iPhone 1.1.4 upgrade hasn’t been a trouble-free update for many. There really is no good reason to update to 1.1.4 at this time, probably SDK might need it in the future. So, you accidentally upgraded to 1.1.4, now what? How do we get back to a much better firmware?
Download 1.1.3 / 1.1.2 firmwares from this link.
I have followed these steps on a 4.6 BL iPhone as well as 3.6 BL iPhone. If you have used IPSF like unlock before (Gunlokc/iJailbreak/ZiPhone), then you can still follow these steps.
- Your 1.1.4 iPhone should preferably be activated using iNdependence.(Latest version 1.4beta5) (Quit iTunes, iTunes Helper from Activity Monitor (Type Activity Monitor in Spotlight, you should see it).
- Now, the downgrade to 1.1.3 is pretty straightforward. Just hold the ‘Option’ key (MAC) / ‘Shift’ key (Windows) and hit the ‘Restore’ button on iTunes and browse for the .ipsw file you downloaded (preferably 1.1.3 firmware). And hit ‘Open‘.
- It should start downgrading. One of my friends got weird error messages at this point. Like ‘error 2001’ and some other error. You might want to restart your Mac and iPhone and proceed to Step 1. (Look for steps 4,5 for Windows users at the end of this post)
- (MAC) If you get an error message 1015 it is absolutely fine. That assures you have 1.1.3 now 🙂 All you have to do is launch iNdependence to kick the iPhone from the DFU mode.
- (MAC) Now quit iTunes and iNdependence. Launch iJailbreak (Latest Version) and hit Unlock / Jailbreak depending on your requirement. If you are on ATT or an approved carrier, you may want to click Jailbreak or else Unlock is not a bad option either !!
iJailbreak installs installer.app by default (if you choose either Unlock or Jailbreak) and post a comment if you face any issues. You have a happy iPhone experience now!!
4. (Windows) It is common for error 1015 to pop up at this stage. It is time you download iBrickr. Quit iTunes and launch iBrickr. Click on ‘Boot the iPhone’. It should kick the iPhone out of DFU mode to boot into HomeScreen.
5. (Windows) Download ZiPhone. Now hit the ‘Do it all’ button if you never unlocked the iPhone. If you unlocked the iPhone before, you might want to hit ‘Jailbreak and Activate’ for installer.app to be glowing on your homescreen!
Thanks Ashlee for following my instructions and confirming they work on a Windows computer 🙂
Update : Probable fix for YouTube (Check at the end of the article).
will this work with the ipod touch 8gb? I just wanna make sure before i do this
I have heard that ZiPhone GUI does jailbreak the Touch, I am not a Touch expert, can answer iPhone related queries, I have no iTouch, please look around 🙂
Glad I could help 😉
hummmm, Can I use these restore files to upgrade my phone???
Could I take a 1.1.2 otb jailbroken phone, restore (alt click) and choose 1.1.3?
would it upgrade?
Then could I jailbreak the phone and rock and roll on 1.1.3??
just wondering.
thanks
@ CanadaCam : Yep, you can do it 🙂 Go ahead!
@ Josh : Glad it worked for you! Enjoy the apps 🙂
Yessssss i have been up all night (3-1-08) and i couldnt find a way on how to downgrade it but i followed these steps and it worked! I am sooooo relieved now
hey i was wondering what you are talking about when you say “Your 1.1.4 iPhone should preferably be activated using iNdependence.(Latest version 1.4beta5) (Quit iTunes, iTunes Helper from Activity Monitor (Type Activity Monitor in Spotlight, you should see it).” could you please explain? thank you
Hi Ashlee : I was referring to a Mac OS here. I meant to say that we need to quit iTunes to use iNdependence software (for Mac).
Activity Monitor displays all the current processes on your Mac. Open Activity Monitor to find iTunes Helper .. Quit iTunes helper and proceed using iNdependence.
Sorry for complicating here, it is pretty straight forward actually.
hmmm…im sorry im real confused…u see im not very good with computers and i dont have a mac…i downloaded the firmware and i also downloaded the iNdependence and ijailbreak but now i dont know how to open them… can you please help? i tried opening the iNdependence but nothing happened and same with ijailbreak
Ashlee : Thanks for confirming the Windows version 🙂 Windows users look at the end of the post for instructions….
thx for the instructions. it really works. but after the work with ibricker, you must take the iphone to recovery mode again (with home button, manually) and than you can use ziphone
Hi Deniz. No, once iBrickr kicks it out of the DFU (recovery) mode, you can directly use ZiPhone, no need of manual recovery again.
Hi everyone Ziphone 2.5c has been released and fixes the issue where it didn’t unlock the phone.. I will trying mine again tonight with 1.1.4 so will let you know how I get on
This really worked for me. I recently bought my i phone and as usual was experimenting with it- upgraded it to 1.1.4 from 1.1.3 and found out that many application working fine on 1.1.3 was not working on the latest firmware. tried to restore it back through i tune but no luck and then i followed the instructions as above and it worked wonders.
Thank you for this help
Kiran do you know if there is anything out there that can just do the unlock and activate and not jailbreak (ie install the installer.app)? any help much appretiated
Jay, we cannot get installer.app on the iPhone without Jailbreaking it. Use ZiPhone/ijailbreak for installer.app …
Sorry I meant the other way around? I dont want installer.app I just want an unlock and activate? Will Ziphone let me do this?
I am afraid not! Jailbreak is a MUST to hack or unlock your iPhone!! Why are you so afraid of Jailbreak btb?? You can delete installer.app later though!!
To do that, you need openSSH installed. Then you can delete installer.app using an FTP client!
Could you describe the steps followed and the current situation the iPhone is in… I am at school, no laptop, using school PC…
help can u please help omg i ruined it
i dont know…it just has white txt scrolling…on black back ground…ans now theres a big yellow triangle saying connect to itunes…but it wont connect it keeps saying it needs to be restored….but it wont…my phone worked last night i did it to 1.1.2 but my sisters is the one messing up
Well, at this stage, you have to run iBrickr. Remember the steps we did last night? Just launch iBrickr with iTunes closed…
it doesnt work it wont connect to neting…i ruined it…
I keep having the same problem, when i run iBrickr it runs the same process over and over again. The apple comes on but then it runs the code again. Then if I try locating it say iphone not found. I have to reboot phone and I can run ziphone to recover. Dont know why the ibrickr step does not work. Any ideas??? Thanks!!!
Hi everybody i have a big problem and i did lots of things to fix it but its not doing anything for me can you please help me?
i have a 8Gb iPhone and just upgrade it to 1.1.4 from 1.1.2 with Ziphone… i aready had 4Gig inside the phone and lots of information from my work. after upgrading to 1.1.4 i couldn’t see my iPhone on iTunes and al the programs and songs anf files i had on my iPhone is not there. i can see i have 3Gig available but the iPod is e,pty and my mails and address book is empty too. its like its completely empty but still got 4Gig inside it. how can i solve this problem? please if theres a way to fix it, let me know..
Thank you very much