From: Rob on 16 Jul 2010 10:38 On 16/07/2010 15:28, Bella Jones wrote: > Pd<peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > >> Jim<jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> >>> Sak Wathanasin<sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> On 16 July, 11:09, j...(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: >>>> >>>>> The word on the web is "no, but it wasn't intended to". It was more to >>>>> stop it misrepresenting the signal strength indicator bars. If you were >>>>> getting dropped calls before, this won't have cured it. >>>> >>>> You can just see the "I used to get 5 bars, and now I only have 2" >>>> grumbles coming, can't you? >>> >>> And the best thing is, it's digital - signal bar indicators don't mean >>> anything important. All the phones need to say is "You have service" or >>> "No service". >> >> Is that true? Quite often my wife calls me, and her voice is very >> garbled, stop/start and sometimes vanishes. That has to be "poor signal" >> surely? And I'm sure she's not drunk. > > How long will the new update take to intall onto 3GS, anyone know? > Not long - just did it. 400MB-odd download, phone sits and sulks and reboots, about 5 minutes. YMMV. Rob
From: Bella Jones on 16 Jul 2010 11:01 David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > How long will the new update take to intall onto 3GS, anyone know? > > I told iTunes to download and install, went and did a few things to get > ready for work and it was installed and wanting me to unlock my SIM by > the time I got back, so less than 15 minutes. Assuming a reasonably fast > Internet connection (the file downloaded is almost 400 MB). thanks. I have a profound urge for an ice cream, so may leave the house for the first time today and do it later. -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Jon B on 16 Jul 2010 11:38 Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > > > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > How long will the new update take to intall onto 3GS, anyone know? > > > > I told iTunes to download and install, went and did a few things to get > > ready for work and it was installed and wanting me to unlock my SIM by > > the time I got back, so less than 15 minutes. Assuming a reasonably fast > > Internet connection (the file downloaded is almost 400 MB). > > thanks. I have a profound urge for an ice cream, so may leave the house > for the first time today and do it later. Sounds like a good plan to me. Grab ice cream now, iPhone won't take long to update once home. Ten minute job this morning on to my 3GS -- Jon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.
From: Martin S Taylor on 16 Jul 2010 12:28 Mark wrote > 'Notes' has reappeared for the first time in 18 months after it > inexplicably vanished (no number of restores/updates brought it back in the > meantime). I'm finding Notes buggy under 4.0.1; synchnonises from Mac to iPhone but not vice versa. MST
From: Roger Merriman on 16 Jul 2010 13:22
Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > .. is here. Painless installation on my 3G (I was expecting the > worst). *Seems* a little faster: settings comes up in 3 secs, camera > in 4 (+/- 2 as I was using the wristwatch to time it). As to whether > it's done anything for the iPh-4, I'm sure one of you will let us > know. all fine here set the update going while waking up with cup of tea, haven't used it much but so far seems fine. roger -- www.rogermerriman.com |