I had to buy a new iPhone OTB 1.1.2 with modem firmware 04.02_13G (week 52) to test a clean update to 1.1.3 . I have used a MacBook, OTB 1.1.2 iPhone, Cingular SIM(no iPhone contract), iTunes 7.6, iNdependence 1.3.2b and lot of enthusiasm!! I have heard about different reports and I wanted to check them out. Indeed it was one smooth upgrade to 1.1.3, thanks to Nate for his decision 😉
As stated, we need to start off with a Jailbroken 1.1.2 / 1.1.1 iPhone. OTB 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 iPhones are just fine for the purpose whereas 1.1.3 OTBs are yet to be seen anywhere in the wild so far. If you have upgraded to 1.1.3 just for the heck of it, follow this guide to downgrade it :
Step 1 : I downgraded from OTB 1.1.2 to 1.1.1 by the regular ‘Option’ key iTunes restore. Just hold the ‘Option key’ (Mac) / ‘Shift key’ (Windows) in iTunes 7.6 and point towards 1.1.1 iPhone firmware. Don’t panic if you see 1015 error, just hit ‘ok’ and follow this simple online Jailbreakme.com procedure.
Step 2 : Now we meet Nate’s conditions for 1.1.3 Jailbreak. Make sure you have the required 1.1.3 ipsw before you proceed. Save yourself some time from upgrading to 1.1.2! Download ‘Windows Jailbreak 1.1.3‘ or ‘Mac Jailbreak 1.1.3‘. Run the exe (Windows) or Run_This (Mac) and make sure you follow the instructions. They are pretty straight forward. Check the snapshot below for clarity! The entire process is pretty snappy 🙂 ( The respective softwares upload a 300 MB 1.1.3 file in this step).
Step 3 : Now is the time for lil’ patience! It is the time to launch installer.app and do a 1.1.3 soft upgrade. You don’t see 1.1.3 Soft Upgrade file? Well, click on sources and then refresh your sources. It should appear under Recent packages. It took a while just to see this file. No wonder many people complained that they couldn’t see the ‘1.1.3 Soft Upgrade’ file. It is quite common. Just install it and enjoy fresh air while iPhone does some major changes in the firmware! It should take less than 10 minutes. It should also reboot once it is done. There you go, you now see the flashy 1.1.3!
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Step 4 : Now, go to installer.app and install ‘1.1.3 soft upgrade cleaner’ available in ‘Recent Packages’ to claim a potential 300 MB (the file iBrickr downloaded to your iPhone saving iTunes some work 😉 . You actually have to uninstall both ‘1.1.3 soft upgrade’ and ‘1.1.3 soft ugrade cleaner’ to really claim your 300 MB back!
Step 5 : Install revised BSD Subsystem 2.0 followed by installation of Term-vt100. Yeah, it is recommended. Now launch Terminal on your iPhone and type the following commands as shown in the image below. var/mobile is changed to var/root in the process thereby minimizing the risk of breaking non-1.1.3 apps.
Step 6 : Now that we are being lil’ too clever so far, lets be clever and prevent the apps from occupying space by adding BossTool. To do that, click on sources and then ‘Edit’ followed by ‘Add’ source http://sleepers.net/iphonerepo . Click ‘Ok’ and click refresh. Now install ‘BossTool’ from utilities under categories in installer.app . Launch the BossTool app and click on ‘Relocate Wallpaper, Ringtones and Apps.’
Step 7 : There you go! You now have the best important tools for your iPhone. To quickly try if it works just fine, install ‘iPhysics’ followed by ‘iPinball’ from games section in installer.app . I am yet to face any issues with 1.1.3 Jailbreak. Also install ‘Dock’ app from System folder for quick launch of apps and to take the best screenshots!
iSteamy.net, iPhysiscs, MobileFinder and the like just work fine. Please report any irregularities in 1.1.3 operation.
Simple FAQs that are worth answering!!
Do screenshots work? Yep they do using ‘Dock’ app. Mak sure you take atleast one picture using your camera before screenshots start showing in the photo roll.
Do custom ringtones work? Well, yeah garageband tones work just fine. There is a 1.1.3 Ringtone fix in Recent Packages (installer.app). You have to use BossTools for it to appear.
Google Maps work as virtual GPS? Interestingly enough, as soon as I got 1.1.3 patched, I launched Google Maps and I saw my exact location without even the active SIM present. Later when I tried, the bottom left corner icon animates and no location is shown. All other features work though!!
Update : Interestingly enough, Locate Me app wrongly reports my location (probably a cache feature) and followed by launching Google Maps, it pinpoints my exact location!! I can live with this (Locate Me + Google Maps). Hence, need not perform the ever complicated baseband upgrade process…
Is 1.1.3 unlock-able yet? Already unlocked iPhones (1.1.1 / 1.1.2) remain unlocked even after upgrading to 1.1.3 ! Cingular / ATT prepaid/postpaid sims are readily activated as always. So no contracts!!
Is there any performance improvements? Yep I should say yes. It is a lot snappier than before!
p.s : These are just my observations. Feel free to discuss any differences 🙂 Watch out for more updates!
After upgrading my OTB iphone 1.1.2 to 1.1.3, my cingular Sim no longer work. however the cingular work fine on my Iphone 1.1.2 before. would you give me some help?
i am now stay for the iphone 1.1.3 (04.02.13G) only jailbroken and the cingular sim no longer work. Need help please!
Thanks
Could you provide some more info?? What does the signal read?? No sim?? Any error messages will definitely help. You have to go back to 1.1.1, jailbreak and follow the process mentioned in this post. I used an OTB 1.1.2… Mac or Windows??
I tried this, but since i have no wireless connection here, it displays the following message:
"Refresh Failed. Could not refresh sources"
I still can’t locate
@ Victor : click on sources and then refresh your sources. It should appear under Recent packages. Pl go through Step 3 in this post…
Well, that means you might want a data connection, WiFi would be great if not EDGE.
OK i didnt work wit cingular or at&t it says "Incorrect SIM at point and also no Service when it doesnt say incorrect sim help
yes i did everthing that was said and my iphone is jailbroken but the sim isnt working ??? i have at&t and it shows no signal please can u help
@Nick : May I know if your iPhone is 1.1.2 OTB or a previous version cos’ we may hve to virginize the baseband for it to work…
i have 1.1.2 OTB and what does virginize mean
also i have trouble with step 5 and 6 is that y can explain the whole thing plz
step 5 and step 6 are to ensure efficient application performance (compatibility). That got noting to do with the signal, hence shouldn’t give no sim error. When you downgraded to 1.1.1, did you see a signal?
well when i downgraded it said sim error so i think ill try wat u did the instructions r on top because i have an iMac
@ Nick : cool,if its an imac, it should definitely work!! downgrade to 1.1.1, and follow my steps, let see why ATT wouldn’t show up!!
ok ill try it with cingular first cause i dont have an iphone contract also
i think because i already upgraded it to 1.1.3 so i have the modem firmware 04.03.13_G
eeeks, did you perform a direct upgrade?? Thats some serious trouble 🙁 But once activated, iPhone should get the signal though (ATT)…
I tried the 1.1.3 soft upgrade from installer on a hacked 1.1.2 phone. It went OK and then I started installer. Installer asked to upgrade, reloaded and the phone went to deact where it was activated before. I then tried to activate thru itunes and it said there was a problem with the phone take it to apple.
I reset it to DFU mode, reloaded 1.1.2 and it works (no hacks yet).
So I don’t think the 1.1.3 upgrades are ready for primetime.
I’ve seen other posts with the same problem,
Jerry
dude, i didn’t find the “1.1.3 Soft Upgrade”. i refreshed sources many times…
Hi Guys, Just brought an iphone from overseas, my firmware version is 04.03.13_G. I started to follow the instructions from above and i get to step 1 and point towards 1.1.1 iPhone firmware i am not sure which file i should be choosing? Any help.
Also, am i able to unlock this phone at this time and use a product like x-sim to make calls?
Thanks,
@ Marc : If you have a bootloader 3.9, you can unlock it. anySIM 1.3 is leaked today. You can know the bootloader version by using bootloaderInfo app in installer.app
Sorry for being a dumbarse but how do i access that? All i can use is the emergency call section on the phone.
Thanks for the quick reply
I have a 1.1.2 otb 4.6 bl. I upgraded to itunes to 1.1.3 the day they annouced that update i was pissed. I downgraded to 1.1.1 then ok top up 1.1.2 jailbroke that on then i soft upgrade to 1.1.3 using i clarified and everything went fine i was excited and everything but i dint have any signal can u please help me why i spend 5 hours trying to do it. If i have a 4.3.13 version and a soft upgrade it wont work or what is it that i need to do. i Have an activated iphone sim and it still dintt work
So will this process work with my new 16gb iPhone? It came with the 1.1.3 software and the modem version is 04.03.13_G. If I run this process, will I be able to still use it with my activated AT&T SIM?
I already unlock my iPhone. I have a Cingular sim card, so I just put the sim card inside. However, when I put in my sim card, it does not work. There’re no signal.
I also tried to download the anySim application to unlock the phone but it did not work also.
You have any idea what to do?