iPhone Dev-Team Warns About iPhone 2.2 Firmware

The iPhone Dev-Team warns that installing the iPhone 2.2 firmware might prevent a software unlock when it is available. They were also thought a good news about unlocking iPhone 3G progress.

And they said:

"We’ve made some decent progress with the iPhone 3G, nothing worthy of a party as yet but we are moving along nicely, we’ll keep you updated on this.

Now for something a bit more serious, we’ve explained about Apple’s updates in the past and we’ve warned against the immediate installation of these updates without knowing what they do to your device.

This is indeed true of the iPhone 3G’s upcoming 2.2 release. Installing ‘2.2’ on the iPhone 3G could affect your chances of any software unlock in the near future (should one be found and released), so when you see an update in iTunes await our instructions first!

Please don’t blindly install the update and then complain about it later ;-)

I'll post the safe upgrade path when it becomes available. Read more details on their blog.

iPhone News: iPhone Firmware 2.2 coming out in 10 days?

According to Greek iPhone site iPhone Hellas, Apple will be releasing the next iPhone software update on November 21st. Included in the release are most of the features we've been expecting. So we will have to wait 10 more days to see if this rumor is true or not.

Regarding the features, iPhone firmware 2.2 will probably incorporate:

• Google Street View, Google Transit information - Routes public transport, Walking directions, Location sharing
• Minor tweak to add a dedicated Google search bar in Safari
• 461 Japanese emoji icons
• Toggle On / Off to disable the auto-correction
• Application rating before application removal
• Over-the-air download of Podcast

Let’s wait for ten more days to confirm the news. But one thing that probably most of you concerns is whether jailbreak works on firmware 2.2. iPhone Dev team has confirmed earlier that it works! (based on the beta version of iPhone 2.2)