cuz its already on the phone???
What if someone wants to do a restore to their 4S?
They will still have to download the ipsw.
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What if someone wants to do a restore to their 4S?
They will still have to download the ipsw.
I installed the ipsw file from my desktop the option click allows you to select the file from anywhere. I have always down that for all my major updates. My home connect slows to a crawl on major release days...
I do not have the links to the 4S that's why its not here...
I do not have the links to the 4S that's why its not here...
it's not out yet, when it is released I will be able to find the link.
really?
ps way to source me for the ipod touch and 3GS links
This might be a dumb question...
I downloaded the GM iOS 5 release for my VZW iPhone 4, last week, after being posted to LifeHacker.
Is the GM, same as the release version? Someone told me they are different. The GM was the one supplied to developers. Could someone tell me the version number that was released yesterday so I can compare.
My version number is: 5.0 (9A334)
Thanks!
I downloaded the GM iOS 5 release for my VZW iPhone 4, last week, after being posted to LifeHacker.
Is the GM, same as the release version? Someone told me they are different. The GM was the one supplied to developers. Could someone tell me the version number that was released yesterday so I can compare.
My version number is: 5.0 (9A334)
Thanks!
I think more Americans would be confused about GSM (they might not understand, and they do understand AT&T) than foreigners would be. Googling "AT&T gsm or cdma" is very easy.
But I guess they could have added both pieces of info.
How about iPhone 4 AT&T (GSM)
Yes, this was my mistake. You have to restore (erase the phone and re-copy your data after the OS has been upgraded) and not merely update the phone. I believe update is an option if it is a small upgrade, for ex. iOS 5.1.
as promised, now it has been released, here is the iPhone 4S 5.0 firmware:
http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/041-1317.20111012.UVTgr/iPhone4,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw
http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/041-1317.20111012.UVTgr/iPhone4,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw
Help
I just downloaded the iPhone3,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.zip file from cydiahelp.com and it creates a folder with these files in it..
Fireware - Folder
018-7879-364.dmg
018-7923-347.dmg
BuildManifest.plist
kernelcache.release.n90
Restore.plist
I see no IPSW file, help me, what do I do with these?
I just downloaded the iPhone3,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.zip file from cydiahelp.com and it creates a folder with these files in it..
Fireware - Folder
018-7879-364.dmg
018-7923-347.dmg
BuildManifest.plist
kernelcache.release.n90
Restore.plist
I see no IPSW file, help me, what do I do with these?
the iPhone3,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.zip is the ipsw you need to rename it to iPhone3,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw
iPad software update error -3256
OKAY, so my question is:
I am downloading the link shown for the iPad 2. Is that the same software that needs to be in iTunes so that I can then put iOS5 on my iPad2?
If so, I sure hope this works, because even though I'm on DSL (nothing faster is available where I live), I have gotten errors for TWO DAYS trying to download the update. It will say at the beginning that it estimates the time to download as 20 hours. This time it got about halfway done, said there were 7 hours remaining, and then the error message ("...stopped [error -3256]") comes up.
I sure hope it works, and I sure hope that I am downloading the right software for the right purpose.
Thanks,
V.
OKAY, so my question is:
I am downloading the link shown for the iPad 2. Is that the same software that needs to be in iTunes so that I can then put iOS5 on my iPad2?
If so, I sure hope this works, because even though I'm on DSL (nothing faster is available where I live), I have gotten errors for TWO DAYS trying to download the update. It will say at the beginning that it estimates the time to download as 20 hours. This time it got about halfway done, said there were 7 hours remaining, and then the error message ("...stopped [error -3256]") comes up.
I sure hope it works, and I sure hope that I am downloading the right software for the right purpose.
Thanks,
V.
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Confusing Post, sorry
I thought I was putting the Sunday Morning post below my original email. But it went above. I tried to edit, cut and paste it, but I couldn't scroll in the edit window. Sorry for the confusion!
V
I thought I was putting the Sunday Morning post below my original email. But it went above. I tried to edit, cut and paste it, but I couldn't scroll in the edit window. Sorry for the confusion!
V
Long-term IOS5 download saga nears its end (perhaps)
DATELINE SUNDAY AFTERNOON 1pm:
Okay so the download stopped several times BUT when I told it to start again, it started from where it left off rather than starting all over like it was doing in iTunes! So now it says it has completed 595 or 707 mb have been completed. It estimates 2 hours and 38 minutes remaining. It says the rate it is downloading is 12.1 kb per second. Good ol' DSL!
Thanks again for the help with giving us those links!
V.
UPDATE SUNDAY LATE AFTERNOON:
Now it wants a FIRMWARE UPDATE before it will let me do anything with the SOFTWARE UPDATE (that I think I successfully downloaded finally). HELP! Where do I get the firmware?
DATELINE SUNDAY AFTERNOON 1pm:
Okay so the download stopped several times BUT when I told it to start again, it started from where it left off rather than starting all over like it was doing in iTunes! So now it says it has completed 595 or 707 mb have been completed. It estimates 2 hours and 38 minutes remaining. It says the rate it is downloading is 12.1 kb per second. Good ol' DSL!
Thanks again for the help with giving us those links!
V.
UPDATE SUNDAY LATE AFTERNOON:
Now it wants a FIRMWARE UPDATE before it will let me do anything with the SOFTWARE UPDATE (that I think I successfully downloaded finally). HELP! Where do I get the firmware?
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I will NOT get discouraged, I will NOT get discouraged....
Okay, so it finished downloading using the direct link. I did the Option-click on Update in iTunes and it said I couldn't install because I did not have the right FIRMWARE. Now, I know from perusing this thread earlier that SOMEWHERE on here is a link to the firmware update. But I couldn't find it. I googled it and found one and am downloading it now in Safari. It says it has 9 hours and 27 minutes remaining.
By the time I get iOS 5 installed, iOS 6 will be out!!!
V.
Okay, so it finished downloading using the direct link. I did the Option-click on Update in iTunes and it said I couldn't install because I did not have the right FIRMWARE. Now, I know from perusing this thread earlier that SOMEWHERE on here is a link to the firmware update. But I couldn't find it. I googled it and found one and am downloading it now in Safari. It says it has 9 hours and 27 minutes remaining.
By the time I get iOS 5 installed, iOS 6 will be out!!!
V.
Question for successful updaters
Did you have to install a FIRMWARE UPDATE prior to the iOS 5 update? Mine is asking me for that. I'm running Lion, trying to get iOS 5 on my MacBook Pro and my iPad2 (and iPad1 some day). I can't find the link for the firmware update now. I thought I found it, but it was an old update 3.2.1 or something.
HELP PLEASE?!
Did you have to install a FIRMWARE UPDATE prior to the iOS 5 update? Mine is asking me for that. I'm running Lion, trying to get iOS 5 on my MacBook Pro and my iPad2 (and iPad1 some day). I can't find the link for the firmware update now. I thought I found it, but it was an old update 3.2.1 or something.
HELP PLEASE?!
Did it make you update your firmware? I was only able to successfully download the ipsw file using the direct link, and I Option-Clicked on "Restore" in iTunes, and it said it couldn't install because my FIRMWARE wasn't up to date. When I run Software Update it says my software is up to date. I, too, am running Lion and trying to install on an iPad2.
I'm starting to LOSE IT!
Going on DAY THREE of trying to get iOS5 on my ipad2. I downloaded from the direct link after two days of failure during 19-20 hour download predictions. But when I try to bring that into iTunes (including putting it in the Users folder for mobile apps, it gives me this message:
Oh great. It went up in the cloud (my screen shot) and I don't know how to get it. Anyway it said the firmware was not compatible or something.
Would someone PLEASE give me a clue?!
I'm begging!
V
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And now it's downloading a 376.3 mb. iPhoto update that says it will take 7 hours!
I give up.
Going on DAY THREE of trying to get iOS5 on my ipad2. I downloaded from the direct link after two days of failure during 19-20 hour download predictions. But when I try to bring that into iTunes (including putting it in the Users folder for mobile apps, it gives me this message:
Oh great. It went up in the cloud (my screen shot) and I don't know how to get it. Anyway it said the firmware was not compatible or something.
Would someone PLEASE give me a clue?!
I'm begging!
V
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And now it's downloading a 376.3 mb. iPhoto update that says it will take 7 hours!
I give up.
Are you absolutely certain you have the latest version of iTunes installed? Not a beta of 10.5, but the current stable release (should show up in "About iTunes..." as 10.5.0.142)?
Also, check this thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1166545/
Thank you, could someone move this to the first post? IMO really shouldn't be buried on page 3.