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So I upgraded to iPhone OS 3.1.2 on Thursday. Within a couple hours, my precious white 32GB 3GS was going into what seemed to be the iPhone equivalent of a seizure.
At first it seemed benign. The backlight was dim as though it was about to go into sleep mode, but everything else worked fine. I restarted it to no avail, then I restored it.
That’s when things went all poltergeist.
The backlight started to flash when the phone was processing something. It was fascinating, really, because I could see how much power was used to flip between pages, open/run applications, and send texts (not writing, mind you, but sending). Power usage indicated by varying degrees of brightness.
But wait! It gets better!
So I plug in my phone directly to my MacBook (which is also plugged into the wall) and I watch my battery life drain itself away.
IT’S PLUGGED INTO A POWER SOURCE! WTF?!
By this time, it’s my lunch break, so I bring it over to the Apple Store at South Coast Plaza (a 5-10 minute drive from my office) and by this point the battery life, and apparently the phone itself, had died. Nathan, the Genius who was kind enough to squeeze me in, plugged it in directly to an outlet and gave it a little more than 10 minutes to charge. At this point, any functional iPhone would be good to go with about 20% battery life.
Not mine.
So Nathan lets me know that Apple will replace it. At the moment they were out of the 32GB white 3GS’s but he let me know that they would get them in within 4 days (and they did).
Fortunately I still have my 3G so I wasn’t without an iPhone for the weekend. However, the difference in operating speed between the 3G and 3GS is remarkable. Needless to say, the switch was a little bit frustrating.
Yes, I’m spoiled (but I spoil myself, thank you!).
Anyway, I’m now facing something of a conundrum. I’ve heard rumor of others with 3.1.2 issues, so I’m wondering if I should I install iPhone OS 3.1.2 on my replacement 3GS. Have any of you had problems with the latest iPhone OS update?
