iPhone OS 3.1.3 is out on the town

Seth Weintraub
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February 02, 2010
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Hit iTunes for your fresh copy of iPhone 3.1.3 (Build 7E18) which weighs in a 228.1MB.  The update "Improves accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS" and "Resolves issue where third-party apps would not launch in some instances".

Update: We've found that Apple has updated the Modem Firmware from version 5.11.07 to 5.12.01 on the iPhone 3G.  

That means there is likely some more stuff going on behind the scenes - as per usual. Therefore, Jailbreakers are advising not to do the update.

Has anyone out there found any undocumented features/snappiness™?

PS: 3.1.3 closes the usb_control_msg exploit used by blackrain

Direct links:

Original iPhone (2G): Click here
iPhone 3G: Click here
iPhone 3GS: Click here

Comments (29)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 10:48am

Oh goody, no new features, ability to handle bifurcated iphone+ipad apps whenever those start coming out. Yawn.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 11:35am

A point release addresses issues only. If those issues bother you, than a point release is very exciting. If not, you don't even have to upgrade.

sockul (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 10:53am

I'm currently doing this 3.1.3 update on my iphone 3gs....will update once its completed.

Andras Hatvani (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 11:15am

Nokia releases free drive and walk turn-by-turn navigation with offline maps (with updates); Apple releases bug fixes...
Fortunately I have both <:o)

Andras Hatvani (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 11:20am

Meant: Fortunately I have devices of both <:o)

ernie. (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 8:16pm

Remember iPhone 1.0? Yeah the one without the App Store?

Sure, Nokia added a couple apps, Apple added 140,000+.

Andras Hatvani (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 11:10pm

I don't care about quantity, rather about quality. Furthermore, that free navigation app has much more value to me, than any other of the available apps I found and/or bought/downloaded in the App Store.

SHEFFmachine (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 11:17am

Am jailbroken so won't updating until jailbreak feature is supported for 3.1.3

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 11:50am

I've noticed that it seems a little quicker on the 3G than before the update

Woody | February 02, 2010 - 11:56am

My 3G feels Snappier!

Seriously. But maybe it was just the reboot.

DistortedLoop | February 02, 2010 - 12:04pm

"That means there is likely some more stuff going on behind the scenes - as per usual. Therefore, Jailbreakers are advising not to do the update."

This is one of the reasons I'm losing interest in sticking on the iPhone platform; the lockdown mentality of Apple and the constant fear of upgrading the OS will permanently lock me out of the hacks I want on my phone.

Flytrap (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 3:46pm

Surely when you bought the iPhone you knew that it was a closed ecosystem controlled by Apple. The iPhone is no longer the only game in town, there are a number of equally great touch screen handsets on the market these days from equally reputable companies such as Palm, Motorola, HTC, Nokia, Google, etc.

I think that it is silly when people buy a product, accept the terms and conditions of use and then complain the terms of use that they accepted in the first place.

I am on my second iPhone (3G and 3GS) and I have stayed the course because I like the stability of the Apple controlled ecosystem. I also have 5 different Windows Mobile phones covering virtually all the OS generations up to 6.1, my wife has been a loyal Nokia user for a while and gave up when she upgraded her trusty N95 to the N97 which would have up to 10 restarts in a day (and I though Windows Mobile was bad); She is now the happy user of my old iPhone 3G.

Anyway, the point I am trying to make is that there is a fantastic touch screen handset out there for people who want the total freedom that you aspire. The iPhone is not any better or worse, its just a different (iTunes based) ecosystem.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 04, 2010 - 1:48am

I dont think most of us signed the contract accepting the terms of a closed "ecosystem", must of us have the intention of jailbreaking and taking a nice mobile platform to the highest platform available. Who would want to buy a junky touch screen like the ones mentioned if there are not thousands of developers working everyday to create new and better apps. the iphone will always have the highest amount of high quality apps than other brands. I have over $2000 of paid apps on my iphone 3Gs, none of which was actually paid for. Can you do that with anyother phone?

dssstrkl (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 6:18pm

You mean you're upset that Apple keeps fixing bugs and closing security vulnerabilities? You *do* know that's how jailbreaking works, right? It takes advantage of things like buffer overflows that can allow arbitrary code execution...like blackra1n or redsn0w. Or maybe you'd like Apple to open the App Store to everyone, like the people who wrote the bank phishing app that ended up on the Android Marketplace?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 12:05pm

I am still running 3.0.1 until tethering is enabled : /

admin | February 02, 2010 - 12:06pm

(us too)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 12:39pm

poor bastards... i use iPhone tethering over bluetooth for half a year now... It's great to not live in the USA ;)

mg6101 (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 2:29pm

Dude im running 3.1.2 with full tethering in the US (USB and Bluetooth). Its not that hard of a hack... super easy if your jailbroken already.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 5:06pm

3.1.2 redsm0w enables tethering......

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 12:06pm

Did the update. No issues so far.

On my 3G, it took about 11 minutes to install via iTunes.

Perhaps coincidental:

I notice that the time on my iPhone is much closer to Standard time.

Previously, my iPhone clock seemed to be about 35 second behind Standard time. Now the clock seems to be within a second or so.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 12:13pm

Ah! I've been running speedtest from work over 3g about once a week for the past year or so.

I ran it now, after I upgraded to 3.1.3 and got my best network performance ever on my 3G! Again, coincidental? Not sure, but its a good sign.

NoComment (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 12:23pm

Seriously, I'm able to use tethering now on my officially unlocked 3G. Can't believe it, have been waiting for MONTHS now (including a ticket with Apple that tethering should be enabled on offically unlocked devices).

Thomas D (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 12:49pm

When I rebooted my phone the battery indicator was at 89% and switched to 96% after a few seconds... Strange

9to5Mac man (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 1:38pm

the main point of this update was probably to improve 3G performance and block out the only available jailbreak (blackra1n as if you didnt know)

shane (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 1:50pm

Just updated on my unlocked iPhone (originally on TIM brasil they unlocked it for me after 1 week) and no problems working with this colombian sim card in medellin.

david (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 4:43pm

when your on safari with 8 tabs, when you press the thing to show the tabs there is now no lag when pressing it

Pyrenea Mendez (not verified) | February 02, 2010 - 6:07pm

Restart seems a lot faster. It used to take my iPhone about 2/3 minutes to boot up. It's now doing it in a couple of seconds.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | February 04, 2010 - 1:54am

2-3minutes for a reboot. I dont think it was the new firmware version that fixxed that. As any iphone in alright working condition would not take 2-3 minutes.

nixon (not verified) | February 06, 2010 - 11:47pm

how to iphone 3G 3.1.2 FW 05.12.01 hack and unlocking