Apple today released iPhone, iPod touch 2.0.1 Software Update via iTunes.
Choose your device, click the “Summary” tab and click the “Check for Update” button.
iPhone, iPod touch 2.0.1 Software Update includes “bug fixes” and supersedes all previous versions.
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NetShare still works
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@Woot:
That’s a good thing…. but the real question is, is it snappier now?!
Thank goodness.
but is it more stable?
Yesss !!
I am downloading it for mi 3G
I hope they adressed the huge delays i have when i try to return to the adress book (wich contains 1700 entries, but witch was working fine on 1.0 on iphone 1).
I hope they will adress too :
– Slow installation of apps (few secs for downloading, about 1 min or more to install)
– Unexpected App crashes, that soletime require reboot
– Slow access to adress book
And an ideas for Apple i would LOVE to find in this release :
– Dynamic 3G activation / stop when safari is launched / quited
(3G seems to drain battery life in a big way to me, i desactivated it)
Anyway, even with those small inconvenients, this phone seriously rocks.
i can’t seem to open a lot of the apps i downloaded. the apps keep crashing everytime i open them, including NetShare, and a few others. What to do?
I think its a bit snappier. The keyboard is snappier. Gotta give it a day to how snappy though!
APPLE :
Please add Dynamic 3G activation !
It drains battery, so please make this option exist so i can leverage 3G when y really need it : on Safari, and when i am actively on mail ! (or using an app that require the web).
In all other cases, 3G drains way too much my phone.
Tha,k you AAPL !!!
I disabled 3g, too. I can’t get through an entire day anymore on a battery charge. I turn it on if I need to use the web, but then turn it back off. The other thing that seems to drain the battery is that mail has a hard time connecting to outgoing mail servers and just keeps trying and trying, draining the battery more and more.
I am not using 3G.
My phone barely last a whole day.
Maybe energy management can be optimized some more.
I am worried how long my phone will last when 3G comes to town this fall.
OMG Plouf1er, did you actually use “leverage” in a causal sentence? Please stay as far as possible from your company’s marketing department for at least the next month, then you should be speaking/posting normally again.
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If they can’t manage dynamic 3G right now, the least Apple could do would be to make an option that automatically disables 3G when you’re connected to wi-fi networks. I’m usually connected to wi-fi during the day, and I don’t really care if my calls sound “2G” instead of 3G, but I do like to have 3G on when I’m out so I can pull things up faster–and of course I forget to turn it on when I do need it!
Something simple like “if on wi-fi- network, then disable 3G” is so rudimentary even I could program it….. Come on, Apple, make that an option for us, please?!
Okay, class, listen up: when a software update is released that is a right-dot release, as in the case of today’s release by Apple of iPhone and iPod Touch 2.0.1 software update, the number indicates that this is a bug fix, NOT a feature enhancement. The .0.1 is the clue here.
And to those of you who are yelling for feature requests and enhancements for the iPhone here, with all due respect to the editors of this site, it won’t do any good here. You have to take your requests directly to Apple.
There will be a quiz.
NEWSFLASH: Apple will can the nano, and substitute the existing Touch for the base iPod.
$@ $149.
High storage, mobile web, unbeatable device.
Just maybe.
My bookmarks still don’t sync, manually or through the cloud.
correct. mobileme dropped bookmark syncing support
Address book is much faster with 2.0.1. There’s no noticeable lag after opening it like there was with 2.0.
Thanks, Apple, for getting this fix out pronto.
And the crowd are going wild!
No V, it did not. Mobileme simply dropped the ability of accessing your bookmarks through mac.com.
They are still supposed to synch though.
Mine haven’t been working either TT. I’ll apply the update and see if it makes a difference.
Is this hour long “restore from backup” crap going to be a requirement from now on when updating iPhone software? I could’ve sworn it used to be swift and easy and didn’t erase/restore everything on the phone.
What…three weeks?…and we already get Service Pack 1?
This is why Apple is much better.
Oh, and to top it all off, Light Saber has updated itself so that it’s louder, and rotary dialer now has sound effects. My life is now complete!
(sarcasm for those of you who don’t know this old pig)
@R2,
I don’t know what you’re doing wrong, but I didn’t have to restore squat to get the update. Whole thing took about ten minutes.
I’m getting a message that says “The iPhone cannot be used with iTunes because information required for activation could not be obtained from iPhone – check that SIM card is inserted and that iPhone is not PIN locked” I’m currently working in the Philippines – I’m an American with a legit AT&T;iPhone – Suggestions please????
Address book is not noticeably faster if you have a big address book — it is the same, pokey experience.
Pokey = opposite of snappy. Apple, let’s get on these, OK:
– ability to invite people to calendar events via Exchange
– faster address book
– subscriptions to calendars (via MobileMe)
– copy & paste ??
I’d pay $40 for these improvements, given the $$$$ I’ve gladly dropped on productivity-reducing apps 😀
Oh… I do have international roaming enabled and I did upgrade to software 2.0 without any hassle over here
Its really snappy!
OK, thats not true, I havent updated yet…..
Well, bookmarks finally synced manually, but nothing I tried got them to work through the cloud.
It is not that important, as I seldom change bookmarks. Contacts and mail would have been much more irritating. I guess I am lucky compared to many.
Hey, how bout that ‘Tiny Violin’ and ‘Cowbell’?
Update loads quickly, given the size of the download.
@Arnold,
I see. Guess I’m fucking up somehow.
@R2,
Yep. You hit the nail dead center.
@Blue Dream
What, you’d rather Apple not fix bugs? iPhone 2.0 was a huge upgrade. I, for one, can’t wait until the 2.2 upgrade. There are bumps in this primarily wonderful software and I welcome all the smoothing Apple can do. Bring it on!
Wow.Did anyone else notice the phone sabre upgrade with 2.0.1?
Light beam now emits from the top of the iphone.
After the upgrade, I too am going through a 1 hour backup. Not sure why. The backups previous to this were time-consuming, but not this long. Maybe it’s a post-update backup. Who knows? No-one but Apple.
Don’t want to reiterate the complaints about such an amazing device, but the battery life – with 3G or not – is really disappointing. To not be able to make it through an entire day with everything turned off – Push, Wifi, Bluetooth, and 3G, I’m really surprised.
The sad thing is, I’ll take it. Regardless.
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Following the excruciatingly slow 2.0.1 update process, my 1st Gen iPhone randomly unmounts from iTunes during or immediately following a sync.
2.0 is the new 1.0.
@Erik
Reboot the iPhone (holding in the sleep button a few seconds)
@makemineamac
Turn off location service. That service seems to be very hungry.
After several hours of testing, everything is much more SNAPPIER! So go get that 2.01 if your still holding back.
Is it me, or are Apple’s software becoming really buggy. I can’t remember the last time Apple had a successful launch with software. Look at Leopard, iPhone 2.0, safari etc
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249.2 MB! wow….
The first backup will take longer because there is more new data (the update) that is not backed up. It should run more snappily on subsequent backups.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
You can stop subsequent back-ups and still sync by clicking the ‘x’ circle in the top window of iTunes (not the sidebar).
Just sayin, you know, if you’re in a hurry….
how am I suppose to stay focused on firmware updates with that old spice ad on the right of the page blaring at me!
in 2.01 you can now select which calendar an event goes with in the Calendar app.
I live in a two-iPhone household. I have one and my wife has one. Being the dork, I got the 3G the morning it came out, oh, and yeah, got the first on on June 29, 2007 as well.
In any case, it’s a good test side by side to see about battery and whether or not it’s a 3G thing.
I have the same experience as most. With heavier use, I’m at 10% by the end of the day. With (my) normal use, I won’t hit 20% until about a little after lunch on day two. I used to get to evening two or drive home two before I’d hit 20%.
Here’s the thing, my wife is now plugging hers in a whole lot more which makes me think it’s much more of a software 2.0 thing than a 3G thing. She uses the Facebook application a lot so I’m guessing it a double whammy on the battery: it’s using the processor to run the app’ as well as a data connection to facilitate the usual Facebook stuff. She mostly is doing this at home which even has a wifi connection, not heavier-battery-draining Edge.
So, I will be able to see if 2.0.1 here helps with energy mgmt but simply going to 2.0 on her first gen’ phone decreased battery life.
This feature was available in 2.0 as far as choosing which calender…at least if you are set up to sync via Mobile Me as I am.
@Mark Allen,
That feature was in 2.0, I know because I couldn’t figure out why all my new appointments went into the calendar called ‘Finger Accident’ which should have only contained physiotherapy appointments for my severed finger (a bit of advice, never try to stop a circular saw with your finger, it hurts real bad).
Looking at the preferences, I was able to change the default calendar. In 2.0.
Location assist services are a major drain of battery power. The other thing is Maps… Even when I shut off the location button (dark blue as opposed to bright blue), it still tracks my location on the 1st gen iPhone… Unless I go into location assist and shut off that again.
I think Push sucks up a lot of juice too…
Think have already spotted an issue with 2.0.1…java control that worked with 2.0 not working with 2.0.1…
I’m getting a kick out of all the people who are complaining about how much power 3G services uses. I don’t know if it’s the same group who complained that Apple HAD to include 3G before they would buy an iPhone, but you asked for it and you got it.
Apple said when the first iPhone was released that 3G was a battery hog, and it would particularly drain batteries in the iPhone because of how many people would use features like Safari more than on other phones. Even so, the 3G iPhone has better performance than other 3G phones on the market.
Be careful what you wish for – you just might get it.
@Eric24601, this seems similar to what happened to my iPhone 3G a couple of weeks. I did reboot several times, but the problem persisted – downloaded apps stopped as soon as it started. So I went to talk to Apple tech support, they suggested to reset the phone, which I did, and so far so good. You may loose some iPhone settings, but your downloaded apps should be there in iTunes waiting after reset.
@TT,
Wait for the weather to clear and then try again.
@ Eric24601
If your apps are already in itunes, delete them from your phone are resync the phone from itunes.
@Woody
Sorry for the use of the word “leverage” !
I am French, i probably spend too much time on marketing materials / articles online !!!
Thank you for your help anyway
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Found the cause of my 2.0.1 “issue”, was something bad cached with the bookmark somehow. Not using the bookmark resolved it. So no issues with 2.0.1.
Well after the 2.0.1 update I’m glad to say nothing much as changed on my iPhone 3G.
Still has poor signal strength with 3G turned on.
Battery life is crap with 3G turned on.
Still buggy.
But, in keeping with the tone of these forums… TAKE THAT MOTO! Eat that BlackBerry! This phone rules! >.>
2.0.1 is a horrible update for me!
Immediately after 2.0.1 it won’t connect via USB at all – iTunes gives a 0XE8000001 error every time. Tried several reboots. No problems or changes before this update from 2.0. I have used a friend’s PC that iPhone with 2.0.1 will connect with. So now trying to downgrade to 2.0 which has been unsuccessful so far after hours of trying.
Ah, back to 2.0 now, finally rid of the dreadful 2.0.1, and can connect to iTunes again.