Are you having trouble backing up you iPhone using iTunes?   If it’s hanging at step 2 of 5, this solution may work for you too:

1) Reset your synchronisation history

2) Delete all previous backups (C:\users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup)

3) Right click on command prompt and select “Run as Administrator”

4) run the command “netsh winsock reset”

5) As always, finish with a reboot!

Hope this works for you too!

If you’ve been suffering short battery life on your iPhone since upgrading to iOS 5, you’ll be relieve to know that Apple has acknowledged the problem and promised to release an iOS 5.0.1 fix within a few weeks.

According to “The Loop”, an Apple spokesperson said:

“A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices,   We have found a few bugs that are affecting battery life and we will release a software update to address those in a few weeks.”

In the meantime, people are reporting improved battery life by disabling “Setting Time Zone” (Settings>Location Services>System Services).

Is iOS 5 killing your battery life?   See our recent iOS 5 Battery post for a discussion of the problem

Let us know your experience in the poll below :

New reports are starting to appear on Twitter that the recent iOS 5 update is having detrimental effects on iPhone battery life.

Some people are putting this down to the new notification system included in iOS 5, however we’ve been unable to confirm this so far.   The problem appears to only affect some users though, with others even reporting better battery life?

Searches for iOS Battery have certainly increased this month on Google as you can see in the chart below:

Are you experiencing the same problem?   If so, let us know in the comments.

Update 1: Vote in our poll and let us know your experience

Update 2: Interesting suggestion from @HalifaxTech – could this be due to the new location aware reminders continually polling for your current location?

Looks like Apple are struggling to keep up with demand for iOS 5 updates today!

If you’re receiving the message “internal error” or “3200”, it’s due to Apple’s servers not coping with the demand.

In fact error 3200 is now trending on Twitter as so many people are reporting the problem.

You can keep re-trying the update and maybe get through, or wait until later when things have calmed down a bit.

Don’t forget – run a backup before updating as some people are reporting lost apps having updated today.

Lots of people on Twitter are currently reporting issues when upgrading to iOS 5 which was released by Apple today.

Apparently many people are losing apps, music and photos during the upgrade process.

Make sure that you run a complete backup via iTunes before installing this update, and if possible take your own copy of the iTunes files before running the install.

We’ll update this post with further news and suggestions as we here them.

If you’ve experienced problems, lost apps, and/or have solutions, please let us know in the comments.

Latest Tweets:

Someone just brought an iPhone to me which was missing an icon for the phone on the home screen!    Now obviously this reduces the functionality of the device as a phone somewhat!

Turns out there’s an easy fix though:

Go into Settings, General, then “Reset Home Screen Layout”

You should now have a working phone icon again!

Update: Several reports suggest checking Settings, General, Restrictions as this may also disable the phone icon.   More details on restrictions here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4213

Update 2: Another tip reported – double tap the home button and look for the icon in the tray at the bottom of the screen.   You can then drag it back from there.

Do you use the official Twitter App on a 3GS iPhone?   Have you experienced problems?   

I thought it was just me until I came across a post on the twitter support pages asking for feedback.    Looks like others are experiencing the same white screen, and then the app closes after a few seconds of loading.

Here’s the support page at twitter:

Twitter for iphone 3.0.1 crashes back to home screen

Neowin are reporting that they’ve received confirmation from the “big three” Canadian Telcos that they’ll all be selling the new iPhone 4 in the coming weeks.

There’s no information yet regarding pricing or upgrades yet – nor any exact dates, but it sounds like it’s only a matter of weeks for all three

Full article here – Neowin : Canadian big three confirm iPhone 4 for July.

Recent reports of a prototype iPhone found on the floor of a bar in Redwood City were initially dismissed as a fake.

Gizmodo now have their hands on the phone and are reporting that it appears like it’s the real thing.

The extensive report can be found here

Take a look at the following video for a taster of what the new iPhone looks like