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).
Hey, Im happy that i was able to do this with your help, but right now i am having a problem trying to get service back on my phone. Can you help me?
@ Mando : First priority would be to restore using the latest version of iTunes and then use ZiPhone, iBrickr should only be used if the situation demands…
@ C!NA : You may try to restore, that will give you back all the disk space. Restore wipes the iPhone clean… Hope you have your data backed up!
@ Eric : I need to know if you are on Windows / Mac, and the firmware version you are on… Restore to 1.1.3 and then use ZiPhone, thats the best I can suggest with the current data you gave me…
nvm, i have a mac, but i resolved the problem. Just needed to unlock the phone, that was all. I got a little scared cause i had just gotten the phone for my birthday last week,lol. thanks.
running windows. when i launck ibrickr it does not do anything. Please help.
Jeff : Pl be more specific : the firmware, mac/pc and what you are trying to achieve.. I can then suggest a good solution!!
i am running windows on my pc. I installed 1.1.4 and would like to downgrade to 1.1.3 or 1.1.2. I followed steps 1-3 and received the 1015 error. i then closed itunes and tried to launch ibrickr. When ibrickr comes up it say it is looking for my iphone but does not seem to locate it.
Restart your PC and try again, it should work.
i tried to restart with same result. I then went threw the whole process again. same result. any suggestions.
I am sure you might have worked it out by now, if not – you might want to restore it to 1.1.3 again and try the iBrickr…
If you can get hold of a Mac, that had be great..
Thanks for the help. I had an issue with my PC. After I resolved it, things went smooth.
Ahhaaa, there you go, windows is the culprit 😉 Glad it works fine now!! All the users on this blog have their problems resolved now…
Worked like a charm!
Thanks
Wow…Awesome. I bought the Iphone. Now I am so happy that I have all these cool features on my iphone.. Thanks a lot everyone…
I followed the steps above exactly and now I have no service (AT&T, running Mac OS X 10.4 PPC)
Help?
Hi Mike… Did you try once again? You are trying to downgrade to 1.1.3 aren’t you?? You should have the latest version of iTunes/ ZiPhone/ iNdependence – that really helps, let me know if it fails again…
I’ve been trying to downgrade my Iphone for week now, and thanks to your instructions, i finally made it!!!!, thank you very much, Anthony from Paris France 🙂
im glad you finally succeeded!! I wish you found my site earlier, that would have saved you some time!
Kiran Thanks, i did it and it worked… theres another problem i have is the EDGE. i installed the services on my 1.1.4 and disabled the EDGE but sometimes i can see the E icon is showing on the iPhone and i’ve been charged 68p for that.. it seams the services isnt working or i might did something wrong… did anybody have thesame problem?
hmmm, I guess you should disable EDGE by contacting your cellular provider, that is a fool proof way of doing it… services may work but edge icon shows as long as you have access, that’s my take!
I forgot to tell you that I am using PC. Also should I down grade to 1.1.3 and wait for the new upgrade in June?
I did the jailbreak with 1.1.4 it worked well, thank you, except that my push Email does not work anymore. Any suggestion of what to do to get my Push Email back?
By mistake i uploaded my iphone to version 1.1.4 and i troed following your steps to downgrade it to version 1.1.3 i downloaded every programme I am using a windows computer and it wont let me access the iNdependence software i dont know what to do is it possible for you to help me please i also unlocked my iphone previously using the sim-x will this have any affect
Seriously, U R MY IDOL! Jeeze, soooo many times trying to do this crap and FINALLY, an actual effective method and very well explained… I bought my iPhone when it first came out, had it jailbroken when 1.1.1 was out, then I upgrade and obviously lost everything, and after the 1.1.2 my life/iphone wasnt the same anymore, I hate it the phone since I wasnt able to do whatever I wanted like before, I tried BILLIONS of times, I even messed up my iPhone many times trying to come up with the downgrade and successful jailbreak/unlock but nothing… THIS REALLY WORKS if u follow step by step and know what you are doing, now my iPhone looks AWESOME and of course its like mc donalds I AM LOVING IT! Thanks again 🙂
I am glad it worked for you! Enjoy your new found iPhone freedom 😉
i have no .ipsw file…I am running on Mac OSX Leopard and it says under the “Downloads” window “iPhone 1,1_1.1.3_4A93_Restore.ipsw.zip
then after its done downloading it changes the file name to “iPhone 1,1_1” and i cant open it under restore