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Re: Updating to 3.0.1 OS

Just want to share...
Now updating my 3GS software to 3.0.1 and so far so good, keeping my fingers cross now!

Will update you guys after it has completed, currently only 35%.

iPhone OS 3.0

Posted on Aug 5, 2009 4:26 AM

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Aug 5, 2009 9:01 AM in response to Dave Hutch

I have to say after I did the update, I noticed a rather quick battery drain. I hadn't used my phone much during the day and was at about 97% (again mostly standby), but I went into the app store and did some browsing and within the hour I found I was down to 72%!! No wi-fi, brightness was down a little past half way, no push, yada yada yada. I did a restore to backup and didn't see much of a change , then a restore as a new phone. Then to be on the safe side, I decided to check with the genious and have him check the battery on my phone and said he didn't see anything out of sorts. I have to say the battery is back pretty much to normal.

iPhoNettie

Aug 6, 2009 1:27 AM in response to Darth_Hell

Hi all,

I just thought I would add my experiences to this list, in case they help anyone else having this problem.

Like most people, as soon as iTune attempted an OS upgrade to 3.0.1 - my iPhone 3G became a brick and then stayed continually in the "Maintenance mode -> Restore" loop. I tried pretty much everything that I had found in this discussions well into the night but to no avail.

This morning I thought that I would give it one more go...and although I have no proof that what I did differently caused the update to work...it is worth while letting you know.

This morning, before attempting the upgrade, I REMOVED MY SIM from the iPhone. This is the only thing I did differently today.

Then I started iTunes and, whilst holding down the "home" button (yes...I had tried this last night too...but did not work), I connected the iPhone to my PC and waited until the warning message about the maintenance mode came up...then I released the "home" button.

I then clicked on the restore button and.....it all worked!

Once The update had all worked, I re-inserted my SIM and then restored some of the data from my last backup.

So..as I said, no guarantees...but removing the SIM for the duration of the update seemed to do the trick.

cheers,

Kristian.

Re: Updating to 3.0.1 OS

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