Should We Set our Clocks Back?

[cridiron]

For those of us running 3.0 on our main device (Yes, I know, we were told not to by Apple, I was aware of the risks when installing 3.0), should we set the clocks on our iPhones back a few days to avoid the PSOD? I was told that beta 5 will be expiring tomorrow (5/28).

 

[sd2009]

For those of running 3.0 on our main device (Yes, I know, we were told not to by Apple, I was aware of the risks when installing 3.0), should we set the clocks on our iPhones back a few days to avoid the PSOD? I was told that beta 5 will be expiring tomorrow (5/28).

I hope not. Told by whom? And what time?

 

[Spidesol]

i heard beta 5 expires on june 19th 09

 

[sd2009]

I heard it expires last week

 

[wnxgenral]

this is gonna suckkk if my phone doesnt work cause its my only one

 

[Kahnyl]

The ipocalypse is coming! Set your clocks back!

 

[thelordnyax]

They won't do that to us, we'll get a new beta before it expires

if you want to know when it expires...set your clock ahead a day at a time, until you know...

based on this...

i heard beta 5 expires on june 19th 09

i set my clock to June 18th, and the phone continued to function....haven't set it past that...

 

[Agolden]

the worst that could happen is to restore your phone to the 2.2.1. im sure its gonna be hard to be without copy and paste for a couple weeks... ha, ya know?

 

[Flhusky]

Sounds like you guys that paid some Dev a few $$'s to get Beta Firmware may be joining the ranks of ZUNE users that had their device lock up because of coding?
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bleeding edge+sucker(you) = teh lose

 

[themoonisdown09]

Most applications don't use the system clock anymore to check and see if it has expired. This is probably due to people setting their system clock back so that it never expires.

I'm not 100% sure, but I'm guessing that the iPhone 3.0 Beta software does not use the system clock.

 

[fishkorp]

They won't do that to us, we'll get a new beta before it expires

Why wouldn't they? It happened with the 2.0 betas.

 

[jsw]

the worst that could happen is to restore your phone to the 2.2.1.

Nope. From Apple:

Devices updated to iPhone 3.0 beta can not be restored to earlier versions of iPhone OS . Devices will be able to upgrade to future beta releases and the final iPhone OS 3.0 software.

If you have a 3.0 beta phone, you're not going back.

Well, that's assuming Apple had a typo and meant "cannot". Because, well, otherwise it just means that you are allowed to not restore it to earlier versions.

 

[javaGuru]

Where is the source for this information stating that iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5 will expire on 05/29? I keep reading this but I have yet to see anyone provide a link to any substantial information proving this to be true. I will be out of town 05/29 so if this is true I might be stuck without my iPhone for the weekend.

 

[jmccullough108]

I heard that it will never expire.

 

[jsw]

Where is the source for this information stating that iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5 will expire on 05/29?

It strikes me as very unlikely they'd have a beta expire when, the day before it's supposedly going to expire, there's no beta 6 release. So, yeah, I call B.S. on the 5/29 expiration claim.

 

[javaGuru]

It strikes me as very unlikely they'd have a beta expire when, the day before it's supposedly going to expire, there's no beta 6 release. So, yeah, I call B.S. on the 5/29 expiration claim.

Good point, this makes sense to me.

 

[Warbrain]

the worst that could happen is to restore your phone to the 2.2.1. im sure its gonna be hard to be without copy and paste for a couple weeks... ha, ya know?

You can't restore back to 2.2.1 now. The modem firmware doesn't work with it.

Sounds like you guys that paid some Dev a few $$'s to get Beta Firmware may be joining the ranks of ZUNE users that had their device lock up because of coding?
haaa haaa haa haa hahahahahhaaahahahhahahahaa
bleeding edge+sucker(you) = teh lose

Not at all. Some of us can only afford one device.

Why wouldn't they? It happened with the 2.0 betas.

And it was a major mistake. Apple jumped on it and got an update out as soon as possible.

It strikes me as very unlikely they'd have a beta expire when, the day before it's supposedly going to expire, there's no beta 6 release. So, yeah, I call B.S. on the 5/29 expiration claim.

We'll all know soon enough, right?

 

[cridiron]

I successfully downgraded from 3.0 Beta 5 to 2.2.1.

There are several guides online with instructions on how to do it. I don't know why everyone keeps saying that it's impossible to downgrade.