I upgraded to the 2.0 firmware.  I had problems several days later with the added applications returning me to the home screen.  I read online that this was common and that people were restoring their iPhones but NOT using the backup feature.  Just returning it to “new” and then putting their data back on.I decided to restore the phone without backup as others have on the internet.  It is a pain when you have to set all of your customizations  back on the phone.  I will list some things that you might want to consider:

• Setting up your email accounts again
• Notes dissapear
• Stocks return to default and your list is gone
• Weather settings are gone
• Sounds and settings are returned to default
• Text messages go away
• Favorite list in contacts go away
• Have to reconfigure all of the movies you want on the device
• Reconfigure wireless networks

So, I have a year’s worth of notes gone.  I have to struggle and remember how I really was using the device.  You don’t remember what you want set up until you try to use it.  An example would be weather.  Yesterday I opened up and expected one thing and saw nothing.  I restored a couple of days ago and didn’t think to set that back up.  Stocks today was the “whoops” thing.  Notes today sort of broke my heart.  I tried to show off an ultrasound video of my little baby that is due soon and it was not on the phone because I didn’t know that was one of the options that I need to reconfigure. 

If you decide to restore and not use a backup, please jot down some things currently on your phone so you get it back the way it was.   

Good luck,
Tom 

There are too many spammers.  There are not many new bugs.  There are not many bug fixes.  I am going to shut down this site soon unless there are really people looking at this.  I was hoping for more activity from the community and Apple. Thanks for everything. –Tom 

Please excuse me while I vent about something that is NOT iPhone.  A couple of MacWorlds ago, Steve Jobs announced an operating system called Leopard.  Great!  Cool features like TimeMachine.  Wow, I really bought in to that.  He said that it can wirelessly connect to their AirPort Extreme with an external drive connected.  Man, I rushed right out and bought the AirPort Extreme and a large external HDD to connect to it.  Well, today he announces TimeCapsul.  What?  Where is my external HDD support for my AirPort Extreme that I shelled out $too_many for?  That terd flat-out LIED to me and wasted my money!  I DON’T plan to buy this damn Capsul crap.  I’ll do it myself… Thanks Stevie-Lying-Ass-Jerk! –Tom 

If the iPhone got 3G, what would it matter.  You could use it locally on the phone.  So what?  You can’t save anything.  You can’t sync anything.  You can’t use it as a modem.  So, it’s useless! –Tom 

I was digging around some of the developer applications on my MacBook Pro.  I opened the Bluetooth Explorer.app and started playing.  I clicked Devices->Show Device Discovery and highlighted my iPhone.  While reading the Service Attributes, I noticed two “expected” attributes and two “unexpected” attributes.  The two expected attributes were Handsfree Gateway and Headset Gateway.  I have no questions with those two.  The two attributes that I have questions about are Phonebook and IrMC Sync.  Do these seem to be associated with the ability to sync the iPhone?  I think so!  I am very interested in this feature as I have also listed that as a feature request on iPhoneBugList.com.  My Treo 650 did it with no problems.  I would expect my Apple phone can speak to my Apple computers!

Below is the output from the Bluetooth Explorer: 

ServiceSearchAttributeRequest:
ServiceSearchPattern = { <1002> };
MaximumAttributeByteCount = 0xffff;
AttributeIDList = { 0×0000-0xffff };

ServiceSearchAttributeResponse:
AttributeLists = {
{
            0×0006 = { 0×656e, 0×006a, 0×0100, 0×6672, 0×006a, 0×0110, 0×6465, 0×006a, 0×0120, 0×6a61, 0×006a, 0×0130 },
0×0008 = 0xff,
0×0004 = { { <0100> }, { <0003>, 0×01 }, { <0008> } },
0×0009 = { { <1104>, 0×0100 } },
0×0002 = 0×00000000,
0×0100 = “IrMC Sync“,
0×0301 = { 0×01, 0×01, 0×01, 0×01 },
0×0001 = { <1104> },
0×0005 = { <1002> },
0×0000 = 0×4f491104
},
{
            0×0006 = { 0×656e, 0×006a, 0×0100, 0×6672, 0×006a, 0×0110, 0×6465, 0×006a, 0×0120, 0×6a61, 0×006a, 0×0130 },
0×0008 = 0xff,
0×0004 = { { <0100> }, { <0003>, 0×0d }, { <0008> } },
0×0009 = { { <112f>, 0×0100 } },
0×0002 = 0×00000001,
0×0100 = “Phonebook“,
0×0311 = 0×03,
0×0314 = 0×01,
0×0001 = { <112f> },
0×0005 = { <1002> },
0×0000 = 0×4f49112f
},
{
0×0006 = { 0×656e, 0×006a, 0×0100, 0×6672, 0×006a, 0×0110, 0×6465, 0×006a, 0×0120, 0×6a61, 0×006a, 0×0130 },
0×0008 = 0xff,
0×0004 = { { <0100> }, { <0003>, 0×0a } },
    0×0009 = { { <1108>, 0×0100 } },
0×0002 = 0×00000000,
0×0100 = “Headset Gateway“,
0×0001 = { <1112>, <1203> },
0×0005 = { <1002> },
0×0000 = 0×4f491112
},
      {
0×0006 = { 0×656e, 0×006a, 0×0100, 0×6672, 0×006a, 0×0110, 0×6465, 0×006a, 0×0120, 0×6a61, 0×006a, 0×0130 },
0×0008 = 0xff,
0×0004 = { { <0100> }, { <0003>, 0×08 } },
0×0009 = { { <111e>, 0×0105 } },
0×0002 = 0×00000000,
       0×0100 = “Handsfree Gateway“,
0×0311 = 0×0003,
0×0301 = 0×01,
0×0001 = { <111f>, <1203> },
0×0005 = { <1002> },
0×0000 = 0×4f49111f
}
};

–Tom

I have not updated the submit page on http://www.iphonebuglist.com because I have not updated my phone.  I have not updated my phone because I am *enjoying* 1.1.1 at the time.  I usually verify the version, the hex version and the modem f/w version.  Since I do not have my phone to get that information, I have not updated the site.   If you would like to send the information to me, I would be happy to put it up on the site! –Tom 

I was watching The Bionic Woman (episode: The List) on television the other night and could not stop laughing when it was over. During the show, I was surprised to see that one of the characters had an iPhone. The ring it used was unfamiliar but when it was pulled out of his pocked by the bad guy, it was an iPhone. I was impressed and could not help but stare at the phone to see if it really was an iPhone. After a couple of scenes, I was positive that it was an Apple iPhone. I watched a few scenes on the phone, I noticed that the display was on during the call and it was against the user’s head. Ok, that is wrong, the display turns off when on a call. I saw a little blooper. Then, the bad guy was using the phone UPSIDE-DOWN! It was too funny to just leave alone so I have included a picture of the scenes (click to view).

Ok, I’m writing again but I noticed that the news has pointed out Apple’s limitations on forms of payment for the iPhone.  They limit two phones per customer.  Ok, that is acceptable but they will NOT accept cash.  Correct me if I am wrong but isn’t it legal tender in the United States?  Perhaps if one would have to show ID when making a purchase with cash would be appropriate but the lack of acceptance?

What would happen if sixteen year old Timmy saved his money from his summer job and wanted to spend it on an iPhone?  Young Timmy doubtfully has a credit card or a checking account these days.  Apple: “No, Timmy, you can’t buy and iPhone with your hard earned cash.”   Timmy’s dad is stuck too because he bought one for Timmy’s mom and himself.  Timmy’s mom is unable to because she is at the limits of her credit card.  Poor Timmy.

I guess I can never buy another iPhone since I bought one for my wife and me.  When I brought it up to my wife, she just laughed and said: “I can still buy two of them - haha!”

–Tom 

I haven’t been able to post much lately due to generally working too much and getting ready for Leopard.  Well, Leopard is installed and it’s Saturday so I’m not working.  I would like to point out some of the good issues posted on iPhoneBugList since I last looked. 

No ability to remove networks from “known” list

This is an interesting problem.  I understand his/her issue with not being able to configure known networks and agree that it should be fixed.  There is, however, a workaround.  If you go in to Settings -> Wi-Fi, you can turn on “Ask to Join Networks” and it will not join random networks.

No option to disable unlock slider

I really think this is something to be corrected.  If the passcode is enabled, the slider is just another useless step in the interface.  I really dislike useless extra steps.

Ability to delete song on the fly

I hear you.  I often find that I have put a song that I don’t want on the iPhone, later to forget to remove it from iTunes.  I could save space on my phone by deleting things from the phone.  I thought of this some time ago but did not list it as I thought that I would be the only person that thought this was a problem.  To be honest, I can’t stand the “I have to do EVERYTHING from iTunes” method of access right now anyway.

Calendar alerts block alarm clock

Wow, I didn’t even know this!  That stinks.  When you have an all day event configured and the STUPID phone reminds you at midnight when you are asleep, I will just miss my morning alarm clock.  That is bogus.

Now, just looking at the 5 Most Popular on the main page reminds me how much every iPhone user thinks alike.  The missing Flash Player and the inability to send text to multiple recipients along with the lack of to-do lists are the top three.  That, I would expect, should be the top things worked on by Apple.  Hop to it, guys!

–Tom

This is my first blog entry on my new MacBook Pro 15″. It is really sweet and I would have to say that this is the best computer that I have ever used. If you look up the definition of “computer” in the dictionary that comes bundled in the operating system, it defines the word “computer” as this:

computer |kəmˈpyoōtər| noun

an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.

That is a reasonable definition of a computer if you ask me. When I was learning about computers, it was defined as above but with other things added. A computer was described as a device consisting of a CPU, memory, storage, an input device and an output device able to run programs. This also seems to be reasonable.

Taking the above definitions of a computer, I would also define an iPhone as a computer. In that case, why are we not allowed to make the computer do the things that we want. Would it have been acceptable to tell me that I could not install Adium or VMWare on my brand new MacBook Pro? I would go crazy if I could not customize my laptop with all of the applications that I rely on daily.

I can use the same definition for my old-school Treo. Sure, the Treo had a more mature operating system but it ran without the fear of viruses and other people hacking the device. That wonderful piece of electronics was so great that people wrote software to do everything. Bluetooth devices were ALL accessible. I even had an IR emitter that I could plug in to the SD slot and control all of my electronics because the device was OPEN. I wrote programs for my phone and loved every minute of it. I had to get over the learning curve but it was all there. No one to stop me. My computer (Treo) was mine to do with what I want.

I have taken a small gander at all of the fine applications that other people were making on their hacked iPhones. I am truly amazed at the quality applications they were able to produce in such short time. They really did a super job at making the phone more useful.

I can understand Apple’s stance on the phone being linked to AT&T. I bought the phone knowing this. As a matter of fact, I switched from Sprint and was not unhappy with their service. I would not have considered this phone if I knew that it was going to be such a limited device.

Again, this is a computer. Apple should allow people to install their applications as a user with limited access (since it is Unix). They could be limited to the access that they are granted and the world would be happy. Unix is a wonderful operating system with little limitations. There is no reason to disallow people to run the applications that they desire.

Let us be free…

–Tom