Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1.2
Apple on Thursday released an update for the iPhone operating system, bringing the current version of the OS to 3.1.2.
According to notes accompanying the update, Apple fixed three bugs, which may not seem like a lot, but they are important. Among the changes is a fix for what Apple says is a "sporadic issue," where the iPhone would not wake up from sleep mode.
The update also resolves an issue that could interrupt the cell network until the phone is restarted. A bug that caused a crash during video streaming has been addressed in iPhone OS 3.1.2.
Apple said iPhone OS 3.1.2 is compatible with the iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS. The update is available by plugging your iPhone into your computer and clicking on the update button in iTunes.
Once finished, your iPhone will restart and immediately alert you to a Carrier Settings update. This is a very small update that will be completed without needing to restart again.
Yeah. Sometimes having a phone that is a computer can be more of a problem than it is worth at times.
I really wish they made a iPhone lite that was just a phone and iPod in the size of a Nano. Something simple and easy to manage.
I never installed a Vista update that never allowed my machine to come out of sleep mode, bump me offlne, etc.
Don't get me wrong, I love my iPhone despite its lack of features common to any other smartphone, but people seem to have short term memory issues when talking about the "great stability" of Apple products.
Makes me hesitate on updates, asking myself if I have time to start over again or not.
It's amazing how a typical MS update is a rollup of dozens of fixes, but you complain that apple asks you to spend 5-6 minutes clearing up bugs that are minor annoyances as you go along?
"There are problems with going with every update relased. I have a few apps that when an OS update comes through.... DELETES ALL MY DATA for those apps. Unforutnately there's no way to export the data so I end up losing my data and have to start over for things like my database apps, checkbook, and bookmarks managers. Bleah."
I call BS. You don't have an iPhone, because if you would have it, you'd know that before every update Apple makes a BACKUP of the entire iPhone/iPod.
@binary, I use both Mobile OS's and I appreciate how WinMO just works, most of the time where my iPhone works most of the time, yes it has glitches like any other mobile phone and I understand that, but it's like Sony PSP or PS3 where you get a huge update like once a month. They offer very little in the way of an incremental update.
Oh well, the things you do for keeping up to date...
A stretch? So is that troll post.
That correction pointed out, I suppose it's possible that this update to the iPhone is preparing the iPhone for some changes in an imminent iTunes update that will indeed break the Palm's syncing ability, but even if that is true, you're technically incorrect.
Apple still connects to a computer to sync with proprietary software...how quaint and SO 90`s !
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by Edwin-schemer
October 12, 2009 3:19 PM PDT
- It may be an illusion, but after the update to 3.1.2 it seems that the ability of my 3GS to pick up GPS signals (in Navigon, MotionX, Waze, and the native Google maps) has improved. Anyone else?
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