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Apple iPhone carrier update?

What the heck, I got a note from Apple that I need to update my carrier data on the Apple iPhone? What's it all about?


Dave's Answer:

You got a note from Apple? I'm impressed. I saw the same thing, some sort of mystery message when I plugged my iPhone into my Mac, a message from iTunes (which is now, of course, both the main music tool and iPhone system tool).

Here's what I saw:

carrier settings update iphone att

As is common with Apple and, for that matter, cellphone companies, we get zero information about what is actually changed or updated.

Nonetheless, being a trusting user, I just click "Download and Update" and continue:

carrier settings update iphone att updating

Just a few seconds later, it updates the phone and does the fastest sync you've ever seen (took less than a second on my 2nd gen iPhone), then:

carrier settings update iphone att updated

That's it. Updated. What changed? Who the heck knows, but hopefully it will make my Apple iPhone more stable and useable.

But that's another story...


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Categorized: iPhone and Cell Phone Help   (Article 8800, Written by )
Tagged: apple iphone, att, cellphone updates, cingular
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