We’ve heard about several glitches in the iOS 4.3. Especially the poor battery life. We were expecting a fix soon and now reports are that it might be released within 1-2 weeks. The change-log is as given below. Fixed memory hang that results in memory corruption when reading large files from USIM filesystem Fixed problem with NTLM authentication in apps and on websites
Fixed issue with the Springboard and 3rd party apps not recognizing the gyroscope on the iPad 2
Fixed iPad 2 jailbreak vulnerability
Baseband updates for the 3GS and iPad (original)
The list comes from BGR, who say their source is expecting it within one to two weeks. This is still a rumour, but BGR has been pretty spot on with iOS release dates lately (they were off by a day on the iOS 4.3 date, thats all).
If you were wondering, theres nothing about battery life in that list!! iPhone 4 and 3GS users have been complaining of faster drain ever since updating to 4.3 and some folks are blaming Ping for it. Till Apple sorts it out, you can turn off Ping under Settings > General > Restrictions. The iPad 2 jailbreak fix is the other big one, Apple is wasting no time closing the hole after the recent iPad 2 hacks. Stay tuned, we’ll let you know the moment it hits iTunes.
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