iPhone 3.1 Now Live! Go Get It!
Apple, following their announcement at the It’s only rock and roll, but we like it special music event, has just posted iPhone OS 3.1, promoting it’s Genius App Recommendations, Genius Mixes, Downloadable Ringtones ($1.29 – ouch!), and support for iTunes 9’s App Management feature.
Just plug in your iPhone, hit Update, sit back, and enjoy the new hawt. (Jailbreakers and unlockers should hold off unless you want to lose your jailbreak/unlock.)
For more on iPhone 3.1, see TiPb’s iPhone 3.1 feature page.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Downloading now, everyone must be waiting because it’s going pretty fast.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Oh yea where is iTunes 9 at?
September 9th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
I thought ringtones were 1.29
September 9th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Downloading now. It’s going pretty quick. 241.7MB.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
One advantage that webOS users have is OTA updates. That’s a big drawback for iPhone OS, have to wait until you get to a computer, and the one you have already sync’d with your phone. Can’t use even your work computer or something without the risk of wiping your phone’s media.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
iTunes is telling me 3.0.1 is the current version. Also, your link to iPhone’s 3.1 feature page is bad.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Yup still waiting… no update here yet
September 9th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Or maybe some see this as another ****** update. Why’d it take so long to develop this?
September 9th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
So no mms with the update?
September 9th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
MMS comes on September 25th for AT&T.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
updating now =)
September 9th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
No MMS with AT&T until Spetember 25th….
September 9th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
GOT IT!!! Hit the store… dl now
September 9th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Cool, showing up now.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
MMS is working for me! I did not alter the carrier file, just started working on 3.1
September 9th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Truth, as we Brits say, you are such a w**ker.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Server crashed @ first… Second time seems to be going alright, 9 minutes 306.2mb….
September 9th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
I hope it supports AVRCP bluetooth music controls. i hate having to take my phone out of my poket just to skip a song.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
At about 53 MB, it starts going really slow. I’ve paused and restarted twice with the same result.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
iTunes DL going slow as hell…doing that 1st, then 3.1 update…146KB a sec…Christ!!!
September 9th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I’m happy to see they fixed a Bluetooth/Wifi issue. Sometimes I have my bluetooth headset connected, a call comes in, and I hear the person on the speaker of my phone saying “HELLO, HELLO”. Really annoying and unprofessional, as I use my phone for work.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Nothing about avrcp in the change log. Wtf apple??
September 9th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
love the update….sucks for the jailbreakers…gotta wait.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
2 hrs remaining ……
September 9th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
“Use Voice Control on iPhone 3GS with Bluetooth headsets”
September 9th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Where’s the FM transmiter for Iphone and touches?
September 9th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Typo in the last link in the post.
It links to http://www.theiphoneblog.com/iphone-3.1/ (which gives 404) while http://www.theiphoneblog.com/iphone-31/ works.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
link to iPhone 3.1 feature page is broken/missing
September 9th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Anyone else noticing the “Capacity Bar” in iTunes not showing how much space Apps are using. If I remember correctly, it was a green bar. It seems now it’s under the “Other” category.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Can anyone verify something for me…
If you made your own ringtones, does installing 3.1 screw that up now that you can BUY ringtones via your phone?
September 9th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
I tried the Voice Controls… not working with my bluetooth headset… It’s a Jabra, is there some setting???
September 9th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Installing 3.1…
September 9th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Anybody who has the help.benm.at tethering hack – can you confirm whether it is still working/broken on 3.1? I can only assume they “fixed” this but tethering is very important to me and I’d either have to stay on 3.0.1 or go back to the BlackBerry for tethering sad.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Ignore my last comment. The green apps bar is now showing up.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
@frank from apple how-to:
Voice Control (available only on iPhone 3GS) lets you make phone calls and control iPod music playback using voice commands.
Use Voice Control:
Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep. You can also press and hold the center button on the iPhone headset (or the equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset).
September 9th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
@Michael Denney
I’ll try it and let you know. I think the tethering hack was disabled in 3.1 betas.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
@Rayman2170, yes I tried the call button & that did not work. Then I tried the volume button and it worked & came through my Jabra headset. A little backwards but good enough for me.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Does the 3.1 break any other apps…specifically GV Mobile?
September 9th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Update put my phone in DFU mode…on my second attempt trying to restore it
September 9th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
well no AVRCP song skip for bluetooth for me, but I can now pause/play the song from my headset at least.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
@Joe McG
I have an old iPhone 3G that I can test it on – worst case I can always keep the old 3G at 3.0.1 and then put the 3G S to 3.1 until AT&T releases official Tethering – do let me know what your test results are in case you get done before I do
September 9th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
The ringtone price is pretty reasonable considering everyone else is pricing about $3.00
September 9th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Rayman, what a bummer. Cant for the life of me figure out why apple would omit this. Can anyone say cut and paste all over again????
September 9th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
I can’t find genius mixes, and I have both iphone 3.1 and itunes 9.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
ok I have probably a dumb question…How does the app genius work? Genius sidebar is greyed out when on apps screen….
September 9th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Does anyone see the ability to buy ringtones on the iTunes mobile store yet? I don’t see anything at all. Are those ringtones even up yet?
September 9th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
@patrick I think its only in the app store on the iphone under featured.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Rayman…I see Genius mixes right under Genius in sidebar
September 9th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
huh its not there for me. ill try restarting
September 9th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
didn’t do anything the mixes icon still not showing up. i see now where its supposed to be from the screenshots but its not there for me. very weird. maybe you have to enable it or somthing.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
3.1 bricked my 3GS, it’s in recovery mode now and won’t recover, just sits on a “Waiting for iPhone” screen. Off to the Apple Store.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
ok I figured it out. if anyone else has this problem just force genius to update by clicking store–>update genius
September 9th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
My son just upgraded to 3.1 and all his contacts are now gone except for the phone numbers. He is using exchange to sync the contacts and calander. Has anyone else had a similar problem?
September 9th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Ignore my app genius question…Just found it in app store on iphone
September 9th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Is it free for ipod touch owners?
September 9th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
@cardfan
Yes, but only for those that already have 3.0
September 9th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10348169-37.html?tag=hotTopicsBody.1
Apple announced the release Wednesday of OS 3.1, which will be a free update to iPhone users and $4.95 to iPod Touch owners.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
hm.. http://www.geekbench.de/2009/09/09/iphone-os-3-1-jailbreak-is-here-finally-released-for-iphone-2g-3g-3gs/
September 9th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Voice Control through my Ericsson Bluetooth headset is not working.
AVRCP obviously didn’t make it into this patch.
Never noticed or cared about Wi-Fi performance before.
So this update amounts to a lot of WGAF for me!!!
September 9th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I wish I could do OTA updates like Palm’s WebOS. I’m traveling, so it’ll be days til I’m back at home where I can download and sync at my own PC. What a pain!
September 9th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
The options for tethering are totally gone in 3.1 for AT&T – no longer can you use the carrier hack file and then reboot the phone and tether. It doesn’t even give you the option to hit “Configure Tethering” where it says “Contact your carrier to configure this service.”.
Once I loaded up 3.1 and went to the Network Configuration I watched as the Tethering option literally disappeared before my very eyes (it was there, and then went away).
Hopefully there will be another hack/fix besides jailbreaking the phone and/or AT&T will actually support iPhone tethering sometime soon (I won’t hold my breath).
On a positive note Mobile Safari now supports drop-down menus again.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
ok i just updated to the new itunes… and now its saying itunes is not properly installed and that i need to reinstall itunes… ive dun that like two times and i get the same message!!!! omg…. so should i remove itunes and install it again?? or will that de-authorize my computer?? i dont wanna lose all my music
September 9th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
I have tethering on my iPhone after I upgraded to 3.1. I’m in the US on AT&T. No MMS option yet. Carrier AT&T 5.0.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
My google contacts synced via exchange disappeared too. Off to find a fix…
September 9th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
My Google Contacts and Calendar via Exchange is fine on my side.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
@cardfan
Odd, this slide on stage said that it was free for iPod touch users with 3.0:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/09/apple-ipod-sept-09-1181-rm-eng.jpg
September 9th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
To get the above 3.1 link to work, delete the period near the end of the URL
September 9th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
http://www.theiphoneblog.com/iphone-31/
September 9th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Link fixed, sorry!
September 9th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
this POS bricked my phone. I had to do a restoration (which thankfully brought it back to life) but now all my apps are GONE. They still show up in itunes but i can’t get them onto the phone. I sync and try to get them back on the phone but itunes hangs each and every time. I’m PISSED. I bet I lost all my peggle game saves
September 9th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
To fix contacts/calendar issue, go to General>Settings>then to the correct account, turn off sync for Contacts and Calendars, then turn back on…resolves issue.
September 9th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Hey ed, you were asking about FM transmitter. I actually use an old external FM transmitter I used with my Nano in the car (my car stereo doesn’t have an AUX port) with my iPhone and the iPod part works just fine. No interference from the phone’s radio (I don’t put it on airplane mode) and I don’t get much static from the car radio either. So CAN use a regular FM transmitter with the iPhone.
September 9th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I did a search under contacts after disabling and re-enabling. it searched and uploaded all my contacts then.
September 9th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Michael Denny says his tethering on AT&T was disabled after update, but Syncopations says it still worked. Any other data points? I’m really anxious to get a definitive answer, or if there is some way to keep it from disappearing.
September 9th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Why won’t my apps work after upgrade?
September 10th, 2009 at 1:10 am
My tethering still functions just fine.
September 10th, 2009 at 1:29 am
syncopations / jtmkrueger – what method did you use to enable tethering, and what carrier/country?
September 10th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Tethering still works on mine but I don’t use it so I could care less. MacBook automatically detects it as a network device without a hickup. Maybe you individual carrier setting where and whoever you got it from bc the update will not overwrite a more updated file.
September 10th, 2009 at 1:51 am
Don’t listen to syncopations / jtmkrueger they are AT&T and they want their phone back. I’ll get you my pretty. And your little phone too…(witch cackle). In all seriousness, someone post a YouTube video to prove/help with results. I’ll be sure to rate/comment/subscribe.
September 10th, 2009 at 2:14 am
Installing now
September 10th, 2009 at 5:57 am
Tethering is broken for me after 3.1 install. Tried reinstalling config file from help.benm.at to no avail. AT&T here.
September 10th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Yup, I did my 3.1 update last night, it crashed midway through and when it finally updated all of my apps were gone. All 8 pages of them. I tried syncing, closing and re-opening iTunes and NOTHING. I see them in my app store but can not update. I love that we can now put them in order but too bad it doesn’t work. Anyone know yet if there will be a fix? I tried to download them again from the app store but says I already downloaded them. I am not a happy person. Why can’t Apple and AT&T get their stuff together????
September 10th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Im reading this and typing in here from my A.Macbook off wireless 3G tethering via my JailB 3GS. Oh hold on! I have to download a free ringtone and send an MMS real fast…
3.1 what?
September 10th, 2009 at 7:26 am
I did the update this morning and it’s been pretty good all day…only grief I’ve got is that the vole of the key clicks is only about 1/4 of the original level with the volume all the way up..anybody else got this problem?
September 10th, 2009 at 7:48 am
volume* sorry
September 10th, 2009 at 10:23 am
As info, tethering no longer works for my 3gs upgraded to 3.1 with the ATT 5.0 carrier hack.
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September 10th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I still can’t get the Genius mixes on my iPod Touch (3.1)… I’ve got them in iTunes 9, but I can’t get them on my iPod. I’ve updated genius several times while the pod is connected — is there something I’m missing?
September 11th, 2009 at 8:25 am
NO, I upgraded, had the help.benm tethering working great, but as soon as I upgraded to 3.1, it was lost, all lost. Damn you apple
September 11th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Here too: no genius mixes on the iPhone (3.1), but they work nicely on iTunes (9). Tried synching several times, no dice.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Why would you have any added features other than what Apple wants you to have and still think that an update isnt going to remove these things. Every update with the exception of the 3.0.1 has removed the jailbreak. DUMBBBBB. I havent updated and dont plan to. Dumb
September 11th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Yeah, rub in in buddy, it hurts. I knew better but fell for some of the posts saying it worked.. Stupid
September 12th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
I upgraded to 3.1 yesterday (3G Optus Australia) and I can confirm, the tethering menu has disappeared completely. I’m really pissed off about this. I was using tethering to get Internet at our place (no landline): now we’re stuck without Internet.
I’d never seriously considered jailbreaking until now: but as soon as I get my computer to an Internet connection, this 3.1 **** is gone!
Dumb move Apple. You’re just alienating people with this crackdown ****.
September 14th, 2009 at 7:19 am
@ Mike . dumb move on your part for updating. Just because they impliment new firmware doesnt mean they are puposfully removing your jailbreak or cracked apps, tethering etc. Dont blame them. its your fault for being an idiot and thinking nothing would change.
September 14th, 2009 at 7:35 am
I got my apps back. When I updated again, I selected the Applications tab, I then deselected the Synch Applications box on the top left and said yes to remove all apps. Once that was done, I selected to Synch Applications and checked off the apps I wanted and then sorted them to my liking. That worked. If any of you also experienced the applications disappearing, that should fix it!!
September 14th, 2009 at 9:39 am
I myself may “SYNC” but you can “SYNCH” if you want. cause I dont know what that is
September 16th, 2009 at 5:45 am
hey, i upgraded my ipod to the 3.1 but my apps won’t synch to my ipod. i have itunes 9, the latest version and when i synch my apps it says synchronizing but the when i look on my ipod theyre not there ?!!?! HELP please !!!
September 16th, 2009 at 7:18 am
K bye…don’t be a dbag!!!!
Amimaaaaaaa look at the solution I posted two above this post. It should help.
September 16th, 2009 at 11:18 am
I got got done SYNCHING and it was easy. Cause I’m not an idiot
September 19th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Does anyone have a fix for iphone tethering in itunes 9?
September 20th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Best I could find:
Remember to quit MobileTerminal when you’re done surfing at 3G speeds. Start up MobileTerminal again and hold down the “Home” button until the application force-quits
September 21st, 2009 at 9:07 am
or just go to Cydia, download PDANET and use the FREE full version trial for 14 days and then the free http version only after that. Get surfing your new iphone 3g tether(the easy way)
September 25th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
After enabeling MMS none of the apps that I’ve downloaded work. Paid or not paid for the only apps that work for me are the ones that where installed when I opened the box. This is not good at all, I did a mater reset and restored the Iphone and still the apps noted above still do not work. hmmm any ideas out there?
September 26th, 2009 at 8:41 am
I dont have a quick fix for you. I have a jailbroken 3.0.1 3GS and everything on my end is still working after enabling mms.
I would ask though if your iphone is NOT jailbroken how close are you to the apple store and are you in warranty. Thats something Id just take back. If you are id go that route, save yourself some trouble and they may just give you a new one, which is always nice.
September 28th, 2009 at 6:02 am
This update sucked big time! Really annoying to find out that the tethering was missing even though it worked on 3.0.1. Don’t get this update unless it’s absolutely necessary.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:00 am
PLEASE STOP SAYING THAT 3.1 IS REALLY ANNOYING! EVERY FIRMWARE UPDATE TO NOW HAS WIPED THE JAILBREAK AND ANY AND ALL CRACKED APPS, TETHERING IS NO EXCEPTION. 3.0.1 WAS NOT A FULL FIRMWARE UPDATE OR IT WAS THE SAME EXACT AS 3.0 BUT WITH THE ADDED PROTECTION FOR THE SMS PROBLEM. THATS IT!
September 28th, 2009 at 10:35 am
I just want tethering back on my iPhone 3g v 3.1 so I can Download to the new update witch would give me mms.. So any ideas? I dint have Internet at my house so tethering was kinda important to me….
September 28th, 2009 at 11:41 am
@Derek
from what you wrote ^ I cant tell if you are on 3.1 or 3.0. If you are still on 3.0 you can just download the carrier 5.5 update(just do a google search). then save the download to your desktop(easiest). Open iTunes, connect iphone, hold ALT and press update and then find and choose the 5.5 carrier . done. If youre on 3.1 you need to jailbreak again. I’m still on 3.0 so I dont have help for you to go that route, probably just as easy though.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
I need help! After the 3.1 update all apps pop up and disapear! Try to use instruction above and it didn’t work geez!
September 30th, 2009 at 7:03 am
What instruction above?
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:16 am
will all iphones from apple and at&t be at firwmware 3.1?
October 2nd, 2009 at 6:55 am
iF purchased from a retailer from this point on YES.