Q: Iphone 3G slow after update to IOS4

Yes we all know this...the complaint is that the phone does not do the basics after you upgrade..it becomes almost completely unusable.

pablo_guenther wrote:
I wonder what the PC guy has to say about this??

That could be a funny commercial. Hodgman glowingly comparing Microsoft software blunders to this one.

Piece of crap update, so much for having folders to organize applications that should have being there in the first place. Apart from that, there is no other feature that is actually usable in the 3G, and now it is a brick, where i can't even answer the phone without it going to voice mail, because the arrow doesn't scroll right. I have to call them back every time.

It seems like a conspiracy to make us buy the new iphone 4. And 2 more years of contract with the crappy ATT.

I have 2 iphone 3G, mine and my wife's.

I'm extremely ******.

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Downgraded to 3.1.3 yesterday. Now my 3g is back to life.

I just spoke with Apple support...they have been getting a tonne of complaints, but as of now are not offering, or developing a solution to this problem.

They suggested I reset the phone and all of it's data, or I could downgrade (but they do not recommend or support that option).

I pleaded that they pass my comments up the ladder that Apple fix their mistake. She suggested I could speak with her supervisor but I didn't have the time. Anyone who does, I suggest you give apple a ring and directly climb to the top.

Make our voices heard!!

I was told by someone in Cork, Ireland, that they're working on it but he couldn't give me a date.

If anyone has the name/address of the person to write to in the UK to complain about this I'd appreciate it.

best place is here :

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

keep it short & to the point, but clear - they'll work-out the details ...

they won't reply personally, but we've had fixes to issues within hours - to lesser problems than this one (of course) !

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RX100 how did you do that? I have to give it a shot. I don't want to go buy a new phone and get another 2 year contract.

Cheers, have filled it in. Hopefully we'll get some response on timescale

This instrcutions are only if a person has a Mac computer. Correct?

I'm starting to believe the conspiracy theorists, this update rendered my 3g useless. This seems to be a shady sales tactic! DON'T UPGRADE TO 4.0! WITH A 3G!

Interesting 2 months later, and Iphone users are having this same problem.

is it really two months ...

how time flies, when you're having fun ...

I don't think !

Im having the same issue.
1) Battery drains, even when I'm on airplane mode and location services are off.
2) lock screen is slower then swiping the lock slide to the right. its jumpy
3) SMS app is slower especially when sending a message, the text-bubble doesn't smoothly animate to go to the sms thread. it just jumps to there with no transition. (its probably because of the new spell checker which uses additional RAM)
4) the Settings page is really sluggish. doesn't respond right away on clicks and swipe (down/up).
5) opening an app (Photos for example) makes it look like its loading faster because you see the albums right away.. but actually it only shows the after-image when you last access it while its still loading Photos in the background. They use the after-image technique just to make it appear that its loading faster.
8) the Notepad icon looks crumpled just below the brown bar.
9) iBooks is sooo slow... turning pages doesn't respond sometimes.
10)my apps are now really slow.
11) normally, when i press the sleep button, ill hear a clicking sound with the push. but now, the clicking sound is really delayed. same thing when slide-unlocking the device.
12) iPod sound seems lower now... i have a fixed volume setting in my car and i know how loud it sounds coz i listen to it every single day with my iphone... but now the sound seems lower with the same exact volume setting in my car and in the iPhone volume. equalizer setting in car and iPhone are exactly the same too...
I just wish there's an option to disable features you dont need which may be eating memory resource like landscape keyboard, spotlight search, the new spellcheck, etc). i think when those are disabled, it would make iPhone 3G back to being smooth and fluid like in the old iOS 2.0 days...

I am not sure if anyone else has had this specific problem. I have downloaded the newest update and not only is my phone REALLY slow, it also locks up, the e-mail will no longer automatically update the time after push happens (or maybe now does not happen??), some of my apps just close randomly, and the internet now basically is useless because it is so slow and always pops up my my "favorites" menu when I try to search. When I google things, its like the letters are in slow mode, almost taking several seconds to show up after I type each letter. Another problem is with texting. It as well is very slow and now it freezes almost every other time I try to text. The latest problem I have had was that I was getting an incoming call, I could see the screen and saw the call coming in as usual, but tried to slide the green arrow to answer the call and everything was frozen and I could not answer the call. I had NONE of these problems before the update. If anyone has experienced any of these problems and has found a solution to make the phone work, can you please let me know? Thanks!