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Once upon a time, iPhones had an OS update known as version 2.1, and there was much rejoicing. Actually, there was a little bit of the rejoicing and a bit more of the griping.

What was the griping about? Well, some of you kiddies might not remember this, since it was so two years ago, but the story may ring familiar: it was all about degrading signal indicator issues with the iPhone 3G.

Part of what that article notes is the existence of the field service test mode that was, then, present in the iPhone OS. It used to be pretty trivial to access this mode, which would give us gadgety techno-nerds information like more detailed signal strength. A feature like that would be dandy for troubleshooting the iPhone 4's recent disappearing bars problems, but Apple decided to remove access to test mode in iOS 4.

Seeing as this issue cropped up in the early days of the iPhone 3G, AT&T's response to it then seems to indicate that, quite simply, a software update will fix the signal strength indicator problem in the iPhone 4. Let's just hope it comes out sooner than later so that we can stop talking about this issue already.

Thanks Ilkyone for the tip!

iPhone OS 2.1 on 3G had signal problems too originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

iPhone OS 2.1 on 3G had signal problems too originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The MacRumors forums are abuzz with users comparing their recent upload speeds. TUAW reader Becca Holmes tipped us that iPhone users are experiencing uploads that appear to be capped at 100 kbps rather than the 1.6mbps that was a previous norm. Users have been comparing rates captured with tools like Speedtest.net's Speed Test to put concrete numbers on perceived performance drops -- and it looks like that drop is huge, compared to the way things were just a week or two ago.

According to the thread, affected cities include: NYC, Central Jersey, Boston, Orlando, Seattle, South Jersey/Philly, Columbus, Cleveland, West Houston, Phoenix, Northern Colorado, St. Paul/Minnesota, Suffolk County/Long Island, Quad Cities, South Jersey, Denver, Detroit Metro, and Cincinnati.

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Is AT&T capping iPhone upload speeds? Inquiring minds want to know originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Is AT&T capping iPhone upload speeds? Inquiring minds want to know originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AT&T Navigator is a turn-by-turn GPS app branded by AT&T and developed by TeleNav Inc. It provides a lot of the expected GPS capabilities such as voice directions, dynamic rerouting, and map updates. Although the app itself is free, it does require a $10 monthly subscription (added on top of your monthly AT&T bill) to be used.