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Just bought a case with a strange acidic smell.
Reception is good now.

anyone recommend some jailbreak software for new platform?
 
Interesting, I just received an email from Apple asking me to complete a questionnaire on my recent iphone purchases - it abruptly ended after I ticked the 'unsatisfied' box on question 4. :D
 
maldwyn said:
Interesting, I just received an email from Apple asking me to complete a questionnaire on my recent iphone purchases - it abruptly ended after I ticked the 'unsatisfied' box on question 4. :D
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I got that email too. The thing is though my iPhone isn't due to be sent out until next Friday! :hmm:
 
Any suggestions on how to wipe everything on a 3G without restoring the software (its jailbroken).

I want to delete all contacts,photos,applications etc
 
All the negativity about the iPhone 4 there has been something missing from many of the reviews I've read and the impression I have of this phone now I own one. It was pretty easy to get, I just saw a sign in the Tottenham court road branch of carphone warehouse saying they were available. When I asked they said they had sold all the stock they had but they were getting some more on Wednesday and I could have one of those if I wanted. I reckon the Apple store in Regent st has a daily consignment.

As an owner of a 3G from the start together with all the current negativity surrounding this phone I had forgotten quite how much of an upgrade the 4 is from a 3G. Lets say this straight, this is an utterly awesome gadget.

It looks amazing, the design is a lovely rework of what has become an iconic device. The screen is insane. I can clearly read urban fully zoomed in portrait. The maps look amazing. The colours are rich and the black is so black, in shadow its hard to tell the screen from the bezel even when its on. The glass does not pick up finger prints like the 3G although its not totally immune. I'm undecided if I want to put a screen protector on it yet.

Then there are all the little upgrades that iOS4 brings and the ones that were on the 3GS like the compass, the voice control...'what is the time'.... and the speed. Not many realise that the 3GS introduced some solid universal access (accessibility) features. Things like 3 finger hold to zoom the icons to 2x2 for instance.

Crikey :eek: its so so much faster than a 3G. People forget that the 3G originally came with what was a pretty basic OS and it got roundly criticised for lacking features. But the features it had worked and worked well. Time has moved on and iOS4 compared to v2.0? Different game and the 3G was starting to wheeze at what it was being asked to do. The iPhone 4 on the other hand is so silky smooth in operation it makes oil look rough.

Multi tasking seems to work well, not many apps support it right now see how it goes.

Loving the app grouping, 6-7 pages of apps was really getting cumbersome.

I can see that it might get damaged if you were to drop it at an angle onto something hard. Simple answer is don't. For the more clumsy, I have no doubt that a plethora of covers are being churned out in China as I am typing this.

The ease of which I just moved all my data from my old phone to the new one shows that iTunes is better than some make out. e.g. I plugged the new phone in and it asked if I wanted to copy all my data to it. Though Apple should really make it a proper Windows application...

The box is even smaller than the last one, which was pretty minimalist. The PSU is stupid tiny, so little waste there. Not universal like the last one though, purely a UK PSU, I think it says 100-240v, its so tiny I can't read it so work with a converter of your choice.
 
With all the minor faults, and they really are minor, I love mine, the display is fucking amazing.
 
Gaaaah, the little 3G dock I have doesn't quite fit but its agonisingly close, 0.1 of a mm and it would make contact.

The 4G dock, 25 quid for a lump of plastic. Isn't selling the most expensive phone in the world enough?
 
grit; said:
Any suggestions on how to wipe everything on a 3G without restoring the software (its jailbroken).

I want to delete all contacts,photos,applications etc
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There's a wipe all data option within the reset menu on the phone itself. Takes about 2 hours.
 
Sunray said:
All the negativity about the iPhone 4 there has been something missing from many of the reviews I've read and the impression I have of this phone now I own one. It was pretty easy to get, I just saw a sign in the Tottenham court road branch of carphone warehouse saying they were available. When I asked they said they had sold all the stock they had but they were getting some more on Wednesday and I could have one of those if I wanted. I reckon the Apple store in Regent st has a daily consignment.

As an owner of a 3G from the start together with all the current negativity surrounding this phone I had forgotten quite how much of an upgrade the 4 is from a 3G. Lets say this straight, this is an utterly awesome gadget.

It looks amazing, the design is a lovely rework of what has become an iconic device. The screen is insane. I can clearly read urban fully zoomed in portrait. The maps look amazing. The colours are rich and the black is so black, in shadow its hard to tell the screen from the bezel even when its on. The glass does not pick up finger prints like the 3G although its not totally immune. I'm undecided if I want to put a screen protector on it yet.

Then there are all the little upgrades that iOS4 brings and the ones that were on the 3GS like the compass, the voice control...'what is the time'.... and the speed. Not many realise that the 3GS introduced some solid universal access (accessibility) features. Things like 3 finger hold to zoom the icons to 2x2 for instance.

Crikey :eek: its so so much faster than a 3G. People forget that the 3G originally came with what was a pretty basic OS and it got roundly criticised for lacking features. But the features it had worked and worked well. Time has moved on and iOS4 compared to v2.0? Different game and the 3G was starting to wheeze at what it was being asked to do. The iPhone 4 on the other hand is so silky smooth in operation it makes oil look rough.

Multi tasking seems to work well, not many apps support it right now see how it goes.

Loving the app grouping, 6-7 pages of apps was really getting cumbersome.

I can see that it might get damaged if you were to drop it at an angle onto something hard. Simple answer is don't. For the more clumsy, I have no doubt that a plethora of covers are being churned out in China as I am typing this.

The ease of which I just moved all my data from my old phone to the new one shows that iTunes is better than some make out. e.g. I plugged the new phone in and it asked if I wanted to copy all my data to it. Though Apple should really make it a proper Windows application...

The box is even smaller than the last one, which was pretty minimalist. The PSU is stupid tiny, so little waste there. Not universal like the last one though, purely a UK PSU, I think it says 100-240v, its so tiny I can't read it so work with a converter of your choice.
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Cheers Sunray - this the review I was looking for - 3G user to 4 user, definitely worth the upgrade (4x screen, 4x memory and probably 4x the speed).

Now will they hurry up and get over here in Holland, we're in the World Cup Final but you can't get a bloody iPhone 4 'coming soon', 'coming soon'...

How much did you pay, if you don't mind me asking? I might just get a new unlocked one, but get someone in England to buy it as it will be cheaper. Was your old 3G jailbroken? Did you restore it before sorting out the 4?
 
Sunray said:
All the negativity about the iPhone 4 there has been something missing from many of the reviews I've read and the impression I have of this phone now I own one. It was pretty easy to get, I just saw a sign in the Tottenham court road branch of carphone warehouse saying they were available. When I asked they said they had sold all the stock they had but they were getting some more on Wednesday and I could have one of those if I wanted. I reckon the Apple store in Regent st has a daily consignment.

As an owner of a 3G from the start together with all the current negativity surrounding this phone I had forgotten quite how much of an upgrade the 4 is from a 3G. Lets say this straight, this is an utterly awesome gadget.

It looks amazing, the design is a lovely rework of what has become an iconic device. The screen is insane. I can clearly read urban fully zoomed in portrait. The maps look amazing. The colours are rich and the black is so black, in shadow its hard to tell the screen from the bezel even when its on. The glass does not pick up finger prints like the 3G although its not totally immune. I'm undecided if I want to put a screen protector on it yet.

Then there are all the little upgrades that iOS4 brings and the ones that were on the 3GS like the compass, the voice control...'what is the time'.... and the speed. Not many realise that the 3GS introduced some solid universal access (accessibility) features. Things like 3 finger hold to zoom the icons to 2x2 for instance.

Crikey :eek: its so so much faster than a 3G. People forget that the 3G originally came with what was a pretty basic OS and it got roundly criticised for lacking features. But the features it had worked and worked well. Time has moved on and iOS4 compared to v2.0? Different game and the 3G was starting to wheeze at what it was being asked to do. The iPhone 4 on the other hand is so silky smooth in operation it makes oil look rough.

Multi tasking seems to work well, not many apps support it right now see how it goes.

Loving the app grouping, 6-7 pages of apps was really getting cumbersome.

I can see that it might get damaged if you were to drop it at an angle onto something hard. Simple answer is don't. For the more clumsy, I have no doubt that a plethora of covers are being churned out in China as I am typing this.

The ease of which I just moved all my data from my old phone to the new one shows that iTunes is better than some make out. e.g. I plugged the new phone in and it asked if I wanted to copy all my data to it. Though Apple should really make it a proper Windows application...

The box is even smaller than the last one, which was pretty minimalist. The PSU is stupid tiny, so little waste there. Not universal like the last one though, purely a UK PSU, I think it says 100-240v, its so tiny I can't read it so work with a converter of your choice.
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Spot on. :)
 
Greater user review Sunray, very nice to see some actual real world experience of the phone rather than just a opinion formed on reports of other people's experience.
 
Oh, I've relented and bought a bumper for mine. Not because of signal problems, but because I'm spectacularly cack-handed and have already dropped it about 150 times. :oops:

Fits nicely, and stops the phone sliding about on slightly sloping surfaces. :D
 
On reflection if you have a 3GS, I doubt that this would really be worth it unless you really had to have the latest kit. I can't get the signal to drop no matter how I squeeze it.
 
I tested a few things yesterday (well, just observed really as it pinged in my pocket at the bottom of the excalators in Brixton)

So, it get's signal at the bottom of the escalators in Brixton, previously it was at the entrance to the tube.
I now get no drop of 3G signal on the way up Brixton Hill on a bus whereas before I only got Edge signal between The Fridge and the White Horse.
 
I find if I hold it for browsing, facing me, with my hand on the bottom left, it drops a bar sometimes.

But that's not my natural position of holding it like that, so I could give a crap, tbh. No calls dropped in a week.

Oh, and Voda's 3G is way better than o2's was.
 
Sunray said:
On reflection if you have a 3GS, I doubt that this would really be worth it unless you really had to have the latest kit. I can't get the signal to drop no matter how I squeeze it.
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I'm forever being asked by people should i get this phone or the iPhone4.

I'm seen as the gadget man and former iPhone user and so in the know.

I've been telling people that unless they are really desperate to have the very latest iPhone and have money to burn.. buy the 3GS.

If they can't afford one of them then buy the HTC Desire but get insurance for it.
 
Also should say great review Sunray - confirms most of what i've heard from others. A a 3GS owner with OS4 there's little point in me upgrading but for 3G owner the difference is immense.
 
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