Unlocking the 1.1.1 iPhone Firmware

Posted By: Bob Buskirk on November 6th, 2007
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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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13 Responses to “Unlocking the 1.1.1 iPhone Firmware”

BigMan said on November 6th, 2007 at 5:57 pm

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

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George Kim said on November 6th, 2007 at 6:55 pm

nice. I still have my blackberry

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Shawn Knight said on November 6th, 2007 at 10:55 pm

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…

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Neil Duckett said on November 6th, 2007 at 11:41 pm

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

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Sean said on November 6th, 2007 at 11:46 pm

Sweet stuff.

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

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Living Room Furniture said on November 7th, 2007 at 1:32 am

That phone’s a real honey!

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Greg said on November 7th, 2007 at 2:56 am

I’m glad you enjoy it.

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

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Dining Furniture said on November 7th, 2007 at 11:14 am

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!

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Living Room Furniture said on November 8th, 2007 at 5:57 am

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!

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Neil Duckett said on November 8th, 2007 at 8:13 am

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??

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Mike Huang said on November 9th, 2007 at 7:11 pm

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

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Widescreen Wallpapers said on November 11th, 2007 at 8:29 pm

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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Hair Loss Treatment said on November 20th, 2007 at 5:18 am

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.

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