Apple Releases Official iPhone 2.0 Firmware

[Reaperducer]

By releasing the software updates country by country (perfectly possible with the different iTunes stores) instead of waiting until US sales started to release them for everyone.

It isn't rocket science.

Country-by-country doesn't make sense, either. What happens (in the future) when you hit a country like China 11% of the population wants to upgrade all at once (that would be about 150 million people)? Your plan FAILs.

No rollout plan would ever work for the internet griefers. There would be comparisons to Microsoft, Bill Gates, the devil, and class action lawsuits because it's all become such a sport to lambast Apple.

Oh, and from the instant karma file: Both of the iPhones I was upgrading made it through the activation process while you were busy complaining. Enjoy your wait.

 

[bananas1980]

don't know if i'd lump AT&T in with apple's mess, i'm in ireland with O2 and it's the same problem for everybody, sitting with that screen saying they're not accepting any more activations.......anybody try again after getting that screen and have success yet?

 

[penguy]

Maybe I missed this one, but in my case, it appears to have finished the updating, my phone shows version 2 and everything is restored, music, video, contacts, calendars etc.

However it still shows accessing iTunes store on the computer, and I don't have any of the apps I downloaded on the phone...

But at least it looks as though I can go to work and have a phone to use.

 

[OneMike]

This thread is updating so quick message may get overlooked but does anybody know if this problem is also happening at the Apple/ATT stores?

Just curious. would mean so much for the 15 min activations

 

[petvas]

I got past the activation procedure but now iTunes is again stuck at connecting to iTunes Store. I dont get the option of restoring my settings...I am furious with Apple....Amateurs do better...

 

[arkitect]

Wow!!! After 2 hours of "Accessing iTunes Store"…

Finally it is updated and 2.0 is installed.

Pheeeeew!

 

[Surely]

Well I'm stuck on this now. How long am I supposed to wait for this?

 

[Reaperducer]

Are you saying Apple shouldn't prepare for a day like this?

When we have big events at work, we do in fact enlarge portions of that meeting or work to fit what we will expect

It really isn't that out of left field

I doubt your company ever tried to accommodate six million people doing anything all at the same time.

 

[willeekinz]

Just to ease some people's minds:

Yesterday I installed the leaked 2.0 firmware along with an iPhone-page-worth or so of free apps and Enigmo. They all ran fine, if not with a 100% crash free experience. Basically, everything worked as far as I could tell.

Today, I've just connected my iPhone to my Macbook, selected "Restore" in iTunes 7.7, and let it do it's thing. It took a little bit to download and restore from backup. The firmware is now updated to the final build and I'm syncing my music and such back to the iPhone.

Also I just got a text from my friend, so I can confirm network (re)activation. To note, I've never jailbroken or unlocked, and I'm using an 8GB iPhone with AT&T in Louisiana (south U.S.).

Just wanted to confirm a successful update/restore from leaked firmware to legit firmware with no under-the-table techniques.

Thanks for the update Jammin - I will do this after the servers have quieted down...

Have you noticed any difference in sluggishness, apps crashing, etc? I had a couple of apps including mail crash last nice and things seemed just a little bit sluggish...

Thanks again!

 

[xfusejc]

Well I'm stuck on this now. How long am I supposed to wait for this?

same here. been there for 30 minutes now.

 

[gaph2000]

This thread is updating so quick message may get overlooked but does anybody know if this problem is also happening at the Apple/ATT stores?

Just curious. would mean so much for the 15 min activations

http://gizmodo.com/5024187/apple-and-att-stores-having-difficulty-activating-iphones-update-its-the-ipocalypse

 

[stealthboy]

Well I'm stuck on this now. How long am I supposed to wait for this?

One and a half hours for me.

 

[Stang68]

****...now its telling my that my 1.1.4 is the up to date software!

 

[easterncanuck]

LOL, Singapore is back to 1.14 current software. Whatever, screw this.

 

[bladehavoc]

For some, the connection times out. For others, the connection keeps on going for upwards of an hour. I keep timing out, and would prefer the latter since I could just connect and walk away, even if it takes a while - any methods to make it not time out?

 

[Gudda118]

Disaster

Downloaded the update and now my iphone can not connect to the itunes store and my phone is in limbo. Been waiting on apple tech support line for 20 minutes.

Avoid the update until they work out the bugs. Very surprised that apple did not work out all the bugs!

 

[thestaton]

Well I'm stuck on this now. How long am I supposed to wait for this?

same here.

 

[notnek]

Are you saying Apple shouldn't prepare for a day like this?

When we have big events at work, we do in fact enlarge portions of that meeting or work to fit what we will expect

It really isn't that out of left field

staggering the all of the updates: yes.

increasing servers for a few hours: no. that would be ridiculous.

and i agree:

I doubt your company ever tried to accommodate six million people doing anything all at the same time.

 

[alFR]

Well, when daddy gets you off the payroll and you are welcomed to big boy world you will possibly see how important a phone can be during the work week even when it is down for several hours.

Maybe he'll also tell him to only update mission-critical systems when you can afford some downtime?

 

[Reaperducer]

Well, when daddy gets you off the payroll and you are welcomed to big boy world you will possibly see how important a phone can be during the work week even when it is down for several hours.

Sorry, flamebait. I own my own company so I know how important communication is. I'm also smart enough not to have all of my company's business tied into a single cell phone or to try to upgrade any portion of my company's critical infrastructure all at once.

Businesses don't upgrade all of their cell phones at once on release day and then complain about it in an internet forum.

If your iPhone is critical to your business and is also your only method of communication, then it's your own fault that you can't use it right now because you're treating it like a toy instead of a tool.

 

[SignMyiPhone]

I still don't have mine, and its nearly 11 AM here.

 

[shadowboxer]

Now I am getting error -4.

trying for the last hour.

 

[MM07]

Well I'm stuck on this now. How long am I supposed to wait for this?

Keep unplugging and plugging back in.

Or in iTunes, keep switching to playlists then phone until it works.

 

[soLoredd]

This is really pissing me off now. I downloaded the update at work but did not restore. Came home, plugged in my iPhone, it prompted me to install the update, clicked 'install' and nothing. Now it's saying 1.1.4 is the most recent version. WTF?! The stupid 2.0 updater is in my iTunes Library folder along with 1.1.3 and 1.1.4!

How stupid this is turning out to be.

 

[hellodon]

What a friggin gong show!