Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone
3.0 firmware release expected at 10am PT/1pm ET, quick Terminal tip to check
Hey, iPhone 3G owners: Please do not download the 2,1 firmware files listed below. They are for the 3G S and will not work on your phone. Read the whole post for details. The correct firmware for the 3G will start with "iPhone1,2" instead.
If you were up all night waiting for the new iPhone OS to arrive, you're in good company -- we were too, until we began getting Twitter reports from users in Hong Kong and Sweden that the local carriers sent out SMS alerts to their customers suggesting when they could download 3.0. Those times both align with a 10 am PT/1 pm ET go time, and that's when we're calling it for now; Engadget concurs. That's why you're still seeing 2.2.1 as the most current version in iTunes; the new version hasn't been released yet.
curl -s -L http://phobos.apple.com/version |\
grep -i restore |\
grep '_3.' | open -f
The results will look something like URLs ending with this:
iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw
The model number indicates which unit has downloadable firmware. As of right now, only the iPhone 3G S firmware has been updated. That's the 2,1 iPhone model. Yes, the 1,2 iPhone 3G model was considered a revision of the first generation 1,1 iPhone as it only had moderate hardware changes. The two iPods are 1,1 and 2,1 for the first and second generation.
(No, for those wondering in the comments, you cannot download the 2,1 firmware and install it on your iPhone or iPhone 3G -- it will only work with the 3G S.)To download, copy the URL and paste it into Safari's download window or use any other favorite method to retrieve the firmware. Then hold the Option key and click Update in iTunes. Navigate to the firmware (the ipsw file), select it, and 3.0's good to go. Of course, you can also download directly through iTunes as soon as the update is available.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
redbenn said 9:46AM on 6-17-2009
what time will the dev team release the new pwnage tool?
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Howie Isaacks said 10:02AM on 6-17-2009
They're not a "dev" team. They're a hack team. I'm not going to trust my iPhone to hackers who couldn't care less about my iPhone should their crapware screw it up.
flyingipot said 10:05AM on 6-17-2009
@howie just cuz u ain´t got the skills.... lol whatever
Neil said 10:14AM on 6-17-2009
@Howie Isaacks
Get over yourself.
redbenn said 10:22AM on 6-17-2009
@Howie
A simple... "I am not sure" would have worked.
Ethan said 10:28AM on 6-17-2009
Right, they don't care about your phone. That's why they work for days to make free utilities to make it better. They just want to make crapware that screws it up.
Matthieu said 10:34AM on 6-17-2009
@Howie Get off your high horse, they simply to choose to style themselves the 'dev team'. @redbenn wasn't trying to claim they were gods of technology and honesty, merely calling them by their name.
braindead360 said 11:38AM on 6-17-2009
@Howie
Dude just cause you don't have the guts to attempt to jailbreak your iPhone doesn't mean you should criticize others for doing it. Yes there is a minimal risk factor, but the benefits outweigh the bad tremendously. And even if you do screw your phone up, the Dev Team have gone to great lengths to showing people who used their software how to fix the problem. Most jailbreakers don't hack their iPhones or iPods because we're wanting to spit in the face of Apple and AT&T, but mainly because we feel that we should be able to do more with the devices that we paid for, rather than what Apple & AT&T tells us we can do with them. Have fun playing with your MMS free and tetherless iPhone, I'll be enjoying those features and more when the Dev Team releases their Pwnge tools. iPhone Dev Team FTW!
emil said 9:48AM on 6-17-2009
The build # (7A341) for the 3GS is identical to the GM seed floating around in torrents, so looks like there were no changes since last week.
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Mike said 9:49AM on 6-17-2009
Well.... has anyone tried installing the 2,1 firmware on the 1,2 phone?
IIRC, last year, numerous people installed the 1,2 firmware on the 1,1 phone and it worked just fine.
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Howie Isaacks said 10:01AM on 6-17-2009
Wouldn't it be better to just wait on the correct version to be released?
flyingipot said 10:03AM on 6-17-2009
we´re too anxious/obcessed/geeks...any other questions?
emil said 10:15AM on 6-17-2009
If you're that anxious, just pick up a copy of the GM seed on bittorrent...
Jon said 12:37PM on 6-17-2009
@howie
My god, you are a moron! Do you know where you are? Do you even know what decade this is?
Get a clue man! This is a blog for gadget and specifically mac geeks. These types of people hack their phones and don't want to wait for anything.
Go post on cnet or something if you prefer a more uninformed chat with mainstream soccer mom shoppers.
Sjakelien said 9:53AM on 6-17-2009
Good to see you back, Erica!
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emil said 10:16AM on 6-17-2009
Yeah I thought you left for Arstechnica? What happened?
AGS said 12:27PM on 6-17-2009
yea what did happen, if you had your own blog id read that too
Andy said 9:54AM on 6-17-2009
ARGH!!! I hate living in the eastern time zone sometimes. First X-Box Live goes down until midnight PST, and now I have to wait until 1pm to get the new iPhone software. I kid, I kid, I"m certainly just happy enough that they are releasing the update, it just get frustrating sometimes living by the watches of people on the west coast.
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Pants said 9:58AM on 6-17-2009
Yeah, because command line entry in terminal is SOOO much easier than clicking a single button...
Weirdo... :)
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George said 11:10AM on 6-17-2009
I was thinking the same thing: typing out (or copy/paste) all this code intot he terminal is easier than clicking a button? Ummm…no.