For those of you running iOS 4 on your iPhone 3G, you know it's unbearably slow. So slow, in fact, that you may have followed our guide to downgrade your iOS to get it running back in its original state. Well, Steve Jobs, the man himself, says an update that will fix sluggish performance should arrive soon.
We know he's not particularly impressed when people publish his snippety e-mails, but this one is worth it. This exchange is with a customer who called iOS 4 on his iPhone 3G "dog slow" and expressed frustration with its performance:
I've waited patiently through 4.0.1 and 4.0.2, looking for a fix that will make my phone work again. I've read the forums that advise me to jailbreak my phone or use some other method so I can downgrade back to a version of iPhone 3, however I'm not prepared to use a method that is not supported by Apple.
Jobs' short and actually pretty sweet reply:
Software update coming soon.
Sent from my iPhone
Considering Apple was selling the iPhone 3G until just a few months ago (for $99), we believe they'll come up with a fix. Do you?
Via 9to5 Mac
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dptt
August 26, 2010 at 12:48pm
I just downgraded to iOS3 using your instructions and at last I have my phone back.
Chris763
August 22, 2010 at 7:01pm
i disabled Safari and App Store, by restricting them and the iphone 3g is just flying, no more sluggish and glitches. if you need to use these apps just unlock them and then when u r done disable them.
Hbms
August 22, 2010 at 9:30am
I have had the most upsetting experience with this whole situation this summer. I downgraded back to iOS3 after being brave enough to try iOS4. Things were fine for about 2 weeks. Then the iPhone crashed. I spent about 6 hours trying to restore with no luck - nothing happened. Then I went to the Apple store genius bar and they tried for another hour. They could do nothing and the only option I had was to purchase an out of warranty replacement for $250. Talk about freaking out! 1 1/2 years ago I took the plunge and got rid of my house phone so this is the only phone i have. Finally, after appealing to their conscience I got one rep to sell me a battery replacement for $89. It took 6 days for the replacement to arrive. Whew! Then, when we were setting up the phone instore, another rep said she had the same problem with performance but since the new upgrade to 4.0.1 things were great, so dummy me, said to go for it - so I am back to 4.0.2 and it is awful. A few times I couldn't even answer calls because the slider would not respond. Other times calls are lost while speaking. Once I answered the same call 4 times (my boyfriend just kept calling) until we finally connected. I have given up and am expecting delivery of my new iPhone 4 in 2 days. A fix to this mess would at least let me use my 3G as a backup. :(
kevinmd63
August 20, 2010 at 11:56am
The only fix I could find was to follow the instructions to down grade to IOS 3 and my phone has been working fine ever since. When the upgrade comes out I will definitely take a "wait and see" posture before I consider installing the upgrade on my iPhone 3G. After I have heard rave reviews of its performance I will make the upgrade but not before.
petoe35121
August 20, 2010 at 11:49am
I sure hope they do, my phone has been slow and glitchy. At one point it didn't let me end a call when I was finished leaving a message.
