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2.2 iPhone update out. DO NOT update yet if jailbroken...
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... (no push notifications?!), the iPhone Dev Team warns us that upgrading an EDGE OR 3G iPhone to 2.2 will break the jailbreak and activation.  They expect to have an update out shortly to adress this.  ...

iPhone/iPod touch 2.2 Software Review
iSmashPhone — ... Some helpful links: Download latest iPhone Software iPhone 2G: http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-5779.20081120.Pt5yH/iPhone1,1_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw iPhone 3G: http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-5778.20081120.Aqw4R/iPhone1,2_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw More info for users with jailbroken phones List of all security updates in 2.2 iPhone software ...

How does iPhone 2.2 affect your phone? Jailbreakers hold off
Infinite Loop — [image] The iPhone dev team has posted details and recommendations about the new iPhone 2.2 firmware release, which hit iTunes last night. Both PwnageTool and QuickPwn updates are underway and will be released in due time. The team writes that they are modifying the tools for the new firmware and that it needs to test and validate the changes. The Pwnage/QuickPwn efforts are produced entirely by volunteers. All iPhone jailbreak users are still cautioned against applying the update. iTunes offers two ways to apply a firmware change: you can "update" your ...

PwnageTool and QuickPwn for 2.2 released
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Important: If you have a 3G iPhone and you want to unlock it in the near future, you cannot use QuickPwn and must use PwnageTool (currently available for Mac users only). As the dev team explained yesterday, the 2.2 update for the 3G iPhone also upgraded the baseband. In order to achieve a jailbreak and keep future soft-unlock options available, you must use PwnageTool to create a custom .ipsw file that preserves the 2.1 baseband but provides the software functionality of a 2.2 update. Read the entire dev team posting for complete instructions. ...

iPhone jailbreakers: Problems with QuickPwn?
The Apple Core — ... : GOLDEN RULE: If you have a 3G iPhone and want potential soft unlock in the near future do NOT use QuickPwn, and do not use the official ipsw or the iTunes update process without using PwnageTool. The previous note titled Sir, step away from the keyboard was posted on the “unofficial, official blog of the iphone-dev team” and told jailbreakers to avoid the firmware update. If you want to keep that option of a ‘soft-unlock in the near future’ available but you want the new features of 2.2, you will be able to update to 2.2 using a PwnageTool created custom ipsw file that ...