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

JD Marsters sysjdsm at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Wed Oct 14 10:33:12 BST 2009


As an ex- phonecoma sufferer, I can at least say that it seems to be
working fine for me.

JD


Andrew Paul Landells wrote:
> 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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