Vinko’s Thoughts On…

After Apple released the iPhone firmware 2.0.2 over a week ago and the rumored fixes it contains, which suppose to resolve many of the issues introduced by the iPhone firmware 2.0. I was eager to be able to upgrade my iPhone (1st generation). Unfortunately, my iPhone was jailbroken and unlocked, so I had to wait for the hacking community; mainly iPhone Dev Team, to release a tool that will allow me to upgrade my pwned iPhone.

The iPhone Dev Team did introduce such a tool (Pwnage Tool 2.0.3) several days ago, but quickly pulled it off its server after several hours. Dispointed but happy that iPhone Dev Team reacted quickly on a bug that they found to be serious.

Yesterday, they finally released a new version of the Pwnage Tool 2.0.3.1 that resolved all know issues. I quickly downloaded it and after giving it 24 hours began to upgrade my iPhone.

I was happy to report that my iPhone upgraded successfully and all the issues I’ve had in the past with my iPhone running pre-2.0.2 firmware had all disappeared. Particularly the slowness when typing a message.

Each time Apple release a new version of the iPhone firmware I feel the need to warn all my friends whom I have assisted with enabling their iPhones to work in Hong Kong, NOT to upgrade to their iPhone to the latest iPhone firmware. This is is no exception.

This latest firmware upgrade from Apple appear to be just a bug fix release. So far no significant feature enhancements accept the addition of a new option in the Safari settings, called “Database“, which is most likely mean that the version of Safari (MobileSafari) on the iPhone will support the HTML 5.0 features that had been announced for Safari on Macintosh and Windows at WWDC.