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a few graphics glitches after 4.3 update

yes it's mainly on the lock screen, unlocking doesn't always work immediately + some artifacts appear briefly in the upper zone of the screen or in the unlock code boxes.

Also, and that's new, the screen (unlocked now) shows some latency to update the brightness. This is reproducible.

I'll attempt a reset of the device and report back if things don't change.

iPod 4G, iOS 4

Posted on Mar 9, 2011 4:47 PM

104 replies

Mar 26, 2011 2:19 PM in response to Joseph Kriz

So far so good here with the update. I don't see anymore weird graphic issues. Please keep reporting back if anyone else still experiences this after updating.

ErikW

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Mar 27, 2011 11:18 PM in response to Joseph Kriz

4.3.1 update solved the issue for me.

Mar 28, 2011 12:28 AM in response to arrow7

Scares me to update to 4.3.1, especially after the nightmare of 4.3 last time...

But things are flickering, so I guess I have to do it ;(

Mar 28, 2011 12:44 AM in response to arrow7

Did the update and it's doing that same thing it did when I first installed 4.3, putting the iPod into recovery mode.

I don't get this, I thought it was just a 4.3.1 bug fix, not a repeat of 4.3.

ErikW

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Mar 28, 2011 1:29 AM in response to lailari72

lailari72 wrote:
Did the update and it's doing that same thing it did when I first installed 4.3, putting the iPod into recovery mode.

I don't get this, I thought it was just a 4.3.1 bug fix, not a repeat of 4.3.

To be fair, this thread is about graphics glitches in Gen 4 iPod touch after the 4.3 update. Apple has acknowledged and seemingly addressed that issue with 4.3.1. Going into recovery mode is something different. I'd suggest searching for other threads, or contacting Apple or the Genius Bar if a full restore is unsuccessful.

This is just the wrong thread for your issue.

arrow7 Author

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Mar 28, 2011 3:14 AM in response to lailari72

to the above poster (lailari72): may be off topic but this should spare some time: to make things clear, when Apple sends an update to fix bugs, the update process is not incremental, the whole OS is re-installed. There's no such things as Windows (or Mac) updates on iOS.

Kiwi913

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Mar 29, 2011 4:34 PM in response to arrow7

Yeah mine does this too. usually on the battery/ time/ wifi icons on top, and sometimes on other things like pop-up notifications and the slide to unlock bar. Even the enter passcode screen sometimes shows weird lines, but all of these normally go away after tapping around a bit. Like Paul said, it's not very consistent and seems to happen randomly, and trying to take a screenshot of it makes the glitches go away. This is getting super annoying.

JimHdk

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Mar 29, 2011 4:44 PM in response to Kiwi913

Kiwi913 wrote:
Yeah mine does this too. usually on the battery/ time/ wifi icons on top, and sometimes on other things like pop-up notifications and the slide to unlock bar. Even the enter passcode screen sometimes shows weird lines, but all of these normally go away after tapping around a bit. Like Paul said, it's not very consistent and seems to happen randomly, and trying to take a screenshot of it makes the glitches go away. This is getting super annoying.

Update to iOS 4.3.1. It contains a fix for this problem.

Mar 29, 2011 6:52 PM in response to JimHdk

4.3.1 fixed all my graphics problems!!! Thanks apple

Now they just need to fix how slow IOS is.... and the opening app animations

Mar 30, 2011 5:32 PM in response to arrow7

Oh I didn't know that, I thought it was like your average update, the kind that windows does. Thanks arrow.

Update: Installed the update 4.3.1 a few days ago, it erased everything and then tried to restore, then it couldn't. Rebooted the system, tried it again and it restored (but with an annoying add on, my icons always have to be refiled and some times I have apps that don't work at all because of "missing components"). Today, I was going to add a film to the iPod and iTunes wouldn't recognize it, it asked to restore, I did as promoted and then said it couldn't restore it. Decided to plug in my older, six year old iPod (a first gen nano, and it was fine, no glitches and no gremlins in the machine), and it recognized the older Nano, but not the newer iTouch.

I'm getting a little tired of having to restore this iPod Touch every time I want to synch it with ITunes. I mean all was well and good before 4.3, so umm.

I'm running Windows 7 on a Dell, is it the OS on the Dell that's doing this, or is it this 4.3 that's the culprit I wonder?

Mar 30, 2011 5:35 PM in response to ErikW

Okay, sorry...I don't know how delete a message on this board.

Will look elsewhere for help.

ikajjake

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Apr 17, 2011 7:57 PM in response to Bernd Maedicke

is it okay to update directly from 4.2.1 to 4.3.2 or from 4.1 to 4.3?🙂 thanks, i really appreciate your help.

Apr 19, 2011 4:42 PM in response to arrow7

It happens to mine too! Same problem with the pixels jumping around whenever my alarm goes off. Sometimes even when I get the push notification. I'll update mine tonight when I get hope. I hope that will solve the problem!

Jun 11, 2011 6:42 PM in response to arrow7

Found this thread, mine seems to be working ok, but it does do the thing with the photo albums but not always, some times I can't get to the camera's folder at the top, I did a reset and it came back and worked and has been for the rest of today, but that seems like a small fix and not a real done fix...

ps, I just got mine a couple of days ago so when I connected up it went right for the upgrade.

so I never saw any of the other things that folks have noticed before...

a few graphics glitches after 4.3 update