I HATE OS4!!!

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I used to love my iPhone 3G, now I have only about 3 apps installed on it which run incredibly slowly... text messages are painfully slow to write, and everything is live trying to walk in treacle!

On top of this, 1 in 3 calls I can't answer since the slidey thing doesn't respond...

This was on a fresh install of OS4, are Apple having a laugh? I wouldn't mind if upgrading to the iPhone 4 was an option but it sure as hell isn't with the antenna issue like it is, and I can't step back to OS3 cuz of all the new app incompatibilities!

GRRRRR!
 
MuGeN said:
I used to love my iPhone 3G, now I have only about 3 apps installed on it which run incredibly slowly... text messages are painfully slow to write, and everything is live trying to walk in treacle!

On top of this, 1 in 3 calls I can't answer since the slidey thing doesn't respond...

This was on a fresh install of OS4, are Apple having a laugh? I wouldn't mind if upgrading to the iPhone 4 was an option but it sure as hell isn't with the antenna issue like it is, and I can't step back to OS3 cuz of all the new app incompatibilities!

GRRRRR!
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The Antenna issue isn't THAT bad. I'd still buy one if I had a 3G not a 3GS, although mainly because mine would be in a case and thus unaffected.

There is a way of making the 3GS loose signal I didn't know about too...

iOS 4 is quicker on my 3GS than it is on iOS 3 so *shrug*.

DFU restore and start from scratch? My mates 3G is ok and thats jailbroken!
 
I constantly have connection errors to MS Exchange which is well discussed on the apple forums.

It's a pile of smouldering poo

I hope it costs them dear along with the shoddy supplier called O2.

O2 asked me the other day what can we do to help, assist me going back to Vodafone was my answer... Shall we say it was met with err silence.
 
Concorde Rules said:
There is a way of making the 3GS loose signal I didn't know about too...
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in my experience its holding it like a normal phone with your hand on the back of the unit, always severly reduces, and generally kills the signal :(.

i end up having to hold it at the top end of the unit and make sure my hand doesnt cover the bottom end of the phone.
 
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Also hating it

Apps especially safari crash often. Phone is sluggish when typing. Adds nothing good to the experience.

even sliding from one Home to screen to teh other can leave me with a black screen for a few seconds. gggrrrr and restore does change anything either.


Mines a 3g and it downloaded and updated it on it's own accord

I don't see what OS4 offers and no idea why apple decided to auto update 3g.

I also don't see the point of getting a 3gs or 4g, neither offer nothing new that is of any use.

Just wish I could go back to os3 without messing around every time it restores which is 50% of the time when the battery runs out.

Thankfully mine is still usable most of the time and just has slow down periods where it grinds to a halt.
 
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Hmm, that seems waaay slower than mine. Typing is no problem at all, changing the app pages is fine too. Have you got any extra languages or keyboards installed? As a test have you tried wiping the device and seeing how it performs when its blank?
 
Am I one of the only ones who haven't had any issues with OS4 on iPhone 3G? Asides from a bit of lagging on the lock screen every now and then it's a lot snappier and having the folders gives me everything I need in the 1 page. Not had any major problems at all.
 
NightShadow said:
Hmm, that seems waaay slower than mine. Typing is no problem at all, changing the app pages is fine too. Have you got any extra languages or keyboards installed? As a test have you tried wiping the device and seeing how it performs when its blank?
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As poster above tried everything I can think off

Johnny|lucidcomposure said:
maybe multitasking not appearing on 3G doesn't seem like such a bad deal huh?
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I don't see why you need it,

It's one of those features that people cry about, but I haven't once wanted multitasking yet.
Other than what is already included.
 
I don't see the need for multitasking on a phone. The screen isn't big enough to make multiple windows practical and the time it takes to launch an application from scratch is hardly time consuming anyway.
 
I used my mates iPhone 4 and the multitasking is something you get very very accustomed to when you have it. Bouncing between apps immediately is pretty sweet. It's handy to have things like a radio app continuing as you do other things aswell.

K1LLSW1TCH said:
I don't see the need for multitasking on a phone. The screen isn't big enough to make multiple windows practical and the time it takes to launch an application from scratch is hardly time consuming anyway.
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Not on the 3G it ain't.

I've noticed a laggy keyboard when typing forum posts but other than that the keyboard seems alright, a little slow at popping up though.

I did enable multitasking on my 3G and it's good enough for 6-8 apps then it dumps ones out of ram. For all I do on my 3G that would be handy enough aswell. :(
 
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I have OS4 running on my 3GS and have had no problems whatsoever. Admittedly I'm kinda at a loss as to how multitasking is of any real use - it seems more of a gimmick than anything else - but folders and integrated inboxes are certainly nice.
 
iOS 4 on the 3G is pretty terrible. I sold my iPhone 3G on eBay and updated it to iOS 4 just before sending it and I actually felt sorry for the person that bought it because it was that bad :o
 
Going th head to the Apple store to see if it can be downgraded as I use my phone for exchange connectivity. With OS4 it's crap
 
My mate's got iOS4 on his 3G and it doesn't work on his either, didn't stop me rubbing in how quick my iPhone 4 was though :p

Personally I never upgraded my 3G but that's because I wanted everything about my iPhone 4 to feel 'new', guess it's just not designed for the the 3G (hence why they openly state multitasking doesn't work)
 
Multitasking worked perfectly fine on my JB'd (Backgrounder) 3G, although I couldn't go more than 3 apps. OS3.x was nice and fast too and I rarely had slowdowns whilst running my 3G at it's limit.

Before I sold my 3G, I dumped iOS4 onto it for its new owner, and the phone seemed fast tbh. I've spoken to the new owner a few times now, and he says the OS is ok apart from a 'laggy keyboard'.

I think the slowdowns are occuring because of more running background services now. OS3.0 was the same, introducing background services like Spotlight which noticeably slowed 3G's down.

iOS4 has been pretty much flawless on my new iPhone4 though, but I do acknowledge that it is the buggiest OS release to date.
 
Get rid of your 3G. I just sent my 2 year old, dented 3G back to O2 and got £175 for it, which made the iPhone 4 a lot easier on the wallet.

I got so frustrated with how slow everything was even on 3.1, OS4 made it unbearable. A 3GS or 4 is a massive upgrade in usability.
 
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