Liveblog: 1.1.3 firmware for the iPod Touch
So here we have it guys, my restore of my hacked iPod and and trying out the normal 1.1.3. Lets see how this works… (Mind you I paid for the extra awesome apps: Mail, Stocks, etc.)
3:48PM - Seeing that I started this baby late, I already got the iTunes update to 7.6 and the 1.1.3 firmware installed. I have been able to easily move icons around and have fun with all of that.
3:50PM - Not sure if this was available for the iPhone before 1.1.3, but apparently you can sync your Mail accounts with your iPod/iPhon. I did this, but can’t get my mail to show up. I’m using GMail’s IMAP, so I’m not sure if that’s the problem…
3:53PM - Checking my internet connection… working slowly. Hitting google.com… a whole lot of nothing. Going to set up IMAP manually.
4:07PM - Took a break to watch this: http://www.break.com/index/funny-kid-isnt-sorry-about-huge-party.html
4:11PM - Manually added GMail and have been sitting at the ‘Verifying IMAP account information’ stage for a minute or so…
4:13PM - Was asked if I wanted to use SSL, said yes… I’m thinking my internet connection is shotty, but things are working… slowly…
4:17PM - dumb me, I don’t know how to type my e-mail address… trying again.
4:20PM - Asked for SSL again… still verifying…
4:22PM - aaaaand Nothin’… going to try again.
4:25PM - Retried everything and it looks like it’s working… well, it’s verifying, again.
4:27PM - Asked for SSL again…
4:30PM - Okay. Mail isn’t working. Moving on…
4:54PM - After a phone call and some messing around on my iPod, everything works fine. No hassles. No lag. Bookmarklets on the main ‘board’ and moving icons works flawlessly. Though, I can’t seem to view lyrics on my iPod… anyone have any clue? Mail is still giving me troubles. I’m going to try on a better Wifi signal and see what fixes what.
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Final Update (Jan 29) - For the record, I managed to get everything to work including IMAP through GMail. I had to set it up through ‘Other’ and IMAP when running through the setup and of course following the Google Help instructions as to setting it up. And also for all you readers out there, I have found that my iPod Touch now gets less time per full battery charge. A twitter user and I noticed this was happening to both my iPod and his iPhone. We assume it was the 1.1.3 update and maybe a 1.1.4 will be rolled out when the official applications through iTunes is released…