Thanks for the work Kiran ! I haven't had time to update my 3G phone for months. However I forgot that it's not possible to restore from old iphone backup in iTunes. Now I have to resync a bunch of books and music again :(

Thanks anyway man ! Keep up the good work !

Omg, the Dev-Team!! You guys are so cool !

Hi kkiran,

Will there be custom fw with ultrasn0w already installed? That would be handy for those that do not have an official carrier.
Keep up the good work man !

I would second that! You could actually use winrar half-free (just have to close the pop-up after trial period)

You're the man Kkiran! The Dev-team hasn't release Quickpwn for PC yet, so your custom Firmware update files come just in time. I knew you would have written this article by the time I see the update on the Dev-team's blog. :D

Thanks a lot ! :)

Do a backup of your apps from iTunes, then restore to old firmware. Unhide the apps in old firmware then update to 3.0

Thanks for the good article ! However it did not relate to my issue. I have AptBackup installed after Upgrading, but after restoring apps and settings from iTune, Cydia, AptBackup and Installer, as well as several apps installed from Cydia disappeared. I could only see Categories and Winterboard.
It must be something related to the new firmware. I read somewhere else and found that all I need to is turn on Restriction (in Setting>General), and then turn it off. After that, all these Cydia apps re-appeared like before.
Thanks again for the firmware ! Your articles are one of my very few trusted iPhone sources. Keep up the good work man !

Hi Kkiran,
Thanks a lot for the files. I upgraded it successfully to 2.2.1 with the old base band. However, after restoring the backup apps from itune, I can't see Cydia, Installer and several other Cydia apps anymore. I checked with Winscp and saw that they are still there where they should be but they do not appear on the boards.

Any idea how I can restore them?