iPhone firmware 2.1 is now out… With more fix bugs & genius feature

Get ready for iPhone firmware 2.1 upgrade! Apple has just released iPhone firmware 2.1. And, this time, unlike v2.0.1 or 2.0.2, Apple details the improvements & enhancements of the firmware, which include:

Reduce drop call & call-setup failure (I think this one is much about iPhone 3G)
Significantly improve battery life
Greatly reduce the time for backup to iTunes
Faster installation of 3rd party applications from AppStore
Fixed bugs that causes crash and application hangs
Performance improvement in SMS
Improvement performance for loading Contacts
Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
Repeat alert up to two additional times for incoming text messages
Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
Improved email reliability, especially for fetching email from POP & Exchange
New Genius feature as introduced in iTunes 8.0

For user using unlock iPhone, please don’t upgrade to firmware 2.1. The unlock tools (e.g. WinPwn, Pwnage Tool or QuickPwn) are not well-tested on this version of firmware yet. For now, stay for firmware 2.0.x for a while. I’ll keep you update if it’s ready to upgrade.

Update: You can now use QuickPwn 2.1 for Windows and QuickPwn 1.1 for Mac to jailbreak & unlock firmware 2.1. Don’t forget to check them out.

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1 Dick September 24, 2008 at 5:21 pm: Hi Simon,
Any news of the update 2.1? Anyone tested it yet?
Thanks
Dick

2 Simon Ng September 24, 2008 at 10:15 pm: Dick, you can now use QuickPwn to jailbreak & unlock firmware 2.1 Some readers have already upgraded to firmware 2.1 successfully. For Windows solution, check out this post. For Mac, you can check this post then.

3 Humayun Ajmal October 14, 2008 at 6:06 pm: hi Simon …..great job dude….one thing..just upgraded and jailbreaked my iphone to 2.1. i am experiencing two issues. (1) on silent mode, i mean by using the ringer silent switch on the left side, the phone still rings..(2) some times when the phone rings, the display remains blank (or does not turns on)…..any idea?????

4 Simon Ng October 14, 2008 at 10:21 pm: Humayun, did you try to power off the iPhone and start it again? I heard from another reader who experienced the same issue. And a restart did resolve the problem.