iOS4

[Dymetrie]

Originally Posted by lostkat

I has a fixed 3GS with IOS 4.0 and I LIKE it

HURRAH!!

[TinkerBell]

I am currently updating the software on my phone and I am somewhat scared!!!

[divine]

Originally Posted by AcidHell2

Not really, Apple has an upgrade for the sake of upgrade culture. but it hasn't stopped products working before. You can still happily use first gen Ipods.

Some one should use sales of goods act on them, item should be fit for purpose and last a reasonable amount of time. Wouldn't be hard proving apple fault either as they work fine for old software. Or is that clause limited to hardware only and not software.

Well, it's not a forced update so I doubt you would get anywhere in legal channels.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by lostkat

I has a fixed 3GS with IOS 4.0 and I LIKE it

Wohoo! Just in time for iOS 4.0.1

The 3GS spontaneous reboot issue is getting some media attention now they're done iPhone4 bashing.

[karbon]

wooooo bigger bars, less of them, but bigger ones!

[Desmo]

Great fix isn't it

[Burble]

According to a couple of colleagues with a 3GS it's an appauling fix. Whereas they use to have 1-3 bars with 4.0, with 4.0.1 they now have no service when they're sitting at their desks. Stonking.

I barely have 1 bar of signal when I'm at home so I'll be avoiding this update just incase it ruins that too.

[Feek]

There's a very good explanation here of what's been done to the bars. I'm finding I'm getting a consistent one bar signal at home where before it would drop out and that ties in with what that link says.

The side effect is that the iPhone now displays fewer bars in most places, and users that haven’t been reporting signal in dBm will time see the - perhaps a bit shocking - reality of locations previously denoted as having excellent signal.

That sums it up quite nicely and seems accurate to me here anyway.

[Desmo]

I'm leaving the update alone as I don't need it. Why don't they just make it simple and have a one bar on/off signal

You either get a signal or you don't

[LeperousDust]

I just see that update as lose lose for them, either they were essentially lying about the signal and bigging it up originally, or they're lying and fudging it now, and either way that's not great. I have no idea what other mobile phone makers do to display their signal, but at least they're consistent?...

//Edit: That anandtech link explain things very well, i still don't understand why this isn't standardised actually, and also apple now show signal bars for a higher range, but is that extra low end of the scale really usable in phone terms? Could one bar mean "no signal" if you understand?