Basically you should look for suitable subjects to photograph
Seriously, the camera you will have delivered to you will -or should- be up to the latest standards, it should have firmware 1.09 or 1.092, if necessary update, and keep an eye out for the 1.10 which will appear in due course. register, order your IR filters and enjoy...
The hardware fix thing is far behind us and has not bearing on cameras delivered now.