Turn off Airplane Mode before updating your iPhone firmware

My suggestion for this:divert your iphone first before updating or restoring!

Yeah,
I experienced the same a while ago with 2.0.1 and also blogged about it: http://mbaierl.com/blog/2008/08/iphone-upgrade-in-flight-mode.html .

Recently I changed my SIM and had to activate the phone again... which is especially bad if you are on the road... :(

I'm a little confused...could you explain *why* someone would have to be a dumb-ass for updating while an iPhone is in airplane mode? Like why that should be innate knowledge?

I went through this way back on like the second iphone update, I put my phone in airplane mode at night so I don't recieve any calls and woke up to the update. Without a second thought I put the device on for the update. I don't think its that uncommon for people to suffer from this issue. It would be nice if the update automatically informed the user of the potential issue and allowed them to correct it before completing the update. I fixed mine by dialing a number in emergency mode and then it asks you to re-enable the radio.

First of all, this article in no way sounds like a complaint or a whine, it's simply alerting us to something. Some of us are here to learn.

Second, I'd suggest to the author, since he says he is not rich, to sell the iphone and buy a touch 2g instead. the touch is smaller, lighter, and less expensive than what he can get by selling an iphone 1g that has no contract and is tied to the less expensive data plan.

the only feature that would then be missing is the camera, and I bet there is a camera on the cell phone that you (also) carry around.

in these tough economic times, I bet you'd come out a few hundred bucks ahead.

As my original discussion board posting noted (anyone bother to read it?), this happened to me with the original iPhone, not the 3G model. The issue was also confirmed by someone at Apple.

And, as for why anyone would be stupid enough to turn off the phone, I work from home, and need the phone only when I'm out. I'm in a fringe area for cell coverage (3G? Forget it!), with too many power/cable outages to rely on VOIP -- it's twisted pair for me. While I'm home, I keep the battery in better shape by using WiFi-only. Since my phone is a Night One model, the number of battery charge cycles is certainly getting up there, so I'd rather not push it.

As soon as a 32GB model comes around, that's where I'll be.

I don't understand why some folks so are upset by this post.
This is actually useful to know, even if it's unlikely to cause problems. I use airplane mode all the time and it it never occurred to me that it might interfere with an update. I could very easily be in airplane mode when the time comes for updating. In the future, I'll make sure it's off, just in case.
A full backup/restore/update/re-sync can easily take over an hour in my experience. A simple update without restore should be faster.

tys

I turned on Airplane Mode when I upgraded to 2.2.1 and didn't have any issues at all, during or after. Odd that you had issues.

Let me clarify a few points:

1. I own an iPhone and not a touch because: a) it was given to me (I am not rich), b) it had a speaker and mic before the new touch came out, and it has a camera, and c) I already had a cell phone.

2. It is not hacked in any shape, form or fashion. It simply doesn't have a contract with AT&T. Airplane mode is an Apple feature.

3. This is a 1st-gen iPhone.

Why do you have an iPhone if you can't call/internet with it? Ever heard of the iPod Touch?