Where the F$#% is my 2.1 iPhone Update?!? [UPDATE: IT'S HERE!]
It’s 12:01 AM. What’s the frigging hold up here?
No, it is NOT and you know it, iTunes!
6:20 AM: Damnit.
8:04 AM: C’mon Apple, I gotta get to work!
8:51 AM: Well, now I’m at work, so who gives a crap.
9:10 AM: It’s out
Was today my last iPhone restore?
Filed under: Hardware, Opinion, Rumors, bugs, iPhone
Dare I hope?
This morning, just as I was set to leave for work, my wife asked me to sync her iPhone for her. “Sure, no problem,” I thought (looking back, I am not sure why I thought that…).
BAM! The thing freezes up, “Silver Apple Logo screen of death”, the whole nine yards. Immediately realizing I am now going to be at a minimum a half hour late for work, I forge ahead, wiping the iPhone clean, and beginning the restore process.
Between my wife’s 1st gen iPhone and my 3G iPhone, we have had over 23 forced restores/clean installs of our iPhones since updating to the 2.0.x firmware. Granted, I have bought a TON of apps for “review” purposes, but recently I have tried to keep my apps down to 10 or less 3rd party apps, hoping the crashes would stop. Well, they didn’t, but they DID slow down slightly.
However, it looks like there may be a light at the end of my chunnel. Rumors are now saying we may very well see the iPhone 2.1 firmware rear its hopefully not-so-ugly head at this afternoon’s “Let’s Rock” press conference, and it may even have “secret features“.
Ooohhh…
Well, here’s hoping one of those secret features is that my iPhone stops crashing twice a week.
iPhone 3G temporarily replaced with Siemens C65
Above: Hmmm… not sure what Marian’s problem is…
As I prepare for my 4th iPhone 3G restore in the first 2 weeks since buying it, even I am getting tired of all the complaining about the iPhone’s version 2 firmware (although, I’m not as sick of the complaining as I am of the smart-asses who say “I have never had a problem yet, you must be doing something wrong“).
So that’s why I found it so refreshing to receive a CC on faithful Slovakian Macenstein reader Marian’s heartfelt e-mail to Steve Jobs detailing his iPhone 3G woes. First of all, unlike most of the recent iPhone bitching, what we have here is a good old-fashioned dead pixel story, the kind we 1st gen iPhone users grew up on. But more importantly, there is a twist to the story that will likely make you appreciate the customer service you’re getting wherever it is that you live (assuming it isn’t Slovakia). Read more
If your iPhone 3G has lost all its data and your 3rd party apps crash on launch, clap your hands!
CLAP! CLAP!
Yes, that’s right, I bought me a new 3G iPhone this Saturday, even after all my whining about how I was going to wait for a 32GB model to be released before updating my 1st gen. And honestly, I would have waited, if not for a series of somewhat odd circumstances which occurred over vacation last week involving an emergency room. (If you care to hear about them, I’ll throw them at the end of this article, as it is not really what the article is about).
Above: Hmmm… What does my iPhone think is taking up all that space?
My first 3G crash, 4 Days in
So, you know those reports of the 3G iPhones not launching 3rd party apps and user data disappearing? Well, I had assumed I lucked out, as I had updated the iPhone’s software with 2.0.2 Saturday night (right after buying it) and had been using it trouble free until yesterday. That’s when my boss Read more
Apple threatens MobileMe customers with an additional 60 free days of service - haven’t we all suffered enough?
Apple has announced that in order to make up for the numerous and seemingly unsolvable glitches running rampant throughout their MobileMe service, they will be offering yet another free 2 month extension to MobileMe subscribers in addition to the 30 day extension they already have doled out.
To me this like going to a restaurant and ordering a thick, juicy steak, only to be served a rancid bowl of overcooked broccoli instead. The out comes an apologetic waiter carrying out 2 more bowls of broccoli to make amends for the mistake instead of just bringing out that steak you ordered in the first place.
Actually, I think if I tried a little harder I could come up with a better steak-based analogy, but suffice it to say, Read more
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