I am a day 1 buyer as well, and I had to exchange my first phone about a month in. Both had the problem, and this is a well known issue...glad to here it hasn't happened to you in a while though...
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iPhone 1.1.2 Firmware Released
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I am a day 1 buyer as well, and I had to exchange my first phone about a month in. Both had the problem, and this is a well known issue...glad to here it hasn't happened to you in a while though...
Ok I must comment...and sorry if I'm late with figuring this out, but:
Ok with the new 1.1.2 ability to play (<=30 second) custom ringtones, I decided to try something.
I took a full .m4a file (.mp3 works as well), that I had in my iTunes library. Nothing special...just a song from a CD I ripped. Anyway, so there was a specific starting point in the track that I wanted the ringtone to start at. So what I did is:
1.) Made a copy of the .m4a file, and renamed it to something else.m4a.
2.) Then I played the new track in iTunes to find the spot (in time using the meter on the top of the iTunes window) where I needed the ringtone to start. It happened to be at the 0:27 spot.
3.) Then I went to the track info and changed the start and end of the track to 0:27 to 0:57 (30 seconds), removed references to the album name/track number/part of a compilation checkbox/etc, titled it the way I wanted it, and saved the file.
4.) Then I did another: "convert to .aac" on the modified file.
5.) Then I browsed to my file on my computer, changed the extension to .m4r, added it to iTunes, and synced to my iPhone.
Bingo...instant fully-customed ringtone all through iTunes.
I love this 1.1.2 update!!!
Ok I'll stop my rant...
Ok with the new 1.1.2 ability to play (<=30 second) custom ringtones, I decided to try something.
I took a full .m4a file (.mp3 works as well), that I had in my iTunes library. Nothing special...just a song from a CD I ripped. Anyway, so there was a specific starting point in the track that I wanted the ringtone to start at. So what I did is:
1.) Made a copy of the .m4a file, and renamed it to something else.m4a.
2.) Then I played the new track in iTunes to find the spot (in time using the meter on the top of the iTunes window) where I needed the ringtone to start. It happened to be at the 0:27 spot.
3.) Then I went to the track info and changed the start and end of the track to 0:27 to 0:57 (30 seconds), removed references to the album name/track number/part of a compilation checkbox/etc, titled it the way I wanted it, and saved the file.
4.) Then I did another: "convert to .aac" on the modified file.
5.) Then I browsed to my file on my computer, changed the extension to .m4r, added it to iTunes, and synced to my iPhone.
Bingo...instant fully-customed ringtone all through iTunes.
I love this 1.1.2 update!!!
Ok I'll stop my rant...
The Locktable in the seczone locks your phone to the SIM card (in your case att). When you upgrade, the locktable is still there.
If you want to use the iPhone with a SIM card other than the one it came with you must unlock it.
Any more guesses as to why the update is still not available on iTunes??
My only guess is that the 1.1.2 people have been downloading and installing on their own is not the one that will be released in the US. I doubt that the US one will have any extra features, but I think Apple is tryin to break any hacks that have already happened and they will get rid of the current free ringtone method. I doubt anyone will see it through iTunes before Monday at the earliest.
Did it, worked fine. Untouched unhacked normal out of the box iPhone. Took 5 mins.
Mine used to, but did not at all today in the 5-10 minutes I tested it. So I'm pleased
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Stupid Apple?? R u kidding me?? What have u invented or created? Apple has raised the bar on cell phones and while it is not perfect yet and missing some key features and apps, they will soon make it better. Look how far the iPod has come and the iPhone will only get better. Most of u need to realize that this is a first generation phone. I just wish everyone would stop complaining about apple when they have brought us some cool stuff.
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Stupid Apple?? R u kidding me?? What have u invented or created? Apple has raised the bar on cell phones and while it is not perfect yet and missing some key features and apps, they will soon make it better. Look how far the iPod has come and the iPhone will only get better. Most of u need to realize that this is a first generation phone. I just wish everyone would stop complaining about apple when they have brought us some cool stuff.
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use their mobile version and it loads very fast and has no problems
diamond.g said:
use their mobile version and it loads very fast and has no problems
so...I think I did everything you described, and the file is in iTunes, it even is listed as a ringtone. But, I cannot copy it to my ringtones folder from within iTunes...is there a way to do this within finder?
While Ringtones is selected on the left side of iTunes, under Library, drag the files to the song listing window from a Finder window. It would only work for me if the song wasn't in iTunes first, it had to come from the Finder, and had to be a m4r file.
Does 1.1.2 still support Japanese input on some sites
Can someone with 1.1.2 go to http://www.jr-odekake.net/ (in Safari) and click on the text edit box and let me know if you get the Japanese enabled keyboard?
(If you type "sushi" you should see the choices come up in Japanese).
This used to work in 1.1.1 and I'd like to know if this still works in 1.1.2...
Thanks!
Thank you for the detailed info. I appreciate it.
This really sucks.
Apparently 1.1.1 supported (link in Japanese) Japanese input on select sites. I wonder if this is still working?
Can someone with 1.1.2 go to http://www.jr-odekake.net/ (in Safari) and click on the text edit box and let me know if you get the Japanese enabled keyboard?
(If you type "sushi" you should see the choices come up in Japanese).
This used to work in 1.1.1 and I'd like to know if this still works in 1.1.2...
Thanks!
Weird update
So I downloaded the update thing from MacRumors. Rezipped it. And restored... then it gave me an error and the "iTunes logo/arrow/Dock connecter" logo came on my phone.
Crap.
Well I hit "Restore" in iTunes and lo and behold, it starts downloading 1.1.2. Weird.
So Apple is dishing it out, but it didn't come up when I originally clicked "Check for updates" (before I downloaded 1.1.2 from MacRumors).
So it's restoring right now. I'll let you know what happens.
So I downloaded the update thing from MacRumors. Rezipped it. And restored... then it gave me an error and the "iTunes logo/arrow/Dock connecter" logo came on my phone.
Crap.
Well I hit "Restore" in iTunes and lo and behold, it starts downloading 1.1.2. Weird.
So Apple is dishing it out, but it didn't come up when I originally clicked "Check for updates" (before I downloaded 1.1.2 from MacRumors).
So it's restoring right now. I'll let you know what happens.
I believe there are a few in the last 12 pages that have reported similar findings. iTunes/Apple still does not seem to be pushing the updater to the iPhones saying 1.1.1 is up to date. However, if you do a FULL restore it appears that at least some are getting 1.1.2 as the install file downloaded through iTunes.
I'm now just waiting to see if Apple is going to break this limbo and push the updater, or if we're all going to wait through the weekend and have 1.1.3 or something pushed on Monday. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Any more guesses as to why the update is still not available on iTunes??
I think there will be an "iPhone Update: November '07" with added features very soon. It will be available to all iPhone owners. In the mean time, the 1.1.2 adds international features for outside the U.S.
Of course, Apple may release it anyway to keep people from downloading the update outside of iTunes as they are now. They wouldn't want people thinking iPhone updates are that clumsy.
Just a guess...
Same exact thing happened to me. Forced restore, then iTunes actually downloaded the update and applied it. All is good. Didn't lose a thing.
If by "text edit box" you mean the search tool in the upper right hand corner, it did not appear to work for me. I don't know what a "Japanese enabled keyboard" looks like, but it looked like the usual qwerty to me.
Dude if you want to live in some iphone is God deluded dream world go ahead. Have you seen Verizon Wireless' Q3 numbers kid? 1.6 million new subscribers in Q3 and the highest ever ARPU of over $52 per subscriber. The iphone is a drop in the bucket. Get that in your head. Verizon doesn't give a **** about the iphone when they're adding close to 2 million people a quarter without it. And that's just Verizon. Your little fancy graphical toy phone is relevant to a small number of AT&T users and that's about it. The world has moved on.
The iphone is the Mac of the wireless industry. It's priced way outside of the mainstream. It has a tiny insignificant market share with a prorietary single carrier and yet it feigns grandiousity and importance based on some fancy graphics and a small loyal (if stupid) fan base. It doesn't matter to BlackBerry or Motorola who ship 100 times the number of phones per month, nor to Verizon or T-Mobile who have tens of millions of subscribers and keep adding.
lol... thanks! I needed that. Yea... it's a pretty boring update, but my iPhone is unhacked, so what the hell. Nothing to really gain, nothing to loose.
Edit: Did the whole manual update thing and it worked perfectly. No errors, little slower in update process than usual, but all in all no big deal.
Garage Band + 1.1.2 = Ultimate Ringtone Maker
Thank you Apple. You listened.
EXACTLY!!!...Finally someone else with a glass half full! I figured I would see more of this in these and Apples forums, but I guess skepticism runs rampid across this country.
You think negative, negative things happen. Maybe, maybe just once Apple has seen it through the customers eyes and agreed to just let it go. They see that there is a need or desire for sound ringtones, or a childs voice saying something or a home artist creating a work of art. You have all asked for it and its here...BE THANKFUL.
I posted my finding on Apple's forums yesterday morning about my discovery of the ringtone option and it is still there...if Apple thought otherwise, as they have numerous times in the past...wouldn't they have removed my post???
Regardless...you all have a new iphone version 1.1.2 that allows these ringtones and totally does away with the need for 1.0.2. You do not need to upgrade to 1.1.3 "IF" it is even released. A workable is now here and I will enjoy it and use it to its fullest!!!
THANK YOU APPLE!!!
Garage Band + 1.1.2 = Ultimate Ringtone Maker
Thank you Apple. You listened.
Hmmm...we'll see. This isn't the last update from Apple. If it sticks around that will be great, but chances are it won't.