Ever since upgrading to iOS 4.0 my iPhone 3G performed like a piece of crap. I’ve seen that Apple published an iOS 4.1 beta on its iPhone developer network website and I was willing to give it a try to see if there are any performance improvements. To make it short: yes, there are. While it’s not as good as with v3.x the phone is a lot more responsive than with v4.0 or v4.0.1, without having to turn off Spotlight indexing! Let’s hope these changes make it to the 4.1 GM.
To activate iOS 4.1 beta your iPhone’s UDID needs to be registered with an Apple iPhone SDK account ($99 a year). As every account comes with 100 UDID slots for iDevices you just need to find a developer who adds your iPhone’s UDID to the beta SDK list. Some do it for free, some charge a couple of bucks to do it. I may have one or two UDID slots left in my dev account so you may want to leave a comment if you want to have your iPhone registered (please provide the UDID for the iPhone- but don’t ask me where to look it up). You also have to find the beta firmware on your own (Torrent sites may be a good place to start). Sorry, I don’t have any more UDID slots to give.
Btw. initally I tried to install iOS 4.1 beta on my iPhone 3G without a registered UDID. I used redsn0w 0.9.5b5-5, iOS 4.0, iOS 4.1 beta and iPhoneExplorer to remove the beta-tag in SystemVersion.plist. While I was able to activate my iPhone 3G that way I lost 3G/WiFi network connectivity. The problem seemed to be related to DNS. Making/taking calls, SMS worked perfectly though. This way of activating a phone most likely requires a new redsn0w version in order to work properly.
4.1 beta 3 has been replaced by 4.1 GM. You’ll find it on many sites using the search term 8B117. Usually, a GM doesn’t even need UDID activation.
Cheers,
Jan
Well, seems the iOS 4.1 beta 3 is nowhere to be found if you’re not a developper. Beta 2 expired three weeks ago. No you have the choice between going back to 4.0.2, and a iOS device impossible to sync, since 4.1 beta saves are not retro-compatible.
Fortunately, 4.1 stable should be out really soon.
Jan please activate mines for 4.1 gm i wanna keep updated….THANKS ALOT
The activation is valid for all betas until July 2011.
Cheers,
Jan
IMEI is up there
Jan its 01 181000 993252 5 PLEASE dont this for me… 4.0.2 ios just block jailbreakme.com…HELP PLEASE :(
PLEASE JAN ACTIVATE MINES! MY 3G IS SUPER SLOW!
hey jan i was hoping may you would still be up to activate my UDID on your account.. what do you think?
Thank you so much!
cheers mate! appreciate it!
All UDIDs I received up till now have been activated and with that I’m closing my offer to add UDIDs.
Cheers,
Jan
Please activate my UDID?
UDID:[deleted]
Please and Thanks!
~Ray
Can you please add my UDID?
UDID: [deleted]
Thank you!
Cheers,
Marc
will you add my UDID please?
UDID: [deleted]
thanks!
All UDIDs have been activated, have fun!
Cheers,
Jan
I’d love to try the beta and see the improvements for my iphone!
My UDID is:
[deleted]
Pretty please?
Hi,
I’d love to test the IOS beta, hope that my UDID gets registered.
here it is:
UDID-[deleted]
Thanks in advance,
Marc
If you have any slots I’d love my UDID to be registered. Hopefully my 3G’s performance improves.
UDID-[deleted]
ah great, i’m upgrading right now. thanks a lot!
@helmut: I just registered your UDID.
Cheers,
Jan
So far so good with iOS 4.1 beta on 2nd gen. iPod Touch. Not as fast as it used to be with 3.1.3, but I do appreciate the small touches Apple put on their OS, especially in the Notes. Mail is still sluggish to navigates at times, but I have six different mailboxes.
Now it doesn’t seem to randomly lose wifi anymore, or drain the battery while sitting doing nothing.
Nobody in the Game Center, but since it’s a network-dependant service, it may not be ready yet.
Weird bug however: the volume doesn’t seem to descend near the minimum. Does anyone else has this bug?
Hello Jan,
would you release my 3g from driving me nuts, too?
here’s the UDID: [deleted]
Cheers!
Stefan, your UDID has been activated.
Cheers,
Jan
Hallo, would be really great if you can add my UDID too. Hope the Upgrade to 4.1 will fix my wifi problem. Her is my UDID: [deleted].
Thank you very much in advance! regards, Stefan.
Guys, your UDIDs have been activated. Have fun!
Jan
Hey, can you add my udid plz,i want wo use my ipod with winterboard usw. thats my UDID [deleted]
Thanks in advance
Hi!
You still got any slots left? My UDID is [deleted].
// Thanks in advance
thx jan.
Florian, your UDID has been activated.
Cheers,
Jan
Hey, i hope you can add my UDID. i dont want to use my slow iphone anymore. thats my UDID [deleted]. thx.
Well, thanks, now I have to wait ages to get this damned iPod Touch 2G firmware :(
I know I know, this is not the issue :(
Hey guys, your UDIDs are activated now.
Cheers,
Jan
Hey, i installed the beta only to find out I need UDID. can you add mine:
[UDID deleted]
Hello Jan,
if you have one more left, I would be happy to try it. Just can’t stand to have basically an unusable device!
UDID: [deleted] (That’s an iPod Touch, btw)
Thank you, Jan !
I’ve just installed iOS 4.1 beta 2 on my iPhone 3G and I must say: this works great… My iPhone is almost on the same speed as “iOS 3”: no input-lag while typing anymore!
If you want to access the SDK beta dev site you need a $99 iPhone dev account. What the registered UDID does is to automatically activate your iPhone once a beta dev-only firmware is installed. I can’t tell you where to get the software though. Maybe you should re-read my post :)
Cheers,
Jan
Thank you very much for adding me! I still cant get it to work though, if I click on the iOS SDK beta on my log-in on developer.apple.com it says that i’m not enrolled and that I need to be in order to download the 4.1. What do I have to do to make it work?
Great, thanks a ton!
Yours has been added, Marcel.
Cheers,
Jan
Whoops, sorry, for some reason i missed a letter. Here it is!
[UDID deleted]
Thanks!
Filip, yours has been added.
Cheers,
Jan
Hi.
I’d be very happy if you added me aswell. I’m getting of my very slow 3G
Thanks
My UDID is [deleted]
Marsel, that’s not a valid iPhone UDID.
Hey Jan, could you add mine too?
[UDID deleted]
Thanks!
Thank you Jan, much appreciated.
Yours is added as well now, Ryan.
Cheers,
Jan
[UDID deleted]
Matte, Fredrik: your UDIDs are active now. Ryan, sure, I still have a couple left.
Cheers,
Jan
If yes, I will post my UDID.
Hey man, great post and truly hoping it works. My 3G SUX on 4.0. Downgraded to 3.1.3 but now some of my apps require 4 to work so I’m kinda stuck. If you got another slot, would love to opportunity to try 4.1.
Ryan
Hey! If you have any slots left, can you please add my UDID?
[deleted]
/Matte
Sorry for the double-post, but to clarify, the colon is of course NOT part of the UDID.
UDID: [deleted]
Once again, cheers
Hey there, I would also love to try out the new beta on my 3G. Could you add my UDID as well? [deleted]
Cheers,
Fredrik
Hi, like Bart I’d loved to try out the beta on my 3g also. Could you please add my UDID: [deleted]
Tom, your UDID is now ready to be activated with beta firmware.
Cheers,
Jan
Hi, thanks for the article. I really hope 3.1 will fix the issues on my iphone 3G. In the meantime I would want try the beta. Can you add my UDID: [deleted] ?
Thanks you!
Bart
Bart, I just added your UDID. Have fun!
Cheers,
Jan