MacDailyNews Note: iOS 4 is now available via iTunes as of 1pm EDT.
Right now, you can still get through to display pages, but the performance is definitely suboptimal, to use some NASA-speak.
It’s like MacDailyNews during a Steve Jobs’ keynote (except we don’t have $40+ billion in the bank to pay for bandwidth during high-capacity events).
We’ve been trying without success to download the Pandora update for the past 15 minutes.
Millions of clicks per second on the “Check for Update” button can’t be good for optimal iTunes Store performance.
To everyone who’s looking forward to upgrading to iOS 4 today, we wish you the best of luck!
[UPDATE: 2:15pm EDT: iTunes Store seems to be more responsive now. We have successfully downloaded a few apps and upgraded an old iPhone 3G to iOS 4. (Yes, we got hit with a traffic spike around 1pm EDT, too.)]
17 minutes total process. Really easy to change wallpaper. Super easy everything. Nice.
Got it, took exactly 7 mins to dl!!
Downloaded just fine, download and upgrade on my 3G took about 30 min. no signs of slowness, and I voted Democrat but won’t make the same mistake twice.
About the North Carolina data center:
If Apple news is so compelling, why isn’t someone doing investigative reporting about the facility?
Is it really a data center?
Does anyone know what kind of equipment is being installed?
Has Apple been hiring engineers to build and run the place?
What is the estimated date for its opening?
Is there any firm evidence of what the facility will do, or service it will fill?
That kind of information would be real news.
In Canada. Downloaded in 2 minutes. I’m up and running!!
Where is the iBooks App?!
I’m updated!
And the phrase for today is “deferred gratification”. Exercise a little patience, let the masses bang writhe in frustration contending with that overwhelmed pipeline. Take a walk, read a book, watch a movie. It’ll be easier and quieter tomorrow.
I wanted to overwrite my version just in case there where any changes even with the same build number.
I’m crazy that way.
Anyhow, iTunes kept saying I was already updated, so I did it direct.
Probably a waste of time.
download 10 minutes, no problem, installing now. 2:05 PM
Pandora update downloaded immediately on my iPhone.
For those who updated their 3G iPhones, any major difference in performance? I know the 3G won’t be able to do the multitasking and other fun stuff, but may have to limp along on this one till I can get my hands on the iPhone 4.
Now I can listen to my Wolfmother station on Pandora while I peruse the web….
Downloaded and installed on my 3G with no problems. However, there seem to be more features missing for the 3G than just multitasking. I can’t set my home screen wallpaper and I have no iBooks app.
I went to iTunes, clicked once and iOS4 started to download. No problems in Baltimore.
Ok got it on my 3GS. How do you multitask? I don’t know where it is. Help please.
the pandora app doesn’t even work! I installed it on my iPod touch with ios 4, but all the app does is sit there for a second and then skip to the next song
Pretty sure you’ve got to download the iBooks app from the app store. That’s how they did it for the iPad. iOS4 just gives the support for the app.
@It’s Your ISP p2
I’m not sure where you read your description of what the problem was at WWDC, but using two “channels” wasn’t going to help. The problem was that they actually ran out of available spectrum due to the bloggers in the audience all using MiFi’s. Essentially, you have RF broadcast collisions all over the place, causing devices to constantly retry connections (as is seen in Jobs’ demo), or the device actually de-auths and has to re-auth to the WAP.
How do I know?
Because I was there.
Mine took 1 1/2 Hours to update my Third Generation iPod and it is done. Except the Multitasking does not work and I can’t set a wallpaper. There is no iBooks app or anything
I have one word for you: Lemmings!
I’m as much a fanboy as you. But apply some common sense: why be so eager to download iOS 4 right now, when you know the servers will be maxed out? Second, did you back up and sync before doing so? If you did not, shame on you. Third, does it not make sense to wait a few days to make sure there’s not some nasty undiscovered bug lurking within? I doubt there is, but better to be safe than sorry.
When I see so many of you rushing to download, I can only roll my eyes. And to see you complain about sluggishness of the overloaded servers, I have three words: get a life!
@Jimithy
It’s been known for a while that “no multitasking, no wallpaper, and no bluetooth keyboard support” for the 3G and iPod touch 2G.
And iBooks was never part of the iOS 4 update. It is a separate download that only works on iOS 4.
Updated in 4 minutes. Holy s**t this update rocks!!!
the download took no time at all….i still haven’t figured out why the back ups take so freaking long….especially on an i7 with 8GB RAM…..the back up is still running – going on 15 minutes now.
With so much riding on this version of the iOS (especially the success of the new iPhone), it’s probably the most tested OS in history. We’re not talking Microsoft, after all.
I’ll update the 3G this evening; I’m not home anyway till then. And even if I can’t fully play with the new toy, I can download iBooks and get ready for when I finally get my hands on iPhone 4.
6 minutes to download – At one hour backing up and it’s only at about 5%.
iPod touch 2G 8GB
I guess I’ll have to leave home without it this time. The horror!