My iPhone update to 1.1.1 went fine even though I had a zillion 3rd party apps installed. Of course they’re no longer there. In fact the original “update” did fail and I had to do the “Restore” process. (a process that involves clicking the other button)

Not everyone can have such good luck. My dad’s iPhone, which took 3 days to activate back in June, is apparently dead. I hope he didn’t get accused of hacking it. It sounds like he’ll be able to get it replaced or fixed for free.

One thing to remember with iPhone updates — import all your pictures before you start! I’m glad I did this time.

As many 3rd party apps as I had, I don’t know if I’ll miss any of them. At least not right away. They were mostly for show and for fun. The voicenotes app might have been useful but I never actually used it. I thought the most potentially useful app was “iLight”, which turns the screen to white so you can use it as a bad flashlight (I could have used that in the NYC subway 4 years ago) but then I realized you can accomplish the same thing with a blank Safari screen.

It will be interesting to see how long it takes for the new system to be cracked. Can it be made un-crackable?

The other existential question is should one just wait? Stick it out with software 1.02? Keep using your old apps?

I opted not to. Why live in the past? There are many improvements and security updates with the new software and at least at this point I would rather some new Apple iPhone software than all the hacker software in the world. The home button double tap is worth it alone.

This is regarding Apple Computers, iPhone.
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