iPhone 3.0 Released

http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/?3

by markbao • 17 years ago

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msluyter• 17 years ago

Ars Technica has their usual thorough review here:

http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2009/06/hands-on-review...

trezor• 17 years ago

I think I agree with the conclusion: If you already have an iPhone 3G, this update is more than good enough reason not to even consider a iPhone 3G S.

henriklied• 17 years ago

I agree, although I'd love to have the updated camera. Andy Ihnatko got to review it early, and he posted some pictures from it to Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyi/sets/72157619833958006/

rufo3• 17 years ago

His actual review is quite positive on the 3G S:

http://www.suntimes.com/business/1626818,ihnatko-iphone-3-re...

I tend to feel like I'm waiting for my iPhone slightly more often, and I'm already bumping my head against 16GB of storage, so I'm sorely tempted - especially now that AT&T has relaxed slightly on the iPhone contract timing.

tvon• 17 years ago

I have the 3G and I'm considering the 3G S for the improved camera, the video and as a bonus, the improved performance. I also only have an 8 gig 3G, and I'm starting to want more room.

andr• 17 years ago

Is anyone else's update failing with "The iPhone activation server is temporarily unavailable."?

KClough2• 17 years ago

Yes. I am too.

KClough2• 17 years ago

Fourth time rebooting, finally got activated.

codyrobbins• 17 years ago

Yes, everyone's is: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=iphone+activation+server.

neilc• 17 years ago

If you start the update, and then while it is extracting, disconnect your Internet connection, the update process doesn't try to contact the activation server.

http://twitter.com/JeremyCurry/statuses/2211487905

Oompa• 17 years ago

Now, all I need is PwnageTool/QuickPwn.

rufo3• 17 years ago

The iPhone 3.0 SDK is public now as well. I'm downloading it now.

st3fan• 17 years ago

Finally!

weegee• 17 years ago

smart to wait for a couple of days to weed out any bugs, it's what I plan to do.

augustus• 17 years ago

The iPhone 3.0 SDK GM seed has been available for a while now.

dhess3• 17 years ago

I'm an iPhone 3G customer in the States (AT&T), but I'm in Japan at the moment, roaming on either Softbank or NTT Docomo, depending on the particulars of my location. It's not clear to me exactly what the activation process does after an upgrade; does it need access to the home carrier's mobile network, or does everything happen over the Internet? Anyone know whether upgrading to 3.0 from a foreign country brick the phone until I get back to the U.S.?

gustaf• 17 years ago

I'm in same situation. Did you figure it out?

dhess3• 17 years ago

No, not yet. Earlier today Apple's activation servers were down, and people got around it by disconnecting from the Internet while updating the firmware; apparently this bypasses the Internet part of the activation at least, c.f.,

http://twitter.com/JeremyCurry/statuses/2211487905

(This workaround was verified by multiple people on Twitter and on HN, see other posts in this thread.) So it sounds like there is a portion of the activation that happens over the Internet, but I don't know whether there's also a carrier wireless network activation.

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