iPhone 3.1 update triggering several issues
updated 10:30 am EDT, Fri September 11, 2009
Problems with Exchange, power, more
Downloaders of the iPhone 3.1 firmware are experiencing a variety of problems, according to talk on Apple's support forums. Perhaps the most serious involves occasional total shutdowns, which occur without warning. Affected iPhones can be revived, but only after a manual reboot.
Others have complained that the update hurts battery life. In one incident a person reports that a phone went from 100 percent to 55 percent charge in the space of six hours, despite being completely inactive and even having Wi-Fi and Bluetooth disabled.
Still more users are complaining of podcasts showing up in random order, instead of by date. More critical is a problem with syncing Exchange e-mail. It is believed though that the errors stem from server-side encryption options being properly enforced, as a result locking out the 2G iPhone, the iPhone 3G and possibly the iPod touch. The iPhone 3GS has built-in support for processing the encryption, and so should be unaffected.
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Joined: Jan 2007
No harm
to battery life here. In fact, if not the same, it's a little bit better. Going into my second day, now showing 83% remaining. I'm by no means a heavy user though...
For those effected, perhaps some apps are not really shutting down like they're supposed to?
I haven't fiddled with podcasts, or exchange mail, so I have no info on that.