iPhone 1.1.4 Upgrade, Downgrade, Activate, Jailbreak, Unlock Horror Story!
Once iNdependence v 1.4b5 was released with 1.1.4 support, I went ahead and updated the iPhone (16GB 1.1.3 OTB unlocked using iJailbreak)from 1.1.2 to 1.1.4 via iTunes which gave me an error. I repeated the same and the update went fine and now I have version 1.1.4 installed on the iPhone.
I then fired iNdependence trying to jailbreak/activate my iPhone. I hit the Activate button and it didn’t respond in a timely fashion showing me the Jailbreak screen. I then hit the Jailbreak tab to Jailbreak the iPhone which gave me positive results. I now proceeded by clicking on the activate button and it sorta activated the iPhone but I saw no signal. It being unlocked previously in an IPSF manner using iJailbreak, I never realized that I had to use signal.app to get a signal on 1.1.4 . I took an extreme step and hit the unlock button at this stage which promptly alerted me saying I need not unlock the iPhone if I used IPSF – I ignored it! It gave an error message saying the unlock failed.
The horror story begins now – I see the famous – no WiFi, no Bluetooth, no IMEI, no modem firmware on the newly updated 16GB 1.1.4 iPhone.
It was a little scary at this time. I almost lost faith in my iPhone troubleshooting skills! I then tried something interesting – downgrade to 1.1.3 using iTunes. All I did is hold the ‘opt’ key and hit the restore button – browsed the 1.1.3 Restore firmware file and boom, the restore was underway! MAGIC!! I did not put the iPhone in DFU mode , it started downgrading to 1.1.3 and finally it finished with the downgrade!
I then used iJailbreak as usual and took a bold decision yet again – i.e to unlock and jailbreak the 1.1.3 iPhone and hey, it worked a charm this time around! Not to mention that WiFi, Bluetooth, IMEI back to where they belong!! The iPhone is wiped clean, the entire 14.6 GB is showing ‘Free’. It is working great now! I just restored to a 1.1.2 backup from iTunes. Yeah, weird tries but I am a happy man at the end of the day. I don’t have to fake to Apple saying my 20 day old 16GB iPhone died all of a sudden 😉
Verdict : Don’t use iNdependence and don’t upgrade to 1.1.4 yet. Trust me, you will save a ‘heart attack’ in the process!!
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you had to close itunes and ituneshelper before you unlock using independence…… even i got repair needed
i just closed itunes and itunes helper and independence…restarted phone and started independence and unlocked….and bingo…im on 1.1.4 on T mobile…. only problem is my applications are not showing on spring board even though they are in installer…
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@ kk : Yeah, I never closed ituneshelper. My real problem was that my iPhone was already unlocked (1.1.3 OTB – IPSF Style). Do you think that might have helped??
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had the same problem after using 16 gig and using independence BUT instead of downgrading …i upgraded to 1.1.4 again to get my phone and wifi again and then tried the SimUnlock again but same thing happen again ..”Repair needed error” so i gave it a third shot with updating the phone again and getting wifi and phone back and hence tried the unlock again and it worked eventhough it said at the end that it failed.
Hi Billy! So you updated your iPhone to 1.1.4 twice to get it back to work? Cool, I should have tried that but I am sorta happy with 1.1.3. After installing Dock on 1.1.3, coverflow stopped working (contacts, iPod), a restart fixed it though.
But, do you get to see the apps on your homescreen in 1.1.4?
Hello. I have exactly the same horror story. But mine is not a happy ending. I still can’t make the iPhone unlock to any SIM. It doesn’t work on ATT or T-Mobile. No signal. How did you do it? I am pc user, so I can’t use iJailbreak. Thanks.
Martin, I recommend you to downgrade to 1.1.3 as described and then use ziphone GUI to unlock your iphone 🙂
check my post on ziphone GUI for windows and download the latest version!!
hi i got 1.1.4 and i want to have 1.1.1 how can i get this to work ANY ONE PLEASE HELP!!
my email is
Ivan_tribes@hotmail.com
Hi Ivan. Any specific reason why you want only 1.1.1?? I suggest 1.1.3/1.1.2… For 1.1.3 just hold opt (mac)/ shift (windows) key and browse to the firmware file (I tried with 1.1.3) and hit restore in iTunes 🙂
hey kiran (or anyone else),
can you be alittle more detailed in your explanation of this downgrade via itunes? when do i hold down the apple key, etc?
i was toying with my 1.1.3 jailbroken iphone last night and something happened, had to restore. now i have 1.1.4 and i miss my jailbroken options dearly. haha
@ Rob : All I did was hold the Opt key (Mac) / Shift (Windows) and clicked on restore button iTunes and restored it to 1.1.3 … Did not put the iPhone in DFU mode at all. So, don’t hold the home button/ power buttons like before..
Hey,
I just upgraded my iPhone 1.1.3 (unlocked, jailbroken and activated using Ziphone)to 1.1.4.
It was a 1.1.2 OTB Week 44 with Bootloader 3.9.
Now I have a 1.1.4 jailbroken, activated and unlocked.
This Ziphone.org method is really easy.
kiran,
i got what ur sayin about the opt restore, but where can i find a copy of the 1.1.3 firmwear?
i thought i had found it on my imac under library>itunes>iphone software updates>iphone 1,1_1.1.3_4a93.ipsw but when i chose that one i got an error. are there any clean versions of 1.1.3 that i can download that will work?
Download the firmwares here : http://ilikemyiphone.com/wordpress/?page_id=162
I have an OTB 1.1.3 iphone upgraded to 1.1.4 unlocked with ZiphoneOSX. I’ve tried downgrading to 1.1.3 and 1.1.2 and i keep getting a error and the end of the restore……….PLZ HELP
impossible to downgrade from 1.1.4 to 1.1.3
Error 1015 on itunes..
i do it with press on shift restore and it run half way it show error!!!
@ SpooN : Error is quite common, error 1015 actually means that 1.1.3 is restored and it is waiting for iNdependence to boot the iPhone to HomeScreen. Once homescreen shows, just launch iJailbreak to unlock the iPhone 🙂
@ iw : It ran fullway!! iNdependence will kick it out of the 1015 error (DFU) mode 🙂 I just finished troublshooting this error (1.1.4 downgraded to 1.1.3 with error 1015).
this is so piecey. can anyone post a step by step?
sorry dudes, im kind of a noob at this, just jailbroke first time last weekend (ziphone). no experience with independence or iJailbreak…
ok so independence doesnt work on iTunes 7.6.1
kiran got a link for 7.6?
iNdependence work for iTunes 7.6.1, I tried it today. It can be used to kick out of the 1015 error message while downgrading to 1.1.3 from 1.1.4. I suggest iJailbreak or ZiPhone for unlocking though 🙂
http://independence.googlecode.com/files/iNdependence_v1.4_beta_5.dmg
http://ijailbreak.googlecode.com/files/iJailBreak0.5.4.zip
kiran, im gonna post a screen shot of the error tomorrow. im passing out with iphone in hand, frustrated as hell. thanks for your continued assistance. much appreciated!
on second thought…ok fine u got me intrigued again….when should i launch independence? while the itunes error is still posted?
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