iPhone and updating issues - bloody thing wont update (2.2.1)

James07

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How can i get it to update, it just freezes wen doing the backup, it dosnt go any firther, makes out like its moving but gets to a point and just dosnt want to go further, how can i get this to work?

Any help will be gratefully appreciated because i aint been able to update it since around Nov time if not before.

Let me know,

Cheers,

James.

New iPhone 8gb gained via contract from o2 brand new in aug
Windows Vista software used to update via iTunes
 
James07 said:
What do you mean? :confused:
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Put the phone in DFU mode (Google for instructions) and then iTunes will ask if you want to restore it to factory settings. Yes. Upgrade to 2.2.1 and then restore your iPhone backup from iTunes.

Caveat Emptor though as I haven't done that myself and you could lose your data.
 
RoleyBirkin said:
Is there anything great advantage to updating from os 1.2 to 2.2.1 on 2g iphone.

Any pros + cons?
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Access to the App Store + updates a lot things on the phone.

* OS Enhancements
o Certificates and Identities
o WPA2/802.1X
o Ability to turn Wi-Fi back on while in Airplane mode
o Cisco IPsec VPN support
o Ability to take screen-capture by holding the Sleep/Wake button and pressing Home
o Ability to save pics from Safari or Mail to Photos[9]
o Bonjour service discovery protocol
o Support for SVG
o Parental controls
o App Store (to manage third-party applications) with home screen icon
o Password letters are momentarily visible while typing
o Ability to turn Location Services on or off
o Applications that use Location Services prompt user for confirmation 3 times.
o Tapping the title bar scrolls to the top in most apps
* Language Support
o Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Dutch, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese language interface in iPhone, previously these languages were only in the iPod Touch since 1.1.1[10]
o Extra keyboard languages including Chinese and Korean and Russian
o Support for Traditional and Simplified Chinese handwriting recognition
* Mail/Contacts/Calendars
o settings grouped
o Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support
o Support for Apple's new MobileMe service
o Mail
+ Push e-mail
+ Ability to select an outgoing email account within Mail appliction[11]
+ Support for BCC in Mail application
+ Multiple email delete/move
+ Ability to view MS Office attachments
+ Ability to view iWork attachments, including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote[12]
o Contacts
+ Contacts icon on "Home" screen (iPhone only, it was previously on the iPod Touch)
+ Ability to search contacts
+ Global Address List
+ Push contacts
+ Ability to import SIM contacts
o Calendar
+ Multiple calendars supported in Calendar with color coding (desktop colors only preserved if using Mobile Me)
+ New "Calendar" menu in "Settings"[13]
+ Push calendar
* Enterprise enhancements
o Enforced security policies
o Device configuration
o Remote wipe
* iPod
o Video can be shown in either landscape orientation (instead of just landscape left)
o Videos in playlists & music videos can be shown in portrait or landscape orientation
o Sound fade-out when exiting a video
* Other Apps
o Updated calculator with extra features in portrait mode, a scientific calculator in landscape mode and an updated icon.
o Updated iTunes with a new icon and reordered category icons within iTunes application.
o Camera now supports Geotagging[14]
o YouTube plugin for Safari[15]
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Update changes up to 2.2.1 can you be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_OS_version_history
 
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