speeds over wifi. I get 600 Kbps on a 3.0 Mbps line. So I've decided to take it back to the Apple store and have it swapped out. Will they wipe my old phone right there so I don't have to worry about any of my data being compromised?
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When swapping out your phone, does Apple "wipe" your old one?
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meaning just do 'one more sync' to your computer (so all contacts are up to date, etc) then use the General field on the iPhone to do the wipe. I believe its called Erase All Settings.
the wipe takes about two hours.
yep HOURS
Is it? I get 2.8 Mbps on all other wifi gear in my house. That's a pretty large gap.
I know someone with a 10 Mbps line and she gets 8 Mbps. That's 80% of her line speed. Going by that I should be getting 2.4 Mbps.
sims card?
I have a 1.5 MegaBITS per second line, and i get around 200 KiloBYTES per second. your line speed is double mine, so i would expect you to get around 400kiloBYTES per second, yet you're getting 600. i don't see the problem...?
sims card?
I have a 1.5 MegaBITS per second line, and i get around 200 KiloBYTES per second. your line speed is double mine, so i would expect you to get around 400kiloBYTES per second, yet you're getting 600. i don't see the problem...?
What speeds do you get from a wifi laptop? Do you think those speeds from your iPhone are acceptable? Others seem to get pretty close to their circuit speeds on their iPhones.
i think you're confusing Bits and Bytes. a Byte is 8 Bits, so you will not download at 3 megaBYTES per second with an 3 megaBITS per second line. 600 kiloBYTES per second is what you should be getting.
if you want, speedtest.net has an iphone app available in the app store for free. you can check what kind of connection you're getting there. (remember, it will tell you in BITS.)
Just make sure you do a backup sync before you go to the store. They'll probably just take the defective iPhone and give you the replacement which when you connect to iTunes at home will restore it using that last backup you did. That's how it worked for my dad at an apple store recently.
If you are uncomfortable handing over the phone with your information, might want to erase all that. I'd probably just delete all apps that have important information when I go there, and probably unsync all the music prior to that. I'd be afraid if I'd erase everything it might accidentally start a new back-up from that point.
If you are uncomfortable handing over the phone with your information, might want to erase all that. I'd probably just delete all apps that have important information when I go there, and probably unsync all the music prior to that. I'd be afraid if I'd erase everything it might accidentally start a new back-up from that point.
I'm not confusing anything. I'm using the speedtest.net app. I'm reporting speeds in Mbps. I should be getting speeds around 2.5 or so. I'm getting 0.5 or so, give or take.
I have a 6Mbps line. Using the SppedTest.Net app I am getting 5.27 Mbps download and .91 Mbps upload. This is on a iPhone 3G (no S).
3GS on a 20/5 Fios connection and using the speedtest app I am getting:
11612 Kbits/sec down
963 Kbits/sec up
11612 Kbits/sec down
963 Kbits/sec up
Actually, they don't wipe your iPhone right away. They first send it to a lab in Cupertino where they analyze your data, check your social networking connections, etc. so that they can better target you with future marketing campaigns. Then it's wiped. Any problems?
There is nothing wrong with your phone. But they do wipe it before giving it to a different customer.
Id not take a chance on having them wipe it. Beside even if they do, they may start looking at what you have before wiping it. Your information isn't safe, you need to take care of it yourself if not for the safety of your data, at least for your peace of mind.
I had my 3G S swapped out yesterday and they did the wipe in front of me. In fact they had me hit the key twice to wipe. It only took about a minute to wipe the phone, the Mac genius was astonished.
I believe that's because the 3GS uses encryption where as the 3G and 2G phone's do not.
It does take hours for the first 2 phone because everything needs to be erased. It takes a minute for the 3GS because it just needs to wipe out the encryption keys and what not.