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iPhone Update 2.0.2 First Impressions
Posted 08/19/2008 at 6:33:47pm | by
Roberto Baldwin
The Mac|Life staff has had 24-hours to try out the latest iPhone software update and this is what we have to say about it.
Susie:
It's the greatest iPhone firmware update since 2.0.1! (Heh.)
248.7MB, that's a biggish-seeming update for the absolute lack of details Apple gave about it.
I haven't noticed any real-world difference in my limited time with it. I think I read syncing is supposed to go faster. But it's not like I'm sitting here with a stopwatch clocking the iPhone's sync time, you know?
Ray:
The keyboard is snappier, and I have more bars of signal than I used to. But I don't know if that means the reception is actually better, or if they just re-calibrated what counts as x number of bars. Also, my GPS is actually working now, but I nuked my phone and rebuilt everything at the same time I updated, so that might have fixed it without the update. Either way, yay!
iTunes still tells me I have an app update, but clicking the link tells me everything is up to date.
Robbie:
It solved a problem I had while driving around with my iPhone. After calls, the iPod app wouldn't return to its rocking ways. I kept having to put my life in danger reaching over to the passenger seat to restart my tunes.
Thanks to 2.0.2, I'm no longer putting other drivers and pedestrians in danger.
Leslie:
Update--what update?
Yeah, I didn't notice a difference.
What changes have you noticed in the latest software update? Drop your experience in the comments below.
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My contact list instantly duplicated
Submitted by xybernaut on Wed, 2008-08-20 07:23
Upon installation my contact list is now populated with double entries.
Sigh.....
no difference at all
Submitted by maclua on Wed, 2008-08-20 07:56
the iphone update does not do much
I can tell you what it DIDN'T fix:
Submitted by Loup407 on Wed, 2008-08-20 09:01
3G. My iPhone (which I otherwise love) can't stay connected to 3G. After the update, it still can't connect to a 3G signal, and stay connected.
Bluetooh
Submitted by Roberto Baldwin on Wed, 2008-08-20 10:35
After I posted this article and drove home, I noticed I couldn't get Bluetooth to work until I restarted the iPhone. After a restart, it seems to be working.
Fingers crossed for the commute home today.
Submitted by gavinthain on Wed, 2008-08-20 11:13
This is major.
When looking through the settings, I noticed that it now says 2.0.2 rather than 2,0,1.
Can't say I noticed anything else.
What a waste of my valuable bandwidth.
If they bothered to tell us whats changed, perhaps us mugs that now have to pay for mobile phones would feel a little better about it all ?
Submitted by b2young on Sat, 2008-08-23 18:32
But then, I hadn't experienced most of the problems I've heard of in the first place. I haven't kept 3G on very much, due to the battery life, and I don't call (or get called) all that much, so if calls are dropping I haven't experienced it yet.
I blindly loaded the update (Apple sent me a 'free' text message to tell me it had been avaialble all week) and it took about 15-20 minutes to complete; that seemed pretty long, but the installer made a complete backup during the process, so that was a big part of it, I guess. After having the phone (3G) since release day (yeah, I waited in line, but in Boise ID I showed up at 05:30 and had my phone by 09:00, and was 31st in line to boot...), I am still in the honeymoon phase. It can do no wrong (knock wood) so far. Still noticed a few dropouts when streaming audio on AOLRadio and Tuner apps on Edge (again, not using 3G much to preserve battery) riding my bike around town. But, in general, either it picks up the signal again in a matter of seconds, or I stop at the corner and hit the 'play' button again.
So far no negative effects noticed since the update.
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