Apple is Sending Out an iOS 5.0.1 Update to Limited Users Over Battery Issues

Apparently, there are a small number of iOS 5 users that have had battery life issues. Apple has been diligently working to address the issue, and is seeding their iOS 5.0.1 update to these users and a small sampling of testers. This update also brings some Siri improvements for Australian users, multitasking gestures to the first generation iPad, and a few other bug fixes. Right now, users that go into an Apple store to complain about the issue have been directed to wait a few weeks for this software update. Above is a snippet from a support email, and below is an internal Apple memo.

Some general issues

Hey all,.

I have had my pad for a few days now (love it btw) and have a few questions.

1. The keyboard a-t-il key button and the cursor tab?
2. What is the best way to deal with a new battery, run it down entirely or never reversed it or it does not matter?
3 Not important but may have a background screen image, composed of several images, thus it extends on all pages, a 360 degree panorama say?

Thank you

Deejay.

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jailbroken ipad connector issues

I have an iPad that I've had for several months now. It's been jailbroken since I got it. However, last night I went to plug it into my wall next to my bed to charge and it didn't recognize being plugged in. I brought it out and tried the connector plugged into my computer and iTunes won't recognize it.

I tried my iTouch with both cables and they work fine. Reading some of the forums in here I figured I would try a reboot. However, now I'm stuck at the Apple logo. I read further about using redsn0w and using the "just boot tethered" option. However, since my iPad dock connector seems to be having issues, it won't recognize my iPad in DFU mode (and I've had it in DFU mode plenty of times so I know I'm doing it right).

My problem is, if it's a faulty connector, since I'm jailbroken and can't get in to do a factory reset, am I screwed? This is a hefty investment to lose out on.

Any help would be awesome. Even if someone can recommend a quick fix for the connector just so I can do a factory reboot. Also, I live a good 3 or 4 hours from the nearest Apple store, so swinging it in isn't really an option.

Update issues

I'm having some serious update issue's on my ipad. It kept giving me the "itunes was unable to load data class information from sync services. reconnect or try again later"

this is the 200th time i've seen this. so i connected the ipad in held down power and home key and had it start in itunes in restore mode. it updated the software, but now everything is gone off my ipad... i've tried restoring from back up, but it's giving me the same alert again "itunes was unable to load data class information from sync services. reconnect or try again later"

can anyone help me with this?

running newest version of itunes on windows xp professional, and i've reinstalled itunes twice