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).
Hi Kiran, i followed the iplus guide and jailbroke my 1.1.4otb 16gb iphone. Youtube wasnt working but i went installer and downloaded the youtube tweek and its all good. The phone function is not working though, do i need to tell the phone what country i am in or something, is there an iworld tweek for 1.1.4? How do i get my sim to work?
Thanks
Mark
Hey all, thought I would share my story (caution it’s fairly long) …
I had a fully functional 1.1.2 iPhone using StealthSim to unlock. I attempted to upgrade to 1.1.3 using the Installer.app’s Official Upgrader 1.1.2-1.1.3. It didn’t work very well as it was locked and I was left with the Connect to Itunes screen. I wish I had done more research before continuing as I probably could’ve unlocked it with Ziphone or similar but… I forced a restore back to 1.1.2 following some instructions on the web which included instructions to use a Baseband Downgrader from i.unlock.no that failed miserably, Main Script error leaving the phone with no modem firmware which gave me a brick that I couldn’t get to restore 1.1.1, 1.1.2 or 1.1.3 – the errors I received in Itunes were 1002, 1011, and 1012 respectively. Lots of horror stories about those on the web…
So at this point I was 9 hours in and panicking big time… I finally discovered Ziphone and it’s promise to unlock/Jailbreak 1.1.4. So I used Itunes to install 1.1.4 firmware and that worked (progress – good thing), then I used Ziphone to jailbreak the phone (more success) – feeling much better.
Here’s my question – Now that I have a functional unit with 1.1.4 on it but the phone part isn’t working with my SteathSim – I’m thinking about using your process to downgrade and see if 1.1.3 works with my StealthSim (my wife has a TurboSim that works with 1.1.3) – should I do this or just use Ziphone to unlock and stay at 1.1.4? Any suggestions? Sure do want the phone to work…
ok i got a unknown error 1014 what is that i need help!!!
I just used iBrickr and the phone is now just cycling through the black screen with an apple, then it runs all kinds of code on a black screen with white letters. Too fast to read anything. Then it goes black, then back to the screen with the apple. I can’t turn it off and I can’t stop it. Now what?
OK, I finally got it to stop, but now iBrickr can’t see the phone. Every time I turn the phone back on, it starts the cycle again. Is the phone toast?
Eric : Please Restore to 1.1.4 and then use iLiberty+ / ZiPhone . It works great. Go through my posts on 1.1.4 for more details.
I can’t restore because when I turn the phone on all I get is the scrolling code. i have to hold both the power button and home button to get it to stop.
OK, I finally got iTunes to see the phone and that interupted the scrolling code. BTW it was informatoin about Darwin, build date …..
If I just use iLiberty will that work for just unlocking the phone? I can’t seem to download ZiPhone. I am in China right now and every site that has ZiPhone seems to be down (or blocked?)
Well, iLiberty+ should work just fine. Restore and use iLiberty+ : as simple as that 🙂
If using a mac just go to get info and change extension manually
so if i wana downgrade to 1.1.3 i click on 1.1.3
or do i click on 1.1.4 which i already have ?
hey kiran, i was reading up on posts through google and came across this one. you seem to know a good amount about downgrading. so heres my story. my phone recently messed up with some apps i had. i had app taps on it. and i believe i was still on 1.1.1 . i loved being able to put whatever i wanted on there, on top of ringtones and stuff so i never upgraded. but i couldn’t do anything with my phone at one point because my phone somehow messed itself up. so i was wondering, do you have any instructions on downgrading back to 1.1.1? i got my phone back up ato 1.1.4. glad to have my phone working. but hating what its left me with. please help. greatly appreciated.
It is strongly suggested you not go back to 1.1.1… 1.1.4 is the most stable and compatible OS for all apps …
hmm.. really? i dunno. i’ll try it out i guess.. but if i can’t put my ringtones back on we’ll have a serious problem here. ;[ i’ll let you know what happens. thanks for the feedback.
YOUR THE FREKN MAN……………..MANY THANKS……Z RULES
Hi, I have the iphone 1.1.4 8gb.
I unlocked with zibri and tried to correct the wi-fi.
I still have no access to my gmail or safari on this phone. but the bigger problem is that i can only hear on speaker. otherwise it’s whisper quiet.
I have not seen any posts about these problems, and I have no idea what to do to fix it. I thought downgrading to 1.1.1 would be the solution, but I am not sure how to do that, or if it’s a good idea. mixed posts about that.
please help!
thank you,
danna
dannakny@yahoo.com
Thank you for calling. If you’re up, I am too, don’t know how i missed your call.
i did try to downgrade to 1.1.4 but itunes said i was not successful. this is after i put it in DFU mode with iDemocracy. Then i tried to command option click restore and go through the files in the 1.1.1 firmware download from your site, which was weird, and disappeared, but in the end, just quit itunes and kept me in DFU mode. then i tried to restart the iphone by pressing both buttons at the same time, i did this twice, and suddenly it worked again, with 1.1.4 on it, and might i add the rest of my media and phone numbers still on it. agian, unexpected. i thought it would all be wiped out.
so, now, i got your message, I have finally successfully figured out how to download iplus, took a while. it all went smoothly after a while, but it’s been stuck on this line :
Loading iplus.dat.
ppc
Searching for iPhone…
Entering recovery mode.
and nothing is happening for 15 min. then the screen went black, the apple showed up, and then the plug+itunes logo came back.
confused.
i guess try iliberty now?
thank you so much for helping me! you are the master of the iphone as far as i am concerned. and i am owning my certificate of honorary geek that i received.
it’s working fine. i put on some apps. good times.
For those wondering what finally worked in Danna’s case is : Many iPhone users including me freaked out when the volume was too low on the call whereas speaker phone works great. The problem lies in the protective cover that comes slapped on all the iPhone. Just take it off and you are good to go!
Danna : Thanks for the compliments, you learn way too fast, infact now you can even guide anyone facing issues with iPlus or ZiPhone 🙂 Have fun with your iPhone while I prepare myself to support 3G iPhones shortly! That will be hell lotta work!
hi i have wifi problems on my iphone..i couldn’t tap on the menu since it in grey-mode..i already downgrade to firmware 1.1.3 but it did’t work on my devices.could u give any suggesstion on it bcoz i have try many ways to fix it…thanks a lot
there is only one speaker on the iphone
I am not sure why you would want to go back to 1.1.4 since 2.2.1 ismore stable and readily unlockable for iPhone 2G…
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