Just thought I’d post this for anyone else having this issue that plans on having kids and is using the iPhone OS 3.1. My wife and I both have an iPhone 3G and I updated both of our phones to OS 3.1 the day it was released. We are now getting random iBSoDs (Black Screen of Death) where hitting the home button and/or holding the lock button does nothing. We have to do a hard reset holding both the home button and the lock button for about 10 seconds and then the phone will reboot.
Well, I’m a pretty patient person and can hopefully wait until they release a fix for this, however, today at work I realized that my leg and nether regions started feeling hot, really hot, and that’s when I hurried and pulled my iPhone out of my pocket. As I grabbed it, it was so hot that it nearly burned me through the Rebel Serpent case I have on it. I tried to hit the home button to try to see what was going on and it turns out I was getting the dreaded iBSoD. I had to do a hard reset to get it to respond. I had fully charged it the night before and had it unplugged and on only checking my email occasionally, but after the restart I was down to 26% battery life. In total, it was maybe 2 hours after being unplugged that it was at 26% battery life. I’m guessing some background process (some people are saying the battery life issue is caused by Push for emails being on) got stuck running like crazy in some infinite loop that caused the non-responsive phone, the battery drain, and the almost sterile male.
I tried to call iPhone technical support but sat on hold for so long that I was afraid that I’d either burn my ear off or end up looking like Two-Face. Until they get this fixed, I think I’ll stick with using the speaker phone feature. I think I’d rather have my face than a bunch of money from a lawsuit, but that’s just me.
Anyone else having this wonderful experience? Is there an iPhone OS 3.1 please don’t burn my face and/or leg petition somewhere that I can sign? Post your feelings on iPhone OS 3.1 in the comments.
