As you all might be knowing , iOS 5 was released last week, and Apple's servers were creaking under the pressure of user's trying to upgrade.
I too tried updating the OS on my iPod touch several time, but was unsuccessful, which considering the size of update (~ 700 MB ) and the limited bandwidth is a costly task to repeat.
So, I started looking for alternatives.
I found out that you can download the update from several other site offering the updated ipsw files. Although i tried downloading ( just downloading not updating ) from Apples server and succeed.
If you also have downloaded the updated firmware and want to use that to update ( not re-downloading ), just press the options key on your mac keyboard and click update key, you will be presented with a prompt to select the ipsw file from your filesystem.
For those like me, using a windows keyboard, Alt key works as options.
So , go ahead and try the new shiny iOS.
Regards,
Ishan Malviya
I too tried updating the OS on my iPod touch several time, but was unsuccessful, which considering the size of update (~ 700 MB ) and the limited bandwidth is a costly task to repeat.
So, I started looking for alternatives.
I found out that you can download the update from several other site offering the updated ipsw files. Although i tried downloading ( just downloading not updating ) from Apples server and succeed.
If you also have downloaded the updated firmware and want to use that to update ( not re-downloading ), just press the options key on your mac keyboard and click update key, you will be presented with a prompt to select the ipsw file from your filesystem.
For those like me, using a windows keyboard, Alt key works as options.
So , go ahead and try the new shiny iOS.
Regards,
Ishan Malviya
