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iPhone Elite: 1.1.2 downgraded to unlock (updated)
Not quite as fast as the iPod touch jailbreak, but still pretty darn fast. Your move, Apple.
Update: Thankfully, Ibrahim clarifies in the comments, because I'm not sure I understand myself. The team has basically figured out a way to downgrade 1.1.2 to 1.0.2 or 1.1.1 and unlock it. They haven't actually unlocked the 1.1.2 iPhone, because it hasn't been jailbroken yet, but they have unlocked the new modem firmware.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
wohaha said 4:45AM on 1-25-2008
guys, activate an iphone and install an unlock card, see guides here www.gpsjammers.net/iphone-unlock
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Joe V said 12:04PM on 1-30-2008
Hi. I am very new at this. I just bought an iphone today (1-27-2008) and thought it could be unlocked to work with any sim at my country. I am ready A LOT of comments but I am not sure if it is possible to unlock it or not. If yes, please let me know how (regardless if it is free or not) if not, then please let me know what should I do to not loose my money. Thanks to all.
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joro said 6:42PM on 1-29-2008
this is the easy site http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=461
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Azim said 6:42PM on 2-06-2008
SIM unlocked 1.1.3 by the dev team
released today...works great!
http://easyunlockiphone.info/
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kenny james said 4:13AM on 2-06-2008
the new 16gb iphone has hit the UK and www.whyisitfree.co.uk are offering them free with no contract. everything explained how you can get your own free iphone 16gb
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Ibrahim T said 6:26PM on 11-09-2007
Apparently Iphone-Elite team has indeed made the unlock work for the new modem firmware, however no one has ever had a 1.1.2 phone unlocked yet.
What iphone-elite has achieves as of yet (as Ive understood it anyway) is to downgrade a new 1.1.2 to either 1.1.1 or 1.0.2 and unlock it.
The downgraded iphones has the modem firmware, thus the possibility that the unlock will work for when ran on 1.1.2 is very high, but still untested because of no jailbreak.
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Lars said 6:28PM on 11-09-2007
Not to be a semantics nazi, but what Apple left you couldn't replace, right? "Adding what Apple left out" would be a better slogan.
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Dogger said 3:08PM on 1-12-2008
1.1.2 users: Shortly after the release of 1.1.3, the iPhone dev team will release the unlock for 1.1.2.
P.S. :
One cannot replace something that was never there, so the tag line should be: "Providing what Apple left out", or "Finishing what Apple only started", or "Replacing what Apple never mastered".
Lars said 6:29PM on 11-09-2007
+out
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James said 6:47PM on 11-09-2007
From what I understand though (and please correct me) even if you downgrade 1.1.2 to a previous state (1.1.1 or 1.0.2) then you can't "unlock" the phone to use with other networks as anysim, etc don't work on 1.1.2!??
I'm heartbroken. Please continue the good fight whoever you are!
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Sam Weiss said 6:47PM on 11-09-2007
I'm confuzzed.
Didin't Erica just talk about a jailbreak for 1.1.2 (at least in an upgrade scenerio)
And what is that? Is OktoPrep all you need, or is there another step once you upgrade.
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Brian said 6:50PM on 11-09-2007
It didn't works for me on a UK iPhone
Downgraded to 1.1.1
Jailbroke
Have 4.02.13_G as required but says it cannot unlock
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Ibrahim T said 7:10PM on 11-09-2007
Mike Schramm, maybe you should change "but they have unlocked the firmware" to "but they have unlocked the new modem firmware".
Because the new modem firmware (a.k.a baseband) is retained when you downgrade.
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Ondra Soukup said 7:25PM on 11-09-2007
and the OktoPrep is then good for what ? oh wait, jailbreaking the 1.1.2 phone...thanks for clarification there! :/
you better update it for second time ;)
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Stephen O Sullivan said 8:59AM on 11-10-2007
The unlock will ONLY work with US 1.1.2 Updates and WILL NOT work with UK or German phones as the bootloader is different
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Ibrahim T said 7:35PM on 11-09-2007
Isnt the oktoprep only for touches and not iphones? Please correct me if Im wrong though.
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bazso said 7:45PM on 11-09-2007
Iphone Elite Team released anySim to unlock 4.02.13_G baseband
http://iphone-elite.googlecode.com/files/anySIM1.2.zip
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maneck said 8:05PM on 11-09-2007
I dun get it...i jus bought an iphone from UK (o2)..can someone clarify my doubts?..
1. firstly has the iphone-elite group created a full fledged working unlcoking method for the iphone?
2. If i downgrade my firmware from 1.1.2 to 1.1.1 using the shift/options method, can i bypass the activation screen? Because i reckon that if i downgrade my firmware i can atleast use my O2 sim on it as its got the new baseband..
Could someone please be kind enough to sort me out here..?
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James C. said 8:08PM on 11-09-2007
Can someone explain to lil ol' me why itunes still isn't updating to 1.1.2 when all this buzz is flying around?
What am I missing?
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ButisitArt said 9:01PM on 11-09-2007
TurboSIM user here.
I updated to 1.1.2 with no problem. I'm also using T-mobile (US) not AT&T. I've even stopped pulling my TurboSIM/T-mobileSIM before updating.
I know I lost all my 3rd Party apps ... but someone will have a jailbreak soon enough. I did install OktoPrep before my update from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2 so now I'll wait. But at least my phone works! :)
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