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SmArTeStChIlD421 · 07-12-2008, 12:14 AM

so i was talking to a friend from New York and she said all her friends that got the iPhone 3G had a

load of problems with the network in New York.........like they couldnt get the phones to work because the network was out.......the phones dont work unless they have been registered on iTunes and on top of that the MobileMe service wasnt working at all....

anybody know what this is about?

Mobile Mike · 07-12-2008, 4:19 AM

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Originally Posted by SmArTeStChIlD421

so i was talking to a friend from New York and she said all her friends that got the iPhone 3G had a

load of problems with the network in New York.........like they couldnt get the phones to work because the network was out.......the phones dont work unless they have been registered on iTunes and on top of that the MobileMe service wasnt working at all....

anybody know what this is about?

Apple servers crashed and delayed activations through iTunes. This problem was everywhere.

kellE · 07-13-2008, 7:58 AM

Hi,

They were problems everywhere not just in NY, you can check it out here -
IPhone 3G server problem - FixYa

This is a good explanation of what happened.

Good luck;
Kel.

viewfly · 07-13-2008, 8:10 AM

In CT, at the ATT store, things worked fine. The guy just said that as a manner of the procedure, I would need to activate with itunes at home, but the phone would work. And it did, before getting home.

With the Apple store, they had problems itunes activating in the store. The difference seemed to be that ATT's procedure was not to use itunes, apple had too. Anyway, the apple store could not connect with itunes, we brought it home, and got that done within the hour. We didn't checked if the apple store p hone actually worked or not. It did with ATT though

SmArTeStChIlD421 · 07-13-2008, 10:42 AM

well i read an article in my local paper.........apparently the activations are still being done over iTunes but they're just being don in the store.....so one could technically activate a fresh unopened 3G iPhone at home.....the issue was that all the iTunes servers were overloaded and activations weren't going through......

what about MobileMe.......what happened there?

viewfly · 07-13-2008, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SmArTeStChIlD421

well i read an article in my local paper.........apparently the activations are still being done over iTunes but they're just being don in the store.....so one could technically activate a fresh unopened 3G iPhone at home.....the issue was that all the iTunes servers were overloaded and activations weren't going through......

what about MobileMe.......what happened there?

Don't know about MobileMe. All that I can say was we had no problems (not important ones) at 9am and then again around 3:30pm. Clearly it was sporadic or we were lucky. I think that it is all fixed now and people were ok by the end of the day.

SmArTeStChIlD421 · 07-13-2008, 9:06 PM

well thats good.....it seems like a really big thing for Apple...........i would think its a very good service for thos who dont have Exchange it would be so great if Wibdows Mobile was supported

Ddeere2 · 07-14-2008, 12:25 AM

But don't you have to pay for the MobileMe. Viewfly said he synced his iPhone with Outlook and it went good. You really don't see many users using Exchange as it was superseded by Outlook.

spleck · 07-14-2008, 1:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ddeere2

But don't you have to pay for the MobileMe. Viewfly said he synced his iPhone with Outlook and it went good. You really don't see many users using Exchange as it was superseded by Outlook.

Exchange is the system used by Outlook--ie Outlook connects to an Exchange server.

MobileMe is the $99/yr plan to allow over the air syncing/push services without an Exchange server. If you just need push email, you can go with AOL or Yahoo also.

SmArTeStChIlD421 · 07-14-2008, 8:13 PM

wait......AOL and Yahoo have push services?

viewfly · 07-14-2008, 9:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SmArTeStChIlD421

wait......AOL and Yahoo have push services?

Yes, Yahoo does. It worked really fast, pushed to my iphone real time, like a BB. And free.
Except 5 times out of 10 it did not work. Maybe overloaded, or I have something wrong.
Still working on it. When it did work it was great.

Yes I synch, via the apple usb cable to my PC and then outlook. One only needs mobileme for over the air synching. But one can read exchange web mail easily.

Ddeere2 · 07-14-2008, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by spleck

Exchange is the system used by Outlook--ie Outlook connects to an Exchange server..

Yeah, but I thought he meant Exchange as in the client program. Sorry, lol. I know you can setup AOL with Outlook now. I have it setup because I hate logging into there web client and hate there software even more. I still like the Blackberry for email as I never had problems with them except for the outages.

spleck · 07-15-2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by SmArTeStChIlD421

wait......AOL and Yahoo have push services?

Consensus seems to be that Yahoo push doesn't work so well and I didn't see any documentation of the AOL push, just that it was mentioned on Gizmodo or Engadget.

bobolito · 07-15-2008, 12:43 PM

The problem in NY is now with AT&T's 3G network. It's been performing below EDGE speeds since yesterday.

hf1khal · 07-15-2008, 3:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bobolito

The problem in NY is now with AT&T's 3G network. It's been performing below EDGE speeds since yesterday.

At my location in N. VA, today I am having some problems with the phone keeping to switch betwen 3G and EDGE. This happens on 2 iphones and the V9. It has been ver steady with no isues here in the past few weeks.

SmArTeStChIlD421 · 07-17-2008, 5:12 AM

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Originally Posted by bobolito

The problem in NY is now with AT&T's 3G network. It's been performing below EDGE speeds since yesterday.

aparently its doing that in new jersey too???

bobolito · 07-17-2008, 10:09 AM

Yep... on Monday speeds were hovering between 40 and 75kbps during the day. Monday late night it went up to around 400kbps. Tuesday was back down to around 75kbps again. But yesterday there was some recovery with speeds around 150 - 250kbps. Today the same.

In addition to NYC/NJ I've also read complaints of sub 100kbps 3G speeds from San Francisco, Seattle, Eastern PA, CT, DC and Boston. There might be other markets.

SmArTeStChIlD421 · 07-17-2008, 4:52 PM

wow.....and I'm sure someone got yelled at for that for not anticipating this.......3G networks that dont reach 3G speeds......hmmmmm

Eric47 · 07-17-2008, 9:34 PM

no problems in GA. i did have one cellsite that was giving me sub edge speeds on 3G but it was a brand new tower and it was blocking a ton of my calls also. i called and had them file a trouble ticket, it was fixed in about a week.

SmArTeStChIlD421 · 07-20-2008, 7:37 AM

well then thats prolli not part of the 3G surge problem

07-12-2008, 12:14 AM	#1
SmArTeStChIlD421 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 3,858 Phone(s): Blackberry 8830 Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	iPhone 3G problems in NY?? so i was talking to a friend from New York and she said all her friends that got the iPhone 3G had a load of problems with the network in New York.........like they couldnt get the phones to work because the network was out.......the phones dont work unless they have been registered on iTunes and on top of that the MobileMe service wasnt working at all.... anybody know what this is about? __________________ Everything Plus 500: 500 Flexible Anytime Minutes, UNLIMITED Nights and Weekends (7PM), UNLIMITED Mobile to Mobile, UNLIMITED Power Vision, UNLIMITED Messaging (Text/Picture/Video), Pick 3

07-13-2008, 7:58 AM	#3
kellE I made my first post! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: iPhone 3G problems in NY?? Hi, They were problems everywhere not just in NY, you can check it out here - IPhone 3G server problem - FixYa This is a good explanation of what happened. Good luck; Kel.

07-13-2008, 8:10 AM	#4
viewfly Mobile Advisor Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,412 Phone(s): iPhone 3G S 32Gb, 3G8 Gb, Nokia 61316230b, Moto RAZR V3 Provider(s): AT&T GSM and it's predecessors since 1995 Devices: HS700, NuviGPS,Ipod Thanks: 22 Thanked 40 Times in 27 Posts	Re: iPhone 3G problems in NY?? In CT, at the ATT store, things worked fine. The guy just said that as a manner of the procedure, I would need to activate with itunes at home, but the phone would work. And it did, before getting home. With the Apple store, they had problems itunes activating in the store. The difference seemed to be that ATT's procedure was not to use itunes, apple had too. Anyway, the apple store could not connect with itunes, we brought it home, and got that done within the hour. We didn't checked if the apple store p hone actually worked or not. It did with ATT though

07-13-2008, 10:42 AM	Original Poster #5
SmArTeStChIlD421 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 3,858 Phone(s): Blackberry 8830 Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: iPhone 3G problems in NY?? well i read an article in my local paper.........apparently the activations are still being done over iTunes but they're just being don in the store.....so one could technically activate a fresh unopened 3G iPhone at home.....the issue was that all the iTunes servers were overloaded and activations weren't going through...... what about MobileMe.......what happened there? __________________ Everything Plus 500: 500 Flexible Anytime Minutes, UNLIMITED Nights and Weekends (7PM), UNLIMITED Mobile to Mobile, UNLIMITED Power Vision, UNLIMITED Messaging (Text/Picture/Video), Pick 3

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SmArTeStChIlD421 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 3,858 Phone(s): Blackberry 8830 Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: iPhone 3G problems in NY?? well thats good.....it seems like a really big thing for Apple...........i would think its a very good service for thos who dont have Exchange it would be so great if Wibdows Mobile was supported __________________ Everything Plus 500: 500 Flexible Anytime Minutes, UNLIMITED Nights and Weekends (7PM), UNLIMITED Mobile to Mobile, UNLIMITED Power Vision, UNLIMITED Messaging (Text/Picture/Video), Pick 3

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07-14-2008, 12:25 AM	#8
Ddeere2 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Laredo, Texas Posts: 421 Phone(s): Blackberry 8100 Pearl, Motorola Razr 2 V9, Nokia N75, LG C2000 Provider(s): AT&T Devices: XPS 1530 and a 80 gb iPod Classic Thanks: 6 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: iPhone 3G problems in NY?? But don't you have to pay for the MobileMe. Viewfly said he synced his iPhone with Outlook and it went good. You really don't see many users using Exchange as it was superseded by Outlook.

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SmArTeStChIlD421 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 3,858 Phone(s): Blackberry 8830 Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: iPhone 3G problems in NY?? wait......AOL and Yahoo have push services? __________________ Everything Plus 500: 500 Flexible Anytime Minutes, UNLIMITED Nights and Weekends (7PM), UNLIMITED Mobile to Mobile, UNLIMITED Power Vision, UNLIMITED Messaging (Text/Picture/Video), Pick 3

07-15-2008, 12:43 PM	#14
bobolito iPhone 3G 16GB (White) Join Date: May 2002 Location: in front of my computer Posts: 12,539 Phone(s): iPhone 3G, Sierra 875 3G Aircard Provider(s): AT&T Mobility Devices: WiFi cards/Access points Thanks: 3 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts Images: 50 My Auctions	Re: iPhone 3G problems in NY?? The problem in NY is now with AT&T's 3G network. It's been performing below EDGE speeds since yesterday. __________________

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bobolito iPhone 3G 16GB (White) Join Date: May 2002 Location: in front of my computer Posts: 12,539 Phone(s): iPhone 3G, Sierra 875 3G Aircard Provider(s): AT&T Mobility Devices: WiFi cards/Access points Thanks: 3 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts Images: 50 My Auctions	Re: iPhone 3G problems in NY?? Yep... on Monday speeds were hovering between 40 and 75kbps during the day. Monday late night it went up to around 400kbps. Tuesday was back down to around 75kbps again. But yesterday there was some recovery with speeds around 150 - 250kbps. Today the same. In addition to NYC/NJ I've also read complaints of sub 100kbps 3G speeds from San Francisco, Seattle, Eastern PA, CT, DC and Boston. There might be other markets. __________________

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SmArTeStChIlD421 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 3,858 Phone(s): Blackberry 8830 Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: iPhone 3G problems in NY?? wow.....and I'm sure someone got yelled at for that for not anticipating this.......3G networks that dont reach 3G speeds......hmmmmm

07-17-2008, 9:34 PM	#19
Eric47 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: in my own house Posts: 1,404 Phone(s): crackberry's Devices: my home wi-fi router and laptop Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Images: 49	Re: iPhone 3G problems in NY?? no problems in GA. i did have one cellsite that was giving me sub edge speeds on 3G but it was a brand new tower and it was blocking a ton of my calls also. i called and had them file a trouble ticket, it was fixed in about a week.

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SmArTeStChIlD421 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 3,858 Phone(s): Blackberry 8830 Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: iPhone 3G problems in NY?? well then thats prolli not part of the 3G surge problem

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