Unlocking the 1.1.1 iPhone Firmware

Nov
2007
06

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13 comments

As most of you know I purchased an iPhone back in September when Apple reduced the price by $200. After having it for only a few days I found out about the installer.app program and I was able to unlock the phone. By unlocking the phone I was able to customize the phone a lot by adding custom ringtones, themes, and sound packs. Beyond that there were a ton of third party apps that I could install free of charge, like IRC, instant messenger, SSH, and games. This really made the iPhone worth the purchase. Not that long ago Apple released the 1.1.1 firmware and that totally took all of that cool functionality out of the phone.

Instead of upgrading I just waited until there was an upgrade to the installer.app program. I would check the website a few times a week. Finally there was an update! They directed people with 1.1.1 firmware to go to jailbreakme.com on their iPhone’s browser. So not knowing if it would work I downloaded the 1.1.1 firmware and installed it. After installing of course all my customization and third party apps were gone. So I surfed over to jailbreakme.com on my iPhone’s browser. It brings you to the AppSnapp installer. It easily installs and then your phone restarts. Now you have the installer program on your phone and you can enjoy customization and third party apps. The only customization that isn’t there is custom ringtones. There are programs that will allow you to have custom ringtones, but once you sync with iTunes they get deleted. Hopefully someone will come out with a fix for this soon.

You really don’t get that many new features with the 1.1.1 firmware, there is the WiFi iTunes Music Store, Support for TV out, and a louder speakerphone. Besides that the other new features really are not anything that great. One thing that was different was the new version of Summerboard does not scroll up and down, instead you have “pages” for all of your icons as you can see from the photos below.


I’m glad that I was able to easily able to use the 1.1.1 firmware and unlock it, although I would have liked to be able to have custom ringtones. I’m sure that is a work in progress for third party app developers.

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  • http://www.rbmods.com BigMan

    Still waiting for that thing to come to Europe with 3G and some new goodies.

  • http://www.mulamaker.com George Kim

    nice. I still have my blackberry :)

  • http://www.shawn-knight.net Shawn Knight

    I still have the older firmware and thus, all of the cool 3rd party apps and custom ringtones. The updated firmware didn’t really offer anything cool, like you said, so I will just wait and continue to use my phone with the older firmware…

  • http://www.neilduckett.com Neil Duckett

    Likewise BigMan, eagerly waiting to see it in Japan …. hopefully early next year.

  • http://www.obsidianprofile.com Sean

    Sweet stuff.

    I wish there were more phones like it… my Palm Centro is fairly lame compared to it.

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    That phone’s a real honey!

  • http://www.lollerlan.com Greg

    I’m glad you enjoy it.

    I can’t ever see myself purchasing an iPhone / iPod.

  • http://www.amishtables.com Dining Furniture

    I am not and doubt that I shall ever be an Apple fan. Nokia has been a great source of comfort for many years and I do not intend to change!

  • http://www.gowfb.com/Living-Room-Furniture-c-59.php?cPath=59 Living Room Furniture

    I held out against getting me an ipod for the longest time, but now i have one, i love it, love it, love it! I love the fact that ALL my music is at the same place and with me all the time and that i can access any song i want to hear, at any time at all!

  • http://www.neilduckett.com Neil Duckett

    Bob …. off topic (anyone else can jump in too) … how do you get the ad inthe top right hand corner of your post?? Can someone PLEASE contact me direct with some assistance??

  • http://www.bloggin-ads.com Mike Huang

    Nice customization of your iPhone, but I heard somewhere that Apple is cracking down on these unlocked phones and they might turn into a BRICK once they come out with the program. I sure hope they won’t do that because I want an iPhone too :)

    -Mike

  • http://www.widescreenwallpapersfree.com/ Widescreen Wallpapers

    Some people like my friend were unlocking them and then selling them on eBay and making $100-200 per iPhone…. not bad but I think it’s illegal probably.

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    This looks simply awesome. I recently got a chance to see the iphone which my friend had got, and believe me it is out of the world.