How to upgrade the iphone to 3.0 software?

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#33908 14-May-2009 04:18

Hi, Anyone know How to upgrade the iphone to 3.0 software? Thanks

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#214754 14-May-2009 07:25

You have to be a paid developer with Apple. If you have a NZ 3G iPhone it will just install on it . If you you have a non NZ 3G iPhone or EDGE iPhone then there is hacking to do.

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#214868 14-May-2009 16:41

Probably best to wait until June for them to release the final version of 3.0

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#214927 14-May-2009 22:43

Thank you , but what is the different btween the current ver and the final ver. ?

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#214988 15-May-2009 10:24

The current version is beta 5, it's still quite buggy

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#214991 15-May-2009 10:37

It has not been released to the public yet, so if you are prepared to do some leg-work and find what you need, hack your unit, and put up with bugs, and have no official support, then you can do it, but for the sake of waiting a short time, and getting the public release when it's ready, I think that is the far better option for most people.

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#215113 15-May-2009 17:57

Thanks for the info, just checked out the youtube vids on this mms update and it looks great.
Also being able to forward text is great.

The Iphone is a amazing phone and its getting better each update.

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#218295 27-May-2009 12:54

guys, I'm bricked at the moment but I think I could throw on the beta to at least get the phone working somewhat... how hard is it to throw on a 3g iphone and I guess I have to find a "source" to get the beta?

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#218301 27-May-2009 13:14

djpaubes: you have a bricked 2G or 3G Iphone?

its pretty near impossible to realy brick a 2G one and much harder for a 3G one :-)

If you want to give your 'dead' iphone to me.. I'll happily accept it (to keep)

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#218311 27-May-2009 13:40

I've bricked a 3g iphone. I'm stuck on baseband 5.9... I stupidly used quickpwn to try and unlock it... well its bricked until they release a fix.

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#218316 27-May-2009 13:53

oof.

I feel your pain. Im itching to try the 3.0 upgrade too, but i think ill wait for the legit version to be released, and for it to be cracked by the dev team, or my iPhone v1 will no doubt be bricked.

The force is strong with this one!

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#218317 27-May-2009 13:58

well until then I have an expensive ipod haha. Was thinking I would be able to run the 3.0 software on there so at least I could get it going again. Hopefully the dev team release a fix soon or a bootloader/baseband fixer :)

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#218320 27-May-2009 14:06

whats broken about it? Can you fo a force restore of the latest (2.2.1) software?

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#218322 27-May-2009 14:11

yep I can restore the firmware no problem but its from a UK providor so it wont work here. My problem is (apart from note reading the warning) is I've updated the bootloader which wont allow me to rollback the firmware so yellowsnow can unlock the phone.

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#218331 27-May-2009 14:45

So it's not bricked. It's just SIM-locked.

Very different things. They did release a warning for people who were running yellowsn0w NOT TO USE QUICKPWN, so if you did and lost your unlock, shame on you. :)

Let's wait for version 3.0 to be released and then we'll see what sort of shenanigans the Dev Team will come up with.

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#218352 27-May-2009 15:40

What if I managed to put 3.0 beta on? Would that brake the simlock and/or make is usable in NZ?

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