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Roundup of fixes for slowness of iOS 4 on iPhone 3G
By Jim DalrympleJuly 30, 2010, 12:32 pm PT
By now, you’ve probably seen the complaints from iPhone 3G users that updated to Apple’s new iOS 4 and experienced serious performance issues. You’ve probably also seen that Apple is investigating the issue.
Until Apple comes out with an official fix, iPhone 3G users are still searching for that one magic solution that may help them. There are a number of fixes posted around the Internet, but AppleToolbox.com gathered together a few of the better ones with instructions on how to do them on your phone.
The website compiled seven potential fixes that could help the performance of iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G. It’s important to remember that while these fixes worked for some users, they may not work for everyone.
Fixes in the list range from turning off Spotlight search to doing a complete DFU Restore. Still if you’re experiencing the issue, it may be worth giving a few of them a try.
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Roundup of fixes for slowness of iOS 4 on iPhone 3G
By Jim DalrympleJuly 30, 2010, 12:32 pm PT
By now, you’ve probably seen the complaints from iPhone 3G users that updated to Apple’s new iOS 4 and experienced serious performance issues. You’ve probably also seen that Apple is investigating the issue.
Until Apple comes out with an official fix, iPhone 3G users are still searching for that one magic solution that may help them. There are a number of fixes posted around the Internet, but AppleToolbox.com gathered together a few of the better ones with instructions on how to do them on your phone.
The website compiled seven potential fixes that could help the performance of iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G. It’s important to remember that while these fixes worked for some users, they may not work for everyone.
Fixes in the list range from turning off Spotlight search to doing a complete DFU Restore. Still if you’re experiencing the issue, it may be worth giving a few of them a try.
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My iPhone 3G was my everyday phone until about a week ago, and up to that point I had been running iOS4 on it without any performance or stability issues *whatsoever*.
I then upgraded to an iPhone 4 (why no, I haven’t had any antenna issues, thanks for asking!) and gave my old 3G to my wife to replace her crappy Samsung feature phone. Before I did, I did a full handset reset and a factory restore. Almost immediately, she had problems with the phone rebooting without warning, and draining the battery in less than 12 hours of standby. 3 days ago I did another factory restore, and she hasn’t had any problems since. Speed and stability are as they were when I was using it on a daily basis.
While it’s impossible to be sure, and there clearly *is* an issue, I think a lot of the problems are simply caused by the restore/upgrade not ‘taking’ properly.
Some good info Ian, thanks.
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My iPhone 3G is my everyday phone like Ian as well and it’s working fine until I upgrade to IOS4 it keep crash and freeze. Almost everytime when I check my emails,searching the web or do anythings it happen. I try reboot and restore at iTunes still same result. I’m really piss at this problem seem like I have only a regular cell phone not an iPhone because I can’t use my iPhone to do my daily personal and work stuffs. I’m just hoping Apple will find solutions fast to fixes this.
I had horrible performance issues with my 3G after upgrading to 4.0 and then to 4.0.1. I found a tip which worked wonders for me:
1. Turn off Spotlight Search: Go to Settings | General | Home Button | Spotlight Search, and uncheck everything
2. Reboot your iPhone 3G: Just a normal power down and restart
3. Turn Spotlight Search back on: Go back to same screen as step 1, and re-check everything you unchecked in Step 1
You can more read about it on my blog:
http://www.davekawalec.com/2010/07/3-steps-to-fix-iphone-3g-slowness-after-ios4-upgrade/