Comments on: 2.2.1 Firmware Update

By: Leo

Leo — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:14:59 +0000

FOR ALL THOSE PEEPS OUT THERE

it finally work for me but it took exactly 1 hour 1 min depending on how many things u did wrong like –> installing other cydia apps before u run restore from aptbackup like openssh or bosspref etc

By: Leo

Leo — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:59:24 +0000

upgraded fact unlocked 3g 16 gb to 2.2.1 and jailbroke it

jailbroke then install apt back up from cydia then restore with itunes then open aptbackup and HIT RESTORE

and its been 30 mins and counting with no result yet

is it supposed to be this long? it only says restoring and the circle on top keeps circling like its thinking

does it automatically install everything back? if yes then i guess the long wait is worth it

or does it just look for the backup file and then we still have to press install to start the installation process ?

By: Rene

Rene — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:16:02 +0000

Hey i upgrade to 2.2.1 and used Quickpwn to jailbreak my phone.It worked, only problem is that i cant add any sources in cydia because it would say something about the repository..like an error message..I was able to add sources perfectly using 2.2 but once i upgraded to 2.2.1 it started messing up…any help?

By: Milton

Milton — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:35:27 +0000

Apt backup doesn’t really backups your Cydia apps. It makes a list of the apps and backups the configurations. When you restore it reinstall the apps from Cydia sources. Which means that it won’t bring any previous bugs.

By: toNYc311

toNYc311 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:25:18 +0000

Finally installed Supreme Preferences and now ironically my Settings app opens quicker LOL. Go figure. ^^

By: mrram

mrram — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:37:02 +0000

3g Jailbreak Success!!! No problem with jailbreaking new firmware!!! Used last Quickpwn. COOL!!!

By: toNYc311

toNYc311 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:27:35 +0000

I for one will not be updating to 2.2.1. Amazingly, I haven’t had the need to restore since I upgraded to 2.2! And my iPhone seems to be running at peak performance. I have NEVER had such a smooth run like this EVER! There was the ocassional hiccup with a cydia app here and there where I got the SWOD but with patience and perserverance my iPhone got itself out of SWOD (Spinning Wheel Of Death).

I’ll update when Apple releases a major update like 2.3 or something with major announcements including performance and bug fixes (maybe push notify? Or we have to wait for firmware 3.0 for that?! LOL). My iPhone is currently so customized the way I like it and modded the way I want that a needless 2.2.1 upgrade is not worth it for someone like me.

Too bad it’s such a major hassle to rejailbreak. I have AT&T so that’s not an issue for me to unlock. It’s the getting all my Cydia (and one Installer LOL) apps back onto my iPhone. Someone here mentioned that the Settings app opens quicker. That’s sweet but not worth me to upgrade. Apple mentions better mobile safari performance but someone here who has upgraded to 2.2.1 mentions it still crashes.

Honestly is it Apple? Or is it because the phone is jailbroken? I read somewhere a while ago that mobile safari is unstable at times because of the iPhone being jailbroken. Which would kind of make sense?With add-ons like Download plugin, mobilecinema etc that might be a valid claim.

Well anyway. I’ll wait for firmware 2.3 thanks…;)

By: kashrockz

kashrockz — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:05:30 +0000

i think ill wait lol

By: drumthrasher109

drumthrasher109 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:01:10 +0000

Nevermind, I just decided to start from scratch. I don’t have very many contacts anyway.

By: rje

rje — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:38:54 +0000

I’m tired of constant visits to the Dev Team Blog. I’m sick of the whole deal. I’m a firm believer in jailbreaking, but it’s now over the top with the onslaught of Apple upgrades. I will always upgrade because I want my device to always be state of the art, and there are little things about the current update that make it a must – things that posters here, who don’t upgrade, don’t know. You have to use it to know. An iPhone is an iPhone. Jailbreaking gives you customizing features and Open SSH. Apart from that, I’ll live without it, and I’ll stop this obsessive tracking of the Dev Team Blog. In the old days, we had iJailbreak. That was a simple, elegant way to jailbreak and unlock. I miss that. This has become too complex, and this issue of the baseband vis a vis Yellowsn0w is perplexing. In the beginning they said do not change the firmware. Then they said, you must change it to 2.28. Enough already. If you’re desperate for an unlocked phone, you of course have no choice. You are enslaved by that Dev Team Blog.