iPhone 3.1 Now Live! Go Get It!
Apple, following their announcement at the It's only rock and roll, but we like it special music event, has just posted iPhone OS 3.1, promoting it's Genius App Recommendations, Genius Mixes, Downloadable Ringtones ($1.29 - ouch!), and support for iTunes 9's App Management feature.
Just plug in your iPhone, hit Update, sit back, and enjoy the new hawt. (Jailbreakers and unlockers should hold off unless you want to lose your jailbreak/unlock.)
For more on iPhone 3.1, see TiPb's iPhone 3.1 feature page.
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Downloading now, everyone must be waiting because it's going pretty fast.
Oh yea where is iTunes 9 at?
I thought ringtones were 1.29
Downloading now. It's going pretty quick. 241.7MB.
One advantage that webOS users have is OTA updates. That's a big drawback for iPhone OS, have to wait until you get to a computer, and the one you have already sync'd with your phone. Can't use even your work computer or something without the risk of wiping your phone's media.
iTunes is telling me 3.0.1 is the current version. Also, your link to iPhone's 3.1 feature page is bad.
Yup still waiting... no update here yet
Or maybe some see this as another shitty update. Why'd it take so long to develop this?
So no mms with the update?
MMS comes on September 25th for AT&T.
updating now =)
No MMS with AT&T until Spetember 25th....
GOT IT!!! Hit the store... dl now
Cool, showing up now.
MMS is working for me! I did not alter the carrier file, just started working on 3.1
Truth, as we Brits say, you are such a w**ker.
Server crashed @ first... Second time seems to be going alright, 9 minutes 306.2mb....
I hope it supports AVRCP bluetooth music controls. i hate having to take my phone out of my poket just to skip a song.
At about 53 MB, it starts going really slow. I've paused and restarted twice with the same result.
iTunes DL going slow as hell...doing that 1st, then 3.1 update...146KB a sec...Christ!!!
I'm happy to see they fixed a Bluetooth/Wifi issue. Sometimes I have my bluetooth headset connected, a call comes in, and I hear the person on the speaker of my phone saying "HELLO, HELLO". Really annoying and unprofessional, as I use my phone for work.
Nothing about avrcp in the change log. Wtf apple??
love the update....sucks for the jailbreakers...gotta wait.
2 hrs remaining ......
"Use Voice Control on iPhone 3GS with Bluetooth headsets"
Where's the FM transmiter for Iphone and touches?
Typo in the last link in the post.
It links to http://www.theiphoneblog.com/iphone-3.1/ (which gives 404) while http://www.theiphoneblog.com/iphone-31/ works.
link to iPhone 3.1 feature page is broken/missing
Anyone else noticing the "Capacity Bar" in iTunes not showing how much space Apps are using. If I remember correctly, it was a green bar. It seems now it's under the "Other" category.
Can anyone verify something for me...
If you made your own ringtones, does installing 3.1 screw that up now that you can BUY ringtones via your phone?
I tried the Voice Controls... not working with my bluetooth headset... It's a Jabra, is there some setting???
Installing 3.1...
Anybody who has the help.benm.at tethering hack - can you confirm whether it is still working/broken on 3.1? I can only assume they "fixed" this but tethering is very important to me and I'd either have to stay on 3.0.1 or go back to the BlackBerry for tethering sad.
Ignore my last comment. The green apps bar is now showing up.
@frank from apple how-to:
Voice Control (available only on iPhone 3GS) lets you make phone calls and control iPod music playback using voice commands.
Use Voice Control:
Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep. You can also press and hold the center button on the iPhone headset (or the equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset).
@Michael Denney
I'll try it and let you know. I think the tethering hack was disabled in 3.1 betas.
@Rayman2170, yes I tried the call button & that did not work. Then I tried the volume button and it worked & came through my Jabra headset. A little backwards but good enough for me.
Does the 3.1 break any other apps...specifically GV Mobile?
Update put my phone in DFU mode...on my second attempt trying to restore it
well no AVRCP song skip for bluetooth for me, but I can now pause/play the song from my headset at least.
@Joe McG
I have an old iPhone 3G that I can test it on - worst case I can always keep the old 3G at 3.0.1 and then put the 3G S to 3.1 until AT&T releases official Tethering - do let me know what your test results are in case you get done before I do
The ringtone price is pretty reasonable considering everyone else is pricing about $3.00
Rayman, what a bummer. Cant for the life of me figure out why apple would omit this. Can anyone say cut and paste all over again????
I can't find genius mixes, and I have both iphone 3.1 and itunes 9.
ok I have probably a dumb question...How does the app genius work? Genius sidebar is greyed out when on apps screen....
Does anyone see the ability to buy ringtones on the iTunes mobile store yet? I don't see anything at all. Are those ringtones even up yet?
@patrick I think its only in the app store on the iphone under featured.
Rayman...I see Genius mixes right under Genius in sidebar
huh its not there for me. ill try restarting
didn't do anything the mixes icon still not showing up. i see now where its supposed to be from the screenshots but its not there for me. very weird. maybe you have to enable it or somthing.
3.1 bricked my 3GS, it's in recovery mode now and won't recover, just sits on a "Waiting for iPhone" screen. Off to the Apple Store.
ok I figured it out. if anyone else has this problem just force genius to update by clicking store-->update genius
My son just upgraded to 3.1 and all his contacts are now gone except for the phone numbers. He is using exchange to sync the contacts and calander. Has anyone else had a similar problem?
Ignore my app genius question...Just found it in app store on iphone
Is it free for ipod touch owners?
@cardfan
Yes, but only for those that already have 3.0
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10348169-37.html?tag=hotTopicsBody.1
Apple announced the release Wednesday of OS 3.1, which will be a free update to iPhone users and $4.95 to iPod Touch owners.
hm.. http://www.geekbench.de/2009/09/09/iphone-os-3-1-jailbreak-is-here-finally-released-for-iphone-2g-3g-3gs/
Voice Control through my Ericsson Bluetooth headset is not working.
AVRCP obviously didn't make it into this patch.
Never noticed or cared about Wi-Fi performance before.
So this update amounts to a lot of WGAF for me!!!
I wish I could do OTA updates like Palm's WebOS. I'm traveling, so it'll be days til I'm back at home where I can download and sync at my own PC. What a pain!
The options for tethering are totally gone in 3.1 for AT&T - no longer can you use the carrier hack file and then reboot the phone and tether. It doesn't even give you the option to hit "Configure Tethering" where it says "Contact your carrier to configure this service.".
Once I loaded up 3.1 and went to the Network Configuration I watched as the Tethering option literally disappeared before my very eyes (it was there, and then went away).
Hopefully there will be another hack/fix besides jailbreaking the phone and/or AT&T will actually support iPhone tethering sometime soon (I won't hold my breath).
On a positive note Mobile Safari now supports drop-down menus again.
ok i just updated to the new itunes... and now its saying itunes is not properly installed and that i need to reinstall itunes... ive dun that like two times and i get the same message!!!! omg.... so should i remove itunes and install it again?? or will that de-authorize my computer?? i dont wanna lose all my music
I have tethering on my iPhone after I upgraded to 3.1. I'm in the US on AT&T. No MMS option yet. Carrier AT&T 5.0.
My google contacts synced via exchange disappeared too. Off to find a fix...
My Google Contacts and Calendar via Exchange is fine on my side.
@cardfan
Odd, this slide on stage said that it was free for iPod touch users with 3.0:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/09/apple-ipod-sept-09-1181-rm-eng.jpg
To get the above 3.1 link to work, delete the period near the end of the URL
http://www.theiphoneblog.com/iphone-31/
Link fixed, sorry!
this POS bricked my phone. I had to do a restoration (which thankfully brought it back to life) but now all my apps are GONE. They still show up in itunes but i can't get them onto the phone. I sync and try to get them back on the phone but itunes hangs each and every time. I'm PISSED. I bet I lost all my peggle game saves
To fix contacts/calendar issue, go to General>Settings>then to the correct account, turn off sync for Contacts and Calendars, then turn back on...resolves issue.
Hey ed, you were asking about FM transmitter. I actually use an old external FM transmitter I used with my Nano in the car (my car stereo doesn't have an AUX port) with my iPhone and the iPod part works just fine. No interference from the phone's radio (I don't put it on airplane mode) and I don't get much static from the car radio either. So CAN use a regular FM transmitter with the iPhone.
I did a search under contacts after disabling and re-enabling. it searched and uploaded all my contacts then.
Michael Denny says his tethering on AT&T was disabled after update, but Syncopations says it still worked. Any other data points? I'm really anxious to get a definitive answer, or if there is some way to keep it from disappearing.
Why won't my apps work after upgrade?
My tethering still functions just fine.
syncopations / jtmkrueger - what method did you use to enable tethering, and what carrier/country?
Tethering still works on mine but I don't use it so I could care less. MacBook automatically detects it as a network device without a hickup. Maybe you individual carrier setting where and whoever you got it from bc the update will not overwrite a more updated file.
Don't listen to syncopations / jtmkrueger they are AT&T and they want their phone back. I'll get you my pretty. And your little phone too...(witch cackle). In all seriousness, someone post a YouTube video to prove/help with results. I'll be sure to rate/comment/subscribe.
Installing now
Tethering is broken for me after 3.1 install. Tried reinstalling config file from help.benm.at to no avail. AT&T here.
Yup, I did my 3.1 update last night, it crashed midway through and when it finally updated all of my apps were gone. All 8 pages of them. I tried syncing, closing and re-opening iTunes and NOTHING. I see them in my app store but can not update. I love that we can now put them in order but too bad it doesn't work. Anyone know yet if there will be a fix? I tried to download them again from the app store but says I already downloaded them. I am not a happy person. Why can't Apple and AT&T get their stuff together????
Im reading this and typing in here from my A.Macbook off wireless 3G tethering via my JailB 3GS. Oh hold on! I have to download a free ringtone and send an MMS real fast...
3.1 what?
I did the update this morning and it's been pretty good all day...only grief I've got is that the vole of the key clicks is only about 1/4 of the original level with the volume all the way up..anybody else got this problem?
volume* sorry
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I still can't get the Genius mixes on my iPod Touch (3.1)... I've got them in iTunes 9, but I can't get them on my iPod. I've updated genius several times while the pod is connected -- is there something I'm missing?
NO, I upgraded, had the help.benm tethering working great, but as soon as I upgraded to 3.1, it was lost, all lost. Damn you apple
Here too: no genius mixes on the iPhone (3.1), but they work nicely on iTunes (9). Tried synching several times, no dice.
Why would you have any added features other than what Apple wants you to have and still think that an update isnt going to remove these things. Every update with the exception of the 3.0.1 has removed the jailbreak. DUMBBBBB. I havent updated and dont plan to. Dumb
Yeah, rub in in buddy, it hurts. I knew better but fell for some of the posts saying it worked.. Stupid
I upgraded to 3.1 yesterday (3G Optus Australia) and I can confirm, the tethering menu has disappeared completely. I'm really pissed off about this. I was using tethering to get Internet at our place (no landline): now we're stuck without Internet.
I'd never seriously considered jailbreaking until now: but as soon as I get my computer to an Internet connection, this 3.1 crap is gone!
Dumb move Apple. You're just alienating people with this crackdown shit.
@ Mike . dumb move on your part for updating. Just because they impliment new firmware doesnt mean they are puposfully removing your jailbreak or cracked apps, tethering etc. Dont blame them. its your fault for being an idiot and thinking nothing would change.
I got my apps back. When I updated again, I selected the Applications tab, I then deselected the Synch Applications box on the top left and said yes to remove all apps. Once that was done, I selected to Synch Applications and checked off the apps I wanted and then sorted them to my liking. That worked. If any of you also experienced the applications disappearing, that should fix it!!
I myself may "SYNC" but you can "SYNCH" if you want. cause I dont know what that is
hey, i upgraded my ipod to the 3.1 but my apps won't synch to my ipod. i have itunes 9, the latest version and when i synch my apps it says synchronizing but the when i look on my ipod theyre not there ?!!?! HELP please !!!
K bye...don't be a dbag!!!!
Amimaaaaaaa look at the solution I posted two above this post. It should help.
I got got done SYNCHING and it was easy. Cause I'm not an idiot
Does anyone have a fix for iphone tethering in itunes 9?