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Apple Releases iPhone Firmware 2.1 Beta 3

Apple has released Beta 3 of the iPhone 2.1 firmware. The new update consists of more bug fixes. iPhone 2.1 firmware offers some developers an early look at the next iPhone firmware with early support for background notificatoins.

Apple last seeded the second beta on July 30th.

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Posted: 50 months ago
I really hope this fixes most bugs for good. My phone crashes more now with 2.0.1 than when i had 2.0
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Posted: 50 months ago
Siigh I have a feeling the keyboard lag, crashing and other problems won't be fixed anytime soon, I don't know if it is my phone or just the 2.0 and 2.0.1 firmware in general.
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Posted: 50 months ago
Still not available to those of us not blessed by being accepted early. :rolleyes:
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Posted: 50 months ago
Please fix keyboard lag. It makes want to punch innoncent things!
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Posted: 50 months ago

Siigh I have a feeling the keyboard lag, crashing and other problems won't be fixed anytime soon, I don't know if it is my phone or just the 2.0 and 2.0.1 firmware in general.

Please fix keyboard lag. It makes want to punch innoncent things!


Haven't had ANY keyboard lag since upgrading to 2.1. Salvation is in beta.
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Posted: 50 months ago

Haven't had ANY keyboard lag since upgrading to 2.1. Salvation is in beta.


That's great news. Has it also eliminated the lag in the Contacts app?
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Posted: 50 months ago
This update is welcome, background notifications cannot come soon enough!
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Posted: 50 months ago

That's great news. Has it also eliminated the lag in the Contacts app?


Can you be more specific? I haven't noticed any either way though...

EDIT: After playing with it a bit, I noticed the lag as you open up contacts. there's still about a second long pause before you can move it. So comparing it to my 2.0 phone, the lag is still there but there seems to be less of a delay.

Hope that helps.
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Posted: 50 months ago
Any thoughts on when this will be made available? Are we talking days/weeks... or months...!!

Can you be more specific? I haven't noticed any either way though...


I tap a name in the contact list, takes about 2-3 seconds to register that I tapped it.

F-ing annoying.
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Posted: 50 months ago
I've found that when I launch the app, it either takes 2-3 seconds to actually show the list of my contacts or shows the list but is unresponsive for 2-3 seconds. Interestingly, this lag is not present if I access my contacts list from the Phone app.
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