iPhone 3G Firmware 2.0.1 Update Released: Works GREAT!

By Gary Ng on August 5th, 2008 88

FINALLY! Apple has a released their first update for firmware 2.0 today. I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. Ever since I’ve had my iPhone 3G it’s been very slow, sluggish, and would reboot by itself automatically at randome times (FAIL!). The firmware version 2.0.1 update is roughly a 250MB download and will fix some of the following issues iPhone 3G users have been experiencing:

* sluggish keyboard responsiveness
* lag in the Contacts application
* slow backups

How to Update your iPhone 3G Firmware to 2.0.1 via iTunes

Step 1: Launch iTunes (you should have version 7.7.1). Plug in your iPhone 3G
Step 2: iTunes will have a pop up that asks if you want to download and install the lastest firmware update to 2.0.1. Click YES!
Step 3: Let iTunes do the job. The 250MB update will download, install, then your iPhone 3G will reboot.
Step 4: Voila! Update completed (took me about 10 mins). Try syncing–you’ll notice it’s much faster now!

Direct firmware downloads:
First gen iPhone
iPhone 3G
iPod Touch users

Observations after Updating my iPhone 3G to Firmware 2.0.1

After updating my iPhone 3G firmware to 2.0.1, I tested out the sync. Previously my speed up your iTunes sycning post didn’t help people as expected. I was blown away at the speed my iPhone 3G was being backed up in iTunes. It was lightning fast and everything was completed in less than a minute!

The sluggish keyboard responsiveness is pretty much gone. It actually feels weird now being able to see the keyboard letters rise and fall so quickly now (in tune with my finger presses) when I type in emails and SMS. Contacts so far are pretty fast and no lag whatsoever. Also, I noticed when switching between pages in Safari the pages do not reload again, which will make you Google Reader users very happy (including yours truly!). Overall, the iPhone 3G is operating in a manner it should’ve been the day I took it out of the box.

I am going to test the battery life again and see if that will improve (I have another unit coming from Rogers!).

Special Note for Jailbroken iPhone Users

FYI, Pwnage and WinPwn are in the process of being updated to handle the new firmware update. So if you’re jailbroken and unlocked (first gen users), I’d hold off clicking update in iTunes. Just wait for an update to the jailbreaking game as always.

Now that Canada has the iPhone, having these worry free one click firmware updates are awesome. Yes, I know jailbreaking is pretty neat and has tonnes of advantages. However for what I’m using my iPhone 3G for right now I see no benefit to jailbreaking (aside from being able to use Customize).

I’m thinking back to the days of my first gen when I’d be scouring the forums for the easiest way to activate/jailbreak/unlock my iPhone when Apple released firmware updates. Those days are gone now that I can easily one click update in iTunes!

For those that have updated, how do your experiences compare to mine?

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  • http://www.ehphone.ca/ ruffdeezy

    It feels nice to properly update

  • http://www.ehphone.ca/ ruffdeezy

    It feels nice to properly update

  • http://www.ehphone.ca ruffdeezy

    It feels nice to properly update

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary

    Yeah, tell me about it. One click, worry free updating is awesome! :)

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca iPhone Fan

    Yeah, tell me about it. One click, worry free updating is awesome! :)

  • Bud Colby

    I had an experience I don’t want to have happen again. But…, I have read around and it seems that I was just an unlucky dude. I plugged the sync cord to the phone, iTunes opened, I clicked to check for updates and as expected there was one. After starting the upgrade and accepting the fomalities, away we go. All was

    A

    One thing it didn’t fix for me. Is that, sometimes as I am typing, when I hit the backspace key to make a correction, the damn thing gets locked somehow and goes on a runaway. At times I can’t stop it and it erases all that I have typed. Am I the only one? Is this a problem others have had, are having? Does anyone know, is there something that one can do about this?

  • Bud Colby

    I had an experience I don’t want to have happen again. But…, I have read around and it seems that I was just an unlucky dude. I plugged the sync cord to the phone, iTunes opened, I clicked to check for updates and as expected there was one. After starting the upgrade and accepting the fomalities, away we go. All was

    A

    One thing it didn’t fix for me. Is that, sometimes as I am typing, when I hit the backspace key to make a correction, the damn thing gets locked somehow and goes on a runaway. At times I can’t stop it and it erases all that I have typed. Am I the only one? Is this a problem others have had, are having? Does anyone know, is there something that one can do about this?

  • Bud Colby

    ok… The first part of that message had all been back spaced of of my screen, and I thought it was lost, and there it is!!

    As I had started to say, the download crashed and itunes said that the upgrade could not be done and gave no reason why. The iphone was no longer on the sidebar of iTunes, and the iPhone was a brick, a live one that I couldn’t shut down. I had to hold both the power and the wake buttons for about a min. till it finally did. Ow to make an eve. Longer story short, when I got it plugged in and iTunes saw it, it had to start from fresh like a phone that never had been programed at all, basically sort of fomating it, relax the firmware, and redo from the latest backup. In total, it sat there for an hour and a half, and hoped the phone would be ok. In the end the phone was ok, and the upgrade was there.

    Sorry for the long story.

    x

  • Bud Colby

    ok… The first part of that message had all been back spaced of of my screen, and I thought it was lost, and there it is!!

    As I had started to say, the download crashed and itunes said that the upgrade could not be done and gave no reason why. The iphone was no longer on the sidebar of iTunes, and the iPhone was a brick, a live one that I couldn’t shut down. I had to hold both the power and the wake buttons for about a min. till it finally did. Ow to make an eve. Longer story short, when I got it plugged in and iTunes saw it, it had to start from fresh like a phone that never had been programed at all, basically sort of fomating it, relax the firmware, and redo from the latest backup. In total, it sat there for an hour and a half, and hoped the phone would be ok. In the end the phone was ok, and the upgrade was there.

    Sorry for the long story.

    x

  • Bud Colby

    ok… The first part of that message had all been back spaced of of my screen, and I thought it was lost, and there it is!!

    As I had started to say, the download crashed and itunes said that the upgrade could not be done and gave no reason why. The iphone was no longer on the sidebar of iTunes, and the iPhone was a brick, a live one that I couldn’t shut down. I had to hold both the power and the wake buttons for about a min. till it finally did. Ow to make an eve. Longer story short, when I got it plugged in and iTunes saw it, it had to start from fresh like a phone that never had been programed at all, basically sort of fomating it, relax the firmware, and redo from the latest backup. In total, it sat there for an hour and a half, and hoped the phone would be ok. In the end the phone was ok, and the upgrade was there.

    Sorry for the long story.

    x

  • Nutchos

    I’m not so sure about this update. It’s only been a few hours but the only thing I’ve noticed is that my iphone has crashed two times while scrolling through songs/videos in the ipod app (as in locked up and then reboots after a minute, the reboot takes pretty long too). This has never happened before.

    I’ve never had a problem with keyboard lag or any of that so I’m not so sure there. And I never really use the contacts app (just pull up my contacts in the phone app) so no idea about that either.

  • Nutchos

    I’m not so sure about this update. It’s only been a few hours but the only thing I’ve noticed is that my iphone has crashed two times while scrolling through songs/videos in the ipod app (as in locked up and then reboots after a minute, the reboot takes pretty long too). This has never happened before.

    I’ve never had a problem with keyboard lag or any of that so I’m not so sure there. And I never really use the contacts app (just pull up my contacts in the phone app) so no idea about that either.

  • Mark

    The link for the direct firmware download: for the ipod touch users seems to be broken.

  • Mark

    The link for the direct firmware download: for the ipod touch users seems to be broken.

  • Justin

    My update was smooth without any problem. Will have to test drive it later to see if there’s any improvement. Most importantly on batter usage. Wonder if this latest version helps in anyway?

  • Justin

    My update was smooth without any problem. Will have to test drive it later to see if there’s any improvement. Most importantly on batter usage. Wonder if this latest version helps in anyway?

  • Justin

    My update was smooth without any problem. Will have to test drive it later to see if there’s any improvement. Most importantly on batter usage. Wonder if this latest version helps in anyway?

  • Justin

    Now that I have a legit iPhone from Fido. I love the instant upgrade too. I used to have the 1st gen iPhone and I had to wait and wait… until everyone tried it and stable.

  • Justin

    Now that I have a legit iPhone from Fido. I love the instant upgrade too. I used to have the 1st gen iPhone and I had to wait and wait… until everyone tried it and stable.

  • Justin

    Now that I have a legit iPhone from Fido. I love the instant upgrade too. I used to have the 1st gen iPhone and I had to wait and wait… until everyone tried it and stable.

  • Harry

    My iphone does not see a new update, it says 2.0 is the current version…. what the Eff… how can that be?

  • Harry

    My iphone does not see a new update, it says 2.0 is the current version…. what the Eff… how can that be?

  • Harry

    My iphone does not see a new update, it says 2.0 is the current version…. what the Eff… how can that be?

  • Mike_Toronto

    The update failed on me and reformatted the iPhone. You would think that Apple would be more careful in releasing these important updates. I have lost everything on my iPhone. Good luck!

  • Mike_Toronto

    The update failed on me and reformatted the iPhone. You would think that Apple would be more careful in releasing these important updates. I have lost everything on my iPhone. Good luck!

  • Mike_Toronto

    The update failed on me and reformatted the iPhone. You would think that Apple would be more careful in releasing these important updates. I have lost everything on my iPhone. Good luck!

  • Camaro17

    im not sure since i dont have a iphone 3G but it could be that you nee itunes 7.7.1

    Peace

  • Camaro17

    im not sure since i dont have a iphone 3G but it could be that you nee itunes 7.7.1

    Peace

  • Camaro17

    im not sure since i dont have a iphone 3G but it could be that you nee itunes 7.7.1

    Peace

  • Dreamer

    I’m trying to access Terminal.app to disable the backup process when syncing?
    Where/how do I locate Terminal.app ???
    Thanks

  • Dreamer

    I’m trying to access Terminal.app to disable the backup process when syncing?
    Where/how do I locate Terminal.app ???
    Thanks

  • Dreamer

    I’m trying to access Terminal.app to disable the backup process when syncing?
    Where/how do I locate Terminal.app ???
    Thanks

  • besi

    I have an ulocked first gen iphone running 1.1.4. I am with rogers. If I were to update with itunes I know it will lock it but will I be able to use it since now rogers and fido offer the iphone (I mean without signing for an Iphone plan)?

  • besi

    I have an ulocked first gen iphone running 1.1.4. I am with rogers. If I were to update with itunes I know it will lock it but will I be able to use it since now rogers and fido offer the iphone (I mean without signing for an Iphone plan)?

  • besi

    I have an ulocked first gen iphone running 1.1.4. I am with rogers. If I were to update with itunes I know it will lock it but will I be able to use it since now rogers and fido offer the iphone (I mean without signing for an Iphone plan)?

  • Ilya Margulis

    My update crashed 2 or 3 times while it was in the process of installing, each time it kept thinking that my phone was disconnected from the computer.

    Since the update the phone has crashed a couple of times while running various apps, including once while trying to load the Usage settings page.

    Kind of dissapointed so far

  • Ilya Margulis

    My update crashed 2 or 3 times while it was in the process of installing, each time it kept thinking that my phone was disconnected from the computer.

    Since the update the phone has crashed a couple of times while running various apps, including once while trying to load the Usage settings page.

    Kind of dissapointed so far

  • Ilya Margulis

    My update crashed 2 or 3 times while it was in the process of installing, each time it kept thinking that my phone was disconnected from the computer.

    Since the update the phone has crashed a couple of times while running various apps, including once while trying to load the Usage settings page.

    Kind of dissapointed so far

  • Quicken

    I updated my phone last night around 11 pm. All looked good that night and in the morning. Around 11:00 am, I noticed the ipod portioned crashed. Then while sending out a text i got a lot of keyboard lag like before. Then just to check, I went into my contacts and it was laggy like before. So far i have noticed absolutly no difference between 2.0 and 2.0.1. Still laggy. Still crashy.

  • Quicken

    I updated my phone last night around 11 pm. All looked good that night and in the morning. Around 11:00 am, I noticed the ipod portioned crashed. Then while sending out a text i got a lot of keyboard lag like before. Then just to check, I went into my contacts and it was laggy like before. So far i have noticed absolutly no difference between 2.0 and 2.0.1. Still laggy. Still crashy.

  • Quicken

    I updated my phone last night around 11 pm. All looked good that night and in the morning. Around 11:00 am, I noticed the ipod portioned crashed. Then while sending out a text i got a lot of keyboard lag like before. Then just to check, I went into my contacts and it was laggy like before. So far i have noticed absolutly no difference between 2.0 and 2.0.1. Still laggy. Still crashy.

  • Tyler

    i hate this 3g crap i have totaly lost intrest in this site.. wishing i could setup my own blog type site but have no idea what to write about but reading this makes me sad to see iPhone in canada go down like this

  • Tyler

    i hate this 3g crap i have totaly lost intrest in this site.. wishing i could setup my own blog type site but have no idea what to write about but reading this makes me sad to see iPhone in canada go down like this

  • Tyler

    i hate this 3g crap i have totaly lost intrest in this site.. wishing i could setup my own blog type site but have no idea what to write about but reading this makes me sad to see iPhone in canada go down like this

  • Penfield

    HELP!!!!!! My voicemail notification does not work! I was advised by someone trying to leave me a message that my mailbox was full…i checked, and low and behold, I had 10 messages. Anyone have any idea why I am unable to receive voicemail notification on the 3G?

  • Penfield

    HELP!!!!!! My voicemail notification does not work! I was advised by someone trying to leave me a message that my mailbox was full…i checked, and low and behold, I had 10 messages. Anyone have any idea why I am unable to receive voicemail notification on the 3G?

  • Penfield

    HELP!!!!!! My voicemail notification does not work! I was advised by someone trying to leave me a message that my mailbox was full…i checked, and low and behold, I had 10 messages. Anyone have any idea why I am unable to receive voicemail notification on the 3G?

  • Dreamer

    please help: how/ where can I locate Tetminal.app?????
    Helpppppppppp!

  • Dreamer

    please help: how/ where can I locate Tetminal.app?????
    Helpppppppppp!

  • Dreamer

    please help: how/ where can I locate Tetminal.app?????
    Helpppppppppp!

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