Definitive 1.1.3 Upgrade and Jailbreak Guide

[CD3660]

Totally frustrated at this time and seriously considering smashing my iphone against a wall just to make me feel good!

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

Why don't you just go down the ziphone route? It works and it's quick.

It's very simple to do. Follow these steps:

(1) In iTunes restore your phone to 1.1.4. Then quit iTunes.

(2) Download the latest version of Ziphone (Mac or Windows) from this link:

http://download.ziphone.org/

(3) Fire up your new Ziphone programme with your phone still connected to your computer and select the option to Jailbreak. The process should take no more than a minute and then you are ready to enjoy the freedom of Installer.

(4) Using Installer, install BSD Subsystem first and then Community Sources before you do anything else.

(5) Have fun.

I hope that this helps.

P.S. At the stage when iTunes gives you a choice whether to set up the iPhone as a new phone, select that option. You will not lose your contacts, photos, music etc. They will be loaded back onto the iPhone when you synch with iTunes.

 

[Sbrocket]

As long as you don't select the 'downgrade bootloader' option it is fully reversible.

Whatever Zibri may have done wrong the fact is he came out with the most user friendly and reliable unlock method that allows for a fully functioning phone whatever point you started at.

Incorrect. There were numerous instances (and I'm sure many more instances that haven't even been realized yet, since its done without the user's knowledge) of ZiPhone downgrading the iPhone's bootloader to v3.9 non-fakeblank which is completely not reversible with anything short of breaking open the hardware and doing a hardware unlock, effectively performing irreparable damage to the phone. This occurred in many cases: many users simply clicked "Do it all" unknowingly; the commandline version at one point (if not still) incorrectly processed cmdline options and would downgrade the bootloader even if the correct options were used; attempting to virginize the phone using ZiPhone also resulted in a mandatory bootloader downgrade.

Zibri's ZiPhone represents the epitome of irresponsible coding. He may have made jailbreaking available to the impatient and inconsolable masses, but he also did irreparable damage to user's expensive hardware because he doesn't understand what he's doing and instead rushes out software that is buggy and performs actions without the user's knowledge.

All the other elite teams rushed out buggy soft upgrades that didn't work for all users and were far from tested. I just sincerely hope there 'breaking' of 2.0 is better. It seems they are more concerned with making names for themselves and out doing each other then they are providing an actual useable service.

I don't know where you've been, but unless "all the other elite teams"=NateTrue you haven't got ground the stand on. The DevTeam releases jailbreaks and upgrades when they're ready for prime time. Improvements that are made later doesn't mean that the previous release shouldn't have been made, it just represents ongoing development. Your statement is high ironic given that it represents perfectly Zibri's attitude towards development. If you care to notice, I'm not harping about his alleged pilfering of other developer's work - ZiPhone shouldn't be used for one reason and one reason alone:

If you are trusting your multiple-hundred dollar device to someone, who would you rather it be? The annoying, donation-profiting adolescent who can't even bother to debug his code before release or design his software such that it doesn't result in unnecessary and irreversible bootloader downgrades which are never needed, or the DevTeam that manages to consistently provide the community with solutions that work and can actually do some of the stuff like break the newer firmware versions (1.2, 2.0, whatever). Frankly, using solutions from either of the two until they are sufficiently mature is very risky at best because its all community-based without any guarantee of QA, but Zibri's track record is clear for those that care to examine it and look beyond the fact that his is the "mainstream" solution.

 

[Justinthesaint]

This is going to seem very insignigicant after that huge post, but I have a few questions about ZiPhone. Here they are:

1. Is there any irreversable damage that is done by JUST jailbreaking using ZiPhone?

2. What is the difference between the two ZiPhone downloads: "Main" and "mirror"?

3. What does it mean in ZiPhone, when it says "Activate"?
If I have an iPhone that I want to keep with AT&T, and I just want to jailbreak it to get the Installer, do I jailbreak or jailbreak and Activate?

I have already jailbroken my iPhone using this guide. Then I downloaded something that messed up my phone, so I jailbroke using ZiPhone. Now, I was hoping to just jailbreak using ZiPhone again. Will someone smart (like the "Demi-God" that posted before me) please answer these questions?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Coletrain17]

This is going to seem very insignigicant after that huge post, but I have a few questions about ZiPhone. Here they are:

1. Is there any irreversable damage that is done by JUST jailbreaking using ZiPhone?

2. What is the difference between the two ZiPhone downloads: "Main" and "mirror"?

3. What does it mean in ZiPhone, when it says "Activate"?
If I have an iPhone that I want to keep with AT&T, and I just want to jailbreak it to get the Installer, do I jailbreak or jailbreak and Activate?

I have already jailbroken my iPhone using this guide. Then I downloaded something that messed up my phone, so I jailbroke using ZiPhone. Now, I was hoping to just jailbreak using ZiPhone again. Will someone smart (like the "Demi-God" that posted before me) please answer these questions?

Thanks in advance.

1. No, the only irreversable change done by ziphone is the BL downgrade, which is only for people who are unlocking their phone. Jailbreaking is risk free

2. I have no idea, just download the main one

3. When it says activate, it quite literally means activate your phone. But since you are a legit customer who activated through iTunes, you will NOT need to select this.

All you need to do is select "Jailbreak" and you will be in the clear. If you activate, you could run into some problems.