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iOS 2.0.2 Public

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Recorded context

About this appearance

iPhone 2.0.2 was another terse maintenance update: the preserved Apple description says only that it contained bug fixes and does not confirm a specific 3G connectivity correction.

Date
Aug 18, 2008
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

MacRumors reported the iPhone 2.0.2 release on August 18, 2008 and preserved Apple’s update description as a generic bug-fix notice. An iPod touch 2.0.2 package was also reported.[1]

At launch, reporting explicitly said it was not yet known whether the package fixed the widely discussed 3G connectivity problem, and early reports had no consensus. This article does not turn that rumor into a documented release claim.[2]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. iPhone Firmware 2.0.2 Released

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-08-18T21:34:00Z · August 18 release and Apple’s terse update description

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  2. iPhone Firmware 2.0.2 Released

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-08-18T21:34:00Z · 3G connectivity uncertainty and early-report boundary

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  3. iPhone Firmware 2.0.2 Released

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-08-18T21:34:00Z · Apple’s reported update description and 3G uncertainty

  4. iPhone Firmware 2.0.2 Released

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-08-18T21:34:00Z · August 18 release and update description

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

bugFix · fixed

General bug-fix maintenance

documentedreported

No specific cellular or application correction is assigned because the contemporaneous source says the 3G effect was unconfirmed.

  1. [1] iPhone Firmware 2.0.2 Released · Apple’s reported update description and 3G uncertainty