Help - Search - Members - Calendar
Full Version: [Guide] iPhone 2.x to 1.1.4 downgrade
Neowin Forums > Help & Discussion Center > PDA, Tablet & Mobile Devices
Pages: 1, 2
_X_
If like me, you thought that you could download version 2.0 of the firmware on a jailbroken iPhone (1.1.4) and get all the features, then you were in for a huge fall from grace. I found this out the hard way after spending no less than 18 hours SOLID on the internet, googling, posting on forums etc to get answers.

Now I thought I would make a guide to help people who might be in the same boat.
Don't forget, this shouldn't apply if your on the supported carriers, i.e. AT&T or O2. The iPhone should still work with them, but if not, then this guide will help.


This guide is for you if:
You can't seem to downgrade from 2.0 to 1.1.4, you did but you can't make or receive calls, if that's you skip to Step 6.


Shopping list

You will need the following:

iTunes 7.5 (NOT 7.7)
iLiberty+Windows / Mac < Not essential, feel free to use ZiPhone if it gets the job done.
iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw firmware.
KiPhone Windows / Mac (Patched version of ZiPhone)
A Little bit of luck (Sorry, no download link yet wink.gif )


(Update: More KiPhone Download Links (Thanks MioN)- Download for Windows - Download for MAC OS X)

Step 1:

Uninstall iTunes 7.7 if you have it and restart your computer

Step 2:

Install iTunes 7.5, iLiberty+ & KiPhone. Make sure only iTunes is running.

Step 3:

Your iPhone should be in 2 states, either stuck on the "Slide to make emergency calls" screen, or you tried to restore before and it's stuck on the new look "connect to iTunes" screen. Either way you're ok.

Enter the phone in DFU mode (You must have the iPhone connected to the computer and iTunes running). To do this, hold the power & the home button down for 9 seconds.
Why 9? Well people say 10, but it depends how slow you are at counting. Too short and it doesn't work, too long and the apple logo appears.
When you hit about 6/7 the screen should turn off, leave it for 2 more seconds and release the power button, STILL holding the home button. If all went well, you should NOT see an apple logo, the screen should be dead. Keep holding home until windows/Mac informs you that it's found new hardware, OR iTunes tells you that your iPhone is in recovery mode. Remember, screen should be blank.
If you see an apple logo, repeat the process for less time until you get it right. Took me a little time.


Make sure also that it truly is in DFU mode and not just off. Check this by using iLiberty. bottom right corner of the window should say DFU mode. If its states disconnected, you have turned it off, obviously.

Step 4:

Shift/Option click the restore button in iTunes and select the iPhone1,1_1.1.4 firmware you downloaded.
Fingers crossed it should restore back to 1.1.4.
However, you WILL get an error message when restore is complete, something like (1005) or (1150) I can't remember. That's a good sign.


Step 5:

Your phone now should be "stuck" in restore mode, you should see the old type "connect to iTunes" screen.
Close iTunes and run iLiberty+. Click the Other Tools tab and select Jump out of recovery mode.
Keep your eye on the bottom right of the Liberty window; it should change from a flashing recovery mode, to disconnected, within about 5/10 seconds. If it does, that's a good sign. If it doesn't, you may need to hard reset the iPhone (holding power and home until screen goes off) and try again.
Once it kicks it out of recovery mode you should see the slide for emergency calls screen on 1.1.4.


After investigation, I realised you don't need to kick the phone out of recovery mode to use KiPhone. So you can skip this step altogether.


Step 6:

This is crucial and here's a little back-story.

When you updated to 2.0, what a lot of people didn't realize, me included, is that it includes a new baseband file. This is the file which allows your iPhone to make/receive calls, text's etc. This is what caused me hours and hours of trouble as I couldn't figure out a way to erase it. The answer was sent to me on another forum and that is,

KiPhone!!

Now here's the problem. This guide is what I did up to this point, but what I then went on to do was to jailbreak the iPhone, Google some more and then I found I needed KiPhone.
You shouldn't need to jailbreak it to run KiPhone but if it fails to work, try it.


Run KiPhone and select downgrade baseband and debug boot. Hit start and your iPhone should restart and you should see lines of scrolling txt. It took a while, 5 minutes or so. (The only way I know of seeing if it worked instantly was by jailbreaking it first, that choice is up to you). Once done you will need to restore the iPhone one more time to 1.1.4 using iTunes. Shift clicking restore should do it, no need to put into recovery mode. (Why do you need to restore again? If you just jailbreak after downgrading the baseband, you can receive calls but not make any, only send texts but not receive any).

The test if it works is when restore is done; it should give you NO errors.

*If for some reason KiPhone crashes out, restore the 1.1.4 firmware again. I found this problem too but a restore fixed the errors. But failing that, and if you cant be bothered, try simply restarting your computer. Solved it for some people.




Step 7:

Using iLiberty+, select the extra repro's using the advanced menu. This will give you further options like installing installer.app or reallocating ringtones etc.



Dont forget to click download after you have selected the ones you want!

Phew.

Any questions, feel free to ask, I feel I've assimilated too much information on this in the past 24 hours.

FAQ:

I cannot kick out of restore mode what should i do? You don't need to. Not to downgrade the baseband. Don't worry.

I downloaded itune 7.5 when i try to run it a screen pops up saying that iTunes Library.itl cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes. Simple. Close iTunes. Find the iTunes folder on your hard drive where your library is stored (usually in your music directory). Rename it to iTunes2 or something else. Run iTunes. Once you are done you can delete the newly made iTunes folder and rename your old one back (before you install the latest version).

I keep getting an error 1604 after step 4: Try this article for advice.

I'm having trouble getting KiPhone to find the iPhone: This is because iTunes needs to read the newly restored phone. Try running iTunes first. Also restarting both the iPhone and PC helped others and swap USB if all else fails.

I have followed the guide but I cant make or receive calls!: This is because you havent downgraded the baseband. This step is vital is a working iPhone. Repeat all the steps again.

IMPORTANT

If your still having the 1604 error, try this.
Restore to 1.1.4 and jailbreak the iPhone. Forget the baseband side of things. Use your iPhone+Installer.app to download openSSH.
SSH into your iphone. If you dont know how to, google it. Plenty of internet guides.

Once your into your iPhone,delete the /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework folder itself. Restore your phone once again to 1.1.4 and retry the guide.

Since 2.0.1 is now out and its already jailbroken etc for us 2G owners, this guide isnt needed really. 2.0.1 is miles better than 2.0 and in turn 1.1.4. The only thing you will miss is a proper installer.app. But hopefully a new version will come out soon!

Good luck!
m4ttx
where can i get kiphone for osx?!?
_X_
Updated main post to show new link smile.gif
m4ttx
oh my. dude i owe you one! i spent hrs trying to fix my iphone. seriously thanks for the tutorial!
_X_
Very welcome. I know how annoying it is. I joke not when I say I tried for 12 hours solid to fix this. But all is done!
lylesback2
thanks! This may come in handy if I accidentally mess something up during the upgrade
antpooh
This worked for me to a point. I got the iphone back 1.1.4 but for some reason I can't put music and ringtones on my iphone. When I go to drag and drop onto my iphone I get a circle with line through icon and wont let me add the files to my iphone. Any help?
funkadelic
I did all the steps...and the screen turn to white and i was installing the update when suddenly came a 1601 error or something like that.... and i was unable to continue with the process... and ideas...

----
I need hellppp please..
Bachus
I went step by step, until Step 5, when I ran iLiberti+.
When I press "Jump out of recovery mode" it never change from a flashing recovery mode, to disconnected.
I also tried with hard reset, the same thing...

Any idea?

I slept for 2 hours, I need to sleep ;(

Thank you
tech07
Great post +_X

Like many other Gen 1 iPhone users, when I try to Restore to 1.1.4 I get the Unknown Error (20) just after the File is extracted and can go no further.

Yes, iPhone was in DFU Mode.
I am using iTunes 7.5
I Press the <Shift> Key and clicking Restore
Open File 1.1.4
File extracts fine but the very next screen gives me the ........unknown Error (20)


It loads file Ver 2.0 just fine ...just that it remains Locked with the Emergency number only.

Any one else that is getting Error (20) able to downgrade to Ver 1.1.4? If so, what process was used.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
creamhackered
Quote - (funkadelic @ Jul 14 2008, 04:42) *
I did all the steps...and the screen turn to white and i was installing the update when suddenly came a 1601 error or something like that.... and i was unable to continue with the process... and ideas...

----
I need hellppp please..

If you get 16XX Error you just need a new version of Apple Mobile Device Support.
You can get this package from software update , choosing "install and keep package" when updating iTunes to 7.7 (Pkg will be located in Downloads/iTunes

Quote - (antpooh @ Jul 14 2008, 03:48) *
This worked for me to a point. I got the iphone back 1.1.4 but for some reason I can't put music and ringtones on my iphone. When I go to drag and drop onto my iphone I get a circle with line through icon and wont let me add the files to my iphone. Any help?

Have you tried restoring the phone?
creamhackered
Quote - (tech07 @ Jul 14 2008, 08:07) *
Great post +_X

Like many other Gen 1 iPhone users, when I try to Restore to 1.1.4 I get the Unknown Error (20) just after the File is extracted and can go no further.

Yes, iPhone was in DFU Mode.
I am using iTunes 7.5
I Press the <Shift> Key and clicking Restore
Open File 1.1.4
File extracts fine but the very next screen gives me the ........unknown Error (20)


It loads file Ver 2.0 just fine ...just that it remains Locked with the Emergency number only.

Any one else that is getting Error (20) able to downgrade to Ver 1.1.4? If so, what process was used.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.


OK so are you currently stuck on 2.0? If so try a restore to 2.0 and then try 1.1.4 - sounds like a problem on the upgrade to 2.0 so try it again and then try going back using the method above. Did you use the early link to upgrade to 2.0 or did you upgrade via iTunes?

Use this to get to 2.0 again properly:

http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/co...47_Restore.ipsw

you may have flashed iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw which is meant for the 3G iPhone only
tech07
Quote - (creamhackered @ Jul 14 2008, 02:24) *
OK so are you currently stuck on 2.0? If so try a restore to 2.0 and then try 1.1.4 - sounds like a problem on the upgrade to 2.0 so try it again and then try going back using the method above.


I have tried Restore on it's own and that gets me to the Activation Screen. Ver 2.0. No software available to crack it yet (my words).

Then I uninstalled iTunes 7.7 and installed 7.5 and tried Restoring 1.1.4 and this is when I get the Error (20).

I have been trying Itunes 7.7, 7.6, 7.5, 7.4 and they all give me the Error (20).

I have been trying for over 24 hours. I am new to Apple and iPhones...but learning fast. LOL

I have googled Error (20) for the iPhone and there are a lot of Blogs and sites with members reporting this Error code (20). Gen 1 iPhones only and it is happening to PC as as well as MAC users as well.

I am more comfortable using a V-Bulletin than a Blog site so I registered here with hopes of getting my iPhone back up and running.

Any ohter thoughts?
tech07
Quote - (creamhackered @ Jul 14 2008, 02:24) *
OK so are you currently stuck on 2.0? If so try a restore to 2.0 and then try 1.1.4 - sounds like a problem on the upgrade to 2.0 so try it again and then try going back using the method above. Did you use the early link to upgrade to 2.0 or did you upgrade via iTunes?

Use this to get to 2.0 again properly:

http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/co...47_Restore.ipsw

you may have flashed iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw which is meant for the 3G iPhone only


Initially I updated to V2.0 using the iTunes upgrade.

Thanks........but I am aware that the proper file to use is the iPhone 1,1_2.0 (gen 1). and not the iPhone 1, 2_2.0. I thought that may have been the problem at 1st so I restored it with the 1,1_2.0, then tried 1.1.4

I have Restored this file and attempted the 1.1.4 for no less than 40 times easily. Tried with Sim card out as well.

I just keep getting the Error (20) everytime I try to restore Firmware 1.1.4. I even went to other sites to try other files, hoping that the ones I tried were corrupt. But Alas.......that darn Error (20) keeps popping up.
creamhackered
Quote - (tech07 @ Jul 14 2008, 08:31) *
I have tried Restore on it's own and that gets me to the Activation Screen. Ver 2.0. No software available to crack it yet (my words).

Then I uninstalled iTunes 7.7 and installed 7.5 and tried Restoring 1.1.4 and this is when I get the Error (20).

I have been trying Itunes 7.7, 7.6, 7.5, 7.4 and they all give me the Error (20).

I have googled Error (20) for the iPhone and there are a lot of Blogs and sites with members reporting this Error code (20). Gen 1 iPhones only and it is happening to PC as as well as MAC users as well.

I am more comfortable using a V-Bulletin than a Blog site so I registered here with hopes of getting my iPhone back up and running.

Any ohter thoughts?

OK, did you try and restore to that ipsw I just posted? I think historically (from what I can remember) people got that Error code 20 when they tried to upgrade their iPod Touch devices to iPhone software
gaile
Thank you so much.I have spent 48 hours trying to get my phone back and you provided the solution.Definately learnt my lesson the hard way not to install software until you get the green light
tech07
Quote - (creamhackered @ Jul 14 2008, 02:41) *
OK, did you try and restore to that ipsw I just posted? I think historically (from what I can remember) people got that Error code 20 when they tried to upgrade their iPod Touch devices to iPhone software


I checked out the link you sent and the file is the same that I have on my hard drive, which I loaded several times. As mentioned before, this file goes in fine and gets me to the Emergency Telephone number and in iTunes, it asks me to activate it.

It is when I try to restore to 1.1.4 on the iPhone in DFU mode that I get the error Message (20)

Here is the file I have been using: iPhone1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw C/P from my harddrive

Quote - (gaile @ Jul 14 2008, 02:44) *
Thank you so much.I have spent 48 hours trying to get my phone back and you provided the solution.Definately learnt my lesson the hard way not to install software until you get the green light


Amen to that gaile.

I will never ever do that again........it is a shame to see the iphone in it's case........rendered totally useless.......until it can be revived again.
creamhackered
Quote - (tech07 @ Jul 14 2008, 08:48) *
I checked out the link you sent and the file is the same that I have on my hard drive, which I loaded several times. As mentioned before, this file goes in fine and gets me to the Emergency Telephone number and in iTunes, it asks me to activate it.

It is when I try to restore to 1.1.4 on the iPhone in DFU mode that I get the error Message (20)

Here is the file I have been using: iPhone1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw C/P from my harddrive



Amen to that gaile.

I will never ever do that again........it is a shame to see the iphone in it's case........rendered totally useless.......until it can be revived again.

OK, are you sure you are in DFU mode and not just restore mode?

1. Turn on iPhone
2. Connect to PC/Mac
3. Open iTunes
4. Hold down power and home buttons
5. Wait untill red slider appears to shut down iPhone - keep holding the buttons.
6.Wait untill the iPhone shuts down
7. Release power button, keep home button pressed (if the Apple logo appeared you didn't release the power button quick enough - try again!)
8. Wait about 7 seconds - iTunes should say there is an iPhone connected in "restore mode"
tech07
Quote - (creamhackered @ Jul 14 2008, 02:01) *
OK, are you sure you are in DFU mode and not just restore mode?

1. Turn on iPhone
2. Connect to PC/Mac
3. Open iTunes
4. Hold down power and home buttons
5. Wait untill red slider appears to shut down iPhone - keep holding the buttons.
6.Wait untill the iPhone shuts down
7. Release power button, keep home button pressed (if the Apple logo appeared you didn't release the power button quick enough - try again!)
8. Wait about 7 seconds - iTunes should say there is an iPhone connected in "restore mode"


Yes.

I am definitely in DFU mode.

When my USB notification comes up it recognizes that it is in restore mode and iTunes gives me the 2 options. Update or restore. When I was not in DFU mode I would not get iTunes to log onto the iPhone.

So to answer your question yes. As I mentioned before, I can restore Firmware 2.0 just fine. When I try to restore to 1.1.4, I get the Error (20) Message.

I sent you a PM
ruchir
Just wanted to let you know that my house mate loves me thanks to you! Thank you for the details, they were fairly straightforward and I succesfully unlocked his iPhone for him.

Cheers!
Biofreak
So i got to step 5.
Your phone now should be "stuck" in restore mode, you should see the old type "connect to iTunes" screen.
Close iTunes and run iLiberty+. Click the Other Tools tab and select Jump out of recovery mode.
Keep your eye on the bottom right of the Liberty window; it should change from a flashing recovery mode, to disconnected, within about 5/10 seconds. If it does, that's a good sign. If it doesn't, you may need to hard reset the iPhone (holding power and home until screen goes off) and try again.
Once it kicks it out of recovery mode you should see the slide for emergency calls screen on 1.1.4.

What do you mean by try again? Do you mean i need to restore 1.1.4 update again, each time it fails to kick it back from recovery mode?
To bad it failed to jump out of recovery mode, hopefully 2nd attempt will work. sad.gif

Some additional help would be great, thanks.

EDIT: 2nd attempt worked.
Going on.

Update: Everything worked, thanks a lot.

Quote - (_X_ @ Jul 13 2008, 15:53) *
If like me, you thought that you could download version 2.0 of the firmware on a jailbroken iPhone (1.1.4) and get all the features, then you were in for a huge fall from grace. I found this out the hard way after spending no less than 18 hours SOLID on the internet, googling, posting on forums etc to get answers.

Now I thought I would make a guide to help people who might be in the same boat.
Don't forget, this shouldn't apply if your on the supported carriers, i.e. AT&T or O2. The iPhone should still work with them, but if not, then this guide will help.


This guide is for you if:
You can't seem to downgrade from 2.0 to 1.1.4, you did but you can't make or receive calls, if that's you skip to Step 6.


Shopping list

You will need the following:

iTunes 7.5 (NOT 7.7)
iLiberty+Windows / Mac
iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw firmware.
KiPhone Windows / Mac (Patched version of ZiPhone)
A Little bit of luck (Sorry, no download link yet wink.gif )


Step 1:

Uninstall iTunes 7.7 if you have it and restart your computer

Step 2:

Install iTunes 7.5, iLiberty+ & KiPhone. Make sure only iTunes is running.

Step 3:

Your iPhone should be in 2 states, either stuck on the "Slide to make emergency calls" screen, or you tried to restore before and it's stuck on the new look "connect to iTunes" screen. Either way you're ok.

Enter the phone in DFU mode (You must have the iPhone connected to the computer and iTunes running). To do this, hold the power & the home button down for 9 seconds.
Why 9? Well people say 10, but it depends how slow you are at counting. Too short and it doesn't work, too long and the apple logo appears.
When you hit about 6/7 the screen should turn off, leave it for 2 more seconds and release the power button, STILL holding the home button. If all went well, you should NOT see an apple logo, the screen should be dead. Keep holding home until windows/Mac informs you that it's found new hardware, OR iTunes tells you that your iPhone is in recovery mode. Remember, screen should be blank.
If you see an apple logo, repeat the process for less time until you get it right. Took me a little time.


Step 4:

Shift/Option click the restore button in iTunes and select the iPhone1,1_1.1.4 firmware you downloaded.
Fingers crossed it should restore back to 1.1.4.
However, you WILL get an error message when restore is complete, something like (1005) or (1150) I can't remember. That's a good sign.


Step 5:

Your phone now should be "stuck" in restore mode, you should see the old type "connect to iTunes" screen.
Close iTunes and run iLiberty+. Click the Other Tools tab and select Jump out of recovery mode.
Keep your eye on the bottom right of the Liberty window; it should change from a flashing recovery mode, to disconnected, within about 5/10 seconds. If it does, that's a good sign. If it doesn't, you may need to hard reset the iPhone (holding power and home until screen goes off) and try again.
Once it kicks it out of recovery mode you should see the slide for emergency calls screen on 1.1.4.


Step 6:

This is crucial and here's a little back-story.

When you updated to 2.0, what a lot of people didn't realize, me included, is that it includes a new baseband file. This is the file which allows your iPhone to make/receive calls, text's etc. This is what caused me hours and hours of trouble as I couldn't figure out a way to erase it. The answer was sent to me on another forum and that is,

KiPhone!!

Now here's the problem. This guide is what I did up to this point, but what I then went on to do was to jailbreak the iPhone, Google some more and then I found I needed KiPhone.
You shouldn't need to jailbreak it to run KiPhone but if it fails to work, try it.


Run KiPhone and select downgrade baseband and debug boot. Hit start and your iPhone should restart and you should see lines of scrolling txt. It took a while, 5 minutes or so. (The only way I know of seeing if it worked instantly was by jailbreaking it first, that choice is up to you). Once done you will need to restore the iPhone one more time to 1.1.4 using iTunes. Shift clicking restore should do it, no need to put into recovery mode. (Why do you need to restore again? If you just jailbreak after downgrading the baseband, you can receive calls but not make any, only send texts but not receive any).

The test if it works is when restore is done; it should give you NO errors.



Step 7:

This is the hard part, run iLiberty+, select what options you want, select "Go For it" and wait. Once done you will be back using your trusty 1.1.4 iPhone in no time.

Phew.

Any questions, feel free to ask, I feel I've assimilated too much information on this in the past 24 hours.
janhui
i got a 1601 error what shall i do??
_X_
In my experience, using iTunes 7.7 causes problems, so make sure your not using that.
ALso, once in DFU mode there should be no reason why you cant downgrade.
If it keeps failing, try re-downloading the firmware file using another browser.
But I cant really suggest much else, since this way was the only way it worked for me.
antpooh
Quote -
Quote - (antpooh @ Jul 14 2008, 03:48)
This worked for me to a point. I got the iphone back 1.1.4 but for some reason I can't put music and ringtones on my iphone. When I go to drag and drop onto my iphone I get a circle with line through icon and wont let me add the files to my iphone. Any help?

Have you tried restoring the phone?


I tried this with itunes 7.5 and restored to 1.1.4 and didn't work, i still can't add songs to my iphone. Anyone know what the problem is and how do I fix this?

---
Okay now this is strange, I just clicked on the main iphone page in iphone and clicked sync all ringtones and then clicked sync, and all my ringstones that I made were added to my iphone. So my assumption would be that I can do that with my music as well. But I can't drag and drop to add the music I want to my IPhone. Is there soemthing preventing it that I can turn off that'll let me do it manually?


-Ant
theman108
guys i need some desperate help, im so happy for all of you guys who figued it out. I have spent the past 3 days trying to get my baseband downgraded. Heres my current situation

I have tried EVERY tutorial to get this downgraded, my firmware is currently 1.1.4 <-- from 2.0, but my baseband is 04.05.04, IT WILL NEVER GO DOWN!!!

I tried the patched version of ziphone, along with all the tutorials etc... it doesnt want to go down regardless.
My question is someone please , do you haev any solutions for me? PLease? The guy who put up the tutorial in this thread, when i run iliberty in the last step, it doesnt activate, jailbreak, nor unlock my phone, when iliberty finishes (after 30 seconds) it returns to the "emergency dial screen" on the iphone. So, i ran ziphone 3.0 and "did it all" and then it activated and jail broke, but the baseband was the same so it didnt unlock. GUYS PLEASe, im not getting the error 20 nor anything like that, im getting everything PERFECTLY FINE, except that i cant downgrade my baseband. If someone can please email me at kryptonbros@msn.com , or call me? 917 443 4045, id be damn appreciated, guys please 3 days ive been trying to downgrade my baseband, and nothing. Help please
_X_
Right. Heres all I can suggest and Its basically what Ive said before.

Using the patched ziphone on 1.1.4 should be easy. You dont need to unlock/jailbreak it to downgrade the baseband. If the patched ziphone doesnt want to downgrade then restore firmware 1.1.4 from itunes as described above. Keep trying. Sounds odd but sometimes a restore doesnt "sit" well with the iphone. Took me 2 goes to get it done, but it DOES work using this method.

simon360
On Mac OS X, xcode offers an option to downgrade the firmware on your phone/iPod. I'm not sure if it actually works, but if you're on OS X... Apple wouldn't provide a feature if it would break your phone, so why not give it a try? wink.gif

I'm more than happy with firmware 2.0 on my iTouch, though, so I'm not going to try it. Too much time wasted syncing music.
Julius Caro
I know it's kinda off topic since this guide is to downgrade it.. but
If I have a jailbroken 1.1.4 and want 2.0, what should I do? Back when it was bought the carrier was not an official iphone one, but now it is, since it's the carrier with which they have released the iphone 3G. My guess is that if update it to 2.0 it would be locked? Would I be able to activate it officially?
Raist3001
OK...I followed this guide as I also upgraded to 2.0 without all the facts.
Until now, I was not able to restore to any firmware as I kept getting an itunes 1510 error.

I used this guide to downgrade my baseband and I was FINALLY able to do a complete restore of 1.1.4 without errors.

I then used ZiPhone to JB/Activate/unlock. So now I have a jailbroken iPhone, but no service. The phone appears to be activatedf because it appears in iTunes with my correct phone number, but I can not make or receive calls.

Any advice?
Raist3001
I do not see and edit button...

UPDATE:
A simple reset of all settings and a re-boot and I was estatic to see the AT&T logo again smile.gif

Thanks for tis guide and the advice.
paperchaser305
Quote - (Raist3001 @ Jul 15 2008, 08:48) *
I do not see and edit button...

UPDATE:
A simple reset of all settings and a re-boot and I was estatic to see the AT&T logo again smile.gif

Thanks for tis guide and the advice.




im in the same situation that you were in. For some strange reason i did everything the way i was told 2 do so, nd evrything works besiides one thing. i cant get my tmobile network to appear on my iphone. its not reading my sim card , do anyone have any suggestions???? ive been phoneless for the past 3 days. HHHHEEEELLLLPPPP

Quote - (_X_ @ Jul 13 2008, 12:53) *
If like me, you thought that you could download version 2.0 of the firmware on a jailbroken iPhone (1.1.4) and get all the features, then you were in for a huge fall from grace. I found this out the hard way after spending no less than 18 hours SOLID on the internet, googling, posting on forums etc to get answers.

Now I thought I would make a guide to help people who might be in the same boat.
Don't forget, this shouldn't apply if your on the supported carriers, i.e. AT&T or O2. The iPhone should still work with them, but if not, then this guide will help.


This guide is for you if:
You can't seem to downgrade from 2.0 to 1.1.4, you did but you can't make or receive calls, if that's you skip to Step 6.


Shopping list

You will need the following:

iTunes 7.5 (NOT 7.7)
iLiberty+Windows / Mac
iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw firmware.
KiPhone Windows / Mac (Patched version of ZiPhone)
A Little bit of luck (Sorry, no download link yet wink.gif )


Step 1:

Uninstall iTunes 7.7 if you have it and restart your computer

Step 2:

Install iTunes 7.5, iLiberty+ & KiPhone. Make sure only iTunes is running.

Step 3:

Your iPhone should be in 2 states, either stuck on the "Slide to make emergency calls" screen, or you tried to restore before and it's stuck on the new look "connect to iTunes" screen. Either way you're ok.

Enter the phone in DFU mode (You must have the iPhone connected to the computer and iTunes running). To do this, hold the power & the home button down for 9 seconds.
Why 9? Well people say 10, but it depends how slow you are at counting. Too short and it doesn't work, too long and the apple logo appears.
When you hit about 6/7 the screen should turn off, leave it for 2 more seconds and release the power button, STILL holding the home button. If all went well, you should NOT see an apple logo, the screen should be dead. Keep holding home until windows/Mac informs you that it's found new hardware, OR iTunes tells you that your iPhone is in recovery mode. Remember, screen should be blank.
If you see an apple logo, repeat the process for less time until you get it right. Took me a little time.


Step 4:

Shift/Option click the restore button in iTunes and select the iPhone1,1_1.1.4 firmware you downloaded.
Fingers crossed it should restore back to 1.1.4.
However, you WILL get an error message when restore is complete, something like (1005) or (1150) I can't remember. That's a good sign.


Step 5:

Your phone now should be "stuck" in restore mode, you should see the old type "connect to iTunes" screen.
Close iTunes and run iLiberty+. Click the Other Tools tab and select Jump out of recovery mode.
Keep your eye on the bottom right of the Liberty window; it should change from a flashing recovery mode, to disconnected, within about 5/10 seconds. If it does, that's a good sign. If it doesn't, you may need to hard reset the iPhone (holding power and home until screen goes off) and try again.
Once it kicks it out of recovery mode you should see the slide for emergency calls screen on 1.1.4.


Step 6:

This is crucial and here's a little back-story.

When you updated to 2.0, what a lot of people didn't realize, me included, is that it includes a new baseband file. This is the file which allows your iPhone to make/receive calls, text's etc. This is what caused me hours and hours of trouble as I couldn't figure out a way to erase it. The answer was sent to me on another forum and that is,

KiPhone!!

Now here's the problem. This guide is what I did up to this point, but what I then went on to do was to jailbreak the iPhone, Google some more and then I found I needed KiPhone.
You shouldn't need to jailbreak it to run KiPhone but if it fails to work, try it.


Run KiPhone and select downgrade baseband and debug boot. Hit start and your iPhone should restart and you should see lines of scrolling txt. It took a while, 5 minutes or so. (The only way I know of seeing if it worked instantly was by jailbreaking it first, that choice is up to you). Once done you will need to restore the iPhone one more time to 1.1.4 using iTunes. Shift clicking restore should do it, no need to put into recovery mode. (Why do you need to restore again? If you just jailbreak after downgrading the baseband, you can receive calls but not make any, only send texts but not receive any).

The test if it works is when restore is done; it should give you NO errors.



Step 7:

This is the hard part, run iLiberty+, select what options you want, select "Go For it" and wait. Once done you will be back using your trusty 1.1.4 iPhone in no time.

Phew.

Any questions, feel free to ask, I feel I've assimilated too much information on this in the past 24 hours.




im in the same situation that you were in. For some strange reason i did everything the way i was told 2 do so, nd evrything works besiides one thing. i cant get my tmobile network to appear on my iphone. its not reading my sim card , do anyone have any suggestions???? ive been phoneless for the past 3 days. HHHHEEEELLLLPPPP
tech07
I am new to iPhones and Apple. I am a x86 kind of guy, from Dos, to Windows 3.1 to the present XP.

I purchased my 1st Gen iPhone on eBay and it was unlocked.

In my haste to upgrade to V2.0, I failed to read about the Upgrade and the headaches it was causing people.

So I read and read and joined many sites and forums to try to get an answer to this problem when a Mod from another site suggested that I sign up to neowin. Glad I did.

It was when I read X's post that I realized that a lot of people were confused about placing the iPhone in DFU mode and not in Recovery Mode. Many Instructions on the Net and on You Tube make the mistake of instructing people to press the Power Button, Slide the Lock Button then holding the Home button to get the USB Cable to iTunes screen. This places the iPhone in Recovery mode, not in DFU Mode.

I am happy to report that I was able to Downgrade from 2.0 to 1.1.4, finally.

As I had posted before, everytime that I tried restoring to 1.1.4, I kept getting the Error(20).

All suggestions and instructions were to get the iPhone to DFU mode. Trust me, I tried over 100 times following what I thought was the proper procedure until I noticed that sometimes, after Holding the Power and Home button for 10 Seconds that when the USB hub reported the Apple Device it finally said in brackets Recovery(DFU) all other times it said recovery(iBoot).

So that is the message you need to see....(DFU).



Here are the steps that I followed to get me up.

1) I Installed iTunes 7.7 and restored to: iPhone1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw
This got me to the Activation Screen.....

2) I uninstalled iTunes 7.7.

3) I went to Documents & settings/My Name/My Documents/My Music and renamed the itunes folder to iTunes Back up and installed iTunes 7.5

4) I placed the iPhone in DFU mode. I held the Power Button and Home button and counted to 10 Seconds. Several times the Apple Logo came up. Continue doing this till the Screen is Black (looks Dead)

5) I placed the iPhone in the Cradle which was connected to my PC Laptop. And held the Home button till the "New Device found" The USB hub and the Devices appeared ( in my case, the USB Wireless Modem and the Apple Device Recovery (DFU) ......This is important. if you see (iboot) in brackets , you are not in DFU mode but rather Recovery mode.

6) iTunes 7.5 recognised and logged on to the device ( iPod...this was weird)

7) I held down the <Shift> Key and clicked on the Restore button. I then Opened up iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw

8) All previous attempts I made, after the 1st screen, where I kept getting the Error (20).......it gave no more error, kept on loading to the iPhone, Confirming etc....then I got the Error (1015). This was good news, from all I had read.

9) Following the Instructions of a few You Tube Videos, I download and installed winPNW and followed the instructions to no avail. I got the USB cable to iTunes Logo, everytime.

10) I then loaded up ZiPhone 3.0, placed the iPhone in Recovery Mode, Clicked Do it all and low and behold the iPhone reacted and a bunch of Code got written to the iPhone. In the end of the Process, I got the Earth Logo and the Unlock Bar, or was it the Battery Logo. Can't recall now.

I tested it and all was fine, but only had the 10 or so base Icons.

11) I ran ZiPhone 3.0 again, this time clicking on the 2nd option (Jailbreak) and the Installer was loaded.

I now have installed over 20 Applications........I was so excited that I went nuts. I will be unstalling a few. LOL

So there it is guys. Thanks to the work of many members in the iPhone Community (if I may call it that) I too was able to downgrade to 1.1.4 from 2.0.


SO now the question remains? When will I try updating to Ver 2.0? Not for a long time and not till there is an Unlock and Jailbreak fix for it. I have learned my lesson.

I wish all of you (that have not been able to downgrade from 2 to 1.1.4 yet) the best of luck.

Follow X's instructions or mine and hopefully you too will have your iPhone back from the DEAD.


ParadiseIsle
Oh, I'm so so sorry. What does Shift/Option restore mean? I've never seen that before. I made it so itunes doesn't automatically come up when I plug in an ipod. How do I go back?
tech07
Quote - (ParadiseIsle @ Jul 16 2008, 01:35) *
Oh, I'm so so sorry. What does Shift/Option restore mean? I've never seen that before. I made it so itunes doesn't automatically come up when I plug in an ipod. How do I go back?


No need to apologize. No one knows everything about everything. We all have something to learn from time to time. LOL

When iTunes is opened, the Restore Button is available once the iPhone or iPod are connected to your Computer.

If you are using a Windows Based Computer, in order to Restore the File (iPhone) or iPod, one needs to Press the <Shift> Key then click on the Restore button in iTunes for the Files Screen in your Hard Drive to open up. THen by click on the desired file, it extracts and loads into the iPhone or Ipod.

If you are using a MAC ( I do not own one) the Options button is supposed to appear, to get your files.

To get the iPod to communicate with iTunes, I believe you need to place the device in Recovery or DFU mode.

Please read the other posts on this subject.

If you want it to connect automatically ( I am new to iTunes) I believe you can go to Preferences and click on that option....I think.

I hope this helps to clear up any confusion you had on this.
paperchaser305
its me again, but i tried all of that and it keeps on telling me that my iphone can not be restored. i just figured out that my phone is missing the carrier option. when i go into my settings, i see where it says i see the airplane mode, and right under it theres the wifi option. but theres no carrier option nowhere in my phone. HHHEEEELLLLLPPPPP!!!!!! ITS NOW 4 DAYS NOW!!!
_X_
Thats because you still have the old baseband file. You still have wifi, use google to find the source for a app called bbinfo (i think). That tells you all about your baseband to be 100% sure.
Its what happened to me, keep trying with the baseband downgrade. It does work.
akshaye
hi x...
one small question... does iPhone / iTunes 7.7 backup data b4 it flases the phone? wher?

i've been stupid enough not to take a backup b4 upgrading.

regards,
akshay
CONNOR ENGLAND
Thanks alot!
This thread hepled me with the unable to make calls problem
thanks again, UVE SAVED MY LIFE!!!!
Mike Mayer
Thanks!
tigarshark
thank you so much for this exp.

but i have some problem ...

when i get my iphone to DUF mode there is message appere at the itunes

said ipod update >>error -185

can you plz help me in this
AdamX
If your iPhone is still stuck with a dead baseband you can Jailbreak the 2.0 software and load it into your phone which will make the phone work again with fully functioning 2.0 software
camtrix
I think I am more lost then everyone here, I havnt even been able to make it past the first few steps.. here is my problem.

When i uninstall itunes 7.7 and reinstall 7.5 and plug my iphone in i get this error

"The iPHONE "iPHONE" cannot be used because it requires iTunes version 7.7 or later..."

Has anyone else gotten this error? I have a feeling it has something to do with the iTunes Library file, but not sure.. I need help bad!! Ive had my phone off now for 2 days, this has cause a bigger headache then i could ever imagine.. thanks in advance if anyone can help me here
krohnstad
hi, ive followed your tutorial step by step and ive now reached the point where i can get back into the phone, but cant get any network coverage. As i understand, this has something to do with having to downgrade the baseband?? I tried using the "ZiPhoneGUI - patched by kIREmK.exe" programme, but when i tick the boxes "downgrade baseband" and "debug boot" and press start, nothing happens, the programme just closes, and im no closer to my goal...

Has anyone else experienced/found a solution to this problem? Is there an other programme which is good for downgrading baseband from 2.0 to 1.1.4?

Thanks,

Chris
_X_
Quote - (camtrix @ Jul 22 2008, 15:33) *
I think I am more lost then everyone here, I havnt even been able to make it past the first few steps.. here is my problem.

When i uninstall itunes 7.7 and reinstall 7.5 and plug my iphone in i get this error

"The iPHONE "iPHONE" cannot be used because it requires iTunes version 7.7 or later..."

Has anyone else gotten this error? I have a feeling it has something to do with the iTunes Library file, but not sure.. I need help bad!! Ive had my phone off now for 2 days, this has cause a bigger headache then i could ever imagine.. thanks in advance if anyone can help me here


Seems to me your not in DFU mode. You must be in DFU mode to downgrade the firmware. Remember, the screen must be blank. Hold home and sleep/wake until iphone turns off, wait a couple of seconds and then release only the sleep button, the screen should stay OFF. Then you can downgrade using itunes.

Quote - (krohnstad @ Jul 23 2008, 10:08) *
hi, ive followed your tutorial step by step and ive now reached the point where i can get back into the phone, but cant get any network coverage. As i understand, this has something to do with having to downgrade the baseband?? I tried using the "ZiPhoneGUI - patched by kIREmK.exe" programme, but when i tick the boxes "downgrade baseband" and "debug boot" and press start, nothing happens, the programme just closes, and im no closer to my goal...

Has anyone else experienced/found a solution to this problem? Is there an other programme which is good for downgrading baseband from 2.0 to 1.1.4?

Thanks,

Chris



Sent PM
krohnstad
thanks SOOO much for all help on this!!! last little question: when i restored all this, the installer app disappeared from my phone, does anyone know how i can get this back?
_X_
Using iLiberty+ there is an option for installer. One of the tabs gives you a choice of which extras to download. Select, click download and then make sure you tick them before you click "Go For It". Did it for me.
mertseran
Quote - (_X_ @ Jul 13 2008, 12:53) *
If like me, you thought that you could download version 2.0 of the firmware on a jailbroken iPhone (1.1.4) and get all the features, then you were in for a huge fall from grace. I found this out the hard way after spending no less than 18 hours SOLID on the internet, googling, posting on forums etc to get answers.

Now I thought I would make a guide to help people who might be in the same boat.
Don't forget, this shouldn't apply if your on the supported carriers, i.e. AT&T or O2. The iPhone should still work with them, but if not, then this guide will help.


This guide is for you if:
You can't seem to downgrade from 2.0 to 1.1.4, you did but you can't make or receive calls, if that's you skip to Step 6.


Shopping list

You will need the following:

iTunes 7.5 (NOT 7.7)
iLiberty+Windows / Mac
iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw firmware.
KiPhone Windows / Mac (Patched version of ZiPhone)
A Little bit of luck (Sorry, no download link yet wink.gif )


Step 1:

Uninstall iTunes 7.7 if you have it and restart your computer

Step 2:

Install iTunes 7.5, iLiberty+ & KiPhone. Make sure only iTunes is running.

Step 3:

Your iPhone should be in 2 states, either stuck on the "Slide to make emergency calls" screen, or you tried to restore before and it's stuck on the new look "connect to iTunes" screen. Either way you're ok.

Enter the phone in DFU mode (You must have the iPhone connected to the computer and iTunes running). To do this, hold the power & the home button down for 9 seconds.
Why 9? Well people say 10, but it depends how slow you are at counting. Too short and it doesn't work, too long and the apple logo appears.
When you hit about 6/7 the screen should turn off, leave it for 2 more seconds and release the power button, STILL holding the home button. If all went well, you should NOT see an apple logo, the screen should be dead. Keep holding home until windows/Mac informs you that it's found new hardware, OR iTunes tells you that your iPhone is in recovery mode. Remember, screen should be blank.
If you see an apple logo, repeat the process for less time until you get it right. Took me a little time.


Step 4:

Shift/Option click the restore button in iTunes and select the iPhone1,1_1.1.4 firmware you downloaded.
Fingers crossed it should restore back to 1.1.4.
However, you WILL get an error message when restore is complete, something like (1005) or (1150) I can't remember. That's a good sign.


Step 5:

Your phone now should be "stuck" in restore mode, you should see the old type "connect to iTunes" screen.
Close iTunes and run iLiberty+. Click the Other Tools tab and select Jump out of recovery mode.
Keep your eye on the bottom right of the Liberty window; it should change from a flashing recovery mode, to disconnected, within about 5/10 seconds. If it does, that's a good sign. If it doesn't, you may need to hard reset the iPhone (holding power and home until screen goes off) and try again.
Once it kicks it out of recovery mode you should see the slide for emergency calls screen on 1.1.4.


Step 6:

This is crucial and here's a little back-story.

When you updated to 2.0, what a lot of people didn't realize, me included, is that it includes a new baseband file. This is the file which allows your iPhone to make/receive calls, text's etc. This is what caused me hours and hours of trouble as I couldn't figure out a way to erase it. The answer was sent to me on another forum and that is,

KiPhone!!

Now here's the problem. This guide is what I did up to this point, but what I then went on to do was to jailbreak the iPhone, Google some more and then I found I needed KiPhone.
You shouldn't need to jailbreak it to run KiPhone but if it fails to work, try it.


Run KiPhone and select downgrade baseband and debug boot. Hit start and your iPhone should restart and you should see lines of scrolling txt. It took a while, 5 minutes or so. (The only way I know of seeing if it worked instantly was by jailbreaking it first, that choice is up to you). Once done you will need to restore the iPhone one more time to 1.1.4 using iTunes. Shift clicking restore should do it, no need to put into recovery mode. (Why do you need to restore again? If you just jailbreak after downgrading the baseband, you can receive calls but not make any, only send texts but not receive any).

The test if it works is when restore is done; it should give you NO errors.



Step 7:

This is the hard part, run iLiberty+, select what options you want, select "Go For it" and wait. Once done you will be back using your trusty 1.1.4 iPhone in no time.

Phew.

Any questions, feel free to ask, I feel I've assimilated too much information on this in the past 24 hours.





Hi, I start all the steps you said however when I put the phone ond DFU mode it does not come up the itunes or it does not say recovery mode. The screen is blank but nothing happens. While the itunes tries to open the iphone instead of giving one signal sound, it gives 3 quick one in a row.

I do not know what is happening, I would appreciate if anybody can help me.

Quote - (_X_ @ Jul 13 2008, 12:53) *
If like me, you thought that you could download version 2.0 of the firmware on a jailbroken iPhone (1.1.4) and get all the features, then you were in for a huge fall from grace. I found this out the hard way after spending no less than 18 hours SOLID on the internet, googling, posting on forums etc to get answers.

Now I thought I would make a guide to help people who might be in the same boat.
Don't forget, this shouldn't apply if your on the supported carriers, i.e. AT&T or O2. The iPhone should still work with them, but if not, then this guide will help.


This guide is for you if:
You can't seem to downgrade from 2.0 to 1.1.4, you did but you can't make or receive calls, if that's you skip to Step 6.


Shopping list

You will need the following:

iTunes 7.5 (NOT 7.7)
iLiberty+Windows / Mac
iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw firmware.
KiPhone Windows / Mac (Patched version of ZiPhone)
A Little bit of luck (Sorry, no download link yet wink.gif )


Step 1:

Uninstall iTunes 7.7 if you have it and restart your computer

Step 2:

Install iTunes 7.5, iLiberty+ & KiPhone. Make sure only iTunes is running.

Step 3:

Your iPhone should be in 2 states, either stuck on the "Slide to make emergency calls" screen, or you tried to restore before and it's stuck on the new look "connect to iTunes" screen. Either way you're ok.

Enter the phone in DFU mode (You must have the iPhone connected to the computer and iTunes running). To do this, hold the power & the home button down for 9 seconds.
Why 9? Well people say 10, but it depends how slow you are at counting. Too short and it doesn't work, too long and the apple logo appears.
When you hit about 6/7 the screen should turn off, leave it for 2 more seconds and release the power button, STILL holding the home button. If all went well, you should NOT see an apple logo, the screen should be dead. Keep holding home until windows/Mac informs you that it's found new hardware, OR iTunes tells you that your iPhone is in recovery mode. Remember, screen should be blank.
If you see an apple logo, repeat the process for less time until you get it right. Took me a little time.


Step 4:

Shift/Option click the restore button in iTunes and select the iPhone1,1_1.1.4 firmware you downloaded.
Fingers crossed it should restore back to 1.1.4.
However, you WILL get an error message when restore is complete, something like (1005) or (1150) I can't remember. That's a good sign.


Step 5:

Your phone now should be "stuck" in restore mode, you should see the old type "connect to iTunes" screen.
Close iTunes and run iLiberty+. Click the Other Tools tab and select Jump out of recovery mode.
Keep your eye on the bottom right of the Liberty window; it should change from a flashing recovery mode, to disconnected, within about 5/10 seconds. If it does, that's a good sign. If it doesn't, you may need to hard reset the iPhone (holding power and home until screen goes off) and try again.
Once it kicks it out of recovery mode you should see the slide for emergency calls screen on 1.1.4.


Step 6:

This is crucial and here's a little back-story.

When you updated to 2.0, what a lot of people didn't realize, me included, is that it includes a new baseband file. This is the file which allows your iPhone to make/receive calls, text's etc. This is what caused me hours and hours of trouble as I couldn't figure out a way to erase it. The answer was sent to me on another forum and that is,

KiPhone!!

Now here's the problem. This guide is what I did up to this point, but what I then went on to do was to jailbreak the iPhone, Google some more and then I found I needed KiPhone.
You shouldn't need to jailbreak it to run KiPhone but if it fails to work, try it.


Run KiPhone and select downgrade baseband and debug boot. Hit start and your iPhone should restart and you should see lines of scrolling txt. It took a while, 5 minutes or so. (The only way I know of seeing if it worked instantly was by jailbreaking it first, that choice is up to you). Once done you will need to restore the iPhone one more time to 1.1.4 using iTunes. Shift clicking restore should do it, no need to put into recovery mode. (Why do you need to restore again? If you just jailbreak after downgrading the baseband, you can receive calls but not make any, only send texts but not receive any).

The test if it works is when restore is done; it should give you NO errors.



Step 7:

This is the hard part, run iLiberty+, select what options you want, select "Go For it" and wait. Once done you will be back using your trusty 1.1.4 iPhone in no time.

Phew.

Any questions, feel free to ask, I feel I've assimilated too much information on this in the past 24 hours.





Hi, I start all the steps you said however when I put the phone ond DFU mode it does not come up the itunes or it does not say recovery mode. The screen is blank but nothing happens. While the itunes tries to open the iphone instead of giving one signal sound, it gives 3 quick one in a row.

I do not know what is happening, I would appreciate if anybody can help me.
_X_
^ Three in a row? If its the windows beeps then that usually means a usb problem. Try using another usb port.

Also, I updated the guide to reflect some PM's I was getting and got some more information. Enjoy.
iTarik
YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
_X_
blush.gif
I know
ninja.gif
Updated iTunes 7.5 link. Should now work properly.
This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.
Invision Power Board © 2001-2008 Invision Power Services, Inc.