A few threads have started recently concerning the release of Apple's iPhone 3.0 firmware release tomorrow (17th), but also people have been speaking about the jailbreaking of it... or the fact they could lose all jailbreak apps from 2.2.1

I have been looking around for any information to help people out in answering the questions that have been asked and speculated over the last couple of weeks concerning the 3.0 and jailbreak.

To start with, you will lose all jailbreak apps when upgrading to OS 3.0 but with the use of aptbackup from Cydia, all those apps can be backed up (in the background) by iTunes. So i would go into Cydia now and install it before you upgrade!

** All apps will return once you have jailbroke 3.0 and installed aptbackup again and clicking restore in the app.

Ok, so Apple release the new 3.0 tomorrow (or after midnight tonight) and at 3am UK time, the Dev Team release info/demos of the new Yellowsn0w (unlocking software). Now if that info is being released, the jailbreak must be too.

For information regarding upgrading from 2.2.1 to 3.0, please see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

Important
You must restore your jailbroken 2.2.1 to standard 2.2.1 using iTunes
Once you have upgraded to iTunes 8.2 you cannot rejailbreak 2.2.1!!!

 

BTTT

 

Awesome post, didnt realise 3.0 was out tonight, thought it was midnight Thursday with the new 2.1 hardware

 

the last important bit confused me,

mines jailbroken using qwkpwn22
so do i have to restore origional apple 2.2 before upgrading to apple 3.0?

and then is the jailbreak 3.0 going to be free??

 

How its always worked before is download the latest firmware to your machine, do shift-upgrade in itunes, upgrade to latest firmware, then run quickpwn or whatever and point it to the firmware you downloaded.

Looks like this will be no different.

Just download their latest util shortly after apple release the 3.0 software

 

Oh, I bet they will release it for MAC only to start with with ours following a week or so later

 

just reset mine back to normal apple firmware and tidied up the apps and popcasts for the upgrade in the morning

 

Why put the standard firmware back on?

You have to upgrade to the latest (original) 3.0 firmware 1st to do anything anyway?

What time will it be released here? Its across the pond, so earliest 5am?

 

As far as I'm aware, it's midnight tonight. The quote above saying Tuesday evening is from the states, and that works out at 3am our time... But that's for yellowsn0w, not 3.0. 3.0 is downloadable on the 17th... After midnight is the 17th.

There has been no mention of an exact time quickpwn 3.0 is to be released, but once the Dev Team have tested it on Apples 3.0 and all is cool, then it will be released. They don't want to release it early just incase.

I reckon by tomorrow night, the world will be deciding whether to have the apple or the pineapple boot screen

 

As for jailbreaking 2.2.1 on iTunes 8.2, you can't. Simply because apple changed something when 8.2 was made. If you aren't happy with 3.0 and want to revert back to a JB'd 2.2.1, you'll have to download and install the previous iTunes.

iTunes 8.2 is designed around 3.0 more than 2.2.1 although 2.2.1 (non-JB) can and will still sync.

 

hmmm 00:00 and no update in iTunes... Thats my theory out the window then

 

It wasn't just me who thought it might be up at midnight then

Will have a look when I get up.

 

Just googled U.S time and it reckons it's 7:14pm over there.... Still Tuesday Evening.

Bloody Americans

Im going bed and hopefully it will be with us in 4 hours and 45 minutes.... hope so, cos iTunes claims it'll auto check for another update on 24th June

 

My guess it will be ready for us Brits at 6.00am (can't check now as I'm at work)

 

anyone managed to do the update yet ?

should make the iphones even better ( alough it should have come with a lot of the fetures from day 1 )

 

I'm now running on stock 3.0, not really that exciting tbh.

Goto wait till friday for Ultrasn0w and JB

You will be able to JB 3.0 using itunes 8.2 when the dev team release the new version of pwnage tool, hopefully friday.

The 3.0 gm ipsw that was released at the wwdc has been out and about on torrents for the last week, seems to match whats available from the apple update servers this morning.

 

still wasn't available for me when I left home this morning at 8

 

not available yet

 

crap innit! All that hype and for what.... Good ol'Apple

There hacks worked though... watch vid here

 

available from 6pm tonight.

 

is it, where'd you get your info from?

Ultrasn0w (new yellowsn0w) is released friday... and hopefully JB 3.0 too

 

ok, i found it...
Since when has anyone from o2 ever known what they are talking about tho

Gizmodo have released info to say that the restore software has hit the apple servers, but they are yet to upload it to iTunes.... Its a waiting game.

 

Where did you get the firmware from then? Apple's site still says "Available on 17th June" and iTunes claim 2.2.1 is still the latest software..... You must be using the torrent GM??

 

Developer access, legit copy

 

ok, that explains it then

So rumours are now saying that Apple wont release until the whole world is on Wednesday... according to here everywhere is, apart from Honolulu, which still has a couple of hours to go. Also rumoured is that Apple will wait till a more reasonable time to allow for a more comfortable server useage time as to not overload the servers too hard with billions of downloads at one time!

People are also now claiming that Apple watched the Dev Team Ultrasn0w footage and are holding back the software until they can find the hole used for ultrasn0w's injection... although Jonzy's Developer issue may rule that out!

Whatever tho, its the 17th till midnight tonight, so yup... still a waiting game. I might even wait now till Dev Team releases the JB for it on Friday.

 

Top tip on the aptbackup app - was just about to go into cydia to jot all of mine down (which I'll do anyway just to to be sure) but this should save a load of hassle

Funny that all 3.0 will give us is what should have been there with 1.0 but at least we're getting em at last

 

Will check again after work then!!

 

WTF are apple playing at!

should have been relesed early hours to avoid server probs if thay are worried about that.

gimmy 3.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

 

Update delayed until tommorow June 18th

All the links I had have all gone dead.

 

Still says 17th on Apple Site.

Heres a link: http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite....1_Restore.ipsw

If you do upgrade to this, do it at your own risk ok, IM NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.
Its the Gold Master used at the WWDC'09.

info taken from http://gizmodo.com/5293557/iphone-os...able-right-now
and http://discussions.apple.com/thread....42371&tstart=0

 

its been changed on the singapore apple site to reflect that they will get in onb the 18th when it is relesed on the 17th

 

exactly what i was going to say. Someone set off a 'panic' on one of the forums saying that their itunes said 18th. He was from Singapore. Their time scale is different.

Theregister got hold of this and made a story on it.... no biggy.

 

So to reflect time differences then ?

So we should still get it today sometime?

 

still waiting..................

 

yea should do, should being the main word!

Apparently last year, the UK received the update between 13:00 and 14:00

I am still looking tho. All this to help you guys out eh - I must be crazy

 

top lad is what i say,

i wanna update now lol

 

Ah well, at least they look cool

 

top lad is what i say mate


isnt there a way to install it from america?

 

I have already posted links to the official WWDC'09 software... all looks legit, although again - I aint taking responsibility for any mess ups!

Ok, so here we go... ready.....

HongKong '3' users were text from '3' to say that the update will occur at 1am their time, that figured against UK time is 6pm (as stated earlier) also tallies up with California time stated too.

Workers from o2 have received an email from Apple (or whoever) to say that the update will be ready at 6pm today....

... check the o2 site out: http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/index.html

Clearly states "Available this evening"

I think the puzzle is coming together - slowly!

 

A friend said she got an email saying it would be friday, if she is lying i will kick her in the cunt!