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 am glad it worked 🙂 Have fun now!
kiran:independence keeps crashing! i downgraded 1.1.4 to 1.1.3 and got the famous error. then the screen on the phone had the “connect to itunes” icon on it. i open independence and it crashes. side note: when the phone isn’t connected to the computer it doesn’t crash, but as soon as i connect it, crash! any thoughts?
seems that ziphone was the answer for me! worked using that.
Ha haa, there you go!! You din’t give me much time to answer it did u 😉 ZiPhone is a great tool!!
Hey Kiran(or others who can help in answering my Qs),
I was wondering what is the difference between a DFU mode vs. a recovery mode and when do you use them. I am planning to get an iphone within the next week and was wondering what I need to do to jailbreak/activate/unlock becuase i have tmobile?
Hey David, trust me it is soo easy! I would suggest iPlus v1.2 though (check my newer posts) … Don’t worry about DFU and Recovery mode, they both mean the same. Putting your iPhone in DFU mode allows you to restore it to factory settings.
It is a one step unlock, so don’t worry!
Kiran,
I saw the iPlus forum and it states that it is for iphones that are 1.1.4. Now is the OTB or it can be 1.1.2/1.1.3 updated to 1.1.4?
I am know I will most likely be getting a 1.1.3 OTB iphone. But just incase I want to check before unlocking, how do I check which FW is the on there?
Yep, it is for 1.1.4 iPhones, you can restore any version iPhone to 1.1.4 and proceed with iPlus…
You may get a 1.1.4 OTB if you bought one now… You can guess the firmware by seeing at the 4th and 5th numbers of iPhone’s serial #… Don’t worry about the firmware, everything is unlockable right now!!
Ok cool I will most certainly unlock with iPlus, but iPlus doesn’t seem to have a GUI like Ziphone. do you know if its currently in the works? Another thing is the what is the diff between a baseband and boatloader?
hey Kiran, I am noob to this whole unlock jailbreak activate thing 🙁 I have version 1.0.2 fully unlocked with you tube etc how do I upgrade to 1.1.4? I'm totatly lost as to which way is best easiest and obviously more stable!! Im on windows btw thanks Ket
iPlus command line is an absolute nobrainer, just drag and drop some stuff on to the command prompt and that’s it, anyways a gui should surface soon….
baseband is vital for the phone to boot and it remains the same forever!
Baseband is related to the communication part(gsm radio), it can be upgraded for stability purposes…..
@ Ket : I suggest using iPlus if you need 1.1.4… I will do a step by step guide soon, it is so easy, restore to 1.1.4 and the run iPlus – can’t get any easier!!
ok
I have a 1.1.2 OTB iPhone. My bootloader is 3.9.
I am running firmware 1.1.1 fully activated, unlocked, jailbroken. My carrier is UNICEL in Vermont.
Can I restore my iPhone through iTunes to 1.1.4?
then unlock, activate, and jailbrake using ziphone 2.5? Please help. I want to be in 1.1.4. Thanks
and again i am running 1.1.1 wondering if i can
restore to 1.1.4 using iTunes then unlock using ziphone 2.5?
Yep, you can definitely do that! iPLus/ZiPhone should happily work!
hey thanks
now I am unlocked using unicel in 1.1.4
is there a program that will turn off edge without going into airplane mode? Services and itoggle don’t work
any ideas?can somebody make one for 1.1.4?
Well, all I can suggest is to use fake edge settings for your carrier. Services used to be the best way but yeah, don’t input your edge settings, lemme know if it works 🙂
ANYBODY WHO WANTS A 1.1.4 UNLOCKED IPHONE OR ANY OTHER KIND, USE ZIPHONE 2.5 (ziphone.org) ALSO USE 1.1.4 IT IS BY FAR THE BEST SOFTWARE
I did not input my settings
somehow it does it anyway
hhmm
do you mean just set fake edge so the Pune can’t connect?
so i went into network settings and I just clicked edge
then i just typed in some random numbers
should this mess up edge so that it can’t connect?
i would like it to
oh thanks
i turned edge of !!
off =)
hi, guys i have 1.1.3 unlocked iphone…i need help to upgrade it to 1.1.4. and nothing is it save? everything work fine? and if they are yes it 100% perfect how do i upgrade it to 1.1.4? i need the step i am kind of new to this… thank you guys for helping…
alright
so first of all 1.1.4 is amazing it fixed a lot of problems on my phone
to upgrade do a full restore to 1.1.4 through iTunes
then download ziphone 2.5 (ziphone.org)
after your iPhone is fully restored to 1.1.4
run ziphone.
Have it unlock and jailbrake
after this you should be unlocked (if uupgraded using the dev teams method through installer, you will need to select new phone in iTunes
tell if this works it worked for me
oh make sure that u place ur sim in AFTER. Unlocking using ziphone
so i need to take my sim out in order to follow the step first then do all upgrade?