iPhone 2.02 update
Apple has finally acknowledged the iPhone 3G’s reception issues, confirming that the iPhone 2.0.2 software update was designed to fix those problems.
But, it’s not clear whether all of the problems have actually been fixed. I still have the problem where it occasionally drops from 3G to Edge on the Rogers network. I have read many reports (from US bloggers) where people have reported that the update did improve their reception.
However, I was reading Chuq Von Rospach’s blog (a former Apple employee) who reported earlier this week that Apple will take several months for a fix to be developed by Infineon, believed to be the source of the reception problems. Perhaps the 2.0.2 update isn’t the complete fix, but a starting point for putting the reception issues to rest.“What I was told was that 90% of the disconnects are initiated inside the phone, which would exonerate AT&T. Most of the disconnects are being generated by crashes in the driver code for the 3G chip, which comes from the chip vendor, not something Apple written and outside of Apple’s direct control.”
August 20th, 2008 at 20:22
AFter i did the 2.0.2 update, my unit doesn’t backup anymore… or it does, but it shows the date as the year 2000… whawt gives??? ayayayayayay
August 21st, 2008 at 20:55
According to an Associated Press article, the update “improved communication with 3G networks,” said Apple spokesperson Jennifer Bowcock.
UPDATE: What’s more, according to an AppleInsider rumor, another update is scheduled for September that addresses an issue where non-default applications will repeatedly crash. A tipster claims to have received a Steveogram saying the issue “is a known iPhone bug that is being fixed in the next software update in September.” (Chairman Jobs is known to occasionally respond to complaint emails with terse but sympathetic notes.)