Anyone else’s iPhone buggy since updating OS?

Ever since “upgrading” my iPhone 3GS to the new OS4, my phone has had a few problems. The response time of the touchscreen has slowed, and the sensitivity skips. Often, I am able to type out only three of the four digits required to unlock the phone. Once the phone is unlocked, it sometimes appears to be “hung” in a process, stuttering under my touch. Prior to the fourth iteration of the operating system, the touchscreen was more responsive; the images underneath the layers of glass moved more fluidly in sync with my fingers.

I have been getting used to typing my passcode more slowly and waiting for the phone’s processor to catch up to my inputs. But now I’ve noticed another problem, this one more serious. Once a week, my phone stops picking up the 3G network. If I’m outside of a WiFi zone, I’m stuck with the slower Edge network, where the gray “I’m doing something” progress wheel spins at half the speed at which I like to see it spin. If I reboot the phone, the 3G network comes back. But really. Should I have to reboot my phone just to check email?

Anyone else seeing similar problems since upgrading the OS?

 
  • JeffS

    I’ve heard a lot of reports, though most people having issues haven’t been on the latest 3. Heard rumors of a fix coming, but it could be to just stall so you’ll get tired of it and buy a 4.

  • Sam Poley

    I have the same problem. While iOS4 works on the 3G and 3GS, it is simply too much of a memory hog to work efficiently with the processor/memory combination in these handsets. I have a 3G and have looked for a simple way to revert to the previous OS. So far, I haven’t found one. In fact, I’m throwing in the towel in the other direction since and getting a 4. Having played with it and read extensively about the new hardware, it’s where I would end up going anyway. So, make haste forward…and make Apple richer, I suppose. Perhaps it’s just a necessary evil of having partaken of the rainbow colored fruit. Best of luck to you.