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Apple investigating iOS 4 problems on iPhone 3G

updated 06:50 pm EDT, Wed July 28, 2010

iOS said to be unusable on the iPhone 3G

Apple has begun investigating reports of problems running iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G. An Apple spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that the company is aware of the complaints and is currently looking into the situation.

Many users have reported problems with excessive battery drain, heat, and overall performance. Although the new OS was expected to run a bit slower on the older hardware, even with multitasking disabled, some users claim iOS 4 effectively makes the iPhone 3G unusable in certain situations.

Apple has yet to provide a solution for the problems or advise against the upgrade for older iPhones.

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buffman
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07/28, 08:03pm | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
iOS4 and 3G

slow???? Doesn't even begin to describe it. It runs hot, hard and crawls. Constantly crashes. Good thing kids are now using it as a suped up iPod Touch, or like any good brick, it would take flight. just like my old Treo.

gskibum3
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07/28, 08:26pm | report spam | close Reply |
iOS4 and 3G

Same here.

Battery drain is extreme. Bluetooth connection to my Toyota Venza is unreliable. Voice Dial doesn't work anymore.

And I have to reboot it frequently to get a decent signal. Without these reboots, phone calls will often go straight to voice mail.

And oh, when a call comes in while I'm listening to a voice mail, it goes direct to voice mail.

And that's all I can think of at the moment.

gbrandt
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07/28, 08:59pm | report spam | close Reply |
about time

veeerrryy sllloooowwww. Calendar is unusable for first 30 seconds. Reboots on its own. Can't reply to text msg notification. It aborts and I have to enter the program to respond to sms. Hitting "search" on the map gives me 60 second wait until able to enter destination. Sometimes requires 2 or 3 attempts to launch an app....I could go on.

I've tried all the tricks in the forums except a complete wipe to factory and massive re-sync. Largely because I'll lose my text history. But I'm frustrated enough to try it.

Worst Apple upgrade on any device in 15 years.

-gb

nat
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+5

07/28, 09:30pm | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
downgraded

to 3.1.3
i'm happy again.

revco
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Joined: May 2005

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07/28, 09:44pm | report spam | close Reply |
i need to downgrade my touch

Apple needs to provide an easy way for iOS4 users to revert to 3.1.3. My touch behaves erratically with iOS4.

ilovestevejobs
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07/28, 09:47pm | report spam | close Reply |
Apple fucked up again

Seriously this really is inexcusable from Apple. Do Apple really test their stuff to make sure it 'Just Works'?

Doubt it

Fast iBook
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07/28, 10:46pm | report spam | close Reply |
Grain of salt.

I have a 3G that i gave my brothers to use as a shared gaming/web/email device, it has 4.0.0 on it, and since 4.0.1 is aimed at the antenna for cell use, it has no effect on the overall ios4 performance (it sits in airplane mode with wifi on).

I am going to wager that a full 4.1 update will take care of the code responsible for the poor performance on the much slower cpu in the 3G. iOS4 rockets to the moon on my iPhone 4, so i can only guess that it's cpu related.

For now i'll take the slowness with a grain of salt, but if it continues without resolution past 4.2 i will go back to version 3 for it.

- A

wrenchy
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07/28, 11:43pm | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
Wow!

Apple acknowledging that there is an "issue". That's impressive.

ClevelandAdv
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07/29, 12:21am | report spam | close Reply |
Headphones do not work

After the update on my 32GB 3GS, the headphone jack will
not function. This is similar to my original iPhone 8GB which would not
switch from headphone to speaker mode when a headphone was disconnected.

Now it will not switch when a headphone is plugged in.

FilmCrafter
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07/29, 01:53am | report spam | (3 replies) close Reply |
This effectively kills my confidence in Apple

I've been a fan of Apple and Final Cut Pro since the early 90's when I started using it. For me the core of their brand was always about respecting and servicing the customer. Making things easier. The unfortunate part of the success of the iPhone is that this seems to have changed. What I see now are:

1.) 'holier-than-thou' attitudes of the kids working in the apple stores - once eager to help, share, teach and support are now to busy or important to help me.
2.) Basic technology that has fallen behind (no blue ray players in laptops, slower processors, less RAM, etc) but prices are still sky high.
3.) Unreliable management of back end software issues. Constant bugs with Quicktime & other updates.
4.) And now what seems to be a deliberate effort at making all those once valued iPhone 3G & 3Gs phones instantly obsolete. An outright abuse of the customer.
Sorry Apple... Very dissapointing. I'm going back to Sony Ericsson, HP, Dell, Windows, Adobe Software, HTC and all those other brands out there who actually value and appreciate their customers.

I simply can't afford for something I rely on like a phone to suddenly become useless. It's pathetic.

It's over for me with Apple... The trust has been broken.

Does anyone out there feel the same way?

wrenchy
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07/29, 04:11am | report spam | close Reply |
re: This effectively kills my confidence in Apple

Yes FilmCrafter, I feel the same way.

IxOsX
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07/29, 05:01am | report spam | close Reply |
Apple customer communication

Finally Apple begins to check the obvious slowness on iOS4 instaled on iPhone 3G. My iPhone inclusive hangs and crashes, sometimes, and I never installed any Jailbreak stuff so my iPhone is pure Apple Software without 3º party residues.

I CONGRATULATE Apple for do not continue to ignore this subject that affects all Apple iPhone 3G clients. But I am sorry for the delay.

The communication first line of Apple have to be much improved.

Apple reaction to this kind of problems have to be much more pro-active and visible. Apple have to stop the stupid answers, the silent attitude on the face of problems, and have to make easier for any international customer report and trace the problem situations. I believe if the costumer fells that his problem are having the appropriate reaction will not be so hungry and the critic on forums or social and tech communication will became less and smaller.

Apple is growing fast, so is number of customers, so the communication between customer and Apple Support, have to be MUCH BETTER.

I think I am giving a good advice, and hope Apple fanatics don't see this as a destructive critic. I want Apple to be better, hope the fans don't destroy Apple by been so blind.

Congratulations to Apple for their current attitude for fix iOS4 on iPhone 3G.

Thank you all !

Tanker10a
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07/29, 09:27am | report spam | close Reply |
Battery Drain

Thank you God!
I honestly thought that I was imagining things. Ever since I have installed IOS 4.x on my 32Gs, my iPhone's battery performance has never been the same... I have to keep plugging it in the cigarette lighter of my car for trickle charging.
My battery no longer lasts a day since 3.x. I always have to plug it overnight otherwise, the battery is totally drained while on standby. Otherwise, I have to shut it down.
I am so happy to hear this is being addressed...
There is an iPhone God!

bdmarsh
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07/29, 11:42am | report spam | close Reply |
After 2nd or 3rd reboot - working great

It is a little slower in some areas than 3.x, but after the 2nd or 3rd reboot after installing iOS 4, performance suddenly improved. (it may have coincided with 4.0.1)

Initially after loading 4.0, any time the keyboard had to be loaded it took something like 5+ seconds. This made some things like texting extremely slow.
My battery life was not affected at all.

After that one reboot though, performance has been about as good as iOS 3.1.3 had been on average. Some things are better, and some things a little slower. (Maps is one of the things that initial loading is slower, once it is running after an address has been typed in, it is as fast, or faster than it had been in 3.x)

galile0
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07/29, 12:12pm | report spam | close Reply |
"this changes everything"

Apples reliance on customer loyalty seems to bet getting further abused, early up takers of there technology are once again receiving the brunt of the issues and just like Apples over censorship (now also in the bookstore) reported in the last few days this will create another setback that I’m sure the company could have done with not coming to light at the moment in time.

However for them to neglect the full testing of iOS4 on the 3g , means inturn there neglecting the need of current customers it seems there so focused on “this changes everything” that they forget what everything is or was and that should be providing full support to current consumers of there products.

It is another setback once again for Apple it will be interesting to see what's next in the news regarding iPhone/iPad issues (antenna, manufacturing and service charges) and their steps to refund cases won’t make up for the iPhone 4's lack of function over form.

But Apple have created such a loyal following that people may just put up with what issues there are for the sake of owning the latest Apple product.
Personally, I'd be happier with an older iPhone - at least then the issues are all ironed out.

However, it's also interesting to see how much excitement new technologies can bring. New technology and innovation is important for new business, illustrated by entrepreneurship grants and new business competitions like http://www.ukesnc.com.

Guess it's not all bad!

Booldm
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07/29, 06:05pm | report spam | close Reply |
it helped me

first i did hard-reset of my 3g
and now i always run XSysInfo app from appstore that clears memory of my device
now it works as fast as it did when there was 3.1.3 iOS

dwayner
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08/03, 11:10pm | report spam | close Reply |
os 4 awful

Ive upgraded Apple OS and software for years and never thought twice about it.
My 3g is terrible with os 4. For a company that wants their users to have a great apple experience!!!!! This is terrible. I can understand a glitch or two but there are so many problems with it I just shake my head. Did ANYONE at APPLE actually update a 3G phone and try it for ten minutes??????????????

Just as shocking is users that defend Apple and blame me for holding on to old technology.

I love apple but I feel really let down...................

I hope the new update will fix everything and I will be the first to thank apple.

herojig
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08/06, 12:09am | report spam | close Reply |
downgraded back to 3.1.3

all is well now. i don't think v4 works on a 3g, no way no how.

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Apple investigating iOS 4 problems on iPhone 3G

updated 06:50 pm EDT, Wed July 28, 2010

iOS said to be unusable on the iPhone 3G

iOS4 and 3G

iOS4 and 3G

about time

downgraded

i need to downgrade my touch

Apple fucked up again

Grain of salt.

Wow!

Headphones do not work

This effectively kills my confidence in Apple

re: This effectively kills my confidence in Apple

Apple customer communication

Battery Drain

After 2nd or 3rd reboot - working great

"this changes everything"

it helped me

os 4 awful

downgraded back to 3.1.3

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