bryson:)

I am up to 7 Apps that crash at various times – all seem to be the result of changes Apple made in 2.1 without telling their vendor partners that it would impact them.

One claims to have had fix in within minutes of iTouch release… I’m on IPhone and still Apple has not released the fix to the APp Store… over a week and counting now without my most used apps and a browser that is frustrating to use.

This is not the 3G platform I was promised.

SO…. I have TURNED 3G BACK OFF…AGAIN!

You can create ringtones from your iTunes songs in iTunes, or if you have a Mac, with Garage band. There are other workaround solutions for making ringtones on a PC.

I think 2.1 is a bit faster than the previous one, although i have encountered some significant lag when browsing my address book. But i would like to see apple coming out with another update, which include all basic features like cut,copy,paste,forwarding sms,deleting contacts by selecting mulitiple ones,etc…etc… Hope apple can hear us and do something about it….Rest the phone is fine for me….

Not majors but differences nonetheless! Tom

Maybe it was 2.0.1 that had the shutter sound. I don’t use the screen shot option that often enough to remember.

1) I still notice a significant delay in the address book. It’s slightly smoother, but still a rather big delay (I have about 50-60 ppl in my address book).

2) While 3G signal seemed to improve in stability, I think my overall reception on EDGE has declined a bit. In a few areas where I used to get 3-4 bars, I now get 0-2 bars.

3) Battery life doesn’t seem to be better (and I usually run it with 3G, wifi, and bluetooth off).

4) Two of my apps (yahoo one connect and this movie app, Showtimes) stopped working after the update and had to be reinstalled.

Anyone experience these issues as well?

Other than that, overall response time seems improved. Oh, and regarding the shutter sound, I had it since 2.0.0.

“My battery life wasn’t much better, and my applications always installed fast. I like the new iTunes features though, but i have yet to see the repeating alert for text messages. Does anyone else have trouble with applications failing to open to a point where you have to delete, then reload them?”

The video topic. Steve jobs is smart… he’s doing this the way I agree with… yes yes I do want video now.. RIGHT NOW on my iPhone.. but think about it this way.

If he gave you video now on your iPhone then what cool “New” thing would he release on the Third iPhone?

that’s how he’s doing this, ‘Milking’ it essentially. Which i think is smart. I don’t think we will see video until the third gen iPhone. That way… when he announces the new iPhone we will all be Hyped up and ready to buy it =) I know i will…. I am willing to wait for it as well..

I update at 2:34 on Saturday, turned everything on, played music, wi-fi, bluetooth, 3G. Had a battery for 23hours.

The last experience, after having the iphone replaced at the apple store was like 8 hours most before the update. I AM HAPPY!

R

I like the new iTunes features though, but i have yet to see the repeating alert for text messages.

Does anyone else have trouble with applications failing to open to a point where you have to delete, then reload them?

While we criticize them for seemingly obvious stuff like that, and with good reason, I don’t think it’s arrogance at all. They have a list of features but only limited resources, so they focus and what they can do the most of in the least time, and that’s what we get. Google and other companies sucking the engineering talent out of the Valley, and there are only so many miracle workers to go around. It’s all about triage and prioritizing.

And, of course, Apple being Apple, they’ll want super battery life even with video, and a super intuitive interface for cut/copy/paste, and super crystal clear sound for A2DP, etc.

And if they can’t deliver it, they’ll wait.

Opposite end, when they have new tech working, they’ll drop the old stuff fast as they dropped floppy and optical on the iMac and Air…

Oh, and for those who care, I used QuickPwn and it Jailbroke v2.1 flawlessly. For me, Jailbreaking is essential to install Wiki2Touch, the incredible offline Wikipedia application. Upgrading to v2.1 and Jailbreaking left my 4GB (yes, 4 gigabytes) of Wiki2Touch data intact and ready to use!

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7579212

Many of us have let Apple know about the problem and noone that I know of has received a response.

And John, I’ve had zero issues with bluetooth and echos.

Doc

I use a motorola handsfree car speaker and don’t have any echo, or problem with it at all. Could you elaborate on what you’re experiencing?

2.1 has literally changed my iPhone stable/Speed experience back to the first gen days… I LOVE IT.

I have not crashed once, Apps feel faster, They for sure Load and install faster… I LOVE THAT…

I Do around 3,000 texts a month.. SMS is indeed faster, i noticed it right away with my first text that i started typing.

My signal is better..

Batter life..- WOW… can i say WOW?!?! Sat morning i unplugged my iPhone, drove out to my girlfriends house and stayed over the weekend. DIdn’t get home until late sunday. I had used my phone for googlemaps.. played some Spore even listened to music while driving. By the time i got back on sunday I was at 60% battery life.

That’s over 24 hours… and i didn’t even feel like charging the thing…

All in all.. amazing update Apple… amazing. Keep them coming!

~To all the people who keep mentioning things like New features and copy and paste etc etc… have some patience.. this stability fix was much needed before anything else. I’m thankful apple is doing things based on priorities…

We tested on 3 iPhones running 2.0.2, both 3G and 2G, and none produced the sound. All did on 2.1. Anyone else?

Good tip on the icons staying put, thanks and added!

Also applications stay where they are after you do an update, this is a big plus for me. I was getting tired of having to move an application back to where it was after an update.

My reception has been better with 2.1 as well.

I believe though that a 2.1.x will come out at some point and again a larger update of 2.2 as well. Apple wants to always fix their problems and not have a vista style breakdown.

Nice review