Comments on: iPhone 3.0 Beta and Hardware Issues Don’t Sit Well With Apple Stores

By: Allister

Allister — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:56:42 +0000

Bricked phone eh? Or…… just wait a couple of weeks and BOOM! It’s supported!

By: Stuffs

Stuffs — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:03:05 +0000

I was a paid legit developer and upgraded to 3.0 – the first few betas went smoothly, but beta 4 seemed to jack up my phone – the loading bar wouldn’t go anywhere and eventually, it would restart and give me the purple plug in screen. I went to the apple store and they told me the above scenario but get this – they told me that the screen turned purple because the phone wasn’t activated correctly. hahaa. Anyways – I eventually had to jailbreak the thing back down to 2.2 and then re-up back to 3.0 – It took 4 or 5 times but eventually worked and am now running beta 5. Thank goodness for jb!

By: Dionte

Dionte — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:30:06 +0000

I’m sure it helped someone.

By: Chobbs

Chobbs — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:47:44 +0000

There is a special paid developer help line. If you are a paid up devloper and you have 3.0 and there is a problem then you must call that number. Problem is if you are not a paid developer they will not help you. Did that help, caterpiller?

By: Dionte

Dionte — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:46:46 +0000

@Chobbs Ok, I must be reading it wrong where I was referencing paid developers. Not that it matters because I’m not one and I got the beta, lol.

By: Chobbs

Chobbs — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:53:36 +0000

@dionte. Your answer was in the paragraph plain as day.. Now let's keep things on subject and I promise to think before I post if certain others do the same.

The fact still is, if you are not a developer do not get the update as it is not ready for public use. If one still should decide to do so ,as with jailbreaking, you are on your own. I do not fault Apple for their stance either.

By: Raphael Salgado

Raphael Salgado — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:56:25 +0000

FYI, I had three iPhone 3Gs with the 3.0 beta replaced due to hardware issues. At no time was I rejected or even questioned.

By: Dionte

Dionte — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:40:31 +0000

@Chobbs or you could have just answered the question since I so obviously missed something slinta.

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:41:28 +0000

I can’t fault Apple for this one, their stance is logical and reasonable.

By: Michael Reynaga

Michael Reynaga — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:40:34 +0000

@iRoc no one is paying for the actual beta OS itself, what people are paying for is to have their device put on some ones developer list. there are a lot of people out there who are selling spots on there dev list for $5-10. if you install the OS without being on that list you just bricked your phone.