iPhone users who have been itching to get on board on the 2.1 firmware will be happy to know that it’s now available for download. Here’s what you can expect from the new firmware:
• Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
• Significantly better battery life for most users
• Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
• Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
• Faster installation of 3rd party applications
• Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
• Improved performance in text messaging
• Faster loading and searching of contacts
• Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
• Repeat alert up to two additional times for incoming text messages
• Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
• Genius playlist creation
You do need to have iTunes 8 installed first if you haven’t upgraded yet, and some time on your hands as the file size of the update is a bit on the hefty side. If you’re ready, connect your iPhone to your computer, start iTunes, and download the update.
When you’re done, tell us how you find firmware 2.1 so far on your iPhone. Like it? Hate it? We’d like to know.
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Remy says:
The New Apple iPhone 2.1 update is great. I have MUCH better signal strength, the battery seems to be lasting much longer, the phone goes at a faster pace, texting goes a little quicker when typing and when you send a text message it sends twice as fast. When you download a new app it doesn’t change the spot you designated it originally, it will update your app and go back to the original position. Haven’t had to back up to itunes yet, but since everything else seems to be working lke a charm, i’m sure that it will sync much quicker too. Way to go Apple, working hard for it’s customers for a better machine…. but it should have tested for these issues before they released it! Still love the iPhone 3G and even more now.
Jajin says:
I’m very stupid because I had updated my Iphone 3G to the firmware 2.2.1. After that, my Iphone was locked and it requested that I must dial emergency call. I don’t know the number and how to unlock my Iphone . I live in Vietnam, please help me. Thank you very much. :(( :((