Aviegas, a senior member at hackint0sh released ‘iPlus’ a much safer way to unlock your precious iPhone! The best part being the bootloader is now downgraded to 3.9 fakeblank BL which makes your iPhone brick-safe!! The best part being – it can now automatically install the all important applications :
– Installer
– Community Services
– BSD subsystem
– OpenSSH
– VT-100Some Fixes:
– BSD Fix
– VT100 Fix
– Summerboard themes directory fix
– Relocates Fonts and Ringtones (More than 120MB free)
There is an option to upload packages to the iPhone during the unlock/jailbreak process in the name of Brazil and International payload.
Aviegas says “Brazil payload adds some extra stuff like Carrier Bundles, Translations, time zone fixes (Daylight saving time issues) and fixes the phone number formating.” rules.
“Downgrading is performed with a minimal system (the ramdisk) so it’s perfectly safe as no phone specific stuff is running, just Darwin (the underlying part of MacOS, a Unix derivative).
So it’s as safe as running in 1.0.2!!”
iPlus can be used only for 1.1.4 firmware though. Zibri denied using this fake bootloader approach only because this came right from iPhone Dev’s kitchen!!
Safest Unlock for iPhone – Using iPlus from Kiran Konathala on Vimeo.
So, what is this fakeblank boot loader (3.9) thing all about ?? This means your iPhone unlock is COMPLETELY reversible unlike Zibri’s. No offense to Zibri but this is a much safer bootloader rather than tinkering with the stock bootloader. Using this, iPhone functions perfectly with 1.1.4 slapped on a 4.04 baseband which is not the case when you use Zibri’s which sacrifices 4.04 baseband features.
What about iPhone users with 1.1.3 or older firmwares, RESTORE to 1.1.4 via iTunes and use iPlus.
Follow this guide from iClarified for a detailed step by step procedure (Windows only for now). I will do a Mac version once released and may be a video on a brand new 16GB iPhone 🙂
p.s : “Repair Needed” is a common error with iPlus. Restore to 1.1.4 and rerun iPlus to Rock and Roll!!
UPDATE : Visit this follow up guide (Possible Youtube Fix included at the end…) [IMP]
Rob
Hi Shadow, I think you were referring to me.
I did unzip iplus to desktop. I also typed “cd desktop/iplus2.0” and it gave me that error, that’s why I’m baffled right now and stuck for the past 3 days.
Thanks for your reply and if you have another solution please post it for me. Thanks and God Bless 🙂
kiran
Rob : Trust me, it will work :: Open Command Prompt and then type in cd ‘space’ and drag and drop the iPlus folder on to the command prompt window as shown in the video in this post.
Check my video and try getting iPlus to work , lemme know – I am here for the next 30 minutes…
chetan
Hi,
I bought iphone last week.. When I dialed *3001#12345#* it shows me version as 04.03.13_G, is this 1.1.3 or 1.1.4 version ? Do I need to restore it to 1.1.4 ?
Thanks,
chetan
kiran
Yep, restore it to 1.1.4 and then use iPlus 🙂
Cheers!
Kiran
Matrix
So does Iplus work on Mac OSX Leopard as that is what is being shown in the video?
Kiran
Exactly! It works great with Leopard 🙂 I had issues with XP though ( virtual machine on a Mac)…
Peter
Hi,
I unlocked my phone using Ziphone, every feature seems to be working ok. I have one problem though, my phone displays the number instead of the name of the person. Would the problem be solved if I did the following:
1)Refurbished the phone using Ziphone
2)Restored ver 1.1.4 using Itunes
3)Unlocked it again using Iplus 2.0b (with the International support package)
NB NB NB!!! Can I use Iplus software after I have used Ziphone to unlock my phone.
Your help would be greatly appreciated
kiran
Frankly speaking, I haven’t used ZiPhone ever since iPlus was released. With ZiPhone, 3.9BL is forced hence iPlus won’t downgrade your bootloader .. so you can happily go ahead and follow the steps you mentioned! It should work 🙂
l337sp34kr
Here’s my fix to the YouTube problem. This should apply to others with legit AT&T sims in their iPhone. Restore to 1.1.4 using iTunes (Mac OS X). While iPhone reboots, disconnect it and disconnect your computer from the internet (I simply turned my Airport off). Reconnect iPhone and run iTunes. Dismiss error about turning on Internet to connect to iTunes Store. Quit iTunes and kill iTunesHelper using Activity Monitor. Run iPlus and let it do its thing. When done, your legit AT&T sim will be activated (I noticed bars and EDGE as well as a green charging battery screen instead of a “Connect to iTunes” screen). Unlock screen and run Installer, install YouTube fix via Tweaks (1.1.4). Youtube is fixed!!
Run iTunes and sync all info (contact, music, mail, calendar, etc.) back. And YouTube still works!!!
Peter
Thanks, I will try it out. I live in South Africa.
If I carried out the procedure mentioned above would the phone display the name instead of the number of the contact. Please excuse my ignorance,would I be correct in saying that one of the funtions of the International support package is to enable the phone to display the name of the contact
Secondly, should the phone freeze while carrying out the procedure, what steps should I take to unfreeze.
Many thanks
kiran
I am not sure about SAF but it should work with international payload.
Please let us know when it freezes cos’ I cannot give you a solution without the actual problem!
Peter
Hi Kiran
Thanks, will inform you if it freezes
Planecrazy
Hi,
I have won (yes “won”) either an Iphone 8gb or an Itouch 16gb and I’m trying to decide which one to choose. I have an existing T-Mobile account that I’m committed to for at least another year and a half, so my questions are severalfold… First, will Iplus unlock this new Iphone right out of the box without a prior AT&T activation so that I can use it with my T-Mobile account? Second, does anybody know if the T-Mobile account will support web-browsing with the Iphone? Third, which one would you folks choose – the 8gb Iphone or the 16gb Itouch?
Thanks VERY MUCH in advance for your guidance here!!!
Regards,
Steve
kiran
Firstly congratulations! Choose an iPhone 8GB (trust me – it pays off in long run :). iPlus unlocks 1.1.4 iPhone Out of the box… (you have to restore it to 1.1.4 though which is the easiest it can ever get!!). T-Mobile supports Web Browsing!! Answers for all your questions are yes.. So as soon as you get it, come down here 🙂
Chand
Hi, I have updated my iphone from 1.1.1 to 1.1.3 using itunes “Update” option. Can I use iPlus now and unloack y iPhone.
Thank you for support.
Planecrazy
Thanks for the quick response, Kiran! I think I’m probably going to take that advice and go with the Iphone, though I have to admit I love the idea of the larger capacity of the Ipod Touch… Hmmm wonder if I might be able to take the Iphone I won to a reseller and exchange it for the larger capacity unit for the difference in price?
Regards,
Steve
Rob
Hi Kirin,
Thanks for the quick reply. Sorry I couldn’t reply to you earlier. I did exactly the same thing that you told me to, but still the error would come out in prompt. Maybe I should change to a different computer and try it. Sigh. Any more ideas? Thanks for all the help 🙂
kiran
That will be the best bet 🙂 $100 more and you get 8GB more! Enjoy the iFun on your iPhone! Hope everyone is as lucky as u 😉
kiran
Hey Rob, you are definitely at luck! A GUI version of iPlus is released just to make life simple 😉 Download it from http://rapidshare.com/files/102913585/iLibertySetup_1.2.0.65.exe and run it 🙂 Will make a guide on using that soon…
Have fun!
Rob
Hi Kiran, thanks will try it right now (fingers crossed).
Rob
Hi Kiran,
I d/l the iLiberty and ran it. However after selecting jailbreak+activate+unlock+setup installer it won’t let me click “go for it”. Any ideas? Thanks 🙂
kiran
Rob : Pl list the details of your Computer ….
Rob
Kiran, here it is:
Sony VAIO-T350P
Intel Pentium M Processor 1.20Ghz, 2MB L2 Cache
60GB Hard Drive
Intel 855GME Chipset Integrated Graphics 64MB Video RAM
512MB PC-2100 333MHz (512 MBx1)
Marc
iPlus [-u] usin Windows, Jailbreak OK, Activated in iTunes, No Other Sim Card Working
First things first Hi everyone, Its my first post so I thought the least I should do is say Hi.
I used iPlus the other night to Unlock, Jailbreak and put installer and packages on my iPhone. I used Windows iTunes & a 1.1.4 restore file.
First I used ziphone to put my iPhone in recovery mode and closed Ziphone for good; I then restored to 1.1.4 and activated it using iTunes. I then used CMD Prompt & iPlus [-u] to Unlock, Jailbreak and put the installer and packages & Apps on My iPhone. My iPhone is now jailbroke with loads of great Apps on it.
But I can not get any other Sim Cards to work in it. I think the problem has something to do with the fact that (if you go into settings, the third symbol down is called carrier. I can only see carrier in Settings when I have the original SIM Card in the iPhone.
Can someone please HELP or give me some advise.
Thanks Marc
kiran
Well, we get to see the carrier menu once unlocked and we don’t see it with the official SIM in it (makes sense ;).
You have described everything perfectly but if you could pop in the carriers you are trying to use it on, I can come up with a solution…