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As iPhone owners examine what works and what broke with iPhone firmware 1.1.1, we'll update this post to let you know whether it's safe to proceed with your third-party hacks and software.
Also, what are your experiences? Post here! Been bricked?
Well, iPhone 1.1.1 has landed and reports of what works and what broke are flying in. I manually restored my iPhone to a factory fresh 1.0.2 state this weekend to clean out all the hacks and apps I had been playing with, so updating to version 1.1.1 just now went smooth as butta'. However, there's a lot of third-party stuff out there that Apple might have broken might need to update for the new firmware, so this will serve as a continually updating post on what works, what doesn't and what just might brick your iPhone.
arstechnica wrote:
Speaking of bricking, we should probably give you our initial word on the topic. Unfortunately, our official word for now is that we have no official word. We're hearing mixed reports from the wild that unlocked iPhones might be getting bricked, but nothing that we feel confident in repeating just yet. The moral for now? If you unlocked your iPhone, don't upgrade your firmware yet. If you simply must download it, iTunes will give you the option to download but not install, so keep the line drawn there for the time being.
In terms of jailbreaking and third-party apps, the experiences of the Ars staff leads us to advise you to proceed with caution. After updating my iPhone to 1.1.1, several of us tried installing the current AppTapp version, and the install went south; we were stuck with an icon on our iPhones displaying iTunes and an iPod cable, which we guess is Apple's way of saying: "You shouldn't 'a done that, boy." After re-plugging into iTunes, we were told that we had to completely restore our iPhones, so be careful.
If you go this same route and haven't backed up the pictures you've shot with the iPhone's camera, you're outta luck. On the bright side, the rest of your data and sync settings are backed up automatically by iTunes and will be replaced after the restore, so you don't have to worry about that.
That's all we have for now, but furiously refresh this post constantly as we'll be updating it as the reports keep rolling in. If you unlocked your iPhone and were brave enough to try the firmware update, let us know if you'll soon be accepting donations for a replacement.
We're hearing that all non-iTunes Store ringtones are busted, no matter what trick or apps you used to install them. No word on whether this was intentional, however. It could still be a case of Apple rearranging how frameworks handle this stuff, so we'll wait to hear from the likes of Ambrosia Software and Rogue Amoeba.
Well, sounds like we might have some bricking on our hands. Brian Lam at Gizmodo reports that, after all is said and done, his SIM cards are no longer recognized by the iPhone or iTunes, not even the original an AT&T SIM card (we are unclear about whether or not it came with the iPhone). Granted, this is our first report, but things aren't looking good so far.
Brian now clarifies with us that the "relocked" iPhone can be reactivated with a new AT&T SIM card.
Aaaaaand he takes it back. "The update will work ok in unlocked iPhones, but it will return your iPhone to the activation screen. From there, no activation is possible. The iPhone doesn't get bricked but, if you want to keep using it, don't update your iPhone," writes the updated Gizmodo page. The technical definition of "bricking" aside, if you can't use the phone, it's basically rendered worthless in our opinion.
We are also pointed to Jonathan Seff's account on Macworld of his iPhone being "bricked"
Victor Marks from MacNN reports updating to iPhone 1.1.1 but sticking with iTunes 7.4.1, and the ringtones made with Rogue Amoeba's MakeiPhoneRingtone are still on his iPhone.
Sources at Apple are telling us that the inability to activate the iPhone is their definition of "bricking." Current attempts to reactivate across the web are failing (including our friends at Giz), and therefore the iPhone cannot be used to do anything—no phone calls, no Safari, no iPod, nothing. An unlocked iPhone that runs firmware update 1.1.1 is unusable no matter what SIM is in it. The iPhone Dev Team is currently trying to find a way around the activation.
Engadget reports that users of the iPhoneSIMfree update aren't quite as screwed as those who used anySIM--while the unlock does break, the phone "only" needs to be reactivated with an AT&T SIM. This allegedly works, according to the iPhoneSIMfree team, but as far as we know, is unconfirmed by a third party.
Todd Ditchendorf points out that the iPhone no longer works with the iPod HiFi after upgrading to version 1.1.1.
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