Problems: iPhone 3.0 Update and iTunes Download
Filed under: Cell Phones, Phone Software | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: June 17, 2009 | 61 Comments
We have been waiting for hours, but the iPhone 3.0 Update is finally here. The download in iTunes started by saying that it will only take 5 minutes, then the time started to get longer and longer, in all it took about 15 minutes. I can safely say that mine has now finished downloading and did not experience any problems.
I am surprised that my download and install went smoothly, I remember the last iPhone OS update; I had a number of issues and had to use the backup function in iTunes to get my phone running again. After downloading the update again, all was fine.
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When I updated my iphone 3G, it deleted all of my apps, photos, contacts, etc - even though i backed it up right before installing the new software. Any tips on if I can get it back somehow?
Also, now all of my apps are no longer on my itunes account for some reason
I was able to download it but when i went to sync it to my phone they said that the server was unavailable. Is this happening to anyone else??
Yes, when i downloaded the 3.0 update it said server was unanailable i was really pissed you have to restart your iphone and your computer then it should work.
Up date went fine but my iphone now seams slow and the keyboard is unresponsive sometimes or slow and the touch sensativity of the screen is not as it was befor the update, also i cant get my MMS to send a picture dont seem to have the O2 sentings ????
The sensitivity of the lower part of the screen (where the dock is) has become very iffy since the update. I have a hard time unlocking the iphone. Does anyone have this problem?
My iphone since the 3.0 update has become so slow and unresponsive it is almost unusable. The actual update went fine done with no problems in 15mins but now wish i had never done it. Anyone know if there are any solutions? I am going to my local Apple shop tomorrow so hopefully may get some feedback!
I have nothing but trouble, the download was fine but then when i went to install it saying that i cant update cause it cant because the “iphone activation server is temporarily unavailable”. Can someone help
It downloaded my update with no problem, but when it goes to install my update I get this:
“The iPhone ‘Matt’s iPhone’ cannot be updated at this time because the iPhone activation server is temporarily unavailable.”
I’ve gotten this message since 2:14 EDT.
Any ideas?
THIS REPLY IS FOR EVERYONE USING THIS UPDATE AND HAVING THE “UNAVAILABLE” ERROR: As most of you may know. Millions of people are trying to download this ONE piece of software at the SAME TIME from the SAME SERVER. It is GOING to FREEZE and SHUT DOWN because it may not be able to HANDLE this amount of data transfer. Please be patient and try to deal with Apple’s lack of powerful servers.
mine took 1 hr to download only to tell me there was a problem with the apple server. what’s going on? nothing was uploaded to my iphone!
Is anyone getting a message that the apple application server is down? It’s not letting me update
Once you get the 3.0 update, you should take a look at the “How Tos” to get the best use out of all the new features. http://pfx.me/hS
Help! I have downloaded 3.0 but when I try to sync my phone, I get an error message that says my phone cannot be updated at this time because the “activation server” is unavailable. Is it just busy or is there something I can do to solve the problem?
I’ve been trying to download 3.0 to my iPhone 3G for over 2 hours now, “server temporarly unavailable” each time.
I have had nothing but problems all day trying to download this update. I started off by trying to update my itunes to the 8.2 version and when it was installing gave me an error message. So I tried a different path by downloading the update for my iphone which downloaded correctly, but the second it installed on my phone I was given an error message that read my iphone was not compatible with my itunes any more, thus to my disappointment my phone is now on a locked screen with a cord pointing to an itunes icon. My only option on my phone right now is to slide to make an emergency call.
Again, I repeated by trying to update my itunes to the 8.2 version and again was disappointed with an error box saying it could not install on my computer.
Hopefully I will not have to make a trip to the apple store tonight…
i actually had the same problem while updating my iphone to 3.0. I managed to solve the problem as follows: Try to restore the iphone to factory settings on another computer with itune 8.2, then connect it to your computer and when prompting to either make the iphone as a new phone or restore from last backup, restore from last backup….everything should be fine now. to get all my previous apps back, i simply sync..and everything is fine right now…;)
i am still unable to restore it…
any idea how to solve this??
I reinstalled itunes and it still did not work. We went to the apple store and did not get any positive result. If anything, they told us that the iphone got wet inside and that there is nothing to do. I am kind of glad that I found other people with the same issue!
I am having the exact same problem as Katie. I have no service, I’m in Emergency Mode. Is there a solution?
I have exactly the same problem this evening and it took me 30mins to figure it out. Reinstall itune and it works! Phew! Good luck