Tired of the slowness and decided to do something about it. Followed this guide, and it worked perfectly:

[lifehacker.com]

The result--almost every operation I've tried is noticeably quicker. I did lose a few nice things (combined inbox, folders), but I'd rather have the speed.

I upgraded my 3G to 4.2.1 aq couple days ago, jailbroke it, and so far it's running a lot better.

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The Taoist Zhuangzi said, "Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone".
The sociologist, and historian, Adam Ferguson described the phenomenon of spontaneous order in society as the "result of human action, but not the execution of any human design".

Good to know. I'm just about to do the same.
Yea, I ran better for a few days on 4.2.1.
Slowly it started to crawl. Apps take forever to open.

My only issue will be finding versions of the few apps I do use still available for 3.13.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/11/2011 05:26AM by Fritz.

monster,

did you disable multitasking on your JB 4.2.1 3G? i read that m.t. really drains the battery down quickly.

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can the 3g really multitask? Battery life on iOS 4 was fine on my 3G, especially for a device that's now 2.5 years old.

absolutely I disabled multitasking, my battery is bad enough as it is; love my Mophie battery backup case though.

still waiting for iPhone 5, though I may find myself buying a used 3GS or iPhone 4 in the meantime.

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The Taoist Zhuangzi said, "Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone".
The sociologist, and historian, Adam Ferguson described the phenomenon of spontaneous order in society as the "result of human action, but not the execution of any human design".

my 3G is still on 3.1.3 - don't see a real reason to JB or put 4.x on it.

battery blows IMHO.

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that worked well. a giant step backwards for sanity.
I'll await the iPho 5 dual mode quad band with VzW or go T-Mo in Sept.
Until then, a least the 3G runs at reasonable speed without crashing.