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I’ve held off on upgrading my iPhone’s firmware for two reasons:

1. It’s a hassle.
2. It’s a hassle.

To be more accurate, I knew the procedure would be time-consuming, to the tune of at least an hour, and more importantly, I didn’t want to have to reinstall all my third-party apps and reconfigure them. For example, I’ve been using the Money application to keep track of my checking account, and I didn’t want to lose my financial history. In the end, I sucked it up, didn’t bother to look for the requisite storage files, and just went on my merry way.

The aforelinked guide is pretty straightforward, and only assumes you’ve been running an unlocked 1.0.2 iPhone, which would be pretty standard for most unlockers out there. The advantage, compared to the previous system, of using jailbreakme.com is significant, and lends itself just as well to those who want third-party applications running on locked iPhones as well.

So after a little over an hour, I’m running a fresh 1.1.1 install as of last night, and my third-party apps are more or less as they were before. Sadly, there’s not much change that the 1.1.1 upgrade’s granted me, though double-hitting the space button to insert a period is very welcome. I’m also suspecting that the iPhone is more stable when it receives quantities of e-mail, which tended to bog down my iPhone under 1.0.2 fairly frequently, occasionally causing me to hit the “home” button to get out of it. Thus far, these mail problems are gone under 1.1.1.

I have, however, noticed some some anomalies when using the Installer application, though these issues are not necessarily linked to 1.1.1 as they would occasionally crop up under 1.0.2. Strangely, the occasional download fails, and then refuses to let me get the file at all even after a reboot. Such is the case with the Apollo application, which I’ve given up on for now.

I tried installing MobileChat in lieu of Apollo, but though it downloads, exits right after I try connecting to the server. This means that the program is getting further than it did under 1.0.2, where it would drop me back to the SpringBoard immediately after hitting the connect button. This is the same phenomena I witnessed with Apollo under 1.0.2. No biggie for now - using instant messaging on the iPhone is a novelty for me, and not something I need. Still, it would be nice to have, all things being equal. I did have it on my Sidekick III, after all.

I was quite surprised that the iPhone remembered certain things from its last synchronization with the mothership my MacBook Pro, such as my call log and saved notes. If only it would have remembered my third-party applications, I’d be super-pleased. Nonetheless, the fact that I didn’t lose the notes I didn’t remember to save elsewhere is a nice bonus.

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