About 24 hours after the iPhone 2.1 software update was released, and Apple had blocked jailbreaking phones via modified .ispw files in iTunes 8, the Dev Team struck again and released a tool for Jailbreaking the 2.1 firmware.
It was initially thought that the Jailbrake would require patchng iTunes, but this version of QuickPwn and the PwnageTool works without modifying anything in iTunes 8. I plan to Jailbreak my non-critical V1 iPhone today to see how it goes, and may even get brave enough to pwn my 3G.
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For now there are only tools for the Mac. Windows tools should be coming soon.
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At last! I’m crossing my fingers this will end the Great App Crash of ’08 once and for all.
Apple’s list of fixes and enhancements:
- decrease in call set-up failures and call drops
- significantly improved battery life for most users
- dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
- improved email reliability, notably fetching mail from Pop and Exchange accounts
faster installation of 3rd party applications
- fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes if you have lots of third party applications
- improved performance in text messaging
- faster loading and searching of 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
- Genius playlist creation
Of course iPod touch owners are experiencing many of these enhancements already.
Be sure to back up your current phone setup before updating!! EDIT: I guess an automatic backup happens as part of the update process. But I still recommend a backup before ding anything.
Share your experiences with this update in the comments, please! 
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Steve Job just confirmed that there will be an iPhone update Friday which promises, mostly (wait for it…) bug fixes!!
Significant improvement to battery life, no more app crashes & faster backups are among the highlights. Stay tuned for more after Friday. I’ll install it just for you! And report on what’s what.
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This time on my beloved touch, which as been nothing but stable since I purchased the upgrade to 2.0. All of the Apps just started crashing after a sync. And the method I mentioned here to make them stop crashing did not work at all.
So. Restoring.
I’m too depressed even for a primal yell of fury. 
What does this mean? Well, that the 2.02 update does nothing, in and of itself, to correct this app crashing problem. I had just applied the update to my touch last night.
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All Apple says this update contains is “bug fixes.” Which we need for sure. Let’s hope this helps out with the crashes we’re seeing.
I’m downloading the 249 MB update right now, I’ll report back here whether I see any changes or not.
Be sure to do a phone backup before you upgrade. And if you’re running a 1st Gen iPhone that’s been jailbroken and unlocked, do NOT install this update before the Dev team gives its okay.
EDIT: Playing around with the updated phone for a few minutes… it feels much more responsive and smooth. No apps have crashed, yet (I’ve tried hopping in and out of around 10). The typing in Safari still seems sluggish. Especially when initally starting up. That’s about it. Haven’t noticed any other differences, either in menu items or functionality. Verdict: Install this update. As soon as you can. With the above caveats.
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Yesterday Scrabble released an update to the app store! It just seems to be stability and performance fixes, but is worth it nontheless. It starts up MUCH faster and seems much mroe stable. Even though the first time I launched it it locked things up. 
But it’s been running fine ever since (for a couple of games).
Go! Download now young ones!!
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About 24 hours after the iPhone 2.1 software update was released, and Apple had blocked jailbreaking phones via modified .ispw files in iTunes 8, the Dev Team struck again and released a tool for Jailbreaking the 2.1 firmware.