According to Apple Support’s iPhone Discussions BBS, iPhone users are reporting that iPhone OS 3.1 software is causing their iPhone 3G devices to shut down and drain battery life. It seems that in most, if not all cases, a hard reset will revive the phone (press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten second until the Apple logo appears).
Some iPhone users also report having difficulties connecting to Wi-Fi points, GPS issues, and that tethering (available outside the U.S., thanks, AT&T) has stopped functioning in legally unlocked phones.
With the number of people discussing iPhone OS 3.1 on Apple’s site, we’d guess that iPhone OS 3.1.1 is due sooner than later.
MacDailyNews Note: For the record, a seemingly random shut down with and/or due to complete battery drain happened one time to us on one of our iPhone 3GS units running iPhone OS 3.1. Connecting to a power source and doing a hard reset immediately brought the iPhone back to life and the problem has not surfaced again in over four days of heavy use.
So, how’s iPhone OS 3.1 treating you? Let us know below in Reader Feedback if you’re having any problems with iPhone OS 3.1 and, if you are, on which iPhone model(s): iPhone (original), iPhone 3G, and/or iPhone 3GS.
My iPhone 3g keeps shutting down almost 3 or 4 times a day some days, then won’t do it at all for 2 or 3 days then starts again. I’ve tried everything
I’m having issues connecting to my own Wifi Access point now, and Other Wifi Access points that I used to be able to connect too. 🙁
No identifiable battery issues, but the epocrates app locks up from time to time.
One of the fortunates: one 3G and one 3GS and neither have had so much as a hiccup.
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3.1 fixed the ONLY complaint I had with 3.0… that the sort of addresses in email autofill was changed to some weird sort…now it’s back to sorting by most used and I am totally a happy camper.
tom
Since 3.1 I have lost visual voicemail. An ATT rep told me to do a restore of the iPhone without reinstalling the apps. I got the visual voicemail back. As soon as I reinstalled my apps (about 90 apps) I lost visual voicemail again. It doesn’t seem to be due to 3.1, but conflict with some apps and 3.1.
The only bug that bothers me is the loss of tethering … which I would pay for if it was legally available…but that’s another story.
My only complaint is that when I’m at the home screen I can double click the Home button and get the music controls. But if I pause my music and those controls are closed, double clicking no longer brings up those controls to allow me restart my music. Anyone else having this issue? Worked fine before the update.
Fine for me
The volume of the voice talking back to me when using speech recognition dialing (I use that all the time, very cool!) is low. Don’t know if that’s a 3.1 issue of something else. (Yes, my volume is up)
Other than that, no problems on 3Gs or 3G.
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No problems whatsoever on iPhone 3G 16GB
I had one battery drain event.
Treating me like a baby treats a diaper! Miserable, miserable update, so many issues. Coma mode, ipod crashing when selecting an artist, battery life is very bad.
Feel so effed over!!
Not one issue what so ever.
My 3G is purring away nicely.
I haven’t had any problems with my iPhone 3G.
Just hooked up my iPod Touch and iTunes says 3.1.1 is available!!!
I twice lost my Visual Voicemail when I first upgraded to my 3Gs on launch day. The first time I was on the phone for over 2 hours before resolution. The second time (a couple weeks later), I spent 5 minutes on the phone before realizing that I was about to waste a LOT of time with a low level grunt repeating the troubleshooting steps I had already done myself and proved to not work the last time. So I got in the car, went to the AT&T;service center, and they got on with some upper level tech support to fix it once and for all.
no problems with OS 3.1. Original iPhone
3.1.1 is available for my iPod Touch (1st gen) but not for my iPhone! Oh well, updating my touch now.
Yeah, my 3G shuts down every now and again. Maybe 3 or 4 times since updating.
Funny that mine just shut down for the first time about 30 minutes before reading this.
No problems at all with OS 3.1. – Original iPhone.
Just downloaded about 20 free apps. RZZZZZ!
No issues with 3.1 update on 3GS. But bring on 3.1.1 if I’m missing something.
No problems with 3.1 on a 3G
I have 3.1 and an iPhone 3GS
Since the updated combination of 3.1 and iTunes 9, all of my Smart Playlists have all of their songs jumbled in some random order when I access that playlist on my iPhone.
They appear in the correct order on iTunes but not on the phone.
Turning off the playlists’ Live Updating feature on iTunes seems to resolve the issue, but that’s breaking half the functionality of these Smart Playlists.
My wife and I each have 3GS iPhones, and they are both running v. 3.1. So far, we have experienced no problems whatsoever. All our apps work fine, as does double-clicking the home button for the music controls. Battery life is also fine, with our phones able to go an entire day without a recharge. I guess we should count ourselves lucky, considering some of the previous posts.
Org iPhoe & 3GS. No issues here.
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Tethering is not working and more frequent lost connection. I’m from HK.
I didn’t upgrade due to the lack of tethering. And my 3G is still running fine on 3.0. No issues. :~)
iPhone 3G and fine. No issues.
My phone will lock up 2 or 3 times a day then work for awhile then start the cycle over again. Makes me nervous that it will do it when I am waiting on a call.
No issues so far.
I remember my cheap Motorola/Verizon flip phone would do a fast battery drain, whenever the phone lost cell reception (in the mountains and valleys) for an extended time.
3.1 works well on my 2G iPhone. My problems with it took place during installation. I backed up my iPhone to my Mac first, downloaded and installed 3.1 and synched. I immediately had bad synching problems, and sync would fire up on its own. The result: all the data I had entered in my iPhone was overwritten and lost forever. Not good.
No issues with my 3GS or my wife’s 3G.
I’m, uh, a little ashamed to admit it, but, uh… I haven’t upgraded to 3.0 yet. The truth is, I haven’t bothered to jack my 3G into my iMac in something like four months. It’s working beautifully, so I don’t feel like messing with success. I’m not a power user so haven’t needed to back up contacts or anything.
I’m donning my safety gear now. Bludgeon away.
3GS 32GB
runs so well I almost feel guilty.
3.1 on my 3G scrambles or shuffles any playlist containing podcasts and frequently crashes iTunes during syncing.
I have a problem and a workaround.
My Smart Playlists stopped being in alphabetical order when I upgraded to 3.1. This was a big problem because I was listening to an audio series with 75 segments and they no longer flowed seamlessly one to the other. They were now in random order and unlistenable.
I resolved this by unchecking the “Live Updating” checkbox.
Everything is back in the proper order and works just like it did before. (Except I need to update the playlist manually.)
Mine shuts down too. So far, this is the buggiest “upgrade”.
After installing 3.1 my iPhone 3G had four problems: First the phone application stopped working … restoring initial settings fixed that problem. After that I had two mystery shutdowns and additionally the iPhone once shutdown overnight because the battery was totally drained. I still love my iPhone despite the incredibly awful ATT service.
I can get through the day (barely), but I rarely actually use the voice portion of my plan (I mostly just text/email), so it should not be using as much battery as it does.
Happy as a camper with my 3GS *and* ATT’s service. In fact, in the 2.5 years I’ve owned an iPhone I can’t recall ever dropping a call, and since the 3G network was upgraded about a year ago in my area my Internet connection is exceptionally fast with the 3GS. My only complaint is that I recently got Bluetooth stereo headphones and there is a noticeable drain on battery life when using it with my iPhone. It hasn’t been a serious problem, though, and I still get a few hours of continuous use with it.
It’s tough to admit, but I’d have to say that my iPhone has become as important to me as my Mac, heaven forbid!
No problems on my 32GB 3GS.
On my iPod Touch 1G is having stuttering problems with screen actions. It is iPod OS 3.1.1. It is also taking forever to update my itunes after a sync.
Smooth as oily silk and no problems whatsoever.
32GB 3GS UK Since update had several issues with wi-fi and poor 3G reception despite having a full signal in pretty much all my usual haunts, the auto brightness doesn’t work at all now, I often loose all sound effects ie call and txt tones 🙁 and lastly backing up in the horrible White background iTunes 9 is very very very very slow 🙁 I have done several hardware resets with no joy. But despite that I still LOVE my iphone and I look forward to the bug fixes
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I have an original iPhone updated to 3.1 and now my mail will no longer display .pdf files. They come up as a MIME file that can not be opened. Haven’t checked if .doc or .xls files no longer display.
Anyone else with this?
I rolled back to 3.0.1 on my 3G due to tethering being removed. A rollback includes reading dodgy tips and downloading CLI scripts and “illegal” copies of the older firmware. There should be a simpler way to do this…
At least tethering works again. My phone was also a bit sluggish under 3.1, possibly due to genius & other new stuff. I guess one needs a 3GS with a beefier CPU to get all the joy.
I haven’t had any major problems with the upgrade. My favorite new feature is using Voice Control over my Bluetooth headset. The only issue with that is, like “The Other Steve,” when I use VC to initiate a call, the volume gets automatically turned down and I have to turn it back up again.
My 3G iPhone’s battery charge is noticeably weaker and the phone functions much slower as well, specially when surfing.
I’d hoped 3.1 would fix this if there is a software issue. But probably the issue is the new OS itself and the phone’s older hardware?
I feel cheated. I’d upgrade to the 3GS if possible, but not allowed by gATTi until Jan., 18 mos into my plan.
Much as I hate govt. interference, I almost hope the FCC Monday shoots down exclusivity.
But then again, the less power our govt. has over choices, the better.
I wish I hadn’t applied the update to my iPhone 3G because now random apps take two tries to launch and the dned phone will just shut down during the usage of an app and will not come back up unless I do a hard reset or plug it in. Definitely not cool and very frustrating.
Battery meter is flaky, just today it jumped from about 55% down to 9% and back up to 55 after a couple of hours. 3GS and 3.1
Interesting post above. The gov giving back choice is less appetizing than companies forcing their choice down your throat. Your choice, not mine, but then that’s the beautiful thing about democracy.
Joe
3.1 bricked my phone during the update process, afterward requiring a full restore and about 1.5 hours of my time … waiting and waiting. Had to laugh when I plugged in my non-functioning iPhone, clicked “Restore” and a pop-up says “Doing a full restore will erase all data on your iPhone. Are you sure?” Ummm gosh … like I have any other option?!! No issues since then but from the amount of troubles people are suffering it does sound like the update manages to corrupt itself quite regularly.
Shut down twice yesterday – none today yet…
Flaked out again. In the course of 2 hours the battery went from 50% to dead. Just sitting in my pocket doing diddly squat…
Joe
Yes, I’m having the same issue, auto shut down and battery draining quicker now on my 3G iPhone. This happens once a week. Time to get back to work and find the culprit Apple. Looking forward to OS 3.1.1
iPhone 3G shuts down by itself 3-5 times a day, sometimes multiple times in an hour.
Bit me today. I rest the Phone and I hope it goes away. But I know something was wrong because I could not place calls or receive calls before the problem cropped up. Not good, not good at all.
I got much better battery life on my 2 G phone that was running push applications. Had to turn push off when I got the new 3 GS with 3.0. Battery life was bad enough with 3.0, but 3.1 is really horrible. Hard reset as recommended in the article did nothing, but a system restore helped with battery life. I still have bogus time adding up on the usage meter. Hopefully the next update will fix the battery problems.
Only one problem shows regularly on my 3G since I had it: The screen doesn’t come back on after making a phone call with set to ear. The VOIP app I use (XSPhone) does the same thing.
Hard reset and the bat is back to 57%. Plugging it in didn’t even help.
joe
iPhone 3GS and only new issue with 3.1 seems to be that my GPS is not as accurate and is slower to respond. Have always had an issue with the screen shutting off during a call ringing in (phone keeps ringing, but can’t see caller ID or answer via screen w/o hitting Home or Power button).
My 3GS is working absolutely perfectly on 3.1
3GS on 3.1 with absolutely no issues with the iPhone. SMS and tethering work great.
Now ask me about the rapacious Rogers monthly subscription rates, the miserly Rogers monthly data limits and the shocking Rogers overage charges.
I need an App that tells me when I’m approaching my monthly data limit.
Is there an App for that?
I’m surprised by the comments about poor battery life. I find on my 3GS, that 3.1 has improved my battery life quite a bit.
I’ve had a couple of issues with my iPhone since 3.1. First the Mail App kept crashing. Turns out my business email account (through GoDaddy) was the culprit. Now I can’t get that email address back on the phone which is a real problem.
But just as serious is the loss of tethering after the 3.1 update. Had I know the update was going to kill tethering I would not have done it.
I don’t use tethering a whole lot but I do when I’m traveling. I just can’t afford to spend the cost to buy internet service at the airport.
it does appear to drain the battery at a much faster rate than 3.0, but I haven’t had any shut downs..
3.1.1 has always been the version number for the touch.
The iPhone got 3.1
There has never been a 3.1 for the touch, so if you are now just updating your touch, you are getting the first version of OS 3.1 that was issued for the touch which is 3.1.1
Way shorter battery life than 2.X or 3.0.
No problems with 3.1 and my 3GS.
No visual voicemail & battery drains fast with 3.1 on 3GS 32 GB. Hard reset doesn’t help.
The random freeze up has occurred to me three times now. After shutting down, I had 2-3 missed emails/texts/calls. Once, the battery drained within 30 minutes. All this happened after downloading 3.1. (I have the 3G.)
Than you, Apple.
Absolutely fantastic.
Including: Tethering. Visual VoiceMail. Skype.
I have a 3G. In this month alone. I’ve had to reset 4 times.
3gs: up until 2 days ago, no problems w/ 3.1. I was in a building w/ no cell coverage and when I left, it said “searching” for a few mins, then “no service”. outside the bldg., I normally get 5 strong bars. waited a while, nothing. full reset, restored it. yesterday, I had one time when it would not wake up. again, reset fixed it. I got. a 3G wheen they came out and same for the S. never an issue until now
I’ve locked up twice. One time it took a wait overnight for it to be willing to come back to life.
No problems with 3G here, other than battery drains faster than I’d like — probably because I use it too dang much.
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iPhone 3.1 doesn’t exist for the 3GS until the Dev-Team says it does.
Runs beautifully on mine, and my daughter’s iPhone 3G/3GS.
Keeping 3.0 for tethering, looks like it was a smart move
At the risk of making a positive post to this article, since 3.1, Safari now passes 100% of the Acid3 test rather than 97%!
http://acid3.acidtests.org/
mine is in a coma. DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
have spent last 24 hours trying to restore TO NO AVAIL.
UNhappy
My 3G suffers from iPod smart playlist issues. Completely jacked up – including random orders, live updating no longer works, album art for music I bought on CD is wrong…
Also, yesterday it lost contact with all cell service and I had to power it off and back on.
Haven’t noticed any real power data, but it feels like it drains faster. Nothing concrete to complain about, though.
FIX MY IPOD!!!!
I have a 3G S and haven’t had problems, but I haven’t noticed any improvements either (ie. not any snappier). The improved iPhone management through iTunes 9 with 3.1 is well worth the update and any problems that may have come with it.
Now, if Apple could just get autorotate to work like “buttah” I’d be a really happy camper.
My 3G becomes unresponsive every other day or so. Need to hard reset.
iPhone 3GS 32g in Ireland. When in a weak coverage area, 3GS signal is much worse than my old 3G. Phoned Apple & they said I’d be without phone for 2 weeks if I sent it back…as if I could go a fortnight without a phone. Use it for work email & million other things. Not a happy camper.
Ever think it’s weird that the guy behind MDN refers to himself in the plural? Eg “us” … “we” …
Maybe he has delusions of grandeur. Or royalty. We the MDN King of All Things Apple.
I mean what is there a whole team of guys behind MDN sharing a single iPhone?
I’ve had no problems with my 16 Gig 3G.
No problems on 3GS or 3G
Mine crashes a number of times a day since 3.1, usually it seems when plugged into the computer, through not always.
But the worst part is battery life, which has gone from reasonably good, to just plain AWFUL with 3.1. An firmware upgrade can’t come soon enough for me.
will wait for for 3.1.1
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Yea, 3.1 has not been fun. My 3G shuts down randomly and only a hard reset brings it back. It happens about 3 times a day.
Several garbled calls, so far. I love my Iphone and now hate AT&T;since I found out they’d eliminated some extra minutes they’d given me previously. Those minutes were supposed to be permanent, and were negotiated. AT&T;lies.
On my 32GB 3GS it seems as if I have to press the home button a little harder and even some times it doesn’t register.
I keep wi-fi and Bluetooth on and have noticed no difference in battery life.
Been having good luck on my 1st gen 8 GB and 32GB 3GS.
Two request-
1) a shortcut on the Home Page for power saving taking you directly to controls for Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, location services all on one page rather than having to go through several screens to turn one off and another on.
2) Support for music controls on Blutooth headsets such as fast forward, skip, rewind, etc.
I had a horrible time with 3.1 and my first-gen iPhone. Apps would take 2 – 3 minutes to launch and there would be a 50/50 chance that the app would crash when it did finally start up, requiring a hard restart of the phone. Battery life was also pathetic. I would have to plug in around midafternoon, even when I wasn’t using it much. It was awful.
I reset to a prior backup and still had the same issues. Then I reset totally (not to a backup). That was the trick. My iPhone is currently running 3.1 and is operating perfectly. I don’t know what happened, but it is now fixed.
If you have not yet upgraded to 3.1, DON’T. My phone goes into a coma a couple times a day.
I had the same freezing issues that are commonly reported on my 3G with 3.1. I turned of the Safari Ant-Fraud protection preference in the main control panel under Safari, powered down and rebooted. Completely fixed my iPhone. Now as fast as ever. This is just too easy to do. So try it!
My iPhone 3GS with 3.1 has been fine so far, no issues at all.
3.1 enormously sluggish on my 3G…reverted to factory setting and reinstalled all apps…works really smooth now.
No problems with my iPhone 3GS running OS 3.1
3.1 running perfectly on my 16GB 3GS, with 98 apps. I updated the day it came out. Very happy.
No problems so far. Knock on wood.
Fine for my 1st Gen iPhone.
Different story for my friend’s 3G. Constant shutdowns even after wiping and restoring just the basic OS (none of her apps). She ended up taking it to our local Apple Store where she received a new 3G. No issues with that running 3.1 after 4 days.
Wi-Fi sucks – it used to be able to see more networks and now will not find networks that I know are there.
I still use a 2G iPhone (it’s provided to me for free, along with the AT&T;service), and it has worked very well, but for one BIG problem: installation. Before doing so, I backed up my data in a pre-install sync, then downloaded and installed the 3.1 OS. That’s when my problems began. The first synch failed, and then would only sync for a few seconds. I tried again, and it would start, stop and inexplicably, restart a sync on its own. The result: ALL my data was lost and overwritten.
I ran to my Apple Store, and with their help, we restored my phone and did a new install of 3.1. After that, it’s run perfectly, but by then, the damage was done. All my data was apparently overwritten and lost.
NOTE TO MDN: I have had repeated problems in the past month attempting to post on your site. Guys, is it too much to fix your servers so they don’t generate errors? It’s especially frustrating when trying to post from an iPhone. Thanks!
I have had ZERO issues with 3.1 on my iPhone 3GS. In fact, I have noticed no real improvements as everything was working great before too!
I have an iPhone 3G (sans S). After the update, my phone has been ringing between two thirty and three thirty every morning. When I pick up I hear heavy breathing and then I think I can make out, “kill you parents.” I hope I’m not the only one with this issue.
My backlight stopped working. That makes my phone super challenging to use.
Since the update, the sound of the keyboard clicks has become considerably softer when typing – even with the volume set at maximum.
Tethering disappearing, phone locking up, when calls drop out, the call freezes and I can’t fully hang up to then redial them, so I have to reset the phone, data is sometimes unresponsive and will not connect in areas with full bars. iPhone 3G. Still love it but… thinking of just getting a 3GS and hoping these problems will go away.
No problems but now that you mention it…… once in a while like on a phone call. at the end of the call I have a blank screen and touching the screen does not wake the phone. I have to hit the home button but then it brings the screen up.
Weird.
en
“3.1.1 is available for my iPod Touch (1st gen) but not for my iPhone! Oh well, updating my touch now”
Interesting purchasing decision……..
3.1 gives me a freeze/shut down about once a day–when I’m not even using the thing! It just dies while asleep.
Also, GPS is borked. Completely non-functional 99% of the time (been that way since 3.0). I’d be pissed if I’d bought a navigation app!
Also 3.0-3.1 are dog slow on a 3G, lots of hitches. I’m sure a 3GS can handle 3.x, but a 3G seems to get out of memory fast–I miss the smooth 2.2 days.
New features: good. New bugs: not worth it. Make 3.1.1 count, Apple!
My wife’s 3GS wouldn’t connect to any website earlier today, but oddly, she was able to receive email.
She didn’t know what to do, but when I got home I reset it for her, and it is now working fine.
No issues with 3.1. My iPhone is working perfectly.
32 GB GS has been working flawlessly. I’m surprised to see so many having issues. Kind of weird. I went from the first gen iPhone to the GS, and I’ve notice a bit more strain on the battery, but I chalked that up to having 3G connectivity which has allowed me to go online throughout the day much more frequently. If you are on the phone all day, the battery is going to need some help during the day. All it takes is a charger in the car or office.
I have an iPhone 3G. My problem is that ever since the 3.1 upgrade, my phone shuts off. The most it has shut off has been 5 times a day. I have not encountered any other problems like wifi issues, or decreased battery life. In fact seems my battery tends to last longer than before but this is just a quick but “unscientific” observation on my part.
My luck with iPhone upgrades have not been good; with the 3.0 upgrade a couple months ago, I got another phone because 3.0 cause me to lose my WiFi and Bluetooth connections. I am VERY WARY and RELUCTANT to download anymore upgrades even if 3.1.1 “fixes” these current problems.
My iPhone runs out of battery within 3 hours of standby, no joke!!! Putting it in airplane mode solves the issue. Downgrading to 3.0 as not solve it. Worse upgrade ever by far.
F**k you Apple. No more tethering with OS 3.1 Any mobile phone can be used as a modem. Only this piece of Apple shit isn’t able to do that. I pay a flat rate to be online. Thanks Apple! That’s my final Apple product.
works just fine
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My 3GS has been running flawlessly since Day One. All updates applied. Perfect.
I have a pineapple logo, does mine come from the Jamaican factory?
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Two 3GSs and two 3Gs in the family, no problems at all.
I upgraded my 3G to 3.1 successfully, then it hung doing the first sync and was bricked. Since then I have restored it but performance is sluggish, apps hang and crash or do not launch at all. Wish I could go back to 3.0.
Jailbreak………….. Fixes everything. end of story..
iPhone 3gs running 3.1. Haven’t had any Problems yet.
unable to pair Remote on iPhone to iTunes on my MBP. Then again it could be because of iTunes 9, iPhone OS 3.1 or Snow Leopard as i just upgraded all 3.
… and my battery life has also suffered. Can’t go a whole day without topping up the charge (medium usage).
I use that version but my iPhone is working right. A NORMAL RESET every night helps! Do that as your habbit guys. And it works.
A fortunate one. No issues with iPhone 3G 16GB or iPhone 3GS 32GB
One shutdown, one battery drain, no issues since then..
No issues whatsoever on any of our 3 iphones.
It’s much slower than 3.0
3.0 update probably killed my GPS on 3G. I didn’t notice it until I was OW. Got a 3GS now. (Owwww!!)
Other than that, no problems either on the 3G (i call it my iPod touch plus) or 3GS. (GS cam3 with 3.0, update to 3.1 apparently find and GPS works.
But I don’t use Smart Playlists and I don’t even know what Visual Voicemail is.
Give us AVRCP so I can control my audio tracks on my bluetooth headphones please!!!
My iPhone 3G freezes on a daily basis and needs restarting – I’ve never had any problems before the update. Restoring and removing all apps/music etc. made no difference. I suspect it’s some sort of memory leak.
Mine locks up 2 to 3 times a day and i have to reset it to get it to come back on this only started after I upgraded to 3.1.
family plan. 2 identical 16gb 3gs’s. one updated to v3.1, one remains v3.0. side by side. v3.0 gps perfect – v3.1 dismal. negates the expensive mapping apps. v3.0 phone connects to wifi, v3.1 sitting right next to it “connects” but won’t d/l mail or apps or anything. just spinning ball… as another said earlier, i’m feeling totally effed over. good thing this is not my first encounter with apple products or it would be my last for sure…
My 3G 8GB iPhone has locked up over a dozen times over the past week after I ran the 3.1 update. It will lock up for about 5 minutes or so then it’s OK. Today it has locked up 4 times, and I just reset it (again) which they showed me how to do at the Apple Store. I have an appt Tuesday to have the Geniuses look at it.
I restored it through iTunes earlier this week and that didn’t fix it.
After paying a premium price & monthly fees I certainly expect it to work as it should. This is ridiculous and I will let them know my displeasure on Tuesday! I like all the features of the iPhone, but I need a phone to WORK all the time, NOT just some of the time!!!
> we’d guess that iPhone OS 3.1.1 is due sooner than later
Well regardless of when it’s released it’ll always be sooner than later!
No problems with 3.1 for me.
After I upgraded to 3.1 most 3rd party apps on my 3G didn’t even start. Would only pop open for a second then close. Uninstalling/reinstalling them solved the problem.
Works great. Not a problem and I use many apps including Navigon frequently.
iPhone 3G 16gb, never has been jailbroken once but it has got random shutdowns since I upgraded to 3.1
I tried to do a complete restore from recovery mode but the problem still occurs.
The update took up more disk space, and now I can’t sync my photos b’cos there’s not enough room. Delete something? No thanks. I’ve pared down my music collection already to cram it into 14.5GB. I don’t want to sacrifice anything else! Damn those bloated updates!
I don’t get the shutting down, but since 3.1 my home button will act like I double tap it when I single tap, taking me to the favorites or spotlight. That plus my horrendous AT&T;voice service….I can’t remember the last time I answered a call in my apt that didn’t get dropped at least once. They need to get their act together here in NYC, if not, the second they lose exclusivity, there will be a mass exodus. -f
No problems with 16g 3G and 32g 3GS
so far 3.1 is very nice. Better battery life on my 2G. Also the first one to finally support Bulgarian keyboard.
No problems at all.
My battery life on my 32g 3GS dropped from two days to one after I upgraded to 3.1. My first “fix” was to turn off the notification feature — no difference. My second fix was to re-boot the phone, which worked. I am now back to two days between charges.
My battery status does not update. It will show 100% or 75% for the whole day, but then if I completely shut down the phone and restart, it will show the correct battery charge status.
My 3G is working fine. I feel lucky about that after reading the posts above.
For the most part I’ve not had any problems. My battery life does seem to be less than it was before, though not by a huge amount. I use fetch email, and I’ve dialed back the frequency it checks for new email to once an hour instead of every 15 minutes – though I don’t think that’s the culprit.
I did also run into one instance where the phone completely shut down and rebooted in the middle of playing a game (Gameloft’s Block Breaker Deluxe 2). That hasn’t happened since, though.
3gs 16 gb os3.1 Here with no problems at all
i have a iphone 2g firmware 3.1 i dont have any problem
my iphone is more faster than ever =) no black screen no problem with the battery
i live in manhattan. and after installing os 3.1, event though i have full 5 bars with 3g signal “ok” on, i can’t make a phone call nor text. this happens once every 2 to 3 days and i have to hard reset it for it to work again. and i have few friends they also have this problem. i hope they come out with a fix soon.
All is fine on my iPhone 3G
Hurrah! I have solved my 3.1 woes. It turned out to be bad content. I subscribed to a lot of calendars in iCal years ago, and it all needed to be cleared out from MobileMe. I found that I could no longer refresh the calendar page in mac.com (MobileMe) and the only way to get around this is to fire up ye hoary old iSync and reset sync data, then replace calendar data on MobileMe with data from my computer, where I had already deleted all the old calendars. MobileMe no longer filled my iPhone with rubbish and after the next sync my iPhone is snappy.
Room full of monkeys at typewriters and finally getting somewhere (somewhat)….
iPhone 3G kacked out totally. (OS3.1)
Plugged in, hard reset & all is right with the iWorld.