iPhone 2.1 Firmware Now Available

[Max E Verde]

No, 16MB broadband started as 5 minutes and just got slower and slower

Try resetting your router/modem. I'm on my grandmas neighbors network who I bet has cable (or is at least in the speed range cable is in now) and took me like 3 minutes.

 

[chrisgeleven]

Am I getting this right? Anyone can just take my phone and wipe all its data after they get the passcode wrong ten times? Not sure I like that.

I like this feature. Given all of my e-mail accounts, web site logins, etc. that are on this phone, if someone is trying to break into my phone I absolutely want all of the data wiped.

After all, now that backups are supposedly faster, if the wipe was by accident is should be an easy restore to get everything back on there.

 

[hsleiman]

Yeah, I hope it makes all those snappier!

Morgantown eh? Let's Go... 🙂

Mountaineers!

 

[doctajay]

ha ha. Its 6 in the morning in Cali so I have awhile b4 I head out. Surprising mine downloaded in like 4 minutes. I wonder what the secret feature was?

 

[L3X]

Weird...when I restarted after the update, instead of showing the Apple logo it shows this...

😉

 

[Lepton]

Pleeeez make backups faster! Yesterday's took six hours! Yeah, I've got a hundred apps loaded, so what? I'm hoping for a major improvement there.

 

[dietwater5]

Omg

Back up took 20 secs!

 

[baldspot07]

What's your ISP? Mine came in 6 min on O2.

SKY just had a big bump down to 12 minutes so lets hope it doesn't get worse again

 

[lamina]

I really hope this doesn't break RebelSIM/YESSIM support...

 

[zeasar]

Am I getting this right? Anyone can just take my phone and wipe all its data after they get the passcode wrong ten times? Not sure I like that.

there's a setting where you can have the auto erase turned on or off after the failed password attempts.

 

[skinnylegs]

just send to [phone number]@vzwpix.net for verizon, and similar things to other networks. I can't remember them exactly, but it works just fine, and you dont get charged since its an email.
search on the web there is a site telling you how to do it.

This system is a poor excuse for MMS. I know, I *attempt* to use it quite frequently. It works some of the time and when it does work, it takes forever to send.

 

[Fibbons]

They've changed the symbols for EDGE and 3G - they're no longer in a box. I'm getting more bars for 3G in London, UK.

pics or it didnt happen

 

[bytethese]

Completed the download and install on my 3g iphone.

Testing the backup speeds now and well not a good sign, the backup got 3/4 of the way in less than 3 minutes (which was great) but now has slowed down to a crawl................and at its current rate, looks like another hour or so

After it's done, do one more sync to see how fast it will be. Maybe the initial sync with 2.1 is more of a full while subsequent ones are incremental? One can only hope...

 

[HyQuality]

"wow, everything is SNAPPIER!" LOL

 

[daneoni]

Finished installing

Things are definitely snappier, no lags whatsoever but i'm still wary given that this may just be the result of a restore

No new features that i can discern except Carrier is now listed in the About page (NB not Network) mine says O2 2.6

 

[Fabio_gsilva]

iPhone Brazilian Launch

Hope to get 2.1 firmware right out of the box in the end of the month, when the iPhone will start selling here.

Go Apple!

 

[optophobia]

Wow.

I get 3G at my house now.
Before I only got 1 bar and edge.
Now I get 2 or 3 bars and 3G

 

[boss1]

Back up took 20 secs!

Do you have a lot of apps installed?

I hope it turns out to be that fast for me. I have a ton of apps installed. Still downloading the patch atm.

 

[FarSeide]

is it just me or the singal has gotten better as well..

now i get 5 bars under 3G signal where I used to only get 1-2 in the house.

 

[pyrodex]

Anyone have an actual URL For downloading?

For the iPhone 3G

http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-5198.20080909.K3294/iPhone1,2_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw

For the iPhone 2G

http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-5202.20080909.gkbEj/iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw

 

[iAlan]

Well, being half a day ahead of you guys means I just got it this evening! At least you have a day to play with it, my day is already finished!

So, Japan update available late evening on Friday local time!

 

[beast]

Shake to shuffle???

It's not mentioned in the list... does anyone know whether this is included in 2.1

 

[bryanjbusch]

Am I getting this right? Anyone can just take my phone and wipe all its data after they get the passcode wrong ten times? Not sure I like that.

Why not? It's backed up on your computer, which is presumably not also stolen...

 

[kzoojason76]

Ok... I just have to ask. Does everything seem "snappier" ? 😀

 

[bit_bucket]

Repeat SMS notifications

This may have been mentioned, but I am elated by the feature included: repeat alert up to two additional times for incoming text messages. This is going to be big for all of us who have oncall type jobs.

Thanks Apple! you really do look after us!