5.01 Benefit to itunes vs OTA

metsjetsfan · Nov 10, 2011, 02:29 PM

is there a benefit to doing the full 800MB on itunes vs OTA? Does anyone know besides any speculation?

Mr.C · Nov 10, 2011, 02:32 PM

No there isn't.

ADMProducer · Nov 10, 2011, 02:41 PM

for a quick fix, yeah there's definitely a benefit to OTA. However, you'll need the full software download to perform a restore.

metsjetsfan · Nov 10, 2011, 05:48 PM

thanks if you do OTA then backup to itunes I imagine it won't cause any problems?

iPagan · Nov 12, 2011, 08:37 PM

My question is:

Can you OTA to 5.01 and still retain your JB(5.0)?

HPLouis · Nov 12, 2011, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iPagan

My question is:

Can you OTA to 5.01 and still retain your JB(5.0)?

The update will fail. My wife tried the OTA update with her jailbroken iP4 on 5.0 and it went into the tethered boot mode and she was stuck without a phone until i got home and resn0wed it.

I'm glad it did that versus her losing iOS 5.0 and a chance at the untether 5.0 jailbreak in the future.

gentlefury · Nov 12, 2011, 09:05 PM

No benefit whatsoever....they just haven't updated iTunes to be able to do an incremental update...it still downloads the entire OS and updates it that way. OTA is just more efficient.

iPagan · Nov 12, 2011, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HPLouis

The update will fail. My wife tried the OTA update with her jailbroken iP4 on 5.0 and it went into the tethered boot mode and she was stuck without a phone until i got home and resn0wed it.

I'm glad it did that versus her losing iOS 5.0 and a chance at the untether 5.0 jailbreak in the future.

Thanks for the info! Saved me the trouble!

HPLouis · Nov 12, 2011, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iPagan

Thanks for the info! Saved me the trouble!

Yeah, she saw the badge and it was driving her crazy. She then went into setting and updated so she could get rid of the badge.

At least the badge is gone now.

phyrexia · Nov 13, 2011, 12:38 AM

I am jailbroken and the OTA update simply fails for me, no muckery anywhere else.

Nov 10, 2011, 02:29 PM	#1
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ADMProducer macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2010	for a quick fix, yeah there's definitely a benefit to OTA. However, you'll need the full software download to perform a restore. __________________ 13" MacBook Pro, 2.4 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB SSD + 500GB HDD; Black & Slate iPhone 5 16GB.
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iPagan macrumors regular Join Date: May 2010	My question is: Can you OTA to 5.01 and still retain your JB(5.0)? __________________ MBP 13", 2010; iPad 1, 16GB, 3G
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phyrexia macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2010	I am jailbroken and the OTA update simply fails for me, no muckery anywhere else. __________________ Powermac11,2 // Macbookpro8,3 // iPad(3), 32GB + VZW // IB i7 Hackintosh // Synology DS411
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metsjetsfan Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2011	thanks if you do OTA then backup to itunes I imagine it won't cause any problems?
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gentlefury macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA	No benefit whatsoever....they just haven't updated iTunes to be able to do an incremental update...it still downloads the entire OS and updates it that way. OTA is just more efficient.
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