IOS 4.2.1 and Find My iPhone... lost??

Hi Guys,
I have an old iPhone 3G running iOS 4.2.1 which I use for testing and development.
Until earlier this month, I was able to track this iPhone in Find My iPhone app using my old MobileMe account, however although the iPhone still shows FMI activated for the account, the device no longer shows up in the FMI app.
Does anyone know whether Apple have somehow turned off this facility for older devices now? If they have, I'm sure there will be a lot of iPhone 3G owners out there who will not be happy about losing this vital service...
Ok, so this is a 4 year old device, but not everybody changes their phone every time a new version comes out!
Any thoughts?
Steve

My real issue with this is that:
a) You can add an iCloud account to your iOS 4.2.1 device AND ENABLE Find My iPhone (this is allowed apparently)
b) Find My iPhone app will not locate the device added in (a)
Why allow you to enable it if you can use it?!?!
Must be an error on Apple's part - if you can't use it then you shouldn't be allowed to turn it on!!
Please either disallow iCloud accounts in iOS 4.2.1 OR display iOS 4.2.1 devices in Find My iPhone app
The second option is preferred as millions of iPhone 3G owners can now no longer track their iPhone - a feature that surely must have been one of the main reasons to buy the phone in the first place...?
CONSISTANCY PLEASE APPLE!

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