Since the 2.1 update for the iPhone, mines been doing some strange things.

• The most annoying thing is the 3G reception/drop out problem. You start a phone call, it rings, the person picks up, you say your first words, then the call drops out and you have to call them back once the iPhone has finished spazzing out over the reception.
• I have an odd battery problem. Occasionally the battery meter doesn’t update itself. So after two days use it still says I have a full battery. That’s a blatant lie!

The iPhone still needs a lot of improvement, but it’s fairly functional despite its issues.

If anyone fancies owning a 1st generation iPhone, which is in superb condition and boxed as it originally was, then I have my old iPhone up for sale on eBay.

The iPhone 3G. Mine arrived this morning and it’s been an interesting journey trying to set up all the new features and trying out various different applications for it.

GPS
Is very cool. Definitely a much needed feature to go with the already excellent Google Maps. There are a couple of improvements that could be made, such as maps that move automatically when you’re following a route, and setting the screen to stay on whilst in route mode. But other than that it works well.

MobileMe
Is slightly broken right now. It’s obviously been a big hit, which has either overwhelmed Apple, or they’ve discovered some serious bugs which is preventing it from working properly. With that said, this new service is going to be very very useful when it’s fully operational!

Apps
These have a lot of potential. When Apple gets its push notification service working correctly, that will be a very powerful addition to any application. At the moment I’ve only installed a handful of apps. I’m quite impressed with Shazam and Exposure.

Shazam listens to any music you point your iPhone at and tells you what the artist and track name is. It goes one step further by giving you links to the iTunes music store.
Exposure utilises the GPS features of the iPhone and allows you to find photos on Flickr close to you. Quite ironically I found a photo of someone I knew when I was driving nearby his house!

All I need now is my ShieldZone protective cover and I’ll be happier to use it out and about.

I’m on to my thirteenth upgrade code from O2 and still no closer to knowing if I have an iPhone3G. A little frustrating to say the least.

The system for sending out upgrade codes seems to work, even if it is a little temperamental. It’s a shame their IT bods didn’t think of the demand required to process everyone’s upgrade. Their upgrade website is up and down more times than a yo-yo at the moment!

Update
I managed to get mine. Adrian blames me for not being able to get his. Haha!

A little while back I had an issue when trying to sync my iPhone with my mac. Any calendar entries made inside iCal would sync across fine to the iPhone, but when done the other way the new entries wouldn’t appear in iCal.

I went through various solutions last time and the only way to make it work again was to reset the iPhone and re-sync everything. This morning I had the exact same problem and didn’t particularly fancy having to reset my phone again and go through the rigours of setting it up how I liked it again.

I came across many posts detailing different fixes but none of them seemed to work for me. I tried resetting the sync history using the button in iSync preferences, but a restart later and I still had the problem. Looking at the Apple support document for resetting the SyncServices folder showed another way to reset the information. Open terminal, copy and paste and then hit enter:

/System/Library/Frameworks/SyncServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/resetsync.pl full

When re-opening iTunes and the iPhone plugged in you’ll initially see no calendars, no email accounts and no address book groups. Select the options you want to sync again then click sync and that information should re-appear.

I have no idea why the calendars stopped syncing correctly, but I did notice that some old calendars that have been deleted still showed under the sync list. They weren’t being synced, but could have been a contributor to the problems I’ve had.