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!!
i have restored and destored and re-restored my iphone aobut 15 times today. if theres any chance ud like to aim with me maybe we can take care of this once and for all
aim: oneangrytoast
ill be on for the next few mins and all day tomorrow
TRY TO USE ZiPhone it works
i did it
kirin. ur the man. no more trouble shooting for me. installer.app is going to be abuuuuuuuused
Nick : will try ZiPhone, I’m comfortable with iJailbreak and INdependence for Mac and ZiPhone for Windows!!
Rob : Let us all know ur experiences with apps on 1.1.3. , no much time in hand; atleast till spring break!!
Use ziphone 2.5 works perfectly.
Also…the springB for 1.1.4 work perfectly 😉 and there are some wonderful themes….
can anyone please help me out, iam trying to downgrade from 1.1.4 to 1.1.3, i used ibricker it didnt work, i keep gettin the error 1015,, i downloaded iNdependence and i dont know how to use it, please reply i’ve restored my phone atleast 15 times in the past 24hours
@ Myphone : Error 1015 is pretty common and it is very friendly 🙂 Once you get the famous error 1015, quit iTunes and launch iNdependence, it should kick the hell out of the error message and show you the home screen. Im sorry you had to try so many times to get around, iNdependence should fix it in about 5 seconds at most!
thanks for this post!! i want my touch unlocked but couldn’t find an easy way to downgrade from 1.1.4.
On a side note:: Zipod is the best program to use for unlocking your ipod to get more stuff on it. Believe me, i have tried tonnes!!
🙂
Hi I am having real trouble downgrading to 1.1.3 from 1.1.4 getting the 1015 error how can I get round this please? At the moment I have a phone that is no good to me on 1.1.4 and I cant get Ziphone to do the unlock?
Jay, please refer to comment # 33 on this page.
Thats great many thanks… one more quick thing how can I tell which BL my phone is?
kiran i got independence but i cant access it when click the icon it tells me to choose a program to run it on, please reply, thanks
Oops, I believe you are on Windows then. I suggest you use iBrickr to kick it out of the DFU mode (1015).
thank you karin, i really appreciate it
anybody know why customize wont do any customization?
when i try restoring it, i have a 1.1.4 iphone jailbreaked,activated and unlocked with ziphone 2.5 itunes tells me that an unknown error occured (1), any ideas? i tried to restore it to 1.1.2 thank you
I never restored to 1.1.2 from 1.1.4, I did do to 1.1.3 though – check out http://ilikemyiphone.com/wordpress/?p=171
did you have your sim in there while doing the whole process?
Yep, you can put in your own sim (T-Mobile or non-ATT sim) for the whole process!
hi there..
sorry if im repeat a question already asked. but i tried to hold on to the opt key and nothing appeared at all! at which stage should i be doing this?
also, iNdependence does not seem to work for me as well.. pls help =( thanks so much
Well, if you are on Windows, then you should hold the Shift key and Option key on a Mac.
iNdependence is also only for a Mac.
Visit http://ilikemyiphone.com/wordpress/?page_id=173 and decide on the right tool.
I had an 1.1.2 iPhone working perfectly on non aT&T networks with a chip inserted on top of the SIM. I installed some new application and the iPhone crashed. I had to restore it with iTunes so I automatically got the 1.1.4.
How can I now downgrade to 1.1.3 if iTunes only shows me the Activate iPhone screen??
Oana : I suggest you use ZiPhoneGUI to put the iPhone in DFU mode and then you can restore it to 1.1.3 via iTunes 🙂
Kiran: THAANK YOU! It worked 🙂