My Open Letter to Steve Jobs Apple iPhone 3G

Dear Mr. Jobs,I wish to congratulate you in your ability of rejuvenating the Apple brand over the past decade. The first computer my family ever purchased was an Apple IIc. My school computers were always Apple hardware. However, for most of my adult life I’ve been a PC and never owned a post iMac Apple product but always envied those around me. When I have to work in the Computer labs on EKU Campus, I choose Mac. Because of this long distance love affair, I received my first iPhone as a gift, and my view of Apple as a company and a brand has dramatically changed. In 2007, I was given an iPhone (8 GB) for Christmas from my wife; she had been secretly saving for the purchase for several months. Much to her chagrin, it failed to work out of the box. She cried and apologized all day. The AT&T store said that it was a SIM Card reader issue. When the store manager called Apple Customer Service, they explained that I had to return the phone directly to Apple with a turnaround time of approximately 10 business days. The store manager did not understand why this was necessary when they had iPhones in stock. He chose to replace the original, even though it was not company policy (January 2008).This iPhone was wonderful and I showed it off to all of my friends, family, and co-workers. However, it began to develop yellow and green streaks on the screen and air bubbles under the glass plate. When I took the iPhone to the Apple store in Knoxville, they apologized and happily replaced it (March 2008). Its replacement developed air bubble issues and I continued to use the phone until it was unresponsive (September 2008). I returned this phone to the Knoxville store as well and was given a replacement. Both of these phones were given to me without a box and it is my impression that they may have been refurbs or returned phones that had been restored to factory settings within the store.My fourth iPhone began to have syncing issues, App refresh issues, and crashes with the OS 2.2 update. These problems continued with the 2.2.1 and 3.0 updates, it also developed air bubbles. After contacting Apple Customer Service, I was able to solve the problem, only to have them begin again after approximately 13+ usage hours. Frustrated by these failings, my wife and I called; then, emailed Apple Customer Service with a letter similar to this one. At that time, my wife received a call during the day, and she was made aware of the fact that none of the previous issues had been reported by the Knoxville store. In addition, the Apple records did not have my current phone shown as being used by an AT&T customer. Their response to the issues was a iPhone 3G replacement that would cost me an additional $99 because the old one was out of date. My wife agreed not knowing that I had this same option available through an AT&T upgrade. I returned my iPhone Edge to Apple; since, my wife had agreed to the trade and it did not change my upgrade schedule with AT&T. However, I was disappointed in the fact that up to this point, my wife had spent $600 on my iPhone and I had yet to receive a device that worked. I mentioned this to the Customer Service rep and she seemed genuinely concerned but did not offer any additional reimbursements.When I received my current iPhone 3G last June, It worked well and I was extremely happy with the OS 3 updates. However, with each update since the original, I have had to reinstall USB drivers on all three of my computer. Starting in April 2010, after an update, my iPhone 3G no longer registers as a camera on any of my computers. I have reinstalled USB drivers and completed two restores. The first restore was required because of an attempted/failed sync that sent the phone into a cycle of unstoppable refreshes once the phone was unlocked. (I lost approx. 150 photos of my daughter as a result of this restore.) The iPhone continued to freeze and refresh unexpectedly; so, I completed another “successful” restore.Currently, the iPhone will sync with iTunes but still does not show as a proper camera. I have reinstalled all Apple software; however, this has not solved the problem. In addition to the sync/download issues, streaming podcast via wifi has become a consistent problem. It will crash 7 out of 10 times while streaming on my home network. I choose this option because I try to save space for pics since I cannot currently download onto my computer. I must say that my frustrations with the iPhone have begun to ware my patience with the device and Apple as a brand. Whereas, I use to taut the abilities of my phone and the Customer Service, now I’ve become unimpressed and repeatedly lowering my expectations of performance. The convenience of being able to share digital pictures of my daughter with her grandparents has been wonderful. When it works, it is a great tool; I even convinced my in-laws to buy one. Yet the most disheartening thing was a comment my wife made after we watched the Keynote last week. She said, “What? I can’t believe they have a better phone already. Isn’t that a fourth upgrade or something? I feel like such an idiot for spending $500 on a phone that has never really worked. I should have waited.”Now, I am wondering why I even want to keep my phone. As it stands I could walk into to AT&T get a free phone, reduce my monthly phone bill, and just run my iPhone 3G like an iPod Touch that sort of works. I understand hardware limitations often restrict software ability. Does this mean that Apple anticipates making their devices obsolete within two generations? If so, why were we not told this? I want to be a loyal Apple consumer. I even had visions of using my awesome iPhone as way to convince my wife that we should become a Mac family. Yet, my history with this device and the current view of consumer bounce-back on iPhones, begins to worry me. As of right now, I don’t know if I want to upgrade to a new iPhone 3GS let alone 4. It seems like I would just seem gullible when the next one no longer works. Part of me says cut my losses, wait out my family plan contract with AT&T, and go somewhere else. Maybe, after the iPhone 6 or whatever comes out, enough of the kinks will be fixed, and it will be worth my money to purchase again. However, the rest of me, remembers writing DOS code on my family’s Apple IIc and watching the floppy disk boot. Those moments changed my life. I’ve been using and teaching with computers ever since.________________________________________________________I have contacted/emailed Gizmodo, iLounge, Engadget, TUAW, and Macworld hoping to generate a response or at least some answers about the quality control issues I mentioned in my Open Letter to Steve Jobs. Since writing the letter (06-14-10), I have completed three full restores, all of which were backup from February. The first one was prompted by an iTunes download glitch. I attempted to download two podcasts, the downloads failed and wiped my entire music catalog off of the iPhone. So I decided to restore to a previous backup. While using the first restore, I belieive I may have found one possible solution to the camera issue. Picasa may be deleting info packets as it deletes pictures after downloads. I attempted to download some random pics as a test for the now working driver; then, deleted them using Picasa, like I’ve done in the past. Immediately afterward the computer no longer recognized the camera. After a second reboot (again the February backup) no problems until Itested the camera driver and it happened again. Hence a third restore was necessary. The third time I used the Windows Photo Gallery manager and deleted the pics using the iPhone, no problems.It seems to be working now, but at least three phone calls were bumped directly to voice-mail during the day, two before and one after the restores. This has been a newly recurring event since about mid-May but is starting to occur more often now.This is my fifth iPhone and all have had some kind of issue; bad SIM card reader, air bubbles, color streaking, or as mentioned above, repeated software crashes. Its not jailbroken nor have I ever attempted that process. Could anyone at your site tell me if my horrible history with the iPhone is close to common or radically unlucky. I am thinking about updating from a 3G to the 3GS using the Radio Shack trade-in credit but am very skeptical of what I might get in return.__________________________________________________________________________It has been a month since my first set of emails went out. Yesterday, I went to the new Apple Store/Genius Bar in Lexington, KY and was told that they would order me a replacement. I dont know for sure if this will be a new one or a refurb but am skeptical. I am also wondering if it comes out of the box with iOS4 does that mean Apple is knowing hardware with faulty software. Could this be a suable offense or simply a bad business move. My deepest concern is the fact that my original letter sent to Apple has gone unnoticed.I guess what I am trying to say is, what can anyone tell me that would give me hope to stay with Apple? iPhone 3G iOS 4 PC Laptop

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I have a number of concurrent issues.Upgrade to OS 4.0.1 will not complete restore component. Had to take to apple to restore restore the phone. Then when I went to restore my back up, it loads OK, but still hangs after back up - will not complete the sync.Have to slide to cancel - or it times out if I leave it.In addition every back up will not allow me to sync music. The end of the syncing seems to be the issue.have received errors (-20) and 9 in various attempts.I have 2 phones, with same issues. Is it itunes latest version or something else in my PC? I have disabled antivirus and re-installed itunes. Can anyone help? 3G phone OS 4.0.1 Windows XP

HELP iPhone 3G

I just followed the Apple instructions for iOS4. In the middle of it, the found new hardware message came up and then said it was restoring my original data. I DONT WANT the original data, I want all the stuff Ive added. Now for the past 1.5 hrs, the phone just has a picture of a CD with a blue music note in the middle of it. Below the pic it says Itunes. It has a picture of the end of the white cable pointing toward the picture of the cd. Below that it has slide for emergency in every language imaginable. I just want my phone back! Have I lost everything? Dell Windows XP

My iphone starts playing music when not even touching phone

My iphone 4 starts playing music when the phone is in my purse and Im not touching it or even going through my purse. Ive tried making sure the ipod is not set to a song but rather to a menu screen when I close it. Sometimes I havent even used the ipod recently. My phone also calls people when Im not touching it. Does anyone else have this problem? It must be something Im doing but I cant figure out what it could be. Id appreciate any help! iOS 4

Screw it Going for iOS 4.1 iPhone 3G

Well I plugged my iPhone in because I seen some stuff on here about yet another update, and since I already basically quit using my iSlow...iPhone I mean, why not update it again!Ill post back my results!I still just cant believe how Apple really is, I never cared for Macs really, im a PC guy, but when it comes to my music portability, im all about iPods/iPhones, and I thought for sure theyd address the issue and allow everyone an upgrade back to the previous iOS.

hard drive failure now Itunes wont sync Iphone without eraseing Iphone li 3G

Had a hard drive die!lost everything !repaird with new hard drive reloaded everything.new Itunes9 wouldnt let me sync my Iphone without eraseing everything off my Iphone! it reports that my Iphone is synced with another Itunes library and that Ill have to erase my Iphone to sync with this new library causing the loss of all my music,apps,ect from my Iphone !how do I get my Iphone to sync to the new Itunes9 library or get rid of the old itunes sync from the failed hard drive ? dell xps one24 Windows Vista

problem with music player .crash always iPhone 3G

I upgreat myu iPhone 3G with 4.0 but i had problems with the ipod....it crashes always!!! someelse had the same problem!?!?!? iPhone 3G iOS 4 new software 4.0

iOS 4 iPhone 3G

I have had my iPhone 3G since the week they came out. I have loved it every second ive been on it, never had but maybe a couple times of having an app crash or a random shutdown.I read the whole feature list for 4 and got so excited, downloaded it, waited like 3 hours for iTunes to back my iPhone up and was so happy when it was done.But now almost 2 weeks later, I HATE IT. Words cannot describe how close ive been to throwing the ****** out the window when im in the car, or dodging it at the wall when im home or in a store.(Im huge on music, never go a car trip without having music played from the iPhone through my stereo) Now when I click iPod it takes upwards of 15-30 seconds before anything happens after the black screen, and then another 8 second delay just to play the song after I clik on it.Anytime im online now (WiFi) checking my email/facebook/myspace ETC, it ALWAYS takes FOREVER to open the app, and then forever again to become functional. Ill be checking my short texted emails and ill swipe my finger to scroll down, and literally it will freeze up for upwords of 30 seconds again.The new update makes the 4 main icons look better, but honestly IMO thats all it does. and thats not worth it to have horrible response time for everything else.I also notice my battery dies like nothing now, even if I dont use it much!(I dont use mine with an AT&T contract, I just use it like an iPod Touch, but I like the thickness better, and camera/mic and having the headphone jack on top)Anyone else having these horrible issues? What the **** can I do!?

iOS4 bluetooth functions not working properly iPhone

Hello there, I have the iPhone 3Gs and it is updated with the iOS 4.0.1. The problem Im having is that, not all of the bluetooth functions are working properly as it used to before, and I wanted to know if there was away of letting Apple know about it so that it could be fixed. I believe its just a software issue, where there is a delay in conncetivity from phone to headset, but Im not sure. I own the new, Jawbone Icon and it used to work fine before Ive updated to the new iOS 4.0. Ive tried doing a total rest with both iphone and bluetooth and both methods were unsuccessful. Ive actually tested my bluetooth headset with another iPhone, that still had the previous iOS 3.1.3 software, and it worked exactly how it should compared to my updated iOS 4.0.1 iPhone. The main problem I have is that for one, I no longer hear my phones message tone in my headset when I recieve a text message, push notification, or even email to my iPhone. Before, with the iOS 3.1.3 software, I would alway here my message tone when I recieve any of those notifications. Which was convinient when I had my phone in my pocket and was in an area where I couldnt hear my phone when I recieved a message. The other problem I have is that, while my phone is ringing, I would hear my ringtone through my bluetooth while the caller id function was being read to me. This was a little distracting at first, but not too much of a problem. The problem is, when my phone rings and my Jawbone reads back to me the callers number - when I pressed the sleep/wake button to slients my phone, it would also cancel the caller id function that my bluetooth offers. This was a little inconvinient, especially while I was driving. In the state the I live in, while driving, the driver is not allowed to talk on their phone unless it is connected to a bluetooth device. Which is the reason why it would be the reason why i enjoy the caller id function provided by Jawbone. If there is anyone that could help me with this problem, or possible help me find a way to send this to Apple, I would greatly appreciate it. If anything, I believe that the new iPhone iOS 4.01 software has a slight delay on their bluetooth connectivity from phone to headset. But, nevertheless, any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated!Thanks!Yung Vibe PC iOS 4

Sync wout S Card iPhone 3G

I just got my Iphone 4 and sold my dad my old 3g. He currently live in a ATT area, but will be in the near future. He wants to sync the phone with his account and utilize the Iphone as a touch until his relocation. I have removed my old sim card and stored it, and while he was trying to sync the phone he wasnt allowed to connect without the sim card. My questions...1)If I provide my old sim card (i trust him), will he be able to sync the phone to the computer and his Itunes account so he can purchase applications, music, etc.2) If my old sim card doesnt work, can he utilize a ATT pay as you go for the next 90 days prior to his relocation. 3) What am I missing or should I know about this whole process?Thanks Iphone 3g iOS 4

Cannot transfer purchases made on iPhone 3G to maciTunes

My iPhone 3G is not able to sync anymore. Ive been in a loop for hours. Basically Ive purchased apps and music on my iPhone using the same user id and password that I use on my mac iTunes. When I connected the iPhone to transfer purchases to back them up I get a window stating that I cannot transfer the purchases because the computer is not authorize, so I go to authorize this computer and input my log in manually (not using the cookies) and the mac tells me that the computer IS authorized so I go back to transfer purchases and it starts all over again. Ive been trying to back up for months, now Ive amassed 32 apps and songs that Ill have to either buy again or loose if I have to restore. (I know I should have stopped buying on the iPhone when I first realized the problem.)What am I doing wrong? If there are discussions already open that I should look at let me know.Thanks! iPhone 3G iPhone OS 3.1.3

Upgraded to iOS4 and cannot sync custom ringtones or music anymore HELP iPhone 3G

Okay, listen everyone, I need and hopefully whoever besides me is having this problem will have their question(s) answered. My problem after upgrading to iOS4 is that my custom ringtones and music are not properly being synced to my phone from Itunes. It shows that my ringtones and music are synced to my phone and when I go to Settings/Sounds to locate my ringtones, it shows that they are there but doesnt play the ringtones after clicking on the desire one. As for my music, after clicking on the iPod icon and waiting for my phone to update my playlist(s) I get the message that there are no contents. I have tried to resolved this issue with Apple Support and to no avail. Please anyone who out there is havong this same problem help. Desperately looking for some advice and keep in my mind that I have several restore to fix this problem and nothing has helped. Feel free to ask any questions.... PC Windows Vista

iPhone Back-up problem 3G

Good day to you all Im having problems upgrading to the latest O.S 4 software for my iPhone because the back up process fails. It happens in the middle of syncing. What happens is that I get a error message Mobile Backup has generated an error and needs to close every time I plug the usb in and it starts to back up so i have to close it... It does sync and back-up on my laptop though but I am worried that I might lose all my files if I upgrade to the latest software on a different computer to the one where I loaded all my apps and music. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling iTunes on my PC and still the same thing happens. Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks very much, Michelle iPhone OS 3.1.3