I did it! I got the iPhone 3GS with latest software

I returned the MyTouch Android powered phone and have been fully assimilated in the Apple world with the purchase on my new iPhone 3GS.

Having had an iTouch for ages now the transition was pretty seamless.. everything just worked.

BUT – my first bill was rushed to me after having the device for less than a week, and it’s asking for over $160, that’s on top of the $300 (+ tax) I had to pay for the device. Shocking. Why do we do this to ourselves?

I’m half tempted to get one of those cheapo sub $50 a month all-you-can-eat pay-as-you-go phones and stick with my iTouch .. but I’ve got about 2-3 more weeks to change my mind on that.

The latest it the iPhone 3.1 software update just came out.. so I like a diligent computer techy downloaded it and pressed the accept/make it so buttons… but it failed to install on my phone, with the following message …

2009-09-17 13:32:44.000 iTunes[77330:20b]: restore library built Sep 3 2009 14:39:53 2009-09-17 13:32:44.000 iTunes[77330:20b]: iTunes: iTunes 9.0 2009-09-17 13:32:44.000 iTunes[77330:20b]: iTunes: Current software version: 7A400 2009-09-17 13:32:44.000 iTunes[77330:20b]: iTunes: Software payload version: 7C144 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: iTunes: Specifying Update boot image 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: phoning home to gs.apple.com:80 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: ApECID 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: ApChipID 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: ApBoardID 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: ApProductionMode 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: ApSecurityDomain 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: UniqueBuildID 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: @Locality 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: RestoreLogo 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: RestoreDeviceTree 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: RestoreKernelCache 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: RestoreRamDisk 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: iBEC 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: iBSS 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: KernelCache 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: iBoot 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: BatteryFull 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: BatteryCharging0 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: AppleLogo 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: BatteryCharging1 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: BatteryLow0 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: BatteryLow1 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: BatteryCharging 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: BatteryPlugin 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: DeviceTree 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: LLB 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: NeedService 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: tss_add_entry: RecoveryMode 2009-09-17 13:33:13.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: AMRSendHttpRequestSync: httpRequest={url = http://gs.apple.com:80/TSS/controller?action=2; request = POST /TSS/controller?action=2 HTTP/1.1} 2009-09-17 13:34:53.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: [tss] error from server=24 (An internal error occurred.) 2009-09-17 13:34:53.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: server error (24): An internal error occurred. 2009-09-17 13:34:53.000 iTunes[77330:182d3]: _AMRAuthInstallCopyPreflightOptions: failed to personalize bundle (3124) 2009-09-17 13:35:09.000 iTunes[77330:20b]: iTunes: Restore error 3124