iPhone 2.0.1 update now available

Robert Haar <[email protected]> wrote:

> > just connect to iTunes and update your iPhone.
>
> What fixes are in in? The Software Update screen just says "bug fixes" and
> has a link to a web page that is supposed to describe the detail's, but the
> page seems to be mainly about Mac OS X updates and says nothing about this
> one.

you can read about the fixes here:

http://gizmodo.com/5033014/iphone-20...-now-available

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"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Mike Hofman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Robert Haar <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > > just connect to iTunes and update your iPhone.
>> >
>> > What fixes are in in? The Software Update screen just says "bug fixes"
>> > and
>> > has a link to a web page that is supposed to describe the detail's, but
>> > the
>> > page seems to be mainly about Mac OS X updates and says nothing about
>> > this
>> > one.
>>
>> you can read about the fixes here:
>>
>> http://gizmodo.com/5033014/iphone-20...-now-available
>
> OMFG! That article says that it's available "RIGHT NOW!" in all bold!!!
>
> OMFG! OMFG! /run around hands up in air hair on fire voice like a
> shreiking ten year old girl

Too funny.

Funny thing is that Oxturd/Iphun-"Idiot" Said there was nothing wrong with
2.0

In message <C4BD1433.423DBD%[email protected]> Robert Haar
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 8/4/08 7:34 PMAug 4, "iPhone News" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> just connect to iTunes and update your iPhone.
>
>What fixes are in in? The Software Update screen just says "bug fixes" and
>has a link to a web page that is supposed to describe the detail's, but the
>page seems to be mainly about Mac OS X updates and says nothing about this
>one.

The device backup takes under two hours, that's a nice change. Safari
still crashes, as does the iPod app.

Contacts still takes several seconds to load a couple hundred contacts.

Only a x.y.1 release, apparently.

In article <[email protected]>,
DevilsPGD <[email protected]> wrote:

> The device backup takes under two hours, that's a nice change. Safari
> still crashes, as does the iPod app.
>
> Contacts still takes several seconds to load a couple hundred contacts.

I haven't had any of these problems with the previous software or the
update. Maybe you need to do a reset?

+++

"Restarting and Resetting iPhone

If something is not working right, restarting or resetting iPhone will
likely solve the problem.

Restart iPhone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red
slider appears. Slide your finger across the slider to turn off iPhone.
To turn iPhone back on, press and hold the Sleep/Wake until the Apple
logo appears.

Reset iPhone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button
at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears."

+++

Couldn't hurt.

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MC <[email protected]> wrote in news:copespaz-010E33.22504104082008
@news.motzarella.org:

> Couldn't hurt.
>

We could take out the battery.....

.....oh, wait......never mind......

In message <[email protected]> MC
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> DevilsPGD <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The device backup takes under two hours, that's a nice change. Safari
>> still crashes, as does the iPod app.
>>
>> Contacts still takes several seconds to load a couple hundred contacts.
>
>I haven't had any of these problems with the previous software or the
>update. Maybe you need to do a reset?

But but but... Apple's products don't crash, and they don't need to be
reset!

Naaa, tried that. Safari crashed the first time in the store while the
rep was playing with her printer.

The iPod crash is a known issue going back to the first iPod Touch
release (or earlier), it's moderately reproducible by adding songs to
the On The Go list (start with a blank list) while music is playing.

The contacts list issue is also something that several people at the
office see, so I don't think it's just my device.

The thing about the iPhone, it tries to cover up the crash, some apps
(phone app) will reload automatically, or otherwise you just get back to
the home screen. Hide the "This program crashed" warning and people
don't think there is a crash.

DevilsPGD <[email protected]> wrote:

> >I haven't had any of these problems with the previous software or the
> >update. Maybe you need to do a reset?
>
> But but but... Apple's products don't crash, and they don't need to be
> reset!
from time to time you'll see an app crash, but the os doesn't.

> Naaa, tried that. Safari crashed the first time in the store while the
> rep was playing with her printer.

but not under 2.0

> The iPod crash is a known issue going back to the first iPod Touch
> release (or earlier), it's moderately reproducible by adding songs to
> the On The Go list (start with a blank list) while music is playing.

very obscure at best, never heard of it. "start with a blank list", how
many times are people going to do that anyway? never.

> The contacts list issue is also something that several people at the
> office see, so I don't think it's just my device.

that only affected a few people, but it's fixed in 2.0.1

> The thing about the iPhone, it tries to cover up the crash, some apps
> (phone app) will reload automatically, or otherwise you just get back to
> the home screen. Hide the "This program crashed" warning and people
> don't think there is a crash.

people don't think there is a crash? come on, several 3rd party apps did
this, but it's fixed in 2.0.1

Mike Hofman wrote:
> Robert Haar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> just connect to iTunes and update your iPhone.
>>
>> What fixes are in in? The Software Update screen just says "bug
>> fixes" and has a link to a web page that is supposed to describe the
>> detail's, but the page seems to be mainly about Mac OS X updates and
>> says nothing about this one.
>
> you can read about the fixes here:
>
> http://gizmodo.com/5033014/iphone-20...-now-available
>
As one poster on that site said: :
"What the ... 249MB? How can there be .25 GB of bug fixes to patch up?"

Some guys here were pretty adamant about defending Apple-product's
infallibility while others of us were begging for patches and work-arounds
to our various personal peeves so that we could actually USE the thing.

It makes me wonder: do the guys (particularly two of you- you know who you
are) actually USE the iPhone/Touch for anything functional or do you just
play with its awe-inspiring (but work-related-uselessness) of its pinch and
roll screen acrobatics and feel that's enough?

iPhone News wrote:
> just connect to iTunes and update your iPhone.
>
Thanks for notifying us. I've been hoping for these fixes since I got my
Touch 3 weeks ago.

Don't ignore the iTunes 7.7.1 update too folks. It fixed my Outlook syncing
issue pretty well from what I can tell now.

Mike Hofman <[email protected]> wrote in news:4897eb36$0$89395$815e3792
@news.qwest.net:

> people don't think there is a crash? come on, several 3rd party apps did
> this, but it's fixed in 2.0.1
>
>

Everything crashes....it's NORMAL. What is amusing is how screwed
customers can be convinced to defend the company and do these magnificent
deflections to the company's product defects. They are surely loyal, if a
bit naive.

"Carl" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> It makes me wonder: do the guys (particularly two of you- you know who
> you are) actually USE the iPhone/Touch for anything functional or do
> you just play with its awe-inspiring (but work-related-uselessness) of
> its pinch and roll screen acrobatics and feel that's enough?
>
>
>

Keep in mind there is quite a following for Etch-A-Sketch, as well.

In message <[email protected]> Mike Hofman
<[email protected]> wrote:

> DevilsPGD <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> >I haven't had any of these problems with the previous software or the
>> >update. Maybe you need to do a reset?
>>
>> But but but... Apple's products don't crash, and they don't need to be
>> reset!
>from time to time you'll see an app crash, but the os doesn't.

Sadly, not the case. I've had two OS crashes on my iPhone 3G so far.
I've also had the App manager crash, which blocks the shutdown process.

>> Naaa, tried that. Safari crashed the first time in the store while the
>> rep was playing with her printer.
>
>but not under 2.0

huh? That was under 2.0.0. Brand new phone, was activated and ready to
go, I was just waiting for my copy of the paperwork confirming the
feature changes.

>> The iPod crash is a known issue going back to the first iPod Touch
>> release (or earlier), it's moderately reproducible by adding songs to
>> the On The Go list (start with a blank list) while music is playing.
>
>very obscure at best, never heard of it. "start with a blank list", how
>many times are people going to do that anyway? never.

This is the *only* way to create a playlist on the device itself.

The iPhone/iPod 3G only supports editing one playlist, the "On the go"
playlist, and as soon as you connect iTunes the playlist gets renamed
(by default, to "On The Go 1")

By definition the On The Go playlist is blank to start with.

>> The contacts list issue is also something that several people at the
>> office see, so I don't think it's just my device.
>
>that only affected a few people, but it's fixed in 2.0.1

It's definitely faster loading the contact list most of the time, but it
still occasionally stalls for 5 or so seconds.

>> The thing about the iPhone, it tries to cover up the crash, some apps
>> (phone app) will reload automatically, or otherwise you just get back to
>> the home screen. Hide the "This program crashed" warning and people
>> don't think there is a crash.
>
>people don't think there is a crash? come on, several 3rd party apps did
>this, but it's fixed in 2.0.1

I'm sorry, what exactly is fixed in 2.0.1? All 3rd party app crashes?

Previously on alt.cellular.attws, Carl said:

> As one poster on that site said: :
> "What the ... 249MB? How can there be .25 GB of bug fixes to patch up?"

Note that I have no idea what is actually in that 249MB of download:

Maybe some of it is a loader app? Maybe Apple cannot or did not simply
patch lines of code, but are distributing entire updated apps? Maybe
the updates include graphical elements to the apps (which take up lots
of space)?

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On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Jeffrey Kaplan posted:
> Note that I have no idea what is actually in that 249MB of download:

It's the complete firmware, replacing whatever was there before. The
upgrade works by erasing the iToy, loading the new firmware, then
reloading all your data from backup.

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Previously on alt.cellular.attws, Mark Crispin said:

> On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Jeffrey Kaplan posted:
> > Note that I have no idea what is actually in that 249MB of download:
>
> It's the complete firmware, replacing whatever was there before. The
> upgrade works by erasing the iToy, loading the new firmware, then
> reloading all your data from backup.

I have 13 gigabytes of music on my iPhone, plus a hundred of so photos
and a 12MB video, as well as some third party software, calendar and
contact data. No way those were all reloaded in the less than ten
minutes it took to update the device.

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