Apple iPhone 3GS

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Summary of issues reported for the Apple iPhone 3GS :

• No Adobe Flash support
• No  office apps
• Battery not user replaceable or upgradeable without voiding warranty
• No camera flash
• No SD card expansion
• Not able to run background applications (multitasking)
• USB file transfer ( enforced restrictions on what where and how you transfer files limits its value as a mass storage device)
• Bluetooth works with headphones Bluetooth A2DP has been added for stereo headphones,  however previously it was incompatible with Bluetooth car kits, keyboards or other 3rd party bluetooth devices. At the time of editing thiis entry it is unclear if or what paired devices can be controled or are compatible with the new update. Any info owners of the device can offer would be appreciated by the community
• No Bluetooth file transfer
• Some firmware versions / hardware revisions have issues working with WPA2 secured wireless networks. The issue has been seen to effect version 2.1, 2.2 and  3 (please see below)

Beacon Frames are frames that have control information and are transmitted in each of the 11 channels and help a wireless station to identify nearby wireless access points (AP) in passive scanning mode. The Beacon interval for many routers defaults to 100ms, the iphone/ipod will connect in some cases if you change the setting of your router to 75ms.

Blue-tooth has been seen to adversely effect Wi-Fi on this device . Disabling Blue-tooth while using Wi-Fi may improve performance.

If the above fixes do not resolve the issue update your firmware here  Support Pages: Apple and update your router firmware.

Some individuals that have updated their router and Apple device have reported success by resetting all network settings to default (General-Reset-Reset Network Settings), then restarting the phone/ipod.

General Networking help article : Network Device Issues - What You Should Know

Please see the info links below that lead to the discussion of this issue on the Apple support forums. Those threads contain other possible fixes.