iOS 4.3.3 takes 4 hours to get!!!

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hamurana

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#82786 5-May-2011 21:00

Apple has released iOS 4.3.3 today, great I will get it now.

Only to discover it will take 4 hours to download it - 666.2MB file...

It only took less than 15 minutes when I was on Telecom broadband, which makes me wonder what's happening to Slingshot's caching system.

Anyone having similar issue?

gehenna

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#465959 5-May-2011 21:24

Cancel and try again later? This happens from time to time.

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#466232 6-May-2011 15:01

Do the download overnight, it should be finished by the morning and won't count to your usage.

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hamurana

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#466235 6-May-2011 15:07

good idea mate.

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#466246 6-May-2011 15:38

Pointless update too since apparently it only cuts down the amount of time location data is stored.

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#466261 6-May-2011 16:29

ZollyMonsta: Pointless update too since apparently it only cuts down the amount of time location data is stored.

as well as not storing it at all if you have the option for "Location Services" disabled.

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#467280 9-May-2011 19:59

I find slingshot is getting slower, I'm on the AYCE plan and it's very very slow. Meh. Even youtube.

Downloaded the update at work in 6 minutes

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#467292 9-May-2011 20:18

Took about 6 to 10 mins for me to download at home

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#467305 9-May-2011 20:48

Thats the problem with the IOS operating system, instead of providing you with a patch, which probably wouldn't be any bigger than a couple of MB, they require you to download and install an entire copy of the OS. Imagine if microsoft did that each time they released their patches. It will possibly only get worse when apple allow over the air IOS software updating, and people will be using their mobile data to do this. I'm not going to bother updating to this version of the IOS.

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#467434 10-May-2011 10:23

I actually like the location caching "bug" as I get to see my holidays from all around the world! Sad to see it go actually - plotted my locations from my iPhone into Google Earth and looked really cool! :(

Yea the actual download was fast for me - I'm hesitating to install it though!

merve0o0

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#467719 10-May-2011 19:08

Yea stop and restart it or you are trying to download at high use time. I downloaded it last night at about 6 and it took 10 min. But I'm on the 40gb plan not ayce

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#467725 10-May-2011 19:45

If you check the release notes and find there's nothing you want in the update, nothing is stopping you from canceling it and waiting for the next one.

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#467830 11-May-2011 09:58

gehenna: If you check the release notes and find there's nothing you want in the update, nothing is stopping you from canceling it and waiting for the next one.

But it has been seen in the past that Apple don't put some things in the release notes. E.g. Battery life improvements and UI changes