iPod touch firmware 2.0 hits the internet... again
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Jul 12th 2008 12:49AM
posted Jul 12th 2008 12:49AM
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Aww shucks! I already downloaded a free copy. Sorry Stevie!!
Demonoid FTW!
Got it from a torrent link in older posts, been running it for a few hours without any problems!
hah me to!
its running swimmingly
If you want this Firmware but don't want to feed the Apple Monster, check The Bay. I just downloaded it and its working amazingly. Got my self 5 apps already. It's ridiculous we (ipod touch) owners have to pay for this. Support the dev teams but not Apple... Download the fw and then buy the apps legit...
LOL me to!! xD although I miss my wikipedia app I had on my old jailbroken one :(
I just figured out, that if you put your ipod in DFU mode (Hold Sleep & Home button until it turns off, then when apple logo shows, keep holding Home button), plug it into your computer and then press Restore in iTunes, you get it all free! :D
.. thats how i did it.
Hey, I got a copy of the leaked version from the apple site. Can anyone tell me if that one works. I'm afraid of brickage.
If it's build 5A347 it'll work fine. I installed it over a Jailbreak-1.1.4 version without any problems.
Now Steve can't go buy his $10-a-roll toilet paper :( too bad!!!
It's more likely he uses the competition's mp3 players as toilet paper.
Engadget's comment system is buggy as hell
And making ANOTHER post to draw attention to it only makes you look like a tool. Bravo!
Actually I think he uses the new iPhone 3G to wipe his ass. That's why only 300 devices made it to Brussels on the release event.
(I think I just heard 5 fanboys fall down on the floor with a heart attack ;-) )
I agree, I will not be purchasing this. I can't believe they are charging for this.
Also, watch how later iPod Touch buyers get this stuff for free! Yeesh.
I am downloading this through Tomato Torrent as we speak... (As I comment?)
I congratulate you on your public admittance to software piracy.
You do mean '.....admission to...'
I do what I can ;)
Yeah man, as much as I love Apple, there's really no defending the fact that they're charging for a software update they were developing anyways. Especially when you consider newer models will ship with it - that's just disrespectful to early adopters.
Tomato Torrent blows. Try Vuze (Azureus)... with the CLASSIC INTERFACE, of course. The classic interface turns off all the bloat and turns it into the lean mean torrent client Azureus use to be by default. Its infinitely more powerful than Tomato Torrent, and much faster at downloads for some reason.
uTorrent > all.
As much as I love Apple, I did download the leaked 2.0 touch firmware for free - not that it was particularly hard to find with all the chaos of yesterday.
I already forked over £9.99 for the January upgrade - there's no friggin chance I'm going to repeat this every few months... just to have the update free in the following pack.
What additionally killed my altruism and motivated my piracy was the MobileMe fiasco - the down time really fudged with my work as I was trying to retrieve files from idisk. Thanks a bunch for the screwup - hey how about next time try dovetailing the services over instead of using the same servers...? This shit/fan interaction actually cost me more than £10, but who do I go to complain about that? Oh, the freakin' brick wall? Right-o...
Anyway, the 2.0 build works fine and I won't be buying the pack unless it messes up.
@ Attn: Conor Kirkpatrick
We, at the Apple Piracy Division have already grabbed your IP address and we'll be sending out a couple of our enforcers to your home shortly. Trying to evade us will not be an option. For not paying the nominal fee of $10, you will be forced to pay $10,000 and/or serve a two-year jail sentence depending on whether we find other incriminating illegal software on your computer's harddrive. Thank you in advance for your cooperation (or else).
I know it sucks, but this has to do with accounting. Because iPhone sales are accounted for gradually over a 2-year period, they do not need to charge for the software upgrades. Same with Apple TV. They spread the development cost out. Because iPod sales are accounted for all at once, they can't spread the development cost out and must charge for new features.
As long as you don't mind me stealing your stuff when I decide it's not fair that you won't just give it to me.
Heres one thought of why they are charging for this, iphone users have to pay monthly bill thats easily more than $10. Ipod touch users have to a one time bill of $10. Kinda seems fair to me.
I made a post about this on my blog
http://conorkirkpatrick.com/
Just did the update, took about 20 min to download and update the firmware, now its re syncing my content. There was a lot of waiting while the little circle spun at the bottom of the ipod screen, I got nervous but it went fine. It will be interesting to see if all the settings were backed up correctly.
That took forever... whatevr
yaa I got it from a torrent too, to bad you had to suck apple
could have made more money and saved a lot of people from being pissed and frustrated
Don't worry... the frustration, anger, and general feeling of being screwed is overwritten with each new firmware/hardware release. ;)
I'm still trying to deciede if this is worth leaving my Jailbroken 1.1.4...
I have been on and off here for last 16 hours.. now finally... installing as i type on my 16 ipod.. hope it was worth the wait..
Ridiculous. Why should I purchase an update that the "better" half of users gets for free?
If someone mentions SOX, I will scream.
S-Ox.
I watched a red sox game the other day
the Rays are ahead of the Sox.
Go Rays!
Got the update from itunes. had to pay my 9.95 but its ok. Now restoring music and videos to my ipod which is probably going to take forever and im tired from work. but i wont fall asleep on this.
apparently the $10.29 in my account is an insufficient amount to complete this purchase. which is rediculous considering this should be free anyways.
You likely have to pay sales tax. Some states require it, some don't.
I know New York doesn't charge sales tax on music or video downloads, but it does on software.
Florida doesn't charge sales tax for any downloads.
Mine is in the process of applying the update right now. Everything seems to be going alright, though it seems to be taking a while.
Have you lost your music in iPod after installing 2.0?
The update wipes it clean but backs up a list of what you had synced.
I couldn't wait, sorry Apple you lost the $10 I was willing to fork over. Next time get your act together. Better yet, next time don't pick at&t for your phone, I'm sure it was there servers that took down yours.
AT&T servers were fine, Apple's went down.
Yep I was more than willing to pay the $10, but Apple couldn't get their act together in time so I torrented it. My iPod's been working like a charm since.
Finally, iPod touch users can cleanly get their 2.0 software update without waiting forever for iTunes to connect.
At least, that's what people earlier were complaining about when this wasn't available.
As a (now former) iPod touch owner, good on the people that won't be paying for this upgrade. The January software update was ridiculous enough of a price tag and this is just double-hitting the people that bought the iPod touch at launch. It's a bit ridiculous.
DONT BUY IT. ITS THE SAME FIRMWARE FROM EARLIER TODAY THAT WAS FUCKING FREE. I JUST BOUGHT IT FUCKING USELESS APPLE.
iTunes won't let me buy the update with credit, it's telling me I need a credit card or else I can't download
eh... it downloads first, then ask you to pay?
because it didnt ask me to buy the firmware, just start to download right away...
?
Same here. I clicked the "Check for Updates" button and it downloaded. I checked my iTunes store account for any record of a purchase for it, and couldn't find one.
oh yeah~~ free upgrade
Almost done restoring. Not sure if I had to pay for this or not though.
I think the updated Terms requires that I have a CC associated with the account. This is going to be a pain, I have $15.27 on the account for reference. If anyone who hasn't ever used a credit card for iTunes gets through let me know please or Ill have to call.
When I click update, I get:
- Terms for 2.0 Update
- Then login to buy
- Then login to add payment method
- Then a billing screen, with the option of none
- Clicked none, returns me to iTunes Store
You don't need a credit card, I just have iTunes money on my account. I feel that if I had a credit card associated, I would buy more things.
So does Apple. That's why they do that. :-P
yeah me too wtf dude
omg, it is worth the upgrade. The remote app is amazing!!
A lot of folks posting here (will) sound smart, snarky, sardonic, sarcastic, etc etc.
But they understand zilcho/zip/nada/zero about the imperatives of 'revenue recognition' in today's post-SOx environment.
Just shut up with the smart/snarky/sardonic/sarcastic and please educate yourself why companies such as Apple have little choice in this matter. (See, e.g., http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/19/apple_confirms_wifi_fee/)
AHHHHHH!!!!!
I have no problem with Apple having to abide by a stupid law, THAT isn't their fault, but if they do have to make us pay (and as you think, it only be under duress), why can't it be a token amount of say US$3.00?
Me thinks this is more about using the excuse of puttin' yer sox on and really just about the master of revenue stream uber alles
So why wasn't the 2.0 update for th original Zune a purchase? Why was it free of charge? Total new UI and new features... yet free.
Obviously either Apple is milking its fans, or it has a lousy way of accounting for the sale of the device in the first place that prevents updates unlike all other products sold.
Yeah, but remember when Apple charge like $0.99 to turn on the wireless 'n' chip in the Macbooks?
Why couldn't they just charge us a nominal fee like that?
Actually I've read SOX done the research and found nothing in this argument to be justified. After a little more research I found that the whole SOX argument dated back to one article about the IMac and it's use of wifi and the charging for a update that was already n the software. The original article postulated that this charge was due to SOX and referenced a apple insider from last years Mac world. He then went on to say that further research would be needed. From their the Apple fanboys took this to be the truth and many other sites jumped on this news furthering this myth. In actuality I've emailed the original blogger (who is from Mac Observer if I remember correctly) and have asked him to provide further proof of his allegations with regards to Apple SOX compliance and to date he has not replied nor has he published proof to his original story. The fact that Apple has never released a definitive statement with regards to this matter with specific details as to what section of SOX they are trying to comply with tell me that SOX is not the issue. You might also take to point the fact that Microsoft, Adobe, Sony and HP have all made similar update to their devices, never once charging for them and they have never been indicted for any SOX issues. Si while you may speak of SOX and Apple, you should first go out and do the real research needed to form a correct opinion. Do a google search for the original article, then look up the SOX requirements with regards to changing the value of item sold for accounting then take notice of the wording about providing additional revenue stream (think APP Store) and then write the guy that first published the SOX apple article and ask him to reveal his gathered intel and the exact sections of SOX that are deemed justifiable for the charges. He will not answer you and given that he's never followed up to his original article about this I'd bet he will never answer these simple questions. Now take that with the news that Apple still has stock backdating issues to this day,and I find it hard to believe that these paid update have anything to do with SOX.
If you go to Settings, General, About
what is the 2.0 build version?
Version 2.0 (5A347)
Cool! Thanks :)
It finally became available to me around midnight...this update is torture to download and install. Makes my computer run like its got 128 mbs of ram. I feel like I've just been to the DMV.
I just did the update and my media is now restoring as I type this! Unfortunately I had my Touch topped short of 1.5 gigs.. So it's going to be a while before I even get to do anything with it.
like i said and still restoring music and videos back onto my ipod. at least my installation of the 2.0 software is finished.
Question, when it restores, it doesn't take the music off your computer does it? Because that would screw me over as, most of the music on my iPod isn't off my laptop.
stupid itunes STILL calls my ipod touch an iphone.
its down again, says item is currently unavailable
But does it work?
Here is the link to the free one! http://www.4shared.com/dir/8206209/3d09f6f9/sharing.html
that's not the final version.
My iPod touch is now running 2.0 build 5A347.
I love it, it really makes the iPod touch 100% more useful.
Now with remote, even though I am sitting at my computer wearing headphones, I change my song with my iPod touch.
finally finished downloading apps now. here come the credit card charges.
I'm updating my touch right now. This better be good. I am looking for an iphone 3g bad. An unlocked one because I use t-mobile.. The prices I am seeing on ebay and craigslist are ridiculous
I got it from here no problems and its free ;)
http://www.livecrunch.com/2008/07/11/ipod-touch-20-upgrade-download-link/
torrent ofcourse
I told my sister I left my computer running, so she went to turn the music off.
As soon as I saw that she had paused it, I clicked play on my iPod touch.
This continued for about twenty minutes. I kept changing songs, too, trying to pick things with clever titles.
Finally, she came back and said "I think your Apple remote is broken."
I just laughed. And then she noticed that my iPod was playing the same song that she couldn't pause.
So here's my touch story:
First I installed the last beta built on my touch (5A345), then I opened the ipsw and changed the plist inside it to say the build id was the final (5A347). Tried to restore using the modified ipsw, and apparently bricked my touch. Connected it to iTunes, it offered to restore it. And now it's downloading what seems to be the final (5A347).
Fun times.
Finally got the update through iTunes after relaunching it several times. It seemed to refresh and install the update with only one major issue. Since I manage my music, playlists, movies and photos manually... they all got wiped out. All other settings stayed intact including bookmarks, wi-fi settings and other misc. preferences. The Remote.app is exactly what FrontRow should have been... it's perfection.
Wow, the new firmware is piggy. I went from nearly 15GB of capacity to 14.5 before I've even installed any of my new applications yet.
I'm paying for it. I don't really care. But now that it's finally actually downloadable from iTunes, it continues to get frozen at the restore point. It's really annoying.
WTH.
I've purchased it on iTunes, then I click update in the version window and then iTunes crashes.
And if I retry, it's always the same.
I'm starting to be bored of Apple shit. They werent prepared or enough intelligent for this today.
Friday for everyone?
I did buy this update via iTunes. (I look like a fool now) But now iTunes can't detect the contents of my iPod... It tells me to restore it. I did this, and yet nothing gets fist.
Works great! Not enough free games - who wants to pay $10 for pinball? geez people...OPEN SOURCE
Does any other company charge for firmware updates? I don't know of a company other than Apple that could convince customers to pay for this stuff. It sounds like a great plan actually... I make a crappy device... charge a "reasonable" price for it... slowly improve it with "updates" that you charge too much for... watch the over-all price grow... then release another device and start over. Now that I have the formula, what fruit should I name my company after?
Strangely enough, I don't appear to have been charged for the update to 2.0 firmware.
Finally after trying all day at about 10 PM I get 2.0. Everything seems to be OK.
Surely something else happened in the world today...
Looks like it was pulled... "Purchase of this item is not currently available. This item is being modified. Please try again later."
Oh great - just launched the upgrade and got:
The iPod "iPod" could not be restored. An known error occurred (1611).
Morons.
I'm getting the same error message. I am so upset wit apple after waiting 16 hours for the update it finally works and i give them my $10 and now I have a worthless paper weight.
Yep, I got the firmware this morning while everyone was complaining about the servers being down. I wasn't about to wait around for apple to get their crap together so they could steal my money.
how? It didn't brick ur iPod touch right?
i am totally sick and done with iphone news
i tend to check this site iut like at least once a day, and i am totally fed up with the constant apple garbage news. cool its out awesome
its really neet, oh firmware, neet
im really excited about it.. i wish i had one..but wont buy casue i dont like att. my friends show me theirs and im happy they have one
i have never had anything against apple mac users... but this constant press is really getting to me.
how aboutan ASK engadget focusing on what other news sites i can read instead of engadget becasue i am done with there every 2nd and third story being about iphone/leopard/apple whatever