Apple investigating issues with iOS 4 upgrade on iPhone 3G

Back when we outlined the iOS 4 features missing from iPhone 3G, we forgot one key bullet point: performance. As more and more two-year veterans of Apple's phones have taken the plunge and upgraded to the latest firmware, slowdown and battery drain issues have become a common complaint, which is even more irksome when you think of just how little the update really adds to the UI. The Wall Street Journal reports speaking to an Apple spokesperson who said the company is looking into the matter. That doesn't necessarily mean a fix is coming anytime soon, but hey, at least you can hold the darn thing however you want.

[liquidkernel Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:20PM]

This changes everything.

[Aaquibn Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:22PM]

@liquidkernel

All. Over. Again.

[CarlosMobile Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:23PM]

@liquidkernel

Of course Engadget forgot one KEY bullet point regarding iphone issues 8-)

[Stratus41298 Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:24PM]

@liquidkernel

Again.

[NuklearPanda Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:24PM]

100+ comments coming up!

[AndroidFanBoy Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:25PM]

@liquidkernel b like Google Apple. Release the darn thing, but it in beta mode for 6months or so. Let the community test it by invitation. And release it...

No secrets, no fuss.

[liquidkernel Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:25PM]

@NuklearPanda I better unsubscribe from email alerts for this post. My mail server is going to hate me.

[BlackedOut Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:26PM]

Why isn't this breaking? This should be breaking.

[CarlosMobile Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:27PM]

@BlackedOut

We'll make it Breaking with 500+ comments! Let's get it on guys :p

[Blippy0524 Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:28PM]

@liquidkernel Again.

[Mike10010100 Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:29PM]

@liquidkernel

I've definitely noticed that my iPod Touch is more jittery than before.

[HellFlyer Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:29PM]

@CarlosMobile
oh yeah ...sure they forgot it ! This is so lame Engadet and your pathetic excuse "but hey, at least you can hold the darn thing however you want" doesn't work

[Neotyguy40 Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:34PM]

@HellFlyer

Excuse for what? Engadget didn't say anything that they shouldn't of in this article.

If you don't like Engadget, then get off this site and go back to Gizmodo...

[n8equalsd Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:36PM]

@Androidsugly
The app folders are 4x3.

[nuck Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:14PM]

@liquidkernel

My iPod touch 3G with 4.0 goes from 90% battery to 5% battery overnight if I leave WiFi on ... it would lose 1-2% with the previous OS ... UNACCEPTABLE!

[TechAndOnlyTech Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:38PM]

@liquidkernel

Hey, so much for "it just works!"

[iDroidPhone Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:43PM]

@HellFlyer
I'm sick of all you engadget haters, if you don't like the articles then get off this site all you bitchez

[heathmaxie Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:49PM]

@Androidsugly

You can actualy view the photo from the camera app. It even gives you a thumbnail of the last picture you took. Just sayin...

[Gooch818 Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:49PM]

@liquidkernel
Lol, yup, I jumped ship to Android. Dont get me wrong, I like the iPhone, but I like being able to open my text messages on my Captivate and not have yo wait 15 seconds to see my message.

[Matt314 Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:56PM]

@Neotyguy40 What's wrong with Gizmodo?

[That guy 2 Posted Jul 28th 2010 11:15PM]

@liquidkernel Issues regarding iPhone 3G ios 4 updates? How about 3rd gen? Some people have had serious slow down and battery drain on it, I pwrsonally have only had 10 second slower startup, but not much else, and it was terrible on day 1

[air on Posted Jul 28th 2010 11:45PM]

@liquidkernel

iOS4 is also slow on 3GS!

Not as slow as on 3G, but definitely lag in many movement between apps and loading of apps. Safari is 3 seconds slower on startup, which seems forever compared to what it used to be.

[hostbot Posted Jul 28th 2010 11:53PM]

@Stratus41298 ...and again.

[uckApple Posted Jul 28th 2010 11:54PM]

@liquidkernel

I wonder why Apple preloaded iOS4 with bugs and errors..

Oh wait, to stop jailbreaking.

Thats right, nice one, Apple.

[daytripper Posted Jul 28th 2010 11:54PM]

Looks like this is Apple's Vista.

[Plazmic Flame Posted Jul 29th 2010 12:01AM]

@daytripper

Apple's Vista? More like Apple's Millennium Edition

[recharged95 Posted Jul 29th 2010 12:16AM]

@Mike10010100

Could be cause they did multitasking "right".

Really you all now see the difference between closed & open ecosystems.

Sure you can jailbreak a iphone, but could be buggy, much like an Android jailbreak. But android has OEM roms allover the place where as apple already moved 3.2 to the dust bin.

[fastm3driver Posted Jul 29th 2010 12:24AM]

@liquidkernel These Apple guys must be super engineers to be figuring the stuff out so fast.

[uglyface Posted Jul 29th 2010 12:35AM]

@Mike10010100......same here!!! I was all excited about the ios4, and then I got it and then I wished I never did!!! :((( [mega sad face]

[DCIFRTHS Posted Jul 29th 2010 1:51AM]

@BlackedOut

Agreed. This should have been breaking news a couple of days after the 4.x shit firmware / OS hit the 3G. Unfortunately, Engadget's heads are so far up their asses that all they can concentrate on is iPads, and iPhone 4's... All they had to do is take one look in the Apple 3G forum, or read their email, to know there was a huge fucking problem.

Conversation at Engadget:
--"Hey! I hear that some guy made an iPad case out of an egg carton - and it smells like shit too!"
--"Cool. Let's lead with that."

It's kind of sad that Engadget got the story from the WSJ, and not from the skilled set of "writers" they have on staff.

[Extinction Posted Jul 29th 2010 2:31AM]

@liquidkernel didnt apple claim their huge fanbase was cause of how fast they react to things like this?

[zob Posted Jul 29th 2010 3:17AM]

it's call artificial slowdown to make people upgrade the hardware
"guys lets look into it!"
"define #IS_IPHONE3G 0"
"define#IS_IPHONE3GS 1"
"make"

"Fixed!!"

[Mike10010100 Posted Jul 29th 2010 4:03AM]

@recharged95

I'm getting mixed messages from your comment... Would the fact that it's jittery mean that they DIDN'T do multitasking right? Are you being sarcastic?

And I think the abundance of ROMs is a good thing....

Next time could you be a bit more clear regarding what you're saying?

[bhoffa Posted Jul 29th 2010 5:53AM]

@liquidkernel

[Nick Meijer Posted Jul 29th 2010 6:02AM]

@Neotyguy40 "shouldn't OF"

GAH. >:(

[Dilekz Posted Jul 29th 2010 6:19AM]

@hostbot ..... and AGAINNNN

[Morky Posted Jul 29th 2010 6:28AM]

@air on
I'm on iPhone 4, now, but when I had the 3GS, I thought it was snappier and generally worked better with iOS 4. Not that I am discounting your experience. I can corroborate the subject of this article (iPhone 3G problems with iOS 4). I have two 3G friends who upgraded and are not happy.

[chansthename Posted Jul 29th 2010 7:08AM]

@DCIFRTHS
or even better lets post that article on Justin Bieber on a Segway, it's gonna be classic

[iucidium Posted Jul 29th 2010 7:15AM]

@air on Sounds like your 3gs is now on par with a G1....at least I have multitasking [hold home] aaah. Facebook!

[roman411 Posted Jul 29th 2010 8:34AM]

@nuck Exact same for me. And I'm an Enterprise user so this isn't good at all. Perhaps the 5th top money grossing law firm I work for should speak up. ;)

[boe Posted Jul 29th 2010 9:15AM]

@liquidkernel I think the biggest complaint I get from my end users are the problems they are having with Exchcange and IOS4 - subfolders not syncing, calendars being off, freeze ups on sync etc. There is an interim patch but most don't know about it. Turns out IOS4 can actually hang an exchange server!

The weird thing is that either who has what issue is random or a lot of people aren't reporting to me their issues - a lot have reported exchange problems but a lot haven't either.

[archkron Posted Jul 29th 2010 9:56AM]

@liquidkernel

I think this illustrates things quite well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdk2cJpSXLg

[Slug Posted Jul 29th 2010 10:04AM]

@zob
"it's call artificial slowdown to make people upgrade the hardware
"guys lets look into it!"
"define #IS_IPHONE3G 0"
"define#IS_IPHONE3GS 1"
"make"

"Fixed!!""

I upgraded alright....


Straight to a Samsung Captivate!!

Peace out APPLE!

[Jupitergeek Posted Jul 30th 2010 4:07AM]

@nuck My iPod Touch 32gb 3rd Gen acted this afternoon like so:
* Went from somewhere 75%+ this afternoon...
* Was turned OFF for a few hours...
* Turned back on and instantly said "20% Remaining" battery.. which then slowly grew in 5% intervals up to *GASP* a whole 45%.

Did I mention it's only had a few App Updates (some compatible/some accidentally NOT compatible) and ITS STILL RUNNING OS3, no OS4 update!!! >:( >:( >:( WHAT THE HECK!??!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!

[Jupitergeek Posted Jul 30th 2010 4:12AM]

@Jupitergeek My iPod is also ONLY 2.5 MONTHS old.

[MrFairladyz Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:21PM]

It is quite sluggish... Downgrade to 3.1.3 seems like the best way to go for the time being...

[Fatal Supremacy Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:24PM]

@MrFairladyz
how so? ive tried downgrading mine before..but to no avail.

[Parker731 Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:29PM]

@MrFairladyz Agree downgrade. Nothing on 4.0 for 3G owners is worth it IMO.

[Dani McDanington Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:55PM]

@MrFairladyz

Actually, all you need to do is disable spotlight indexing, and you should experience a significant performance increase, at least until apple fix what it is that makes it suck.

[Oddio Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:01PM]

@MrFairladyz
This is true, in fact i have a huge problem with my 3G
None of my photos render properly, and ive tried resyncing and everything and the problem still exists.
All my photos in the album are super pixelated.
On top of that, my phone is just incredibly slow.. especially maps...
my God...