[OSX-Users] Re: FIXED Re: Re: iPhone OS 3.1 and iTunes 9

[Andrew Paul Landells]

I'll wait for some other suckers install the zero-day release and wait  
for their observations.  :-)

On 8 Oct 2009, at 18:35, Tim Chown wrote:
> So it's safe!
>
> On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 06:28:24PM +0100, JD Marsters wrote:
>> For anyone who knows anyone suffering from the "coma mode"  
>> problems: the
>> fix has been released within the last hour or so.
>>
>> ** 3.1.2 is now available **
>>
>> The fix is referred to in minimalist terms here:
>> http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3054
>>
>> JD
>>
>>
>> JD Marsters wrote:
>>> For any of you who are 3G owners and who haven't yet upgraded: you  
>>> may
>>> want to hold your horses just a little while longer.
>>>
>>> I "upgraded" from 3.01 a couple of days ago and it was a disastrous
>>> decision. Using my phone is now an exceptionally frustrating
>>> experience. The UI is sluggish and it frequently locks solid for
>>> several seconds. Typing for this message has been surprisingly
>>> difficult. Battery life is now dire, too.
>>>
>>> Things are definitely far worse than before the upgrade and thanks  
>>> to
>>> their new "phone-home" reflash validation procedure I understand
>>> (correct me if I'm wrong) that it's not possible to downgrade to the
>>> now deauthorised 3.0.
>>>
>>> I'm sure reading this some people will be thinking, "Well it worked
>>> just FINE for me so I don't know what you're whinging about! It's  
>>> not
>>> Apple's fault!" but I'm fairly confident that this is neither user
>>> error nor exaggeration. The interwebs seem to concur.
>>>
>>> A cautionary tale, at least?
>>>
>>> JD.
>
> -- 
> Tim
>
>

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Andrew Paul Landells        Systems Administrator & Programmer
                             Systems & Networks Group (B32/3057)
Email: apl at ecs.soton.ac.uk  School of Electronics & Computer Science
Tel:   023 8059 6879        University of Southampton, UK. SO17 1BJ



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