Apple has released a beta build 7C97d of iPhone OS 3.1 to its developers today.Although there is no official change log yet (as this is a first beta) we have installed the update on a 3G and 3GS here in the Neowin office and it's noticeably faster moving around the OS. We are still tinkering around trying to find further changes but rumour has it this update is getting pumped out to address some battery issues that users have been complaining about over at the Apple iPhone discussion forums. Early indications show that the tethering hack we detailed earlier this month does work correctly. We will update the list below with our findings.
What's new?
- Faster boot up
- Tethering hack still working
- When you hold your finger on an App to move its position, the phone physically vibrates prior to wiggling the icons.
- Safari now has a toggle for "Fraud Protection" under its Settings pane
- Editing a video now allows you to "save a copy" on the iPhone 3GS, rather than overwriting the original
- Voice control on 3GS now works over Bluetooth
Thanks to the commenters who have found new features!
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Silly comment exposes your lack of knowledge.
Hopefully they fix the ipod touch "Where the hell are half the items in every list" issue that I keep getting.
Seriously. If I'm browsing all of my songs, after a while, a large number of them become blue. I can't read them or select them.
Seriously. If I'm browsing all of my songs, after a while, a large number of them become blue. I can't read them or select them.
There's a lot of bugs with 3.0 that, quite honestly, should have been fixed long before. Some people have upgraded and lost Wi-Fi connectivity in it's entirety and Apple doesn't know why. There's all sorts of threads on the discussion board about it. Apps seem more laggy. When I want to quit and app there's about a 5-10% chance it'll hang and I'll have to wait 5-20 seconds for it to close. That's completely unacceptable. I'm a very strong advocate of upgrading, but this upgrade is one I DO NOT recommend.
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I have never had that option, ever - and I have been a beta tester since beta1....so here you go son, some of what I have been smoking:
Found something else; editing the video is no longer a destructive procedure. You can do a 'Save As' instead of overwriting the original.
Last edited by KeR on 01 Jul 2009 - 03:35
Althou notifications is there on my phone.
The camera icon in messages bit is there too.
I'm in the UK, only thing I can think of is if your in the US then the camera icon hasn't been in the messages app as AT&T don't allow MMS yet?
This image made it to the front page of Gizmodo, I feel special.
[EDIT] Ahh, the baseband has been upgraded to 05.08.01 from 04.26.08 in OS 3.0 build 7A341.
Hopefully the improved boot time is significantly faster, as I find it very annoying having to wait so long to use the device.
It's working and it's productive and it's really sleek. If they change something, it'll be just a couple of elements, nothing more.
This could really take off..
Read kraized's comment a few up and DomZ's reply
That's just the baseband, i don't rely on ultrasn0w to get coverage. I use redsn0w to get Cydia so i can make it look pretty, record video and use some decent apps.
my next phone would be iphone
but that would be after three years
ops it would be the end of the world
so never
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