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Restore and update your iPhone 3G to squash bugs
If you have an iPhone 3G and haven't restored it yet, do so. The first batch of iPhone 3G units shipped with iPhone OS 2.0 5A345, but the current build is 2.0 5A347. A handful of bugs were squashed with the new iteration, which brings enhanced stability and other enhancements.
Unfortunately, Apple hasn't designed iTunes to recognize the difference between the iPhone OS 2.0 builds. As such, you'll need to perform a "Restore" function to pull the new release.
In order to restore, connect your iPhone to your system then click the Restore button under the Summary tab in iTunes. Restoring the phone will erase contacts, calendars, photos and other data on the phone (including any third-party applications), but will restore automatically backed-up information including text messages, notes, call history, contact favorites, sound settings, widget settings, etc.
The restoration process itself may eliminate some iPhone issues.
Feedback? info@iphoneatlas.com.
Is there a particular reason to not put 2.0 5A347 on a Gen 1 iPhone? I had it on mine, it seemed fine, but I too downgraded.
Starting from scratch solved those problems.
So I bought a 3G and have 5A435 that crashes and automatically resets quite frequently. Would you recommend upgrading to 5A437 based on your experience? I can't tell since you sited both firmwares in your response as "5A437"...
- by jungle July 17, 2008 12:05 PM PDT
- would be more useful solution if it was made clear whether one's erased information gets re-synched or not, esp. for those of us using mobileme (oh how i hate that name!) push system -- will the now-empty iPhone push the results to my cloud and then on to laptop?
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