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 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.