To preempt any bitching... Like Thomas said: "(remember, it's optional)" it is an optional update. If you have jailbreaked (or jailbroke, I'm not sure which) your phone, or added (and want to keep) 3rd party apps, DON'T UPDATE YOUR IPHONE!
Just don't come complaining that apple broke your phone because you ignored all advice and updated anyway.
The post says that in the UK (and, one may presume to generalize worldwide in the near future) NEW handsets will be coming with 1.1.2 out of the box. That is not optional in any way, shape, or form. You are correct for people that already own one; you are incorrect in trivializing Apple's actions here. They "fixed" the "security hole" that was letting people have freedom with their product, so from the near future on out unlocking is going to be a good deal more difficult with new iPhones.
I can't confirm its status against jailbreaks, but from what i've seen at work the units will indeed come with 1.1.2 (and in case anyone is wondering what happened to the 4gb iphones.... seems like they are being used as the in store demo units)
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insertAlias @ Nov 4th 2007 4:04AM
To preempt any bitching...
Like Thomas said: "(remember, it's optional)" it is an optional update. If you have jailbreaked (or jailbroke, I'm not sure which) your phone, or added (and want to keep) 3rd party apps, DON'T UPDATE YOUR IPHONE!
Just don't come complaining that apple broke your phone because you ignored all advice and updated anyway.
Josh Warner @ Nov 4th 2007 6:04AM
The post says that in the UK (and, one may presume to generalize worldwide in the near future) NEW handsets will be coming with 1.1.2 out of the box. That is not optional in any way, shape, or form. You are correct for people that already own one; you are incorrect in trivializing Apple's actions here. They "fixed" the "security hole" that was letting people have freedom with their product, so from the near future on out unlocking is going to be a good deal more difficult with new iPhones.
just a resident cynic @ Nov 4th 2007 6:30AM
I can't confirm its status against jailbreaks, but from what i've seen at work the units will indeed come with 1.1.2 (and in case anyone is wondering what happened to the 4gb iphones.... seems like they are being used as the in store demo units)
......but you never heard that from me m'kay
paul34 @ Nov 4th 2007 3:55PM
Indeed. Hell, I'm still running 1.0.2. There's really no need to update at the moment...