Get your 2.0 firmware on ... early!
Just as the MobileMe software was found early, so has the iPhone 2.0 firmware! Yes, you heard me correctly, you can now download the long-awaited, much-anticipated, 2.0 firmware. MacRumors reports that you can download the 2.0 firmware by clicking this link (iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw). Before you just up and download this random file from Apple's website, note this knowledge base article in which Apple notes that your iPhone/iPod touch will be erased in order to perform the 2.0 install.
"Normally if you choose to update, the iPhone or iPod touch software is updated but your settings and media are not affected. If your device currently has a software version prior to 2.0 (1.x) and you are updating to software version 2.0 or later, all data on your device will be erased in order to perform install the new software. In this case, iTunes will offer to create a one-time media backup of your device depending on what content is on your device and what content is stored in the iTunes Library you are connected to. You should ensure that you have enough free space on your Mac or PC to accommodate a backup that matches the capacity of your iPhone or iPod touch (4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GB) if you proceed with the this backup," explains Apple.
To install this update, you must download the ipsw file and iTunes 7.7. Open iTunes and clicking the option + clicking the check for update button will prompt iTunes to ask for the ipsw location; once you've done that, iTunes will begin the firmware update.
Auntie TUAW's note: we would recommend you wait for the "official release" of the 2.0 firmware; it's not a good idea to go poking around on Apple's servers and download random files for installs.
[via MacRumors]
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Just as the MobileMe software was found early, so has the iPhone 2.0 firmware! Yes, you heard me correctly, you can now download the...
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""To answer the question that several users have asked both in public, and via private message, iPhone 3G is shipping with build 5A345. 5A347 is a build that was never intended for a production environment, and certainly not for installation on the original iPhone! As I mentioned earlier, it was built to be installed on iPhone 3G development test units only (note, I did not say production units), and has not been tested or designed for the original iPhone."
Not true !
Just spent an hour updating my original iphone and the version is 5A347
iPhone 2.0's Safari supports Vietnamese font as well. Yahoo!
July 12 2008 at 5:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTo wipe your iphone and upgrade to the correct 2.0 software do the following:
1. Turn the iphone off by holding the power key and then swiping the red bar that appears on-screen to power off.
2. Hold the home key and connect the USB cable, the screen will display the USB to iTunes image. The iPhone is now in recovery mode.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions in iTunes to update and restore your iPhone.
This then takes quite a while to download the upgrade and apply it to your iPhone. Once completed you will have the correct build on your iphone.
Hope this helps.
in windows you hold down shift and alt keys and then click on check fro update and point it to the right file.
July 11 2008 at 12:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWorked perfectly. Off to the AppStore.
July 10 2008 at 9:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI downloaded the zip and it extracted as a folder containing a bunch of stuff but no ipsw file...what did I do wrong??
July 10 2008 at 8:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyloojk in your trash can for the zip file & change the extension (take the .zip off)
July 10 2008 at 8:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThanks so much! I feel so dumb, LOL!!
July 10 2008 at 9:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo how do I get my old pictures and settings back? Restore seems to want to reset the phone to factory settings...
For those of you getting crashes with mail.app after this update:
Googling around, this appears to have been a problem in the past with other firmware updates that was caused by some kind of Mail permissions bug. Jailbroken phones can fix it with SSH and a chmod, but non-jailbroken can repair this by:
-force an update to the same firmware again.
-iTunes prompted to restore my backup, which I ignored.
-Once the iPhone showed that my phone was activated, I launched the mail app once and set it up with my gmail account.
-Then I went to iTunes, and did a restore backup.
-After the backup was restored, the mail app worked again.
I just got this error when tried to update firmware... Unknown error updating "iPhone" (0xE8000004)... any ideas?
July 10 2008 at 3:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyim in the same boat as you, i pointed itunes 7.7 towards the .ipsw file and it begins to "extract" from within itunes and I get that message!
July 10 2008 at 6:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyyes. You need to make sure you have the file named:iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw
There is another -shorter named -one that downloaded. Once I got the right file, I was golden....
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