Comments on: Upgrading iPhone firmware using VMWare and Ubuntu 9.04

By: iphone upgrade with vmware under ubuntu | yet another draggy weblog

iphone upgrade with vmware under ubuntu | yet another draggy weblog — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:28:09 +0000

[...] page before, it is possible to upgrade an iphone under ubuntu with vmware. BUT, as i’ve read on this page, it is easier as you think! here is my actually setup [...]

By: Fred Tuggle

Fred Tuggle — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:41:19 +0000

I feel your frustration on this and thanks for the post.

Looking at the updater log really helped me and I wrote about it on my blog post.

http://backtothewind.com/code/iphone-firmware-upgrade-using-vmware-and-ubuntu-9-04/

By: Russell Robinson

Russell Robinson — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:53:41 +0000

Thanks for this post.

I can confirm that the usbhid “quirks” method did *NOT* work for me, even restarting everything.

Your module removal and blacklisting steps do work.

Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)
VMware Workstation 6.5.3
Dell Latitude E6500
iPhone 3GS 32GB