WOW, how many people did you verify this claim with? Did you try to simulate this problem again? Did you check with Apple?
Please stop creating FUD just because you had a single bad experience. Coolfactors post sums up my thoughts exactly. Calm down and stop being so naive.
This is actually the first time i've heard about this problem being so serious and widespread. I restored my old 8gig 3G to my new 16gig and EVERYTHING was how I left it on the old phone, right down to in-progress games like Galcon.
Btw: Aurora Feint is a MMOnline game.
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