Apple releases iOS 4.0.1 for iPhone, 3.2.1 for iPad - Page 2

Seriously.


But do you think those bloggers will admit that they were all wrong tomorrow? Not a chance.

The iPhone 4 update is larger because the screen is much higher resolution so all of the graphics are also higher resolution, so the file sizes are bigger. Also, there's the FaceTime software as well.


Apple doesn't release the iOS updates in small patches, but rather re-packages the updates in a full OS install. They do this so that you can upgrade from any version (such as upgrading from 2.0 to 4.0.1).

I thought people knew this information by now, but there are probably a lot of new iPhone owners out there this year so... just so you know.

Update installed. Great. However, my phone is sitting exactly where it was before the update. Prior to installing, it was getting 5 bars, now it only shows 3 bars. That pretty much confirms my suspicion of what the update was supposed to do - hide the problem by showing a crap signal strength all the time.

Won't that just deplete the battery more quickly as the phone uses more power to get a stronger signal?

Agreed. That is one issue I've actually had. I just had it happen a few minutes ago. I've placed several calls on mute by accident.

True!

Also, this isn't available for iPod touches, so it really should be the reception issue only. Otherwise I would feel left behind

I hope it addresses the bluetooth (which it doesn't look like it does). My iPhone keeps disconnecting from Sync in my car.

You're not getting any better or worse signal than you had before the update. Everything is exactly the same. The only difference is, you're seeing your ACTUAL signal, when in fact before you were being lied to when you saw 5 bars. It will not deplete your battery any differently than before because it's still receiving the same signal.

It's only showing you what you really have.

Thanks. I just thought that this was really inefficient. I'm sure Apple can figure out that to go from one release to any other release that they would know what files changed and needed to be sent/updated.

It's a little early to say anything. I have used 4.0.1 for 2 5 minute calls now and both went OK.

3 weeks for development, QC, and possibly FCC approval doesn't seem all that long. It's the mass hysteria that makes it seem long.


You answered your own question. It's more reliable to do it this way. In addition, you can use this upgrade to upgrade from any approved previous version - Apple no longer has to release multiple different upgrade patches.

If they had done a piecemeal upgrade and 2 people on the planet had had a problem, there would be 40,000 blogs tomorrow about how the upgrade was bad. Apple is going to be conservative on patches on the iPhone.


Pray tell where your electrical engineering degree is from and whose radio frequency test lab you used to reach that conclusion.

It's really sad how people will jump to conclusions that a Fortune 100 company is lying without any evidence to back up their accusations.

I assume when you say "morons" you mean everyone at Apple-- the entire engineering and design staffs, marketing, Jony Ive, Steve Jobs-- the whole damn bunch. They're collectively and individually "morons." I read these forums every day and am constantly amazed at the level of vitriol and hyperbole.

I have an iPhone 4. I love it. I'm not having any reception or dropped calls issues (certainly far less than with my 3GS). I do have a problem occasionally with the proximity sensor. It is a real problem and certainly for me has a real impact on my ability to use the phone properly at times. I agree that I would like to see this fixed as quickly as possible. I would prefer that they fix this problem before the "reception" issue-- of course for selfish reasons as I am affected by the proximity sensor problem but not the "reception" issue. But it never occurs to me to consider the folks at Apple as inferior. I suspect based on the overall quality of the products over the years and the incredible growth that the company has seen because of those great products, that in fact an inordinate number of wildly intelligent and dedicated people work there. I suspect there are very few "morons" on the Cupertino campus.

The internet enables a high level of anger because of the anonymity it provides. Bloggers and talkbackers can spew vitriol and disinformation at an alarming rate with no accountability. I just wonder if it's not possible to take a more reasoned approach and perspective to these problems. I have complete confidence that Apple will correct all of the shortcomings of the phone. The reason that I believe this is because that has typically been their approach in the past. Maybe this will be the time that they let their customers down. But I doubt it.

My friend who had the proximity sensor issue took his back to the Apple Store and had it replaced with a new unit that doesn't have that issue instead of b!tching about it online. He was in and out of the Apple Store. Problem solved. Perhaps those people with this issue should do the same.

yeah that is weird.



(guess the image didn't make it: http://exjay.com/images/ios401dl.jpg)

Actually this update did show AT&Ts signal is a problem. I'm using an Iphone 3G... In the office on 4.0 I had 5 bars nearly everywhere but subpar performance on 3G (web pages loading much slower than expected for 5 bars). After the update I am showing 2 to 3 bars in the same location and moving around until I get 4+ bars results in a significant boost in 3G throughput (using speedtest.net 'speed test' application to test).

While I don't believe this 'fixes' any design issues Apple may have I do believe there WAS a calculation issue and it has now been corrected.

There is a different download for each model of phone, and each is a different configuration so the file sizes are different

Probably because the firmware can't be reliably patched, so it's an all or nothing process.

Did anyone read the EULA? Seriously wondering if somewhere in there it states that by downloading 4.0.1 you agree not to expect your iPhone 4 to act, behave or function like a phone. Just sayin'

Thats 200MB for TriQuint UMTS radio driver updates.

i have noticed the proximity sensor has improved significantly on iOS 4.1 beta.

The iPad update is 456.9 MB.

You're not making much sense here.

You are talking about the signal strength detected by the phone when it's not being "held wrong." It's a simple fact that even though people and organisations have railed against the design of the antenna when it's held, each and every one of them has confirmed that if the phone is not held, it has the best antenna of any phone ever tested.

If you have a bad signal, it *is* actually AT&T's fault.

If your other phones showed the signal how it actually *is* instead of being "optimistic" you'd see that the iPhone 4 antenna is actually the *best* antenna design out of those phones. Your actual signal strength is three bars. That's what the update was for, so people now know what the actual signal strength is instead of just seeing five bars all the time.

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Did you ask the same question when Enron happened? How about Subprime crisis? We you in US at the time?
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I am not saying it's the same scale or even 1% of it. But corporate America is not known for it's ethics.

I was wondering if that was going to be the case.......point the finger at someone else.

Removed, found the answer

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Just updated all three iPads in the house, and there are noticeable WiFi improvements.

I'm still getting 5 bars here at work after the update.

Pray tell, where did I say anyone was lying?

Why should we believe you? You obviously lied when you agreed to the NDA or else you somehow obtained the software in an unapproved manner, so that invalidates your remark in my opinion.

Pr*ck!

wow...

As a note: my iPod Touch 2G in 4.0 does not let me import PDFs from emails into iBooks or any program--it merely shows the first page of the PDF as a JPEG. I can "Save image", but cannot access the PDF. Anyone having this problem with their iPhone?

Why don't we all wait untill tomorrow and see what they say, we spent alot of money, I'm sure Apple will do the right thing

Here is how it looks now. Note in the last pic how Android uses the same dB rating for CDMA and GSM and how skewed it is. Going to 89 dB for 5 bars. The iPhone can be in 3 bars now while Android shows 5 bars, but who cares if other handsets are inaccurate so long as its all Apples fault¡

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3821/i...-41-signal-fix

Good advice, and welcome to the forum. One of the better first posts I've seen around here in a while.

well, you showed that you are a brain..NOT

I am not in breach of the NDA. I am commenting on the performance of the phone after the latest update available to developers. I use my developer phone as a normal phone in addition to development activities. In no way did I discuss new apps or features that the update provides. Those are proprietary until Apple releases it publicly.

As Apple said, "We are adopting AT&Ts recently recommended formula for calculating how many bars to display for a given signal strength.

You do know what "recently" infers, don't you?

Your response confirms my suspicion of your ability to comprehend.

Yes, it's very sad -- and not at all understandable -- that people could even possibly think that huge corporations don't operate with the public's well-being in mind.

Really??? That's weird. I thought that the proximity sensor issue was pretty much a universal problem. Honestly, I thought this was a software based problem that would pretty much affect all phones rather than a hardware issue. I wonder if maybe I should take in my wife's to see about getting it swapped out? She definitely has problems with the proximity sensor.