Comments on: VMWare + XP + iPhone firmware version 2.1 update = NO

By: Menno Smits

Menno Smits — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:28:05 +0000

Wow, that link got really mangled by the comment submission. Just go to http://freshfoo.com/ and find the article there.

By: Menno Smits

Menno Smits — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:26:43 +0000

I’ve successfully managed the iPhone firmware upgrade with VMWare (using some hints from this page). Full details are here: http://freshfoo.com/blog/iphoneupgradewith_vmware

By: Terje Bergström

Terje Bergström — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:20:48 +0000

Yep, I upgraded iPod Touch from 2.1 to 2.2 with only Linux host and Windows guest. First it failed as in the original text, but after I removed both usbhid and usb audio modules, I was able to connect iPod Touch to VMware and iTunes continued the upgrade. Took a few retries to get the timing right.

By: Christian Decker

Christian Decker — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:13:00 +0000

So does this mean that you can perform firmware updates from within VMWare now, by simply removing the usbhid module? I tried something similar (removing all of the USB Stack Modules) to no success because then VMWare doesn’t see the USB devices either :-(

By: Terje Bergström

Terje Bergström — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:53:57 +0000

Hi,

I had the same problem with VMware 6.5, but was able to unbrick my iPod Touch. I did this when VMware complained about sndusbaudio:

sudo rmmod usbhid sndusbaudio

and then reconnected Apple iPod USB device (notice the usbhid). Seems to be work for me.

By: Christian Decker

Christian Decker — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:40:40 +0000

Any news on this? Looks pretty strange…

By: Kristian

Kristian — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:03:06 +0000

Hi,

yes...I had the same problem too. I cannot stand Windows and have used only Linux for many years...which worked fine with my iPod too (using amarok). After getting my new iPhone 3G I found that I could, after many tests, use it with iTunes within VMware running XP - but the firmware updates do not work.

Unfortunately it has meant that I have now had to install windows on my home notebook :(

It seems that after the new iPhone software is downloaded and the iPhone reboots, the USB connection is cut and the host OS (linux) tries to connect to the iPhone before VMware can...which seems to cause the problem.

Hopefully this can be fixed...though I don't know how.

cheers, Kristian.

By: Bill Brown

Bill Brown — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:57:09 +0000

Hi, Just as confirmation, I am having the same issues with the 2.1 upgrade through the latest version of vmware, 6.0.5 build-109488. My initial upgrade failed and my attempts to re-load the iphone fail, after the download and extraction of the upgrade, in about 2 seconds.

     Bill

By: mrz

mrz — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:53:53 +0000

I don't see a place for non-support folks to file bugs directly (huh!). However, you can post your experience to the appropriate forum. Some dev/support folks hang out there and you might either get a tip/workaround or somebody internal might file a bug about it.

By: slaniel

slaniel — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:58:08 +0000

Where do I file a bug? I just did some quick googling and found nothing. You wanna post a link?