I downloaded the not-so-real release, installed and it just went back and said "Restore" at which point iTunes downloaded the real version (I hope) and is installing it now.
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Upgrading from Unofficial iPhone 2.0 Firmware to Official 2.0 Firmware
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I think he was pointing to the activation servers being down most of the day. IMHO, this was a botched rollout. Apple knew how many phones were shipped, how hyped it was, etc... They should've released firmware yesterday for all current owners to get prior to the new phones coming onto the market. Instead they let their servers get hammered and leave many people without phone service all day.
So you didn't get the "requested resource not found" error when you hit "restore" ?
Going through the exact same trouble. No-one seems to care about the iTouch!!!!!!!!!! Grrr
What im doing at the mo is restoring iTouch, but that dont seem to have done a lot of good to be honest, cos now it's re-syncing everythin, which is gonna take forever. All i can suggest is just keep going on 'check for update', until apple starts paying attention to us.
I updated yesterday too, the only issues I have are those with apps shutting down upon launch, but it's fairly rare.
Phone side seems the same as ever ... still have EDGE and Wifi works, so *shrug*.
Someone mentioned slightly sluggish interface when scrolling, but it's 100% fine on mine.
You are blaming Apple because:
1. someone read the itunes source code and extracted the link for unreleased firmware without knowing exactly what products that firmware supported
2. you 'stole' that unreleased firmware from Apple and installed it on your iphone
3. the firmware was later found to be incorrect for your model iphone and/or didn't work properly on your iphone
4. you had to install the CORRECT firmware once Apple officially released it and offered it to you.
Now who did the botching, exactly?
I'm thinking I'm going to continue using the one I downloaded yesterday. There's no reason (really, give me one) to re-flash the phone with the "official" version if everything I want to do with what I have now is already working.
OK... be nice now, I go into iTunes (after backing up of course) and the update says I have the current update 1.1.4? What the heck? So I tried to restore thinking this would trigger at least something telling that it couldn't update to 2.0 right now. I restored alright... right back to 1.1.4. Is there some super, secret handshake I'm supposed to be doing?
i'm pretty sure we're talking about the server going down from the massive influx of activation traffic.... no the firmware.
I don't understand your logic. All the people who upgraded early yesterday would then not be upgrading today with all the 3g people. Apple should have officially allowed all iPhone 1.0 users to upgrade yesterday, it would have help
I upgraded yesterday, and I've just replaced it with the latest software.
Everything worked fine first time, including re-activation. No dramas. It sounds like things are starting to get back to normal now.
Everything worked fine first time, including re-activation. No dramas. It sounds like things are starting to get back to normal now.
Quick Question
What do you do with this New file after you have downloaded and installed it? After it downloads to my desktop (and after I have installed it of course) is it save to trash it or does it need to be stored somewhere? Thanks
What do you do with this New file after you have downloaded and installed it? After it downloads to my desktop (and after I have installed it of course) is it save to trash it or does it need to be stored somewhere? Thanks
Same problem here. I can do the manual install again with the new updater. But it would be cool to get iTunes to pull it down and have everything "feel" all official
Anyone else had this issue and successfully overcome it?
Cheers
Regardless of your incredulity, I can also confirm that I had slowness issues with the 1,2 package on a 1,1 iPhone, that was cured by installing the 1,1 firmware. The sluggishness was immediately noticeable after installation of the 1,2 firmware, but I just wrote it off as the usual "new OS, slower performance" thing we get from Apple. I'm very happy that installing the correct firmware has fixed it.
Early 2.0 Install OK for Me
I installed the early release of 2.0 to my 1stGen iPhone last night at 11pm PDT and it all went perfectly, including the re-activation. It restored my contacts, calendar & notes, but I had to re-sync for my photos, music and videos, which I expected.
I immediately went to the App Store and downloaded Remote -- the coolest household application ever! Ran all around the house at midnight, giggling like a girl, playing our shared libraries through all the various sound systems in the house, until everyone screamed at me to go to bed. I'm going to retire my 1stGen iPhone to being a handy-dandy remote control for the house.
Surprisingly, everything works great -- email, web, PDF's, SMS. I've been reading about other's problems, though, and feel I dodged a bullet. I know I was taking a chance, but I did it anyway. Damn my impatience!
Since it is working fine for now, I'll wait a few days before I install the proper version of 2.0.
I installed the early release of 2.0 to my 1stGen iPhone last night at 11pm PDT and it all went perfectly, including the re-activation. It restored my contacts, calendar & notes, but I had to re-sync for my photos, music and videos, which I expected.
I immediately went to the App Store and downloaded Remote -- the coolest household application ever! Ran all around the house at midnight, giggling like a girl, playing our shared libraries through all the various sound systems in the house, until everyone screamed at me to go to bed. I'm going to retire my 1stGen iPhone to being a handy-dandy remote control for the house.
Surprisingly, everything works great -- email, web, PDF's, SMS. I've been reading about other's problems, though, and feel I dodged a bullet. I know I was taking a chance, but I did it anyway. Damn my impatience!
Since it is working fine for now, I'll wait a few days before I install the proper version of 2.0.
OK... be nice now, I go into iTunes (after backing up of course) and the update says I have the current update 1.1.4? What the heck? So I tried to restore thinking this would trigger at least something telling that it couldn't update to 2.0 right now. I restored alright... right back to 1.1.4. Is there some super, secret handshake I'm supposed to be doing?
oh F&@K!!!! im restoring my iTouch right now...
damn damn damn damn damn
this is gonna take freakin forever
and i STILL wont have the freakin upgrade afterwards....
WONDERFUL!!
Welp it worked but my backup didnt sync. I hit cancel and now I have no backups hehe..
Oh well gonna just resync. I guess i lost my notes and wifi passwords.
Oops nevermind.. if you option click he device you can select a restore point, i think im good
Oh well gonna just resync. I guess i lost my notes and wifi passwords.
Oops nevermind.. if you option click he device you can select a restore point, i think im good
I'm still waiting for Apple to officially release the iPod touch's 2.0 firmware through iTunes. I don't want to install it myself and screw anything up, so I am still waiting, but I leave to New Hampshire and then Maine in about an hour and won't be home until next Friday night, and even if I did bring my computer with me, neither of the places have any internet connection. Maybe I'll bring it with me and find a free-wifi spot at some restaurant or something, but where I am going doesn't have much for high-speed-internet so probably no wifi. I just wish they were more well prepared for this release, they had to have known that their servers were going to take a massive hit.
Maybe I'll bring it with me and find a free-wifi spot at some restaurant or something, but where I am going doesn't have much for high-speed-internet so probably no wifi. I just wish they were more well prepared for this release, they had to have known that their servers were going to take a massive hit.Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_0 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5A347 Safari/525.20)
yeah I noticed that when I had 5A345
drewsky5 said:
yeah I noticed that when I had 5A345
Good to hear, I'm waiting to get home to crossload 1,1.... 1,2 seems sluggish on my original iPhone
I'm not sure that the early downloaders loaded the system down. I think it was all the EDGE iPhone, iTouch and 3G iPhone users who tried to download as soon as 2.0 was released. And if that caused the issues, then something was botched.
You go through the whole buy process. And at the end it says you have previously purchased this software. Would you like to download it again for free.
They should do this with itunes songs as well. I lost some yesterday cause i didnt cable sync my iphone for a month. (Beta testing iphone firmware with my corp for a 2 months.)