iPhone 3G woes continue...

[qt_arvin]

Got this from another forum...might as well share this,for the benefit of those current users


Reports Of Failing iPhone 3G Reception, Apple Remains Quiet

Chicago (IL) - Many iPhone 3G owners don’t quite experience the twice as fast, half the price cellphone they were promised. Connectivity problems are reported to be impacting the 3G experience, ranging from a weak 3G reception and connectivity, speed declines to EDGE and even dropped calls. Although lots of fingers pointed into AT&Ts direction initially, we are now learning that users in European countries are experiencing similar problems. Some analysts believe that Apple may have programmed the iPhone 3G chipset too conservatively, suggesting that firmware update should fix the issue. However, engineers highlight possible manufacturing problems caused by the substantial manufacturing ramp that reportedly is beyond actual capacity.

continued here:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/iPhone...ews-28952.html

related links:
= Has the iPhone 3G Been Fixed? - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/0...ref=technology
= iPhone 2.0.2 Dropped Calls
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives...ped_calls.html
= Did Apple iPhone Fix Make Problems Worse? - Latest update adds new problems on to old ones... - dslreports.com
http://www.broadbandreports.com/show...ms-Worse-97092


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here's a brief comment from Steve Jobs about the problems:


Steve Jobs vows iPhone app crash fix for September

iPhone owners suddenly locked out of their third-party apps by a crash bug on startup will have a solution next month, Apple chief Steve Jobs has revealed.

An AppleInsider reader has received one of Steve Jobs' characteristically brief and rare personal responses, assuring them that his company is aware of the problem and has a solution.

"This is a known iPhone bug that is being fixed in the next software update in September," reads the one-line message from the Apple co-founder.

The email provides an end date to problems that have become increasingly apparent in Apple's support forums and elsewhere. Many report the iPhone 2.0 firmware suddenly failing to load non-default apps regardless of their nature, briefly loading them before abruptly jumping back to the home screen.

The bug occurs both with freshly downloaded software and with updates, but is reported as never having a definite fix; although some report successfully deleting and re-downloading apps to regain access, others find the solution either having no effect or gradually decaying over time to where the apps again fail to run. Restoring the iPhone also seldom works.

Apple's recently released 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 updates are similarly incapable of resolving the problem. In some circumstances, iPhone owners have found the patches breaking what ran properly before.

And while Apple until Jobs' message has never publicly said when a solution would arrive, an increasing amount of speculation and clues suggests that the problem may stem from improperly set permissions to run the apps.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...september.html

[Reggie]

But then, there's this: http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=444&a=440573
and this: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/0...-iphone-3.html

[HooHaw]

Philippines is not on the list.

Calling Philippine iPhone users... please participate in Testmyiphone so we can see where we stand.