1.1.3 OTB

iPhone 1.1.4 Upgrade, Downgrade, Activate, Jailbreak, Unlock Horror Story!

Kiran Konathala • February 28, 2008 • 2 min read

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.

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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!

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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!!

179 Discussion Comments

  7. HI…!!
    yesterday i tried to restore 1.1.4 by using itune7.3 and i got error.
    i tried two times by using same itune i tried to restore 1.0.2 and I got success…!!
    (by using ziphone I done jailbrake and activation and surprising…!!! iphone got unloacked also ??)

    Is it required to have some specific version of itune to restore 1.1.4????
    If yes where I will get it?
    Please reply as early as possible
    Thanks
    sandy

  11. hey everyone if you want good sources look up big boss

    If you are having trouble unlocking your iPhone via a mac us funtastic much better then ijailbreak for unlocking

    Via a of use ziphone but carefully read into what you re doing if anyone has more questions they can drop me a line at…

    Oneamericankid@gmail.com

  12. hi to all…
    i have unlocked my iphone 1.1.4 successfully…
    and u tube is also working fine
    thanks to zibri…!!!

    but i am looking for sms forwarding options also for call history management option….

    where i will get these softwares…?
    thanks
    sandy

  15. Hey i have a question to anyone who has just bought an iphone recently (assuming its 1.1.4 OTB) and have used the iPLUS software on it.

    Has it worked with no flaws on the iphone? Meaning do all the features work properly (youtube, wifi, itoogle, etc…)?

  16. David : I am yet to see a 1.1.4 OTB! But that doesn’t matter since bootloader is not changed with 1.1.4 and it is still at 4.6…. Just use iPlus and you are good to go! It worked without a hitch… Go ahead and DO it 🙂

  17. Hey kiran, the reason why i ask that is becuase i dont want to deal with issues and than go looking for bug fixes and all that. i guess that is what everyone wants but i’d rather do it right the 1st time and get it over with… hope you know what i mean.

  18. hi, guys how can i clean out my iphone and restart everything over from the start? i want it fresh out of the box which it was locked again i want to have everything erase and just start all over. and then i want to unlock it again. and when it say 3.9-fakeblank Bootloader and unlock 1.1.4 using iPlus 2.0b what do the fakeblank bootloader to anyway what is the purpose of it? y not upgrade it?

  19. dave : fakeBL lets you completely get back to the pristine factory state. With the release pwnage though, it changed! All the iPhones screwed by ZiPhone can now be back to work using BootNeuter… I suggest you hold off for some time before it is tested and verified completely 🙂

  20. my iphone is kind of acting funny. i want to start all over what do i do can u give me advice PLEASE!!!!! -=\ . and so u saying i should stick with ziphone? cuase if i do it just original bootloader. and if i use iplus 2.0 that will give me the 3.9-fakeblank Bootloader. what u suggest and please tell me how to restart my iphone all over please thank for the help -=D

  23. oh btw i heard there alil issue with using iplus. i heard that voice mail or mail and youtube dont work using iplus. is that true. anything else that going to have an error when using iplus? is it as good as ziphone or better?

  25. can u give me some stuff that are alil better? or anything? cause i dont really know the different. and i alway though they are the same because they are just programs to unlock the iphone. and nothing much

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