iPhone 3.0 Gold Master available somewhere on the Internet, I hear it works...

I hear this locks your phone into permanent test mode, not letting you to update to future version, or downgrade to previous versions. Is this true? Not that it really matters considering im pre-ordering the 3GS but I still want to know. Thanks!

P.S. I have this .ipsw file sitting on my desktop with the words 3.0 on it! So tempting but want to know first! Any daredevils out there willing to try? Thanks!

I hear that you dont need any jailbreak, all you need it an iPhone, 3G or 2G, my question is does it lock it into permanent testing mode?

Thanks

Yes I understand that, however for the Gold Master 3.0 software that has been leaked you do not need a jailbreak, however people say if you upgrade your phone will be locked into permanent test mode and cannot be restored to earlier versions of the OS.

But we won't know for sure until the 17th if you can upgrade to the public release.

this is because those features are only on the 3GS.

Those compasses use the accelorometer. I think this is a new hardware thing too called the magnometer. Look under New Features on this site: http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/

Also, in a previous thread, I kind of described about the differences between the two phones, post #16: http://www.iphonealley.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=11390

1. No one is really sure about this right now. Yes, logic says you should be able to since devs can, but the devs also have probably gotten the betas of which they had to register to get. I mean I do understand that there was no register required for the GM, but there was for betas.

2. In many posts, people have said that after installing the GM, you will not be able to downgrade. I think Apple may have posted this somewhere too, not positive though. Also, when you upgrade software on your iPhone, I am pretty sure that it automatically creates a backup that probably overwrites the old one. Now, you may be able to transfer a copy of an old backup first to another folder, like what is recomended for when you unlock with QuickPwn.

3. I highly doubt getting any trojans or viruses. I dont think the iPhone is really able to get viruses, because I know Macs dont really get trojans or viruses, at least thats what I've heard. Also, if that is true, that iPhone and Mac can't get those things, the iPhone is like a Mac OS X Software, therefore, you shouldn't get anything bad.
Also, last year when the early, leaked 2.0 was released a few days early, I downloaded and used it and had no problems with my phone or anything. However, that was a leak of the public release, not a GM.

Hopefully everything works out though, I want to download and install the GM also, but I am afraid of the whole not being able to upgrade, and no one will be able to know for sure until 3.0 is released publicly, sooooooo..... yeah.

Hope this helps, and I hope I am mainly right with #3 and all.

haha I know, trust me, I want that update so bad, but I dont want to mess anything up.

Ok...so we know it works. now try going back.

that would be key to me. cuz if you can go back to 2.1xxx then you there would be no issue when the public release comes out. I have confidence in Apple getting it right and knowing their stuff but I also know, managing a literal army of software engineers that something can happen that changes the master copy last minute.

Ok. Hold the phone.

You saying that you CAN restore a backup after going to this 3.0 GM? I confirmed last night that iTunes on Windows does let you bring up the file by holding Shift and selecting Check for Upgrades.

Still I just need to know if I can restore my 2.1xx backup.

There is no point in waiting. The 3.0 GM is identical to what you will get on June 17. There is no locked test mode, no need for UDIDs to be registered, none of that.

And who says you have to wait for AT&T to enable tethering on the iPhone 3.0 software? :-D Works great already!

http://s662.photobucket.com/albums/u...t=IMG_0316.png

Is video recording available with this 3.0 update on the regular 3g phone? Or we still need to jailbreak it to get video.

cool, thanks. I'll just wait for the official download day.

Those features will only be on the iPhone 3G S

When you do your searching on Google just make sure you find a site with the iPod Touch software. I assure you that it is out there, and most sites make it pretty easy to distinguish between the different versions of the software.

I was trying to get it to work with my Motorola S805's but, the little Bluetooth icon wasn't showing up at the bottom in iPod mode.

Strangely enough, toggling the Silent switch on the side by the volume controls made it appear.

It works well. A little hinky when I lock the screen manually instead of letting it auto-lock.

This is absolutely true. I have been using the tethering for quite sometime now. From the first release of 3.0 for devs. I actually asked a couple of days a go if AT&{shi]T will also release a new carrier update that will kill the option to Tethering with the phone. I guess if this is what they are planning I will never apply that update to my phone or will always reinstall the one that allows me to Tether...

I just upgraded to 3.0 on my 2g iphone, just to test if I could downgrade to 2.1.1. You have to downgrade to iTunes 8.1.1 first. Erase everything related to iTunes 8.2. Just follow this tutorial.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1224. There are a few itunes files you need to erase in your applications folder by hand. You need to have the the 2.1.1 ipsw and install it. I did it and now my 2g iphone works again with 2.1.1.

When you erase itunes 8.2, all the music stays because they are saved in another folder. The only thing I needed to do is drag the music folders into the itunes playlist "line" to recreate my playlists. I did backup the 2.1.1 first. I had to use the Pwanage tool to downgrade the bootloaders in order to use 2.1.1. I'm not sure this is needed, I just did it to have the phone unlocked/jailbroken.

I found iTunes 8.1.1 here. http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...X/1066335784/2

I didn't check the baseband tho. I might do it again tomorrow just to check it.

I just tried to activate with itunes. "ATT is not accepting activations at this moment." There was a carrier update today too. Maybe because I erased itunes, that's why I needed to download the carrier update...

I think so. The only reason is for the bootloaders.

ok... DONE! updated. and back. and Updated again! ALSO (remember I am part of a Dev Team) I have upgraded my Argentinean iPhone (I will never paid AT&[shi]T International fees) which is NOT LISTED on the DEV TEAM LIST and IT WORKS!!!

So NO NEED TO BE PART OF A DEV TEAM NOR JAILBRAKE THE PHONE!!!

so have fun

I think I might as well just wait. Only 6 days away. We have all been waiting all this time for these new features since the 2g came out. What is 6 more days? No one really knows if you will be able to update to the official 3.0 from the GM version. So i'm just going to stick it out.

Well, according to the information that I got from apple when they seeded the 3.0 (7A341) THIS IS THE FINAL version that will be released to the public next week. I have installed it and works perfectly. I have also downgrade to the version before and still working.

Also I have an Iphone that I use in Argentina with my Argentinean provider which its UDID is NOT listed on my DEV team list of phones and WORKS too which means that you do not need to Jailbrake the phone in order to instal it. At least this is what I did and worked.

One thing, with my old version of 3.0 (version 7A312) I was able to use my GOPHONE on my iphone even though it is a prepaid account. With the new FINAL version I AM NOT ABLE to do it anymore.
So logic says this is the last version and since is official if they change something on the version that will be released on the 17th we will be able to upgrade. This is not a HACKED version of the software. Not at least the one I am using since is the one that Apple posted for devs.

1. My thinking is that if it does lock it into test mode, and people are saying who cares, they are getting the 3GS, dont you guys restore from backup when you get a new phone??????????????? It will be the software being thwron back on there, just a different phone.

2. So you have to jailbreak to get back to 2.2.1, and stay jailbroken???

Yeah, and what I'm saying is that if you restore from backup when you get the new phone. you will be putting that 3.0 test mode onto your new phone. The only way around it would be to start the 3GS as a fresh iPhone and not install the backup from the 3G iphone. This is because, yeah the backup holds all your setting and info, but it also holds the software version. I found this out because one time when I got a replacement phone, it had a different version than my backup. Therefore it wouldnt let me restore right away and I had to install the newer ipsw first so that it matched softwares between phone and backup. Therefore if you restore from a backup containing 3.0 test mode (if it truly does lock it) the new iPhone won't recognize it and say it can't restore, or it will restore the test mode version.