bugs

An Estonian website recently published an interesting bug with the iPhone's Mobile Safari web browser that could potentially use excess data and potentially run a hefty bill if their reasonable use limit is breached. The problem is that when you browse to a website with a Motion JPEG for streaming video over the internet, it continues to stream the video after you close the app.

You may remember that in iPhone 3.0 a bug was discovered which kept email messages on POP accounts from being properly deleted. A demo of the bug can be seen here. At the time it was believed that Apple was aware of the issue and that a fix would likely appear in the 3.1 update.

Just as we expected, several people we've talked to report that the bug seems to have been resolved in iPhone OS 3.1. In fact, the issue may have been fixed earlier on in developer preview builds of 3.1. Good news for those of you worried about the security implications of this bug!

If you're using a jailbroken or unlocked iPhone, you might want to think twice about sending anything over AIM that you don't want everyone to see. Equinux founder Till Schadde has found a bug that may be sending your AIM messages to random recipients without you ever knowing it.

Macworld has stumbled on an interesting bug dealing with how your iPhone deletes (or more accurately, doesn't delete) email. If you use your iPhone for email, chances are you've deleted at least a few messages by now. What you may not know is that just because these messages are no longer accessible in the Mail app, they're not completely gone.

A strange bug has been causing trouble for some iPhone OS 3.0 users. We haven't seen it ourselves yet, but several users on Apple's discussion boards are reporting strange problems with app icons being either blank white squares, switching icons with other apps, or disappearing altogether. TUAW confirmed the strange bug when their own Mel Martin had the AT&T Navigator app and Reuters News icon switch places. One developer says issues like these were highly common in the beta releases, and weren't fixed until the final release of the software.

A few more issues with the new 2.2 Software for the iPhone have popped up ranging in seriousness. One of the more common (and surprising) of them is where several of the apps, both downloaded and included on the device, suddenly go missing after the update. Others have continued WiFi connectivity issues, and others still can no longer sync with iTunes. User testimonies and suggested fixes are available at iPhoneAtlas.com.

A number of users have been reporting some issues with the iPhone's clock app. Some users claim that when they try to access their alarm clocks, they are met with a strange grey screen that won't go away, and is sometimes followed by the app suddenly quitting. Two possible fixes for this have been uncovered.

Some users have been reporting issues with accessing their Gmail accounts through the iPhone's Mail app. Several claims describe the app crashing constantly whenever they try to access the account. Similarly, other applications like Contacts crash as well.

Some of the users that upgraded to iTunes 8.0.1 for the Mac have been getting mysterious and frustratingly persistent error messages when trying to sync their iPhone or iPod touch, making it impossible. Thankfully Apple has posed a fix for the issue on their Support page.

While the iPhone is still top-notch in our book, it's still not quite as perfect as most would like it to be. Some are fans venting their frustration, others are impartial media trying to get the word out, and still others think it sucks and think you should agree. Boing Boing has compiled a list of their favorite "top ten iPhone flaws" lists.