Apple is planning a special media event "It’s only rock and roll, but we like it" tomorrow where they’re expected to announce the release date of iPhone OS 3.1.
iPhone Dev Team has just published a post on their blog to warn users who have jailbroken and/or unlocked their iPhone that they should avoid updating their iPhone via iTunes if Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1.
iPhone Dev Team have given the following warning to users who have jailbroken and/or unlocked their iPhone:
This week Apple will be all over the news with their announcements at Wednesday’s “Let’s Rock” event. But with so many new owners of the iPhone 3GS, and with so many new owners of the iPhone 3G (perhaps sold to them buy these new 3GS owners)…now is a good time to send out this general advisory.
If you update to Apple’s new software using the normal iTunes process, you will lose your ultrasn0w unlock. In fact you may lose it permanently, because for most people the baseband firmware cannot be reverted to a previous version (unlike the main application CPU firmware).
But don’t worry…our PwnageTool program let’s you update your main firmware without touching your baseband firmware, so you can still have the best of both worlds. But you must be diligent about saying “no” to your iTunes request this week to update your firmware.
We’ll keep you posted if there are any further updates so stay tuned at iPhone Hacks.
[via Dev Team’s blog]
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Is it ok to upgrade to 3.1 if we just have it jail broken and used redsnow instead of ultrasnow? Or just wait for a week or so?
you phone will no longer be jailbroken, but you will be able to jailbreak it in the future when dev team comes out with an updated version
It depends:
If you can't live without a jailbroken iPhone thenyou should wait for Dev
Team to release their updated tools like RedSn0w to jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1,
so you can re-jailbreak it.
If you can live without a jailbroken iPhone then you can upgrade your iPhone
without any issue. It is important to note that upgrading to the latest
iPhone OS will wipe the jailbreak apps from your iPhone.
If you want to unlock your iPhone then you should again wait for Dev Team to
release PwnageTool so you can upgrade to iPhone OS 3.1 without updating the
baseband so that you can unlock it using UltraSn0w.
> If you can live without a jailbroken iPhone >then you can upgrade your iPhone
>without any issue.
Seriously, would any jailbroken iphone owner considering unjailbreaking to be a 3.1 early adopter? I mean, what are you really getting? Some bug fixes, MMS and blue-tooth file transfers? With all the advantages that jailbreaking gives you, there is no way I'm going back to a factory configuration. If Apple gives us some semblance of organization, backgrounding, memory management(they took it away from us in istat), themes, then I might consider getting back to their official platform.
I agree I can wait for the dev team before I update my 3g. Apple isn't giving up anything that we in the jb community don't have already so waiting won't be too hard
Thanks to those that answered. I definately don't want to loose my jailbroken apps. Is there a way to back up the apps that are running on a jailbroke phone so when you upgrade to 3.1 and jailbreak again you don't have to download them all again? Or an easier way then taking screen shots or writing everything down and having to search through cydia to find and dl them again. If not oh well that is what I have been doing just looking for an easier way.
AptBackup….download from cydia and backup/restore all your jb apps
What if I have never jailbroken or unlocked my iPhone 3GS. Can I still upgrade to 3.1 and then use the tools to jailbreak and unlock?
What if I upgraded to 3.1 and now I to downgrade to 3.0 . There is any way? I updated from mistake and now I wish I could go back to my 3.0 jailbreak!!!
You can try to downgrade by restoring your iPhone using iPhone OS 3.0
firmware similar to the procedure explained here:
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/01/stepbystep-guide-to-downgrade-from-iphone-firmware-221-to-firmware-22.html
After that try and see if jailbreaking works, if that doesn't work then
you'll have to wait for dev team to release their latest tools to jailbreak
iPhone OS 3.1.
this may help
http://chinyauchia.blogspot.com/2009/08/updating-iphone-3g-to-301.html
Thanks for the prompt response!!! I'll try!!!
Thanks!!!
Hi, I've upgraded my iphone to 3.1 and now it rejects my sim card which was working before. Is there any way I can use my sim with my iphone?
Unfortunately, iPhone OS 3.1 also upgrades the modem firmware and there is
currently no way to downgrade it so you'll have to wait for Dev Team to come
out with a method to unlock the latest baseband.
That was the reason they had given a warning to jailbreakers and unlockers
yesterday to avoid upgrading to iPhone OS 3.1.
I own an iphone 3gs that has only been jailbroken should i not update?
I was able to jailbreak iphone 2.2 (after 8 months trying) but upgraded to 3.1 accidentally last night. I cannot jailbreak it again. Can I downgrade it back to 2.2 and re-jailbreak it? Please help!!!
I resently buy the iphon, I still have the 3.0.1 os, im not really sure if i should jailbreak my iphon because Im not sure what is it that i get besides the background and the picture message?
can anybody please explain me what do I get by jailbreaking the iphon?
Dev Team. Can you guys please respond to my question?
What if I have never jailbroken or unlocked my iPhone 3GS. Can I still upgrade to 3.1 and then use the tools to jailbreak and unlock?
iam going to buy an iphone 3GS, but will i have 3.1 when i buying it or some earlier version
please answer
Hi guys,
I'm a stupid. I updated my iPhone 3G from iTunes last week to 3.1 OS and now my baseband its updated and I have no signal. I used PwnageTool 3.1 to jailbreak it but I can't make calls any saggestions???
Specs:
iPhone 3G 16GB
Locked to: AT&T
Carrier im using: Cosmote GR
Jailbreak: PwnageTool 3.1
OS: 3.1
If I buy a new iPhone 3GS which has OS 2.2, is it possible to jailbreak it to just 3.0.1 while waiting for the Dev Team to release the latest tools for 3.1?
I have a 3G and accidently said yes to 3.1 (before I was aware of this website where so much good information resides).. Can I still jailbreak this phone? PLEASE HELP!!!
well i have 3GS 3.0 jailbroken it was fine but i dont know what went wronge now my iphone crashes! i want to restore but im still in doubt should i really go for it ? itunes insists me to go for 3.1 .. im not afraid i can live life without jailbreak i will wait for jailbreak release for 3.1 but my question is .. will my phone work fine if i upgrade to 3.1 ? it gives volume error when i re-jailbrake it from redsn0w now im really screwd and waiting for the right person to guide me BEST to get out of this!
Will there be a release of an ispw to jailbreak the iphone 3gs 3.1 with redsn0w any time soon?
Thanks Dev team and others who have assisted in hacking the iphone.
I need to ask a few questions. I need to upgrade my 2G iphone(window base)to the 3.0 where I can sync my phone with my outlook task for work related projects. I have not upgraded my phone since the release of the 1.1.4 hack a long time ago.
I could wait for the 3.1 but this is work related and really need this to improve my productivity on the job.
1. Which program is good for unlocking/jail break to the 3.0 (window bas.
2. Where can I get instructions and a link for the 3.0 ispw and if there's anything I left out, please advise.
Thanks for your time in responding.
no bro,,u cant use it
u have to jailbrek again
do it again everything u did it before
i did the same thing to my son inlaw phone lol just want to see if you found a solution please let me know