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  • 3.0 is Here. iPhone / iPod Touch Come and Get it.
    by
    Kyle Matthews
    Published on 06-17-2009 11:31 AM
    527 Comments Comments


    Here it is folks! You can get iPhone OS 3.0 immediately, as of now, this very moment, ahora mismo, from iTunes. Not sure how to do it? Open iTunes, making sure your iPhone is connected to your comp. Click your iPhone/iPod Touch's icon on the left.



    Then just click the "Check for Update" button.



    iTunes will let you know 3.0 is available - grab it. Then just do as it says to continue upgrading.



    NOTE: If youo're not seeing it yet in iTunes, grab it from the following download links:

    iPhone 1G - Download
    iPhone 3G - Download

    Use Firefox to get it (or IE - blech), as Safari decompresses the file when it saves it. Then, when the .ipsw file is on your Desktop (or wherever), go back into iTunes, hold down the Option key (Shift in Windows) and press the Restore button in your device's tab in iTunes. iTunes will ask you what file you want to restore with - choose the appropriate 3.0 file you just grabbed.



    For all you paranoid folks, here's the rundown on upgrading:
    • BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP. Of course everything will go smooth and safe, but IF something happens, you want to make sure you've backed up your contacts, photos, important SMS, etc.
    • You WILL lose all Cydia apps. This is the same with EVERY firmware upgrade - iTunes has no idea you've got 'em on there, and sure isn't going to politely put them back for you after you upgrade. This includes all Cydia app settings, etc. Backup your stuff from those too if you haven't yet and need to.
    • 3.0 WILL have an official PwnageTool jailbreak (yup, including Cydia) shortly following the release of the 3.0 firmware (which just happened), according to MuscleNerd when he demoed the 3.0 unlock.
    • That being said, 3.0 will NOT BE UNLOCKABLE UNTIL FRIDAY. The DevTeam has already unlocked both the iPhone 1G and 3G running 3.0 with the new unlock tool, ultrasn0w, but they will not be releasing the tool until Friday. We'll let you know as soon as it happens, but for now - if you NEED to be unlocked, do NOT upgrade until Friday. Otherwise, you can upgrade just fine today and still unlock on Friday.
    • You DON'T need to wipe your device, go to stock 2.2.1 first, or anything - whether you're jailbroken or not, unlocked or locked, you can simply press "Update" in iTunes to upgrade to 3.0 - and you'll be fine.
    • Like you really need a list of features first, but we've got em detailed here.
    • iTunes 8.2 is required and fine to use. Jailbreak, unlock, all that will work fine in 8.2!

    New features include:

    *MMS (iPhone 3G and 3GS only) (Available later this summer for AT&T users)
    *Tethering (iPhone 3G and 3GS only)(Available later this summer for AT&T users)
    *Stereo Bluetooth
    *Landscape Keyboard in all apps
    *Cut & Paste
    *Spotlight Search
    *Voice Notes
    *Upgraded Calendar to include Exchange sync
    *Buy/Rent movies and shows directly on your iPhone
    *Enhanced Stocks
    *Increased speed
    *Shake to shuffle for the iPod.
    *Mobile Me improvements including Find My Phone and Remote Wipe.

    Please read the following before asking questions

    General Rules to Upgrading your Firmware:

    1. Back up your iPhone in iTunes first. If your phone is currently jailbroken and you have any apps hidden or in categories you will need to unhide them before making your back-up. This will avoid the "where are all my icons?" questions after you arrive at 3.0.
    2. If your phone is currently jailbroken you will need to use the RESTORE button, not the upgrade button. If you upgrade you will automatically lose about 500mb of disk space and never recover it until you finally restore. (This is due to Cydia moving files around). If your phone is not jailbroken then you can use the upgrade button without any issues.
    3. After you restore you can use your back-up in iTunes to get all your contacts, SMS, photos and App Store apps back. Do NOT ask about cracked apps!
    4. When you restore you will lose all your jailbroken apps which you will have to manually re-download from Cydia. Some apps are not 3.0 compatible yet.
    5. If you have an iPhone 3G this will upgrade your baseband and lock your phone. The unlock is not scheduled for release until Friday June 19th.
    6. If you have a first generation iPhone you can restore to 3.0 and re-jailbreak (when Quickpwn is updated). The baseband stays the same so you will not have to re-unlock.
    7. The initial release of Quickpwn and Pwnage Tool will be available for download on the iPhone Dev-Team blog. http://blog.iphone-dev.org/
    This article was originally published in forum thread: 3.0 is Here. iPhone / iPod Touch Come and Get it. started by Kyle Matthews View original post
    Comments 527 Comments
    1. juquan's Avatar
      juquan - 06-18-2009, 05:00 AM
      I guess im a lil slow on this one ,, when I pull up sms I dont see a option to send a mms,
    1. Amraam's Avatar
      Amraam - 06-18-2009, 05:03 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by juquan View Post
      I guess im a lil slow on this one ,, when I pull up sms I dont see a option to send a mms,

      They say MMS, but really for us 3G users its just picture messaging. On the left of where you type your message, there is a camera symbol. Touch it and choose or take a picture.
    1. huganazionehump's Avatar
      huganazionehump - 06-18-2009, 05:05 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by eatjello View Post
      WARNING: If you used categories, you MUST take your apps out of the folders before updating, or they will disapear until it is available on 3.0
      i had to restore because i forgot
      I had categories installed and i didn't take my apps out of the folders before updating, and when i went to update it seemed to work till it restarted and couldn't be activated, so i thought at the time it was because i had jailbroken it. But it turns out the servers were just overloaded naturally. I decided to restore, but it didnt activate till after i restarted my computer and tried again.
      Then i restored from backup, which by the way hasn't worked all the way on itunes 8.2 it stops right b4 the end and just stays there forever.
      Anyways, when i synced my apps on only some of them came on, which is odd since it was restored. Apparently something was still in there from jailbraking. There's a way to fix this though. All you need to do is go to settings, general, restrictions, and turn restrictions on and then off, or vice versa, and exit settings. the other apps should appear instantly. Idk why it works but i found out when i had it jailbroken on 2.2.1 and i messed around with it and all my apps came out of categories.

      I wonder, does iTunes actually backup some of the jailbroken apps or settings like categories, and thats why iTunes wasnt completing backup correctly. That would mean id need to make my iphone a new one not from backup, meaning manually reentering all my settings, which would suck. Also, if i jailbrake it when the dev team realeases it, could i just undo all those settings by installing and uninstalling all my packages i had?
    1. juquan's Avatar
      juquan - 06-18-2009, 05:12 AM
      Ill try to restore because its not there everything else is there but that ..not on thr left no icon
    1. tikigod19's Avatar
      tikigod19 - 06-18-2009, 05:12 AM
      if like me you're on o2 but dont use the official iphone o2 sim (im on simplicity tarrif) you need to change your APN from idata.o2.co.uk to mobile.or.co.uk
    1. juquan's Avatar
      juquan - 06-18-2009, 05:13 AM
      guess im not alone and i have 3g
    1. artjr's Avatar
      artjr - 06-18-2009, 05:13 AM
      I don't see mms either. I see no camera option. I just see the standard SMS screen like I have always seen.
    1. juquan's Avatar
      juquan - 06-18-2009, 06:14 AM
      any recommendation on this
    1. red_pill's Avatar
      red_pill - 06-18-2009, 06:38 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by ddfilms View Post
      Had the same issue.

      After a few hours of frustration, here is how I fixed it.

      1, downloaded 2.2.1 firmware
      2, made custom firmware in pwnage
      3, put iPhone in DFU
      4, restore thru iTunes making sure to option click the restore button ad select your custom firmware.
      5, sync with iTunes.
      6, If you want 3.0 now hit the Upgrade button.
      7, Wait till Dev-Team has jailbreak ready.

      the Unlock and Activation stay put and all should work fine, just re-imput your carrier APN for data.

      This is only for the 1st Gen iPhone.

      hope this helps.
      Thx for the answer. My issue is I cannot restore with itunes, it displays error 20, tried with original and custom 2.2.1 FW. Any tips?

      Thx mate.
    1. DubbaCTrumpetMSU's Avatar
      DubbaCTrumpetMSU - 06-18-2009, 06:58 AM
      Interesting stuff...you know what's had me thinking, though? The fact that Apple claims MMS can't work for the 2G iPhone, yet we have SwirlyMMS. Doesn't that seem a little fishy? I think they are just out to make more money with this update and trying to force 2g owners to upgrade...
    1. tikigod19's Avatar
      tikigod19 - 06-18-2009, 07:11 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by DubbaCTrumpetMSU View Post
      I think they are just out to make more money with this update and trying to force 2g owners to upgrade...
      give the man a goldfish.

      yes, they are a company, out to make money... I'd do the same.
    1. rjd0717's Avatar
      rjd0717 - 06-18-2009, 07:17 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by red_pill View Post
      Thx for the answer. My issue is I cannot restore with itunes, it displays error 20, tried with original and custom 2.2.1 FW. Any tips?

      Thx mate.
      x2
    1. red_pill's Avatar
      red_pill - 06-18-2009, 07:19 AM
      Apparently the third time worked! thx a lot ddfilms, I appreciate it.

      Red.
      Quote Originally Posted by ddfilms View Post
      Had the same issue.

      After a few hours of frustration, here is how I fixed it.

      1, downloaded 2.2.1 firmware
      2, made custom firmware in pwnage
      3, put iPhone in DFU
      4, restore thru iTunes making sure to option click the restore button ad select your custom firmware.
      5, sync with iTunes.
      6, If you want 3.0 now hit the Upgrade button.
      7, Wait till Dev-Team has jailbreak ready.

      the Unlock and Activation stay put and all should work fine, just re-imput your carrier APN for data.

      This is only for the 1st Gen iPhone.

      hope this helps.
    1. rjd0717's Avatar
      rjd0717 - 06-18-2009, 07:20 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by red_pill View Post
      Apparently the third time worked! thx a lot ddfilms, I appreciate it.

      Red.
      Can u send me the custom fw u used?
    1. marenzu's Avatar
      marenzu - 06-18-2009, 07:21 AM
      I've locked my EDGE iphone by installing 3.0 through restore (instead of update).
      Anyone can help me?
    1. ClerkDante's Avatar
      ClerkDante - 06-18-2009, 07:36 AM
      As I wait patiently (well mostly) for Quickpwn 3.0 (hosed up my unlocked 2G trying to restore to 3.0 and can't get passed 1600 error in my attempts to downgrade back to 2.1) I went to XM.com to listen to Howard, and it appears their app has been released.

      Hadn't seen it reported around here, so I thought I'd toss it out.
    1. imode's Avatar
      imode - 06-18-2009, 07:39 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by marenzu View Post
      I've locked my EDGE iphone by installing 3.0 through restore (instead of update).
      Anyone can help me?
      I guess google must be blocked for you... Try here:

      [ame=http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=iphone+3.0+firmware+downgrade&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8]iphone 3.0 firmware downgrade - Google Search[/ame]
    1. brett k's Avatar
      brett k - 06-18-2009, 08:15 AM
      Hey 2g people, do you have stereo bluetooth? Last I heard it was only for the 3g folks.
    1. maju25's Avatar
      maju25 - 06-18-2009, 08:30 AM
      I did it! UPDATED my 1st gen phone (2.2.1). It went very smooth. The phone seems a bit faster, i.e apps open faster. Love the landscape keyboard in sms. Copy and paste is also very smooth. Voice Memos is quite cool too.
      Ah, yes, still very much unlocked

      Cheers
    1. danno2022's Avatar
      danno2022 - 06-18-2009, 08:38 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by huganazionehump View Post
      Anyways, when i synced my apps on only some of them came on, which is odd since it was restored. Apparently something was still in there from jailbraking. There's a way to fix this though. All you need to do is go to settings, general, restrictions, and turn restrictions on and then off, or vice versa, and exit settings. the other apps should appear instantly. Idk why it works but i found out when i had it jailbroken on 2.2.1 and i messed around with it and all my apps came out of categories.
      that worked flawlessly. good looking out man, thanks.
      i too found out about unhiding the apps after i updated already.
      but now they are back.
      now just patiently awaiting for jailbreak 3.0.
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