Iphone 2.1 Bugs That Needs Attention

Just when you thought that the iPhone 2.1 firmware was a good update you get back to reality and realize that nothing is perfect and sooner or later bugs will show up and we are about to talk the two latest bugs found on the 2.1 firmware.

1. iPhone 2.1 Firmware Won’t Fetch Your Emails in Sleep Mode

Gizmodo says that it is probably one of the the power-saving tweaks introduced in 2.1, since Apple says that the 15-minute fetch interval is the worst wear on the battery because it never lets the phone go into deep sleep mode. You can visit the Apple discussion thread to know more about this bug.

Some say that this bug will be fixed in the next update because Apple confirmed it’s a “known problem” and that they are looking into it.

2. SMS Privacy Bug in Password-Protected Mode

This bug also exploits the emergency call feature in password-protected mode. In password-protected mode, there’s an option to disable SMS preview, so if someone picks up your locked iPhone, they can’t see incoming text messages. However, if you activate a locked phone’s emergency call mode, and it receives a text message, it’ll show you the full text in preview.

Below is a couple of screenshots of the said bug: [via KarlKraft]

Here is a pics of the iPhone with the SMS preview disabled

This enables a mandatory passcode. If a message is received during the passcode entry or while the screen is locked, a generic message of “New Text Message” appears, to prevent viewing of messages without unlocking the phone:

If however the phone is placed in emergency call mode, any incoming SMS messages are previewed instead of presented as the generic messages. Thus all I need to do to intercept the messages from his girlfriend is to place the phone in emergency mode and wait 30 seconds for the next sickly sweet message.

These bugs can be considered minor bugs but Apple still needs to pay attention. Some people just needs to get that security in their gadgets, and lets just hope that Apple is the one to give that feeling to their customers.

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