If the beta hasn't expired and iTunes isn't telling him to update then he has the GM and he doesn't need to update.
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Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.0
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If the beta hasn't expired and iTunes isn't telling him to update then he has the GM and he doesn't need to update.
Update bricked my wife's 3G.
How many people are having issues installing the update?
My phone took it well. I was actually surprised that it took so little time. My wife's took over an hour and has 'restored' three times and the Apple icon with the bar stays on the screen. It's throwing a lot of 'not the droid you're looking for' errors and a lot of 'unable' and other cryptic and bad sounding messages...
Any consensus on how many people are having issues and what if anything can be done to resolve them?
This couldn't happen at a worse time now with the Apple store's attention being taken over by the new 3Gs...
How many people are having issues installing the update?
My phone took it well. I was actually surprised that it took so little time. My wife's took over an hour and has 'restored' three times and the Apple icon with the bar stays on the screen. It's throwing a lot of 'not the droid you're looking for' errors and a lot of 'unable' and other cryptic and bad sounding messages...
Any consensus on how many people are having issues and what if anything can be done to resolve them?
This couldn't happen at a worse time now with the Apple store's attention being taken over by the new 3Gs...
Spyware?
This may sound very naive but is it possible Apple has installed some sort of spyware in the release of 3.0 for the Iphone.
I bought a legally unlocked Iphone via the Apple Store in Hong Kong and have been happily using it for about a year, including downloading several apps from the Apple Store in Hong Kong.
I downloaded the update the other day and the first time I tried to get a "free" app from the HK store I got a message saying there were new Terms and Conditions. Erm.
I read them and one states that I must agree to only buy apps from the HK store when I am physically resident in Hong Kong and not to "attempt to use the service from outside the territory/country". It added that Apple could use "technlogies" to "verify such compliance". What the heck.
Like millions of other Apple users, i travel frequently and am outside of HK for long periods so there is no way I can enter into what they describe as a legally binding agreement.
Presume this is an attempt to curb the grey market in Iphones but I do not think it has been fully thought through. I am seriously thinking of dumping my Iphone and other Mac computers because of this.
Which brings me to the heading. What "technologies" are they talking about to verify such compliance. Is there another function in the new update that we should know about?
This may sound very naive but is it possible Apple has installed some sort of spyware in the release of 3.0 for the Iphone.
I bought a legally unlocked Iphone via the Apple Store in Hong Kong and have been happily using it for about a year, including downloading several apps from the Apple Store in Hong Kong.
I downloaded the update the other day and the first time I tried to get a "free" app from the HK store I got a message saying there were new Terms and Conditions. Erm.
I read them and one states that I must agree to only buy apps from the HK store when I am physically resident in Hong Kong and not to "attempt to use the service from outside the territory/country". It added that Apple could use "technlogies" to "verify such compliance". What the heck.
Like millions of other Apple users, i travel frequently and am outside of HK for long periods so there is no way I can enter into what they describe as a legally binding agreement.
Presume this is an attempt to curb the grey market in Iphones but I do not think it has been fully thought through. I am seriously thinking of dumping my Iphone and other Mac computers because of this.
Which brings me to the heading. What "technologies" are they talking about to verify such compliance. Is there another function in the new update that we should know about?
Should have added that I was outside of Hong Kong when I tried to download a free app and received the notice of new Rules and Conditions. Unsure, if the same would have happened if I was in Hong Kong or, indeed, if everybody is receiving this notification.
If the terms and conditions are the same, why would the message refer to them being "new". And it seems more than coincidental that the "new" requirement came on the same day the software update for the Iphone arrived. I am not going to sign, that is for sure.
If any other Original iPhone peeps (or even 3G peeps) are having trouble with their phone, the "restore" function in iTunes did the trick for me. Just remember 2 things: save any photos first that are in the phone; restore as "new phone", not restore from back up.
My battery and bug issues have all disappeared now.
Not only to curb the grey market but also to prevent people from setting up diff accounts in diff countries. e.g. promo codes in the US store..
The technologies they could use are tracking the app to the UDID. That way, they can do a remote wipe. Or remove rogue programs that have been installed.
Quite possible in future Mobile ME: Use the iPhone find feature and discover phones like yours and do a remote wipe from the US.
Offtopic from this thread: I must have had the quickest install on my iPod touch: 4 1/2 minutes. Possibly because I really dont use much of it as well except for storing documents in Air Sharing....
The technologies they could use are tracking the app to the UDID. That way, they can do a remote wipe. Or remove rogue programs that have been installed.
Quite possible in future Mobile ME: Use the iPhone find feature and discover phones like yours and do a remote wipe from the US.
Offtopic from this thread: I must have had the quickest install on my iPod touch: 4 1/2 minutes. Possibly because I really dont use much of it as well except for storing documents in Air Sharing....