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Installing apps to the uk iphone
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Yes, however at this point you need to downgrade to 1.1.1, jailbreak it, install Installer.app, use it to install OctoPrep, upgrade to 1.1.2 and then use iphuc to put Installer.app back onto the iphone.
So, if you really want to, you can and there are guides posted on TUAW that will teach you to do it. However, as I see it it is much more important for me to be able to use my phone as a phone than to risk something screwy happening through downgrading and then re-upgrading.
So, if you really want to, you can and there are guides posted on TUAW that will teach you to do it. However, as I see it it is much more important for me to be able to use my phone as a phone than to risk something screwy happening through downgrading and then re-upgrading.
I can see why your afraid of adding 3rd party apps, because not one single phone has been damaged doing it. Now unlocking, thats a whole different issue.
To the OP, if you have the time, and think you are smart enough to follow directions, go for it. Don't let the fanboys scare you away from customizing your phone. Having 3rd party apps is the only reason I havent sold this phone and gone back to a phone that lets you do it anyways. Without the extra apps, this phone has less features that a $99 pay as you go phone available at Wal Mart.
I had no issues adding 3rd party applications in the past, however doing such things as downgrading to add a patch that I have no idea what it does only to upgrade and hope that it will not cause any issues does scare me a little.
I do not believe that the Applications themselves will cause an issue, but the whole idea of downgrading the OS throws all kinds of possible problems into everything.
My fear (probably irrational) is that Apple will come out with an update to EFI or their equivalent system used on the iPhone that will prevent it from running on the older versions of code.
Sounds like that isn't the case this time around, but I am still a little weary.
I do not believe that the Applications themselves will cause an issue, but the whole idea of downgrading the OS throws all kinds of possible problems into everything.
My fear (probably irrational) is that Apple will come out with an update to EFI or their equivalent system used on the iPhone that will prevent it from running on the older versions of code.
Sounds like that isn't the case this time around, but I am still a little weary.