Back in August, I spent the good part of a Sunday updating my original unlocked iPhone 2G from 1.1.4 to 2.0.1 using Winpwn. Looking back, I actually had fun doing it because I was learning some of the intricacies of reviving (after sweating a couple of times) a bricked iPhone but it also took quite a bit of time. In September Apple released their 2.1 firmware and I decided to wait a while to make sure the appropriate updates would get into Winpwn.
Yesterday I took the plunge. Based on a couple of posts on the Hackint0sh forum, it appeared that you could update a Pwned 2.x iPhone 2G directly with iTunes. Since I knew how to backtrack by reverting to a previous firmware version (I had saved all the files from my 2.0.1 experience), I did not think there was a big risk in trying the update with iTunes.
It worked perfectly just like when I updated my AT&T locked iPhone 3G. Now I have a SIM unlocked iPhone 2G. Although it is not Jailbroken, I can run Quickpwn to perform that function. But right now I have no need to run Jailbroken applications so I will wait.
It is really interesting how the iPhoneSIMfree process I purchased a year ago to SIM unlock the iPhone has worked through all of the upgrades. Too bad they are out of business...
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