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iPhone Update Roundup
Richard Baguley
Published on August 01, 2007
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So we (and the rest of the cell phone blogging world) had a few hours to experiment with the i Phone update that was released last night. Here's the highlights of what has been discovered so far:
- The main purpose of the update is to fix a number of security holes in Safari
- The update does not fix the battery bug we identified recently, or most of the other bugs
- The update does not add any new features to the iPhone. Hopefully, Apple is working on another update (perhaps version 1.1) which will add some of the more commonly requested features. You can vote on what you would like to see here.
- There have been several minor fixes to programs such as YouTube, where the most viewed videos list for today is now properly updated. - The field test mode still works.
 The update takes the firmware to version 03.14.08_G, up from version 03.12.06_G. Apple has not fixed the misspelling of firmware in the test mode menu, though (it's sill spelt as "firware"). - Many iPhones that were hacked with programs like iFuntastic had problems installing the update, requiring the iPhone to be reinitialized from scratch, which involves downloading and reinstalling the firmware completely.
- However, hacking programs that use the Jailbreak exploit still work when the update is applied; we were able to jailbreak an updated phone and change the carrier logo, add ringtones, etc. So, if the update deletes all of your hacks, you can still go in and reinstall them.
- There is a complete list of everything that has been updated here
- We've seen reports of faster, smoother web browsing in Safari, but our own experience doesn't bear this out; the speed seems to be the same, and we haven't noticed any more or less crashes. We are investigating further, and will be reporting more on this later on.
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