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Steve Jobs email: iOS 4 update to address performance issues on iPhone 3G ‘coming soon’

Friday, August 20, 2010 · 12:21 pm · 39 Comments

“A new email from Apple CEO Steve Jobs appears to confirm that the company will soon be issuing a software update to address issues with the iPhone 3G’s performance under iOS 4. Late last month, the company acknowledged that it was “looking into” user reports of the issue,” Eric Slivka reports for MacRumors.

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Slivka reports that “Jobs’ response was unsurprisingly terse:”

Software update coming soon.

Sent from my iPhone

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Lynn W." for the heads up.]

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Graeme43

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 12:28 pm · Reply

Anyone with access to the 4.1 beta (such as me) and I have an iPhone 3G. I can confirm that the speed increase is phenomenol! My keylock is 100% responsive and all the apple apps are just as fast. keyboard doesnt lag. It is a 3G so it still has loading times on large apps

But it is speedy as it came on 2.0
m159

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 12:41 pm · Reply

Thankfully there was a short time between “upgrading” my old 3G and buying the iPhone4.
acid

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 12:47 pm · Reply

Initial iOS 4 made my 3G behave like an “iPhone killer”. Glad Apple is doing something about it. I think the 2nd and 3rd gen phones are still going be used in the wild for years.
loopy_nj

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 12:48 pm · Reply

I hope it also means they are working on the battery drain issues with the 2nd gen iPod Touch. When I upgraded to IOS 4, my battery life on the iPod got cut in half. Since the 2nd Gen Touch doesn’t even support multitasking, the battery life shouldn’t have decreased so dramatically.
anonymous coward

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 12:49 pm · Reply

“iOS 4 update to address performance issues on iPhone 3G ‘coming soon” – steve jobs

Translation:

“We are working on fixing the Freetype/PDF vulnerability that will pwn your 3G iPhone (and likely Mac’s) just by clicking on a malicious link”

Note: Linux fixed theirs within a few days. Fast as usual.

There are updates for Flash, Reader and Acrobat too.

http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/
JB

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 12:52 pm · Reply

Thanks, Steve? I’m certain all 3G iPhone owners appreciate Apple’s efforts to fix any possible iOS4 issues with said phone. Now how about an honest to goodness print utility for the iPad! The available, and often costly, print apps all leave something to be desired.
Famous Grouse

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 12:54 pm · Reply

Not a moment too soon. iOS 4 on the 3G is nearly as bad as Win 3.1. Daily reboots are necessary to prevent app freezing. The Mail app seems to be a prime offender; things are particularly sluggish for the 30-60 seconds after exiting mail, something is still running in the background. It also seems like the OS might be optimized for 512M RAM and is spending lots of time swapping.
@ anonymous coward

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 12:57 pm · Reply

I thought that the Freetype/PDF vulnerability was already patched in 4.0.2?

Am I wrong?
Kurt Weiler

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 1:01 pm · Reply

I hate my iPhone since I upgraded to iOS4! I can still use it as a telephone, that’s it. When I type on it, I have to wait for the letters to show up, and playing games on it is really not possible any more. Come on, Apple, you can fix this!
bdb

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 1:10 pm · Reply

I went to iOS 4 on my 3G and reverted back after only a few days. Although it’s not supported by Apple, iRecovery does a great job of allowing you to downgrade back to version 3 on an iPhone 3G. Instructions can be found via web search.
AAPLguy

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 1:23 pm · Reply

“I thought that the Freetype/PDF vulnerability was already patched in 4.0.2?

Am I wrong?”

You are correct. Anonymous coward is a troll, only here to trash Apple.
acid

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 1:26 pm · Reply

Shantanu, stop using the anon-cow handle. It’s unbecoming of a CEO.
Lurker_PC

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 1:28 pm · Reply

The video on the page is NOT a parody. That’s daily life with IOS4.x (thus far) on a 3G phone.

The email to which Steve Jobs replied could have been from me. Agree completely with the author of the email.

Having said that, I know Apple takes care of it’s customers.

Peace.
Funky Chicken

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 1:39 pm · Reply

Graeme43,

Thanks for that info – it sounds very encouraging for those of us who has a 3G.
Worser and Worser

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 1:40 pm · Reply

The iP4 launch, iOS, and the rest has clearly resulted in the most troublesome summer in the history of the world of Apple. And, the fault can be laid at the stubborn, arrogant feet of Steve Jobs.

You reap what you sow in this life, my friend.
Jason

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 1:43 pm · Reply

@Anonymous Coward: Zune Tang is that you? Got your facts wrong as usual. 4.0.2 patched the problem. That was week’s ago
Macguyg4

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 2:08 pm · Reply

My iPhone 3G is really slow with multitasking enabled. But i turned it off and there was no difference.
unfungus

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 2:26 pm · Reply

@Macguy4- there is no multitasking on the 3G

@Worse and Worser- you are not paying attention. Every product/OS debut has problems. You have no sense of context. Try to keep you mouth like your eyes, closed.
ken

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 2:45 pm · Reply

about freaking time. I have been so peeved. almost enough to quit buying apple
anonymous coward

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 2:47 pm · Reply

Yes, my bad, iOS 4.02 did patch the hole,

if you can upgrade to iOS 4.02 that is…

“iOS4 isn’t slow on the 3G if you do a clean wipe of the OS before moving to 4. This has been a known issue for some time now. Wipe your 3G, then move to iOS4. If you upgraded and already experience performance issues, backup your phone, restore to factory settings, upgrade to iOS4, then restore from backup.”