How To Get Game Center on iOS 4

**Upgrading to iOS 4: A Step-by-Step Guide**

If you're using an iPod touch or iPhone, specifically a second-generation iPod touch, a third-generation iPod touch, or an iPhone 3G or 3GS, and have an original iPod touch or iPhone, then you might be wondering how to take advantage of the latest iOS 4 operating system. Fortunately, upgrading to iOS 4 is relatively straightforward.

First things first, make sure your device is compatible with iOS 4. The fourth-generation iPod touch, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and the original iPhone are all eligible for the upgrade. Additionally, if you have a jailbroken device, be aware that you'll need to re-jailbreak it after installing iOS 4.

To begin the process, open up iTunes on your computer and plug in your iPod touch or iPhone. Ensure that it's fully backed up, as we will be restoring it to its factory settings. Now, click on "Restore" in the top-right corner of the iTunes window. On a Mac, press Option (⌥) + Restore, while on Windows, press Shift + Restore.

As the restore process begins, you may see a pop-up menu asking if you want to restore from a backup. In this case, select "Restore from the same backup that I just hooked up." This will ensure that your device is restored to its original settings, with all of its apps and data intact.

**Getting Familiar with Game Center**

One of the most exciting new features in iOS 4 is Game Center, a social gaming platform that allows you to compete with friends and join various challenges. To launch Game Center, simply find it in your device's app list, or search for it using Spotlight on Macs. When you open it up for the first time, you'll be prompted to sign in with your Apple account.

As you set up Game Center, you can choose a username, which will be used to identify you within the platform. You'll also have the opportunity to pick out friends who share similar interests or are known to be gamers. This is a great way to connect with others and find new challenges to participate in.

For now, Game Center is still relatively bare-bones, but with developers working on it, we can expect to see more features and games added in the coming months. If you're interested in being one of the first to try out this exciting new feature, keep an eye out for updates from your favorite game developers, as they will likely be releasing their own Game Center-enabled apps soon.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, upgrading to iOS 4 is a simple process that can breathe new life into your iPod touch or iPhone. By following these steps, you'll be able to take advantage of the latest features and improvements that come with the operating system. Whether you're looking to connect with friends and join gaming challenges or simply want to experience the best that iOS 4 has to offer, Game Center is definitely worth checking out.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enokay guys so something I get asked pretty frequently is how do you get Game Center like right there on iOS 4 guys it's a very simple process you don't have to jailbreak you don't have to do anything and there's really no downside to getting it of course guys Game Center is not fully functioning um if you don't know what game center is it is pretty much very similar to like Xbox Live for you know the iPhone except it's obviously free um you can go ahead and play games with friends do a lot of really cool things really gives a really great social aspect to the iPhone and iPod Touch so guys like I said there's not a ton to do if you do have gam center right now but there's not a whole lot of downside to not having it so guys icid go ahead and do it if you're interested and I'll go ahead and show you guys it's a very simple process on how to get it okay guys so to get game center it's very very simple um now you will need to go ahead and restore your device to the iOS 4 goldm um so guys if you don't know what this is basically this was the uh the final beta I suppose of iOS 4 guys this is practically identical to the standard iOS 4 that you might already be running right now um guys I've been running it for a couple weeks now haven't really run into any you know bugs or issues um so guys really I wouldn't worry about it of course you know always you know you got to be careful but really it's not a big deal to me um so guys I can't actually go ahead and give you guys the link to the firmware but it's really simple just you know Google iOS 4gm and you should be able to find it no problem just go ahead um you will need to go ahead and download for either your iPod Touch second generation it doesn't matter what kind third gener eration or the iPhone 3G or 3GS you can obviously iOS 4 is not out for the original iPod touch or iPhone and there's no goldm for the iPhone 4 but guys if you have one of those four devices which I'm sure most of you do then you all you're all set so go ahead download the firmware and I'll show you guys how to install it's very simple so go ahead and open up iTunes then just go ahead and plug your iPod touch or iPhone in and let it sync be sure it's you know it's fully backed up because we will go ahead and restore it now guys you might be able to do this with check for update but I really really doubt it um go ahead and just stick with the restore it's not a big deal um so guys to do this it's very simple once your iPod or iPhone's been totally backed up you just need to restore to the firmware um so if you've ever jail broken this is probably going to be really familiar to you all you need to do is on a Mac you press option and then click restore um now on Windows you do shift and restore so I'm going to go ahead and do that right now and there we go guys so then it will go ahead and pop up a menu and then all we have to do is scroll down find our iOS 4 firmware and hit it open now obviously I'm running that right now so I'm going go ahead and do it but guys it should just give it of course just give it a few minutes let it run through then at the end it will go ahead and ask you do you want to restore to the backup go ahead restore from the same backup that you just hooked up and then it will should be identical to the way it was only with of course just the game center um now if you're jailbroken you will have to re jailbreak of course so you know you'll have to weigh it out but if you're not go ahead and just do this it's not a big deal so now that you have Game Center on your iPhone or iPod T just's go ahead and just show you guys a little bit about what it's like so go ahead and we can just go ahead and launch it um and it will give just a second to load and there we go um so guys as you can see it will go ahead and you know tell you you can go ahead and pick out your name um the first time you launch it it will give uh it will prompt you to go ahead sign in with your uh Apple account which is the same that you know when you punch in to go uh you know download an app for example um but yeah so as you can see here we can go ahead and pick out friends and right now you know you can go ahead if you know somebody who does have Game Center also on iOS 4 for example guys you can go ahead add me up if you like if you know if you know someone who you know is already on iOS 4 and you want to play games with them go ahead and add him as a friend right now and obviously if you come over here you'll have the friend requests guys like I said there is not a ton to do with gam center right now um a lot of this is you know really waiting for developers to actually go ahead and start preparing their apps anyway guys that's really simple thing on how to get Game Center on iOS 4 um you know said this a bunch of times guys there's not a huge reason probably the main reason you would do this is just to go ahead and request your name I know a lot of people have already had their name stolen so I mean you know if that's what you're really interested in go ahead and get it and you can kind of get a little sneak peek of it until uh you know it's actually out um so guys it will probably be released um you know perhaps I would say September would be the latest that would be released perhaps like when you know the next iPod touch and all the new iPods come out um hopefully it'll come out sooner hopefully maybe you know in the next maybe on like the next update but until then guys go ahead get go ahead grab game center and you'll be all set to go anyway thanks for watchingokay guys so something I get asked pretty frequently is how do you get Game Center like right there on iOS 4 guys it's a very simple process you don't have to jailbreak you don't have to do anything and there's really no downside to getting it of course guys Game Center is not fully functioning um if you don't know what game center is it is pretty much very similar to like Xbox Live for you know the iPhone except it's obviously free um you can go ahead and play games with friends do a lot of really cool things really gives a really great social aspect to the iPhone and iPod Touch so guys like I said there's not a ton to do if you do have gam center right now but there's not a whole lot of downside to not having it so guys icid go ahead and do it if you're interested and I'll go ahead and show you guys it's a very simple process on how to get it okay guys so to get game center it's very very simple um now you will need to go ahead and restore your device to the iOS 4 goldm um so guys if you don't know what this is basically this was the uh the final beta I suppose of iOS 4 guys this is practically identical to the standard iOS 4 that you might already be running right now um guys I've been running it for a couple weeks now haven't really run into any you know bugs or issues um so guys really I wouldn't worry about it of course you know always you know you got to be careful but really it's not a big deal to me um so guys I can't actually go ahead and give you guys the link to the firmware but it's really simple just you know Google iOS 4gm and you should be able to find it no problem just go ahead um you will need to go ahead and download for either your iPod Touch second generation it doesn't matter what kind third gener eration or the iPhone 3G or 3GS you can obviously iOS 4 is not out for the original iPod touch or iPhone and there's no goldm for the iPhone 4 but guys if you have one of those four devices which I'm sure most of you do then you all you're all set so go ahead download the firmware and I'll show you guys how to install it's very simple so go ahead and open up iTunes then just go ahead and plug your iPod touch or iPhone in and let it sync be sure it's you know it's fully backed up because we will go ahead and restore it now guys you might be able to do this with check for update but I really really doubt it um go ahead and just stick with the restore it's not a big deal um so guys to do this it's very simple once your iPod or iPhone's been totally backed up you just need to restore to the firmware um so if you've ever jail broken this is probably going to be really familiar to you all you need to do is on a Mac you press option and then click restore um now on Windows you do shift and restore so I'm going to go ahead and do that right now and there we go guys so then it will go ahead and pop up a menu and then all we have to do is scroll down find our iOS 4 firmware and hit it open now obviously I'm running that right now so I'm going go ahead and do it but guys it should just give it of course just give it a few minutes let it run through then at the end it will go ahead and ask you do you want to restore to the backup go ahead restore from the same backup that you just hooked up and then it will should be identical to the way it was only with of course just the game center um now if you're jailbroken you will have to re jailbreak of course so you know you'll have to weigh it out but if you're not go ahead and just do this it's not a big deal so now that you have Game Center on your iPhone or iPod T just's go ahead and just show you guys a little bit about what it's like so go ahead and we can just go ahead and launch it um and it will give just a second to load and there we go um so guys as you can see it will go ahead and you know tell you you can go ahead and pick out your name um the first time you launch it it will give uh it will prompt you to go ahead sign in with your uh Apple account which is the same that you know when you punch in to go uh you know download an app for example um but yeah so as you can see here we can go ahead and pick out friends and right now you know you can go ahead if you know somebody who does have Game Center also on iOS 4 for example guys you can go ahead add me up if you like if you know if you know someone who you know is already on iOS 4 and you want to play games with them go ahead and add him as a friend right now and obviously if you come over here you'll have the friend requests guys like I said there is not a ton to do with gam center right now um a lot of this is you know really waiting for developers to actually go ahead and start preparing their apps anyway guys that's really simple thing on how to get Game Center on iOS 4 um you know said this a bunch of times guys there's not a huge reason probably the main reason you would do this is just to go ahead and request your name I know a lot of people have already had their name stolen so I mean you know if that's what you're really interested in go ahead and get it and you can kind of get a little sneak peek of it until uh you know it's actually out um so guys it will probably be released um you know perhaps I would say September would be the latest that would be released perhaps like when you know the next iPod touch and all the new iPods come out um hopefully it'll come out sooner hopefully maybe you know in the next maybe on like the next update but until then guys go ahead get go ahead grab game center and you'll be all set to go anyway thanks for watching