Not much of a fanfare, but the cat is finally out of its bag. Yeah, that is firmware version 2.2.1. There’s not much fixes to shout about, but Apple’s official release note showered love on both Mobile Safari and Camera Roll.
Mobile Safari gets some stability improvement ‘injection’ with this update. Also fixed is an issue where some images, when saved from the Mail application, do not display correctly in the Camera Roll. The iPod touch version of this update calls the Camera Roll as “Saved Photos”, and comes with an additional fix for an issue that caused some Apple Lossless (ALAC) audio files to skip during playback. Since this is a minor bump from the previous firmware version, there appears to be no other major fixes. However, as we all know the mighty Apple, they might have hidden some other fixes or improvments or features in between the code.
Reader reports say that the recent emoji hacks are still working after the update, so I’d say it’s practically safe to update your device to 2.2.1 not working anymore if you update to 2.2.1 and then install Frostyplace. I’d strongly suggest that you install Frostyplace first and have your emoji enabled before updating. Thanks to reader Sassoverde for highlighting.
If you have previously unlocked or jailbroken your device, then updating to the new release will break them. Ars Technica stated that this update might mess around with your iPhone’s baseband and thus, may affect your unlocked unit. Confirmation is needed here. Unlockers please wait for a while (I am sure team yellowsn0w is now hard at work) and let the rest do the guinea pig test, eh?
Getting the update is easy. Simply plug in your device, then launch iTunes and click on the “Check for Updates” button from the device screen. iTunes should then ask if you would like to download and install the update, or just perform a download. I like the Download Only feature as it allows me to save the updater file for sharing with friends later. Although this is a minor update, the download is weighing in at about 277.7 MB, but I’d say it is worth every byte of it for stability’s sake.
Again, the iPod build ID for this version is a little bit different. iPhone users should see build ID 5H11, while iPod touch users 5H11a. On the iPhone (presumably), the modem firmware is now upgraded to version 02.30.03.
Oh ya, if you have to ask. There is no copy and paste, no MMS and no kitchen sinks included in this update.
