Dear Auntie TUAW: Is My 2.0 iPhone Slow and Buggy?
Dear Auntie TUAW,
I've been looking to see if there was a post about this, but have people been noticing that the 2.0 firmware on their original iPhones has made them slow, partially responsive, and more buggy? I'm looking for a way to downgrade mine until they get it figured out. Thanks!
Signed, David C.
David, read on for the answer from Auntie TUAW.
Dear David,
2.0 instability is a pretty universal issue these days. I haven't played with 2.1, but our tipsters suggest that it's not a great improvement on 2.0. Still, there are ways to keep your iPhone usable without downgrading back to 1.1.4.
First, limit your applications. iPhone instability seems to rise as the number of onboard apps increases. Some users find that they needed to de-install all their apps and re-install them to bring the iPhone back to a harmonious equilibrium. Check out the discussion threads over at Apple for further information.
Second, reboot. A good fresh reboot does wonders for your iPhone's stability, allowing the OS to restart cleanly. A reboot a day may keep that unwanted white Apple away!
Thirdly, consider performing a complete restore if your iPhone seems particularly prone to crashes. After restoring, decline all existing backups. Instead, create a new iPhone identity. This provides you with the cleanest possible installation. Unfortunately, you then have to start re-syncing all your contacts, bookmarks, media, etc. and re-teaching your typing autocompletion choices, but you'll have built the best-possible starting point to work from.
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Dear Auntie TUAW, I've been looking to see if there was a post about this, but have people been noticing that the 2.0 firmware on their...
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The discussion thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1600894
on Apple's forum about the the Apple Logo Of Death has been locked. Replies are not allowed.
I agree with everybody saying that this is a computer after all and it should be rebooted occasionally to ensure correct processes but I do not quite accept this fact because this was not the case for 1.1.4... why?
July 31 2008 at 4:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyJust another reminder to those complaining about iTunes trying to backup your iPhone/iPod touch every time you dock:
You can SKIP the backup and just sync. Click the X next to the backup progress bar, and it will go on to the sync. That's it. You're done. No backup.
You can then backup later, when you've no immediate need for your device: Overnight, or at dinner, or whatever.
Skipping the backup does not cancel the sync.
@ishcabittle:: Please learn to pay attention. I have no interest in fw 2.0 until there is a refresh of the lines and my next device *comes* with 2.x. It's obvious to me that not enough testing went into fw 2.0. Isn't it to you?
Other users are not sharing in your so-called 'good experience'... and I for one don't feel like being YA-beta tester for Apple. Least of all a *hardware* beta tester for this new, wasn't tested enough, not-enough-dot-release-bugfixes firmware.
Also: If your touch or phone is following typical Mac OSX practices then you should give 20% of the space over to /swap/ ...
My new iPhone is both my most loved and hated gadget of all time. I've been having SO MANY ISSUES with it I can't even begin to explain. A buddy of mine has a first gen iPhone and upgrading to 2.0 was the worst idea ever. At one point it was so buggy he was unable to make or receive calls.
My GPS doesn't work anymore, it crashes all the time and THE NETWORK IS FUCKING TERRIBLE! I've been with Verizon for years and have never, ever had a problem. I make the switch and I get at least two dropped calls a day and I am not receiving a good 30% of my phone calls. Instead a random voicemail will appear out of thin air. I really, really hate ATT so far. My only glimmer of hope is that a patch is coming soon.
On my 1st gen iPhone 2.0 was sluggish and unstable too. After some struggling I'm finally back on 1.1.4. Life on the EDGE is good again.
July 31 2008 at 9:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply@Drunken Economist:
You can jailbreak 2.0. Maybe you should pay attention to the internet before you post.
And for the record, my Pwnage jailbroken phone is more stable than the vanilla firmware that it came with. How's that for awesome? Give the OS partition at least a gig and things go much better.
Yeah 2.0 is buggy and slower than it used to be... mine seems to be related to the apps the more I add the more buggy it gets I cut my apps down to 4 and things are much better but I still run into some problems.
July 30 2008 at 7:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMeet Apple, the new Microsoft. After *trying* to force this update on me, I insist on staying on firmware 1.14. Will I ever upgrade? No!!
When Apple makes [the next] iPod refresh, and it *comes* with firmware 2.x, *and* I can jailbreak it, then I'm there. But at this point I have *ten times* the functionality of Apple's [cr]AppStore.
Sorry, but new firmware is not always better. And as with the .Me fiasco, Apple is just making this clear as glass.
I've had no problems with 2.0 on my 32GB touch, and the benefits are far greater than those of jailbreaking.
You're letting the horror stories from idiot users get to you. There's no slowdown, no weird issues, no problems for most people.
Oh yes it is slower than the previous firmware :(. It takes even a few seconds before I can read an sms.
Jan
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