iPhone Software v2.0 is available early
Posted by Dave Merten 
Jul 10, 2008 at 1:35am
Although Apple has yet to officially release iPhone Software v2.0, AppleInsider readers have discovered an active download link that will allow you to manually download and then install the update on your current iPhone ahead of time.
How to obtain iPhone Software v2.0 early
You can download the software from this link [225MB]. The build number of the software is “5A347,” slightly newer than build “5A345” that was discovered to be running on iPhone demo units that began making their way to Apple and AT&T retail stores a bit earlier in the week, according to AppleInsider.
If you download the software from the above link, you will need to manually tell iTunes to use the file that that you just downloaded, as iTunes will be unaware of its location on your hard drive. To do this, select your iPhone in iTunes to bring up the iPhone summary tab, then simply hold down the “Option” key on your Mac or PC while selecting the “Check for Update” button. Then select the “iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw” file from your hard drive.
If the file downloads as “iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw.zip,” you must rename the file to “”iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw” by deleting the ”.zip” from the file name, but do not unzip the file yourself. iTunes will unzip the file once you select it, as noted above.
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