Vincent Arnold

I was really beginning to get frustrated right before Apple released their 2.1 upgrade for the iPhone 3G. Like a lot of folks, dropped calls and a weak 3G signal strength were pretty common. My GPS signal strength in my home was pretty poor as well (actually most GPS’s don’t typically get great signals in a building anyway) but that didn’t bother me so much as the poor 3G reception.

After I upgraded to v2.1, I noticed that my 3G signal strength was stronger and to date, I have yet to have a dropped call, seriously. When I was constantly getting 1 bar in my home for 3G, I now get 4 bars and it rarely modes down to Edge. Sure, the battery is drained faster when 3G is enabled but that was to be expected.

After fiddling around with the GPS tonight, I noticed that it now instantly picks up my location in my home, no matter what room I’m in. I don’t use it that much but I distinctly remember that it took forever to get a fix before and wouldn’t actually “fix” on my position. I would see the blue circle on the map in the area where the GPS “thought” I was located. Maybe this was not an enhancement in v2.1 but I am happy it is working well regardless.

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 12:18 am and is filed under iPhone 3G.