How did your 3.0 upgrade experience go?

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June 17, 2009
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9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:11am

...during the install process. When I restarted my phone, I had apparently moved to Denmark. Had to reset the language. Other than that, plus some icon rearrangement (due to the new Voice Memo icon) everything went smooth - took about 15 min on a cable broadband connection.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 2:18pm

My iTunes store collapsed. I have to try later. So I can't even access my account to see if i was charged! This was for the iPod Touch.

Wirtjesone (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 7:05pm

I updated my iPod touch to 3.0 and now it is not supported on my Sony car stereo. Anyone else have these problems?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:14am

Don't have enough time to do it before work. Makes me do a backup and I can't right now. The one I did last night doesn't count, I guess.

Will have to wait until tonight

dannyswrld (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:27am

iTunes downloaded the firmware for my iPod for free. WTF?!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:28am

Someone, please, help me here...

If i purchase an iPhone with no contract ($799 for 32GB) it will still be locked to AT&T ? There's any possibility to legally unlock it (even if i have to pay an extra fee)?

Thanks!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 12:21pm

It won't be locked to AT&T, but T Mobile is your only other option. (in the US). T Mobile doesn't support the iPhone on their network, but they don't forbid you from using it. Some features may not work also on T Mobile.

Sal (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 1:37pm

The only thing is T-mobile 3g is not supported on iphone. as far as support for the iphone goes. i unlocked my 2g for my brother since hes on tmobile. ill tell you what im jealous of the "Support" he gets. He pays way less than i do and they go out of their way for iphone customers.

Anony-mouse (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 2:34pm

This is false. It will still be locked to AT&T. It's not like we have a separate stock of iPhones in the back of our stores for people who are buying them at the no commit price.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 4:41pm

Um, no it wont. iPhones can be unlocked to work on T-Mobile. You can do this without signing an AT&T contract if you want to pay a much heftier, unsubsidized price. No contractual obligations, feel free to unlock. No need for separate stock as they're the same phone, just with or without a commitment.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:28am

Someone, please, help me here...

If i purchase an iPhone with no contract ($799 for 32GB) it will still be locked to AT&T ? There's any possibility to legally unlock it (even if i have to pay an extra fee)?

Thanks!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:28am

but it still says that my 2.2.1 is the current version. :(

ajustcircle (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:36am

I received an iTunes error after updating and have been unable to use the phone.

It reads as follows:

"We could not complete your iTunes Store request. an unkown error occurred (-4).

there was an error in the iTunes Store. Please try again later."

Thanks Apple.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:47am

SAME issue here:

"We could not complete your iTunes Store request. an unkown error occurred (-4).
there was an error in the iTunes Store. Please try again later."

I think that means, "We didn't provide enough servers to actually reactivate your phone." LAME! LAME! LAME!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 12:04pm

Same error! phone is only good for emergency calls but is still receiving meeting notifications.

yayer13 | June 17, 2009 - 12:11pm

 same here

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 2:47pm

I'm not sure the (-4) error is related to activation. I have a 1st gen iPod touch, and get the same error. Surely, the touch doesn't need activation?

Aid (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:50am

Same error here. If I click onto another section in iTunes and back to the iPhone it seems to try again - but still no luck after few tries.

I guess Apple's systems are overloaded... Aggravating as the actual update seems to have been completed - its just dying on some Appleesque authorisation check :-/

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 12:26pm

Help! Does anyone know what to do to fix this error? Now I'm stuck with a useless phone and I don't have all day to keep trying!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 12:07pm

same here. Could be a server thing I think.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:38am

It's trying to connect to the iTunes store after installing and seems to be having trouble with that, so I'm locked out of it for the moment.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:40am

Let's hear about some push enabled apps!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:44am

strangely, all my cracked apps, which needed a jailbreak to work......work. No jailbreak required fro cracked apps? Did Apple just give up with preventing piracy?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 3:25pm

Actually, scratch that. The cracked apps sync, but don't launch.

Joe (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:45am

After running the update, when restarting and trying to connect to the iTunes Store, i received a "Network Request Timeout" Error and my phone is now stuck in emergency mode. I have an internet connection and can open other web pages but in iTunes for some reason, I keep getting this error from iTunes. BRICK!!!
Anyone else???

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:48am

"We could not complete your iTunes Store request. an unkown error occurred (-4). there was an error in the iTunes Store. Please try again later."

- essentially, same thing as you. Their REACTIVATION servers must be over loaded. NOT a good place to have a weakness in the system if you ask me.

tollerup (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:54am

Yes, I have exactly the same problem. And my phone is now in limbo - can't be used because itunes can't connect, so it cannot complete the install...

jimmyjimmy (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 3:15pm

i don't want to be a jerk here, but here goes...

Remember last year? Same thing happened. Millions of phones hitting the activation servers at once, everything crashed, blah, blah..... Did we not think this was going to happen again?

If it is activation, it's an AT&T thing, not an Apple thing. Either way, just expect it. No company in their right mind is going to upgrade servers to accommodate hundreds of thousands of simultaneous requests for one or two days a year. Not good business sense.

Just wait till tomorrow.

jimmyjimmy (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 3:15pm

i don't want to be a jerk here, but here goes...

Remember last year? Same thing happened. Millions of phones hitting the activation servers at once, everything crashed, blah, blah..... Did we not think this was going to happen again?

If it is activation, it's an AT&T thing, not an Apple thing. Either way, just expect it. No company in their right mind is going to upgrade servers to accommodate hundreds of thousands of simultaneous requests for one or two days a year. Not good business sense.

Just wait till tomorrow.

9to5MacViennese (not verified) | June 17, 2009 - 11:46am

After updating to iPhone 3.0 my VoiceMail stopped working any solution ???