Apple releases iPhone, iPod touch 2.0.2 Software Update

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Apple today released iPhone and iPod touch software version 2.0.2 which includes “bug fixes” and supersedes all previous versions.

The update is 248.7 MB (iPhone 3G) and 241.9 MB (1st-gen iPhone) and is available via iTunes’ update.

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  6. I don’t have much drop calls in my area, but I do agree. All these 2 bit so called journalist bloggers to STFU. Your 15 min of fame and blog hits are coming to a halt.

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  8. There ARE problems with some of the iPhones. If you have one of these buggy one’s, then you know. I know because I have one. It’s very frustrating. Hopefully the update will fix the issues.

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  12. @X;

    I found another one, it’s called STFU idiot. The description reads “for those who paid a premium price for a phone and got sub-par performance, support, and mobile me empty promises. This software will not refund the lost hours of time trying to make a simple phone call, trying to send email, and false push promises.”

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  13. I think what it does is simply paint more bars on the screen so all the whiners will think they have a better connection. With 5 bars all the time folks will just think there is too much traffic and not blame Apple. Genius.

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  18. I hope it allows us to install more than a page or two of third party apps. The current iPhone isn’t stable enough to handle more than that. Or should I wait for 2.1?
    The App store is great, I just want to use it more.

    “what it does is simply paint more bars on the screen”
    Thomas, that’s just toooooo funny!

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  20. Just loaded my 2G iPhone with 2.0.2, and it’s doing OK. If a 3G network was in the mix, I ain’t a-knowin’ it.

    I’m trusting Apple to fix bugs quickly, which they usually do. Despite a few glitches, I am completely happy with my iPhone after 13 and 1/2 months of use.

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  24. I hope it fixes the bug that causes the little beastie to “over delete” when typing a message or email. I’m tired of hearing my S.O. gripe about it every time she tries to delete a word and watches as the cursor instead mows down a sentence or two or three.

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  33. One less bar for me but the contacts are much more responsive. The overall response of the phone is much more in line with the 2g that I had. Hopefully this update also addressed the mail malfunctions. It will take time to see if it did.

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  35. 1. Didn’t application updates use to allow an “Update All” selection? I thought it did, but it doesn’t now. Maybe I’m wrong.

    @The Other Steve,
    Don’t know what the max is, butI currently have 4 pages of apps. Not sure what you’re looking at.

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  43. Today after a week’s vacation I was sitting in my office, across the street from City Hall in Philadelphia, in 2 Penn Center, with no 3G bars at all-EDGE only.

    This is amusing because I took a day trip with my wife to Baltimore on Friday, and had nice, strong 3G reception while in the Inner Harbor. I mean, literally, in the harbor, on a ferry, in the middle of the freaking water. Nice, strong reception all the way through to Fell’s Point.

    Nice to know I can get better 3G reception in a boat in the harbor staring up the Domino’s Sugar sign than I can get in my office looking over at City Hall. A block and half from the AT&T;store.

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  45. 2+ hours to backup/install/restore to 2.02.

    All 3rd party apps crash on launch.

    Now I get to spend the rest of the night doing a clean install and setting everything up from scratch. All games in progress, lost. All data in Epocrates, lost. All personalization of any kind, lost.

    Thanks Apple.

    At this point the ‘killer app’ for the iPhone would be one that backs up and restores all data for 3rd party apps at the tap of a button.

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  46. On the other side of things……on my iPod Touch…..update went quickly….it was done by the time dinner was over. All programs work and run smoothly….no crashes at all.

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  48. Updated to iPhone 2.0.2, and now the iPhone doesn’t show up in itunes anymore. Turned the phone on and off, rebooted, even re-downloaded iTunes 7.7.1. Nothing. I can’t sync the iPhone. Any suggestions?

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  49. Shams-
    try unplugging your keyboard before hooking up your iPhone..

    question-
    I had the 1st rev iPhone and when someone would send a picture message it would send me to viewyourmessage.com to view it, but with my iPhone 3G it doesn’t send anything; ATT said its my 3G chip so I went and got a replacement iPhone and its still doesn’t work.. I’m I the only one with this problem?

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  51. Shams – also try unplugging any unnecessary devices, if unplugging your keyboard does not work. Good luck.

    No problems here. More bars – but Thomas from above may be right. I haven’t tested how well the phone holds on to 3G. I’m fortunate to live in the North Eastern part of the US – outside of any big city – thank goodness – and honestly haven’t had ANY dropped calls or bad connection problems.

    2.0.2 does not affect 3rd party apps (at least the ones I tested) on my iPhone, as some have suggested. I don’t text message brecklln, can’t confirm deletion of text messages.

    Good luck everyone.

    Peace.

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  52. Two more bars at home.
    Havent had any problems anyway.
    Will test battery life over next few days.
    I am a satisfied iPhone customer, and we are, happily, around 96% of iPhone users.

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  54. Third forum I’m posting this to, but I had the 3rd party app crash issue too for 2.0.2. What worked for me was installing another app from the App Store. Took two reboots and half an hour, but after it finally installed, all my apps were working again.

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  55. Fix the FVCKING reception issue, Apple!!
    Many people already returned their iPhones because of that and you don’t realize how many potential switchers you’re losing because of your clumsy quality control thesedays.

    Shame on you, Jobs!

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  56. There were a few issues with my phone-we’ll see what this does. Fairly slow on reaction to commands like hitting a letter in contacts to get to a particular letter – overall slowness. I look forward to SNAPPIER when (and if) it installs – holycow – big download. But as far as being satisfied, I am quite happy with the phone – have not been a whiner – just a waiter – Apple usually fixes these things.

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  58. well after waiting for hours for the update to load….no difference in the number of 3G bars for me. I still have barely two in an area where I easily get 5 EDGE bars.

    MDN Magic word: “months” as in how long it will probably take apple to fix this!

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  62. more testing and more disappointment.
    I think I have less bars on average than before the “bug fixes.” The apps still crash and as a added bonus I could not do any web surfing today until I switched to the EDGE network. Now it works fine. Maybe I should trade it in for last year’s model.
    I think instead of calling this the iPhone 3G they should call it the iPhone Beta.

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  64. I have original 8GB iPhone. Update took about 45 minutes. All went smoothly, first time. No crashes, no spaz attacks, no lost data, no headaches or angst. All apps work fine, lost no mail or SMS messages. Since I don’t have 3G, I can’t really see much change in my iPhone. Worked great before, works great now.

    I have to admit, unplugging the keyboard during an update is the weirdest advice I’ve heard in a long time.

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  66. On my 1st-gen 8GB iPhone, the update process generated a “Cannot update this iPhone” error message, and the phone would hung on restart. I unplugged and replugged it, and iTunes demanded a Restore. Then the update completed. The phone now works normally. But, whenever I plug it in, iTunes requires a Restore from Backup before syncing.

    Major drag.

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  68. No problems installing on my Touch & IPhone 3G… Reception is DEFINITELY better indoors where I was getting nothing at all, and switching from Edge to 3G is MUCH BETTER!! Device is holding on to 3G signal much longer even with one bar… Seems to be the fix!! I’m still remaining cautiously optimistic that the problem has been rectified…

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  70. @Chuck:

    What an oblivious comment. I shouldn’t update because why? My iPhone is slow as hell when loading programs like SMS or Camera and crashes other programs like Monkey Ball Facebook. Of course there’s also the dropped calls garbage. It just goes on and on. It was expected the last update would fix all this and it didn’t so they release this and so far its no different.

    Apple not only dropped the ball on Windows Me but the entire 2.0 Software with its App Store has been a gong show.

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  71. 3G effects only data connections. It applies to broadband internet connectivity.

    Any fix to 3G would logically have nothing to do with your GSM voice calls.

    This patch seems to have done nothing to correct the quality of 3G reception for me.

    In addition, the anomaly remains in which if I turn off 3G, my bars go way up, and if I turn on 3G, they disappear.

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  72. I’m glad that I’m the only one with a working iPhone. Makes me happy because I never have a problem or issue with reception. not one dropped call or freezing issue, or losing my beloved text messages.

    I’m glad Jobs gave me the ONE iphone with no issues, thats why i’m so in love with Apple.

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  73. At first, I thought it was better, but it isn’t.

    It’s possible this has no fix for the reception problem at all. Apple doesn’t say.

    I imagine that when they do have a fix for that, they will say so.

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  74. @Spark

    I’ve had many more pages on both my original iPhone and my new iPhone G3 (mom now has my original iPhone)

    iPhone 2.0x software seems to be as stable as version 1 when I have less than 2 pages of 3rd party apps. But when I have 4 or more pages of apps it crashed a lot, sometimes refused to open any 3rd party apps (even after restarting) and on three occasions, completely locked up (bricked) my iPhone forcing me to reformat it from scratch.

    The BIG difference is, (unlike windows mobile) I have every reason to believe the iPhone software will get much better. In the meantime I’ll just keep the apps down to two extra pages, that seems to work.

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  75. Every time I hook up my iPhone it starts to do a restore on 2.0.2. So I’m not able to sync anything.
    Anyone one else with this problem? any fixes?
    I tried even setting it up as a new phone and it still does it.

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  76. OMG You people who are saying things like “I only get two bars on 3G when I used to get five on edge”…. do you realise you are talking about two different technologies on the network?? The 2G/edge network has been around for years and been heavily developed with towers everywhere, the 3G network is newer, and still under construction… That’s like saying I used to be able to drive really fast on the old freeway, but on this one – that is still under construction, and only has two lanes – I have to drive slower and traffic gets in the way.

    Switch 3G off until you really really need it, and stop cluttering up forums with OMFG

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  77. @Shams
    Connect your phone to the computer.
    While connected, hard reboot, but when the apple appears, CONTINUE to hold the home button but LET GO of the power button

    This will put you in safe mode and iTunes will see the phone

    BUT (there is always a butaaaaa0

    It will force you to restore your phone.

    Good luck!

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  78. @dolita

    uhhh you mean at&t;NOT apple. If you want to talk about reception issues buy a blackberry curve then talk about bad reception…. Also let me know how you enjoy getting feedback from office phones around you because of your crappy blackberry. Some people really need to think before they type and go over what they read to make sure it does actually make sense and is logical and not a load of BS ranting.

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