Firmware 2.1 has been out for a couple weeks now. We have been jailbroken at 2.1 for nearly the same amount of time. At first, after the update and the jailbreak, the iPhone was running very smothly, better than it had ever run before. The programs opened and closed immediately, the keyboard was very snappy, and there were no reception problems. Now, each program, no matter which one, takes 5 seconds to load, and sometimes 5 seconds to close. The keyboard is back to being very laggy at times. The reception seems to be going downhill as well. I’ve had a few fuzzy calls in the past few days. So much for the miracles of 2.1.
Will 2.2 be the redemption factor? Maybe. Macrumors reports that 2.2 is being seeded to developers. It may even have push notification for other programs besides mail. That is exciting stuff. I am not sure how long it usually takes before the general public is able to get their hands on the final version. I suspect it will be a few weeks. Maybe in the meantime we will see a 2.1.1 and 2.1.2. Who knows.
Here is more from Macrumors:
Apple has seeded some iPhone developers with a new beta iPhone firmware for testing. The new version is labeled iPhone OS 2.2 beta 1 and is accompanied by a new beta of the iPhone SDK (build 9M2611). Beyond “compatibility testing”, there are no other differences noted by Apple. It’s not clear yet if the new builds have any further implementation of background push notifications that have been promised by Apple.
Are you noticing the old problems of 2.0 coming back to haunt 2.1? I sure am. I’ll try to a sync, maybe that will be the magic touch, although I doubt it.
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September 26th, 2008 at 4:03 am
I had HORRIBLE troubles installing 2.1 into my phone. ever since it installed I have has worse singal, and what seems to be worse battery life… Im just holding off till 2.1.1 or a new firmware to fix each. My music and videos are on like 5 seperate computers at my house, and honestly I dont have the time now to get them all back on my phone if I were to do a system restore. If these terrible signals and app loading keeps affecting me a week from now and theres no update in sight I just might have to restore. I also find that the signal isnt accurate on my phone anymore….. Where is used to get no bars, it now says i have allmost full 3G so I try to go online and a pop up comes up and says basically no cellular activity…. I’m really upset about it, I thought I was really the only one, I thought everyone else’s iphone after 2.1 became almost flawless… sigh
September 26th, 2008 at 4:04 am
Yes. 2.1 may have fried my hardware. Anyways the box (from Apple) arrived yesterday so I’m thinking of sending the iphone in even though I don’t know if the 2.1 dropped calls/long connection process/slow 3G is a problem on Rogers’ end, or Apple’s’ end.
I wonder what percentage of people are sending their iPhones to Apple when they should just have gone to Rogers.
- Rogers sure makes it an easier decision for us all to deal through Apple with their shoddy customer service.
September 26th, 2008 at 5:39 am
You have a jailbroken iPhone and you are having problems. Why the heck tell us about it? Tough luck!
September 26th, 2008 at 5:53 am
I guess Ive been incredibly lucky with my iPhone. I’ve had great battery life, no syncing/backup issues, and very few (2, maybe 3) network issues. Each firmware update just makes things smoother on my end ;)
I did notice the tiniest of cracks by the headphone jack (16G, black, July 11th) but Im not gonna exchange a solid phone for a virtually un-noticable aesthetic flaw.
September 26th, 2008 at 7:19 am
I am actually unjailbroken on my iPhone and having these problems- so why assume? Your slowing the process of this conversation.
September 26th, 2008 at 7:21 am
I agree with Mike D. I haven’t really had too many issues…
I thought battery life was going to be a problem but its perfect for my use. I listen to music for about 2 hours a day. Watch videos for about 30 mins. Wifi and games every now and then. Plus about 2.5 hours of talk time and the battery is still at half or more when I go to sleep. I charge it anyway so its good as new for the next day…
September 26th, 2008 at 7:35 am
It’s funny. I was thinking about this yesterday before I saw this post. 2.1 does seem to chug a bit these days. I find that making sure to turn it off and on once a day is a helps a bit. I know apps aren’t supposed to run in the background and fill memory, but if I decide to multitask on it (read and type e-mails, while listening to music, while switching back and forth between Palringo and Safari), the lag can be incredible until I shut it off and on again. The keyboard can get jerky, but thankfully it’s not that 3 second per key delay it used to have. It just locks up for 5 – 10 seconds now before letting me use it normally. Obviously Apple’s apps aren’t bound by the same resource rules as 3rd party apps and can gum up the memory.
Reception has been okay, but not as good as it used to be. I used to get told, “It sounds like you’re on a land line.” Now it sounds like a regular cell phone. Internet seems slower too. Both most likely have to do with the fact the phones are asking for less power from towers to A) stop 3G dropouts in high use areas (big problem with AT&T) and B) save some battery life.
I’m excited for 2.2 having push notification for apps; however, the first thing on my want list is copy and paste. It’s a basic function that should be there, but isn’t a deal breaker for the majority of consumers. It feels like the old gapless playback issue on iPods. 2.2 should be the Christmas release, so even though we may not see a 32GB iPhone, Apple can advertise a “new” iPhone through a substantial software update with added functionality and toys.
September 26th, 2008 at 8:06 am
2.1 still working well for me, no old problems resurfacing noted since first upgrading. Sync and backup still very speedy, and I’m now using updates and installs directly ok the iPhone via AppStore without problem or worry. At the moment still non jailbroken and I sync frequently FWIW
September 26th, 2008 at 9:04 am
I have only experienced the new update having just gotten my phone but I notice now getting into the settings lags a bit
September 26th, 2008 at 10:30 am
They really should also put sms forwarding feature on already!
September 26th, 2008 at 11:22 am
I have no problems with apps or the reception or the keyboard. Only reception issues I’ve ever had on this phone were when Rogers killed the network for a few days.
Other than that, 2.1 fixed the issues, and they stayed fixed.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:31 am
I’m not sure if it’s 2.1, Rogers or the stupid iPhone, but my 3G connection keeps dropping out on me as well. I try to go on the internet, but I get the “Cannot access cellular data” error…
I tried to turn on Airplane mode for 20 seconds like the apple support forums say to do, but that gave me no service for 20 minutes…
I’ve also noticed that when it goes into sleep mode, it doesn’t poll my email account every 15 minutes like it’s supposed to…
I thought Apple products were supposed to just work?
September 26th, 2008 at 11:45 am
It’s quite possible that being jailbroken is causing these problems but I don’t really think so. Maybe it just needs a reboot or something. I never turn the thing off.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I never jailbroke my iPhone. I also never turn it off, but now I have to power-cycle it every day…
I can’t wait for the BlackBerry Storm and Touch HD… This iPhone experiment isn’t going well so far… but I do love that screen…
September 26th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
2.1 did what I wanted it to. Everything is still much faster and stable than before. However, Safari still has problems on many of my favorite websites. TUAW, for example, still chokes about 1/2 the time, forcing Safari to quit. While we were supposed to be able to access any regular website with the iPhone I do like websites that have been modified for mobile use. They usually remove the big advertisements that clog up the iPhone’s pipes and they load way faster.
September 26th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
I never had any particular problems with my iPhone 3G before 2.1 software came out, and my good experience with the phone just became better with 2.1. As the saying goes, everything did and does feel just a bit “snappier.”
I’ve also never had any dropped calls at all until last night…45 minutes into a call that I was taking in my apartment…a pre-war building in uptown Manhattan with thick, masonry walls. I’ve never had particularly good cellphone reception inside the fortress-like walls of my apartment, and the iPhone is better in this regard than any other cellphone I’ve used here. (After last night’s dropped call, I dialed back the call and continued for another 30-odd minutes of talking.)
While the difficulties that some users are having with their iPhones are certainly vexing to those suffering from them, I think their prevalence is overstated, and I suggest that most iPhone 3G users are having satisfactory experiences with their phones.
September 27th, 2008 at 12:25 am
I didn’t had any issue after updating to 2.1. I didn’t jailbreak the phone.
I do reset the phone once per day just so it “may” run smoothly.
September 27th, 2008 at 6:00 am
It sounds almost too easy but just rebooting for me has seemed to fix the lagging problem.
September 27th, 2008 at 7:26 am
It became a big issue for me, every day I have to reboot my iphone atleast 10 - 20 times. I listen to music and go to text a friend or make a call, it will say full 3G and it will either not ring and stay at the screen for a min then crash and reboot, or the text just wont send at all…. this is really making me angry because before 2.1 I NEVER had problems especially with phone service…..
September 27th, 2008 at 10:00 am
I have noticed that the push email or even checking for email is very slow compared to 2.0.2
I have 3 email addresses setup (gmail, yahoo and one imap account) and it checking email takes long.
Anybody have the same issue?
September 27th, 2008 at 11:24 am
yes, some people I know tell me that they have no problemscwith their iPhone –
but for me the truth is an unremitting tale of frustration.
crashing apps!
especially safari!!! - every few minutes.
safari mobile must rank up there with netscape in the hall of browser shame, as the worst software engineering effort in the history of mankind! there is no no serious QA (but then this new found infatuation with incompetence seems to apply across the board with all apple products these days).
it is too bad that compensation scenes atvapple (and elsewhere) are not linked into QA performance!
…of course if this were so then most developers would soon face losing their mortgages!
it is also too bad that most jurisdictions continue to exempt software licences from the same liability stabdardsthat other industries must face (not to mention the exemption from licensing requirement the same way that other professional engineering domains require).
in any case, I can only pray that v2.2 finally addresses the massive instability on the iPhone (obviously apple is capable of recognizing when it has botched things up - witness the mea culpa for ’snow leopard’ … the iPhone should be so lucky as to recieve the same overhaul!).
September 27th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
i am noticing some lag with the keyboard in Safari.. its a bit painful at times and then safari crashed…. very crappy.. im gonna go in and remove some apps i dont really use and i even restarted the phone but the keyboard is still laggy as hell
When we get the new update does that mean we have to wait for another jailbreak and then update via itunes. erase all our jailbreak stuff.. and then rejailbreak and update?