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iPod/iPhone: upgrading to 2.0.1

I’ve just upgraded [the Operating System of] both my units to v2.0.1; here are some things keep in mind.

Upgrade or not?

If you “update” via a pwned ipsw sure, but if not (meaning you plan to use the legit Apple upgrade) here’s what’s in store for you; quoted from the DevTeam (rephrased, since to reflect the release of the tool)

If you own a first generation (2G iPhone), you don’t have to worry, PwnageTool will get you where you want even if it you prematurely updated. 2G is completely pwned at every conceivable level and you’ll always be OK. But if you own a 3G iPhone and are looking for unlock in the near future, don’t use Apple’s update.

If your 3G iPhone is on a regular contract and you always plan to be with the carrier then you can update but you will lose the jailbreak and access to third party (non AppStore) applications.

If your 3G iPhone is not on a regular contract and you plan to use it on an alternative network to the carrier that supplied it then do not update unless you do it with the new PwnageTool.

For other points discussed below, I’m assuming a jailbroken scenario.

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iPhone 3G: The price you pay for high tech

In case you missed it, it’s official.

What I find amusing, at least for the people who read my post about it two months back, is that they seem so surprised about the pricing scheme.

Like I said in the past post, the $200 price tag was baloney – and when you do the math with the new data, you’ll be paying about a thousand dollars for a plan-free unit. It’s interesting though that the two plans discussed in the past are almost right on the money – and the plan will eat you alive in 2 years.

But the question really is if a $1k plan-free unit is preposterous or not?

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Sosyal

I added a little “feature” on my site; links to all my Social networking accounts (or anything remotely related to “networking”). You should see it in the author box at the homepage. If you have accounts on any of those sites, don’t hesitate to add me. I promise to unconditionally accept regardless if I know you or not… except for Facebook, since I try to at least keep that for people I really know.

Despite having all these accounts, It’s worth mentioning that almost none of them are being actively updated (apart from Flickr and YouTube for storage reasons – and I’ve got Multiply and LiveJournal being updated automagically). The reason why I took the time to register, even if I don’t plan to using them, was so I could have first dibs on the “nargalzius” monicker/handle on those sites.

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Reserving judgment

Initially, my first reaction to this post was: No, no! Fucking NO!

But then I remember the time Cydia first came out, and I thought it would be unfair to judge Installer 4 negatively when it’s just doing exactly what Cydia had done back then. As such, I decided to reserve judgment and see where all this takes us.

I do, however, want to state my disappointment in the “scene.” Why can’t these guys just get along and fucking collaborate? Unless Installer 4 can guarantee that it will have a better distribution backend than APT then I really see no point why they even have to give an alternative to Cydia. Eye-candy/ease of use, while certainly appreciated, isn’t critical; a proper backend implementation is always more important for stuff like this.

This isn’t the desktop arena; these types of scenarios are bad for the scene because it dilutes the collective integrity of the community… even if it’s masquerading as “giving the users more choices.”

I believe I already gave my opinion on the matter in a fairly recent post, but let me expound.

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Some more OSX tips

Here are some more tips for OSX – mostly for personal consumption but who knows, someone might find a use for them as well.

Also some iPhone hacking tips at the end. The discussion of the moral implications related to the subject will be saved for a latter post 😉

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