Don't update your iPhone or iPod touch to firmware 1.1.3 if you have used jailbreak!

Yesterday Apple released the firmware update for the iPhone and iPod touch - it is now on firmware 1.1.3. I am still using 1.0.2 on my iPhone and she works like a champion!!! There is truly very little reason to want to update to 1.1.3 (the only draw card for me would be the update to the SMS application - however, I am using SMSD anyway, that allows me to send SMS messages to multiple recipients etc.)

Here's a brief report from Rupert Gee's iBlog....

Apple posted today a new firmware 1.1.3 for iPod touch. The update shows up in iTunes (version 7.5). Apple also posted updates to iTunes, now version 7.6.

Needless to say, running the firmware update will restore your jailbroken iPod touch to factory original condition. Third party apps will not run, until a new jailbreak hack is made available.

So in the mean time, do not upgrade to the new firmware. In fact, I wouldn’t even upgrade iTunes to 7.6 as a comment left by a user seems to indicate new functionality — there’s apparently a “Recovery” button in iTunes 7.6.

Stay tunes for more info ….

Meanwhile, I hope you already have safe keep a copy of the version 1.1.2 firmware.

Misc notes:

The copy of iTunes in Leopard Install DVD (/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/iTunes.pkg) is version 7.4.2

iTunes 7.5 for OS X is still available here.

Direct Download Link for 1.1.3 Firmware (162MB).