Comments on: Should I Upgrade to iPhone 2.1?

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:33:11 +0000

I have an original iPhone and don’t know if I should update… anyone have some ideas? :/

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:52:41 +0000

I had a jailbroken 3G running on version 2.2. After a few attempts to upgrade to 2.2.1 using the Pwnage tool and even QuickPwn, I finally managed to upgrade, except I had no signal and basically my iPhone had turned into an iPod. At this point I decided to do the upgrade via iTunes risking not being able to jailbreak my phone afterward. This got me my cell signal back. Now, using QuickPwn, I once again tried to jailbreak, but w/o success. The upgrade stalled in the DFU mode. Finally I used a powered USB hub to connect the phone to my Mac Air and guess what?! I jailbroke my phone (even after having installed 2.2.1 via iTunes!!!!).

By: lulu

lulu — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:00:57 +0000

Will I lose all my sms when upgrading to 2.1??

By: gagan

gagan — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:22:12 +0000

should a user with unlocked 2.0.2 turbosim upgrade to 2.1? If the turbosim will still work with 2.1?

By: ED

ED — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:31:09 +0000

I tried to update my unlock iphone from 1.1.4 to 2.1 and now it does not work, it says is in recovered mode, and I can not do nothing with it__ What should I do ? please helpppp

By: SHreak

SHreak — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:24:03 +0000

I have got a new version of 2.1 without any problem , I faced many problems for version 1.1.4 but now my iphone is perfectly good .

By: anthony

anthony — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:47:06 +0000

Is there a SIM Unlock for 2.1 yet that anyone knows about???????? And Is there ANY way to go back to 2.0.1 IF you have updated to 2.1?

By: docsuraj

docsuraj — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:38:18 +0000

hey..andre

tnx 4 da know how..but hey..i already got a turbosim frm uk called smartphone sim unlock card(no sim cut turbosim)..so wats ur take on tht..should i upgrade..my battery life is lousy..pretty sad actually..only 3hrs on standby..any suggestions..ive switched off all functions like 3G,push.bluetooth,,,etc... help!!!sos

By: phill carroll

phill carroll — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:07:48 +0000

someone tell me if the all celar has been given yet cheers! phill.carroll@hotmail.co.uk

By: chaz

chaz — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:11:55 +0000

Didn’t realize you had allow for 2 hours to update! Come on already!! Mine is taking forever to complete.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:31:58 +0000

I can confirm email push/fetch is broken in 2.1. It’s driving me nuts as I depend on it for work. Oh yeah – and i paid a shedload for the privilege. Sort it out Apple for goodness sake. I’m fed up with yet another round of lameness.

By: David

David — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:04:14 +0000

I have a 3g Jailbroken with a 2.0.1 firmware and i want to update it with a 2.1 firmware. How would i update my phone? would i have to restore it and then update it then jailbreak it again??? any info would be helpful, Thank You!!

By: Andre

Andre — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:48:38 +0000

dear docsuraj,

update to 2.1 but use a sim called the rebel sim card it supports version 2.1 hope this help:)

By: Andre

Andre — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:45:12 +0000

the update is soooooooooo much better. i had a jailbroken 2.0.1 iphone 3G and it was good, but i still had a really bad connection. if you have a jailbroken iphone update and then re-jailbreak thats what i did.

By: docsuraj

docsuraj — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:08:29 +0000

hey.. iphone users

can somebody wit da knowledge guide me

i got da 16gig iphone 3G ver 2.0..i live in dubai,uae..i plan 2 unlock and use by turbosim method..now wat if i upgrade to 2.1 before i insert any sim of any sort frm my itune account..will i hv any future complicationa..will my phone get bricked???

please anyone..reply asap

tnx..cheers

By: PaulMaul

PaulMaul — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:20:45 +0000

I updated to 2.1, and now Safari crashes WAYYYY more often!!! Ahhhh, please help!!!! It seems to crash when i’m surfing a forum, and someone has posted a gif in thier post. Does this have anything to do with it?!?

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:05:24 +0000

DO NOT UPGRADE IF EMAIL IS CRITICAL TO YOU!!!

2.1 breaks scheduled fetch and push email. Anytime the screen is off the phone will not attempt to check for new mail. This is well known. It is on the Apple iPhone discussion board and Apple is aware of the problem.

This affects all types of email. IMAP, Yahoo, MobileMe, everything. To reproduce, set your scheduled fetch to 15 minutes and leave you phone with the screen off. 30 minutes later send yourself an email from some other account and within 15 minutes the iPhone "should" let you know new mail has arrived. It doesn't.

If manually checking email is alright with you, go ahead and upgrade.

By: denese

denese — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:31:35 +0000

i am not happy.. i updated my phone on thursday and the internet has not worked since.. signed pissed off in rancho cucamonga

By: zeroGsti

zeroGsti — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:46:41 +0000

I just did the 2.1 update and it seems to be working great! I just checked the speed of my 3g on DSLREPORTS.COM and I get 615kpbs! The signal seems to be consistent as far as the bars on the top left corner. Before I upgraded my signal would go down to 1 bar then go up 4 bars all the time. I’m going to really test the 3g when I go to work tomorrow because I can barely get a 3g signal at work. I’ll post my results soon. This is a must update if you’re iphone isn’t Jailbroken already.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:43:54 +0000

@Jay Pr:

Check out this link: http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/09/14/dev-team-strikes-back-quickpwn-11-and-pwnage-21-released/

I believe 2G can be unlocked, but not 3G, so you should be recoverable.

By: Jay Pr

Jay Pr — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:13:22 +0000

HELP!! my son uploaded 2.1 on his unlocked + jpailbroken 2G and now he has a brick! Any help on downgrading the firmware or unlocking the 2G witht 2.1??

Jay Pr

By: GXR Reaper

GXR Reaper — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:23:20 +0000

IPhone 2.1 Brick i have the same problem i updated my firmware to 2.1 and my Iphone has bricked it self is there any cure any one, BTW is this because i live in AUS

,GXR Reaper

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:50:45 +0000

I agree that the reception is much better, but the battery life is now atrocious. I upgraded last night and took the phone off the charger at 6:30 A.M. I spoke on the phone for about 25 minutes and used the push for mail a few times throughout the morning. I don’t leave the push on because I know my Microsoft Exchange email account drains the battery. However, by 11:30 A.M., I had 10 percent of battery remaining. I need some way to get more battery life

By: gengisse

gengisse — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:47:56 +0000

Thanks for this list ! Very clear !

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:28:26 +0000

Irish lads can change the APN back to ‘internet’, O2 IRL finally got round to opening the correct APN

By: Yagrax

Yagrax — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:10:17 +0000

re: Johnny

Yes I concur. Battery life is horrible with 2.1 and MS Exchange email with Push turned on.

Both the boss and myself have seen this on his 3G and my original - both with 2.1 connecting to our corporate Exchange email server.

Something is going on since there's now a constant GSM buzz eminating from speakers/radios that are put close to the phone indicating that the cellular data stream is churing away all the time.

By: David

David — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:51:31 +0000

NOT YET. Downloaded 2.1 on Saturday and the phone has mostly NOT worked, occasionally partially worked, and rarely functions normally.

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:24:23 +0000

ok since I posted I found out a fix from a buddy of mine – if you are Irish and have 2.1 installed, go into the Data Connection part of Network Settings. Change the APN from ‘internet’ to ‘open.internet’ and delete the username and password.

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:38:25 +0000

If you are in Ireland DO NOT upgrade to 2.1 – the update is a disaster. It stops 3G from working even with a perfect signal. I’m going mental here because I can only get Internet via wifi now. Next time I’m gonna wait a few days before doing any updating.

By: rob

rob — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:02:37 +0000

2.1 is much better for everything including at least for me much better battery life

By: iPhone 2.1 Brick

iPhone 2.1 Brick — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:35:24 +0000

My brand new iPhone (10 days old) just got bricked. I tried to install the update and walked away for a good hour. Came back and it was hanging at around 75%. Left for another 45 min or so. Still hanging. So I unplug it and it tries to restore. It hangs again around 75%. 1 hr later, same crap. So I do a system reset using the sleep/home hold trick and now it’s restoring again. Thank god I’m within ATT’s 30 days. I can’t believe this crap is getting bricked. And everything is legit. No jailbreaks or anything. Up until now, the battery was shit. Now I’ve lost faith in these apple crapgrammers.

By: Sean L

Sean L — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:22:34 +0000

I just updated tonight and I must say I'm very pleased! Contacts, text message, app loading is much much faster. I haven't had any dropped Safari sessions yet. My 3G signal went from 1 bar at my house which would drop calls all the time to 3-4-5 bars where I can make a call, it's crystal clear on both ends, and hasn't dropped a single call yet.

Great job Apple!!! Now lets see some content additions. Very very pleased so far with 2.1

By: joe

joe — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:13:35 +0000

Thanks Rich that did it. It’s a pretty cool feature.

By: Richard Ross

Richard Ross — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:33:19 +0000

To get the iPhone genius feature you need to re-sync with iTunes 8 after the update – otherwise you won’t see it.

By: Keil Miller

Keil Miller — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:42:26 +0000

Sync time is exponentially quicker with 2.1 update from 2.0.1

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:31:59 +0000

Also whats the deal with the new sms alert? I haven't been able to figure that one out either. Please let me know.

Thanks

By: joe

joe — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:00:45 +0000

I am having trouble getting the genius playlist working? Anyone have any tips?

Thanks

By: Steve Squires

Steve Squires — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:55:58 +0000

It was a great upgrade. My backups went from taking 2+ hours to 40 seconds...that's right...40 seconds. I find that to be suspiciously fast, but am not complaining. I haven't tried to do a restore from one of these backups yet. Previously, I've had no luck using backups to restore my phone and have had to set it up as a new phone each time. I plug the iPhone directly into a USB port at the back of my computer, rather than my USB hub which slows things down a lot. That sped up my backups also.

App installations via WIFI or the Apps Store take seconds, and so far I haven't seen the white apple screen of death...hopefully never again!

Battery life seems far better than it was, but I've had the phone plugged in a lot since the update and haven't truly tested the battery life yet.

By: Owen

Owen — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:59:42 +0000

Backups are still taking FOREVER for me with 2.1. contacts are much faster, apps a little better. haven’t had the texting problem yet but we’ll see.

By: Duvi

Duvi — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:14:45 +0000

Good stuff… This update is well worth.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:54:59 +0000

http://www.macworld.com/article/134673/2008/07/3g_notsofast.html

Take a look at this site. I only get at most 700 Kbps.

http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/05/14/att-promises-wi-fi-speeds-on-its-3g-network-by-2009/

and this.

Are we really getting a 3G improvement? More Bars NOT = More speed

Do a speed test and compare

By: So Cal

So Cal — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:26:54 +0000

I am on vacation in Utah and while in the area that I am visiting I only had 1 bar while on 2.0.2. I upgraded this morning to the 2.1 and I now have full bars in that same area. I was really shocked because I had to go stand out in the street to make calls and now can get full bars inside the house.

So far so good...

By: Speed Racer99

Speed Racer99 — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:29:57 +0000

They claim improved battery life? How are they accomplishing this feat? Disabling something? Anyone have specific details on this?

By: Sunshein

Sunshein — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:11:50 +0000

I update to 2.1 and have had no problems, but I have a question. The Genius Playlists function in this version looks like a great feature. I wonder though if it gives Apple complete access to all the titles in my iTunes. Since I have nothing to hide in my collection of music, etc., it would be no problem for me. And, it then would appear that Apple would someday be able to give us calculated totals on the average number of songs in iTunes among users and the number purchased from the iTunes store.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:47:34 +0000

great reception! Faster performance.

By: nicleT

nicleT — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:45:55 +0000

You should!

By: gabe

gabe — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:59:39 +0000

i am getting an error message when trying to update…itunes?????again

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:49:25 +0000

This update is what 2.0 SHOULD of been. It’s much more stable for me. Performance seems much better. And apps install very fast. Backups only take a few minutes now. Hopefully a jailbreak comes out soon!

By: nex014

nex014 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:37:30 +0000

The upgrade has done wonders to my reception. Only did the upgrade this morning and have not had a chance to see if the battery life is any better. The contacts are still a little slow, but much improved from before.

By: mrHiDefinition

mrHiDefinition — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:10:10 +0000

It’s worth the upgrade as long as you don’t have a jailbroken iPod/iPhone 2G/iPhone 3G.

By: eArTh

eArTh — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:03:34 +0000

Well I love my jailbroken 2.0.2 minus the slow contact loading but hey I have many many use full non app store apps so 2.1 aint worth it to me especially since no cut and paste nuff said.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:47:33 +0000

I was really hoping that 2.1 was going to solve my battery problem, it didn’t. I did a restore last week and ever since then I have been getting terrible performance from my battery. I used to be able to go a whole day (14 hours) on one charge with everything except bluetooth turned on (including push for my exchange email). Now my phone dies after 10 hours in standby mode! I’ve narrowed it down to my push email (which was fine before I did a restore) it seems to be doing about 1 MB of traffic an hour, even if i turn off push. The only way to get the push battery drain to stop is to delete my exchange email account off my phone. Any one else experiencing anything like this?

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:35:19 +0000

I updated this morning and everything is working great. As others before have stated, my 3G feels more stable, and runs faster. Downloading apps/updating apps was lightning fast compared to what I had experience prior to this update. I haven’t lost my 3G all day and that’s saying something. No dropped calls, yet, but I haven’t been too call-active today. Internet was fast, as was e-mail and sms. Still takes a moment to delete e-mails though I’m not sure if it’s because they download before they can be deleted. Anyway, thumbs up on this one!

By: cory

cory — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:24:42 +0000

I just recently updated too and the update is great. I download apps right from my phone now 3x faster then I did with the other update. Also in places that I had one bar I now have five. It’s great and I think everyone should update. Only downside is that you have to downlaod iTunes version 8.0 with it

By: dloveprod

dloveprod — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:22:26 +0000

So far its great for me. Everything seems more stable and faster.

By: Bud Why+Zer

Bud Why+Zer — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:17:47 +0000

I updated this morning and have had much better performance (reception, address book search, keyboard input, SMS display, apps opening and closing, etc.) all day. I highly recommend this update to anyone.

By: patrickbballer

patrickbballer — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:11:14 +0000

I dnt understand why anyone with a normal iPhone would not upgrade. Just do it!