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(Nate True’s Method) From any version to iPhone 1.1.3 unlocked and jailbroken
(for mac only)
This guide will NOT work for newly bought U.S. iPhone (4.6 Bootloader) and UK iPhone. (OTB iPhone 1.1.2 or higher) It will only work for iPhone with bootloader 3.9 (that is out of the box iPhone 1.1.1 or lower).
I uses Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.1 and iTunes 7.6.
Backup everything in case something goes wrong. You are taking your own risk to jailbreak your iPhone. If you are not really sure how to do it, stop now. There is no one responsible but only you, if the iPhone bricks.
Note this guide only soft-upgrades your iPhone to 1.1.3, which means the baseband remains at 04.02.13_G (which is from 1.1.2) and NOT upgraded to 04.03.13_G.
Skip the steps where necessary. For example, if you are having the unlocked 1.1.1, you can start from step 12.
Stage 1: Having an iPhone 1.1.2
Step 1. Download 1.1.1 firmware first. Open iTunes, hold “Alt/Option” Key and then click “Update” or “Restore”. Select the downloaded firmware when prompted. If you’re having accidentally upgraded iPhone with 1.1.3, click here to put your iPhone to DFU mode first.
Step 2. After restoring to 1.1.1, it will shows you error 1015. It is normal. Click okay now.
Step 3. Slide to make emergency call. Press “*#307#”. It will start ringing.
Step 4. Clear all the numbers by pressing “x”. Enter “0″, press “call”, than press “answer”.
Step 5. Press “Hold”, than it will ring again. Press “Decline”. It will show you the contact list.
Step 6. Add a new contact. Choose to “add new URL”. Enter “prefs:”. Add one more home url, this time enter “jailbreakme.com”. Save all the informations.
Step 7. Click the “home page”, it will pop up the settings now. Connect to the Wi-Fi connections that you wish for. (same IP range with notebook computer. how to do it? Just make sure iPhone and notebook are connected with same Wi-Fi AP station.). Also, make sure it will not go to sleep mode by going into General > Auto Lock > Never.
Step 8.Press home button to go back to the “activate iPhone” screen. Slide for emergency, and press “0″ to call. Answer the call than hold the call. It will ring again. Than, press decline and you will go back to contact list.
Step 9. Select the contact we created in Step 4. This time, press the home that is “http://jailbreakme.com” to let the Safari open it. Scroll down and choose to install the AppSnapp.
Step 10. Your Safari will crash and go back to the “Activate iPhone” screen. Do not touch the iPhone or any other buttons now.
Step 11. It will restart itself. If it is not for more than 10 minutes, repeat the steps from Step 6-8. If you see a blue dot, restore your iPhone completely with 1.1.1 firmware.
Step 12. There will be a Installer.app in your springboard. Click the Installer.app, update everything requested. Install “Oktoprep” from “Tweaks (1.1.1)” category.
Step 13. If your iPhone is accidentally upgraded to 1.1.3, or previously unlocked with very old anySIM 1.0.2, proceed from step 13 - 15. You need to add “i.unlock.no” in Installer.app sources. If not, just go to step 16.
Step 14. Refresh the sources, then click “Install” tab. Install “BSD Subsystem” (find it in All pacakages.) Then, you should able to see “Unlocking Tools” category. Click “Baseband Downgrader”. Install it.
Step 15. Check whether your baseband is downgraded to 03.14.08_G. If yes, your iPhone is now virgin. Restart it now.
Stage 2: Unlock iPhone 1.1.2
Step 16. Starting from virgin state, now upgrade your iPhone through iTunes by holding “Alt/Option” key, select the iPhone 1.1.2 firmware to upgrade to 1.1.2.
Step 17. After it is upgraded, close iTunes. Using the 1.1.2 jailbreak tool which can be downloaded here. Check “Install SSH” and remember the password. Click “jailbreak” to jailbreak it now.
Step 18. When it said everything is done, and your iPhone will reboot itself. If it is not, run iNdependence. Don’t touch any button in iNdependence, and your iPhone will restart automatically. (may reboot twice)
Step 19.Wait until you can go to springboard. You will see the “Installer.app” again. Click the “Installer”, install the “anySIM 1.2.1u” first
Step 20. Put your iPhone in airplane mode, run the anySIM 1.2.1u.
Step 21. After the unlock is done, restart the iPhone. Click the “Installer”, to install “iWorld”.
Step 22. Run iWorld and select your country to fix the problem.
If you only want iPhone 1.1.2, stops here now. If you want 1.1.3, go to next step.
Stage 3: Upgrade to 1.1.3
Make sure you set “Auto Lock” to never in “settings”
Step 23. Downgrade this pack. Run it and there will be a new mounted disk.
Step 24. Run the “Run_This” binary file, you should be prompted to connect your iPhone with computer.
Step 25. It will check at first. If everything is fine, press Enter. Then it will do some stuff and will asks you to connect iPhone with computer. Okay. So press Enter again to let it do the job.
Step 26. Once it tells you it is done, open the Installer.app from iPhone. Click “Sources” Tab and refresh, click “Install” tab and see whether “1.1.3 soft upgrade” package is there or not. If not, restart your iPhone and refresh the Installer.app sources may help.
Step 27. When you are installing “1.1.3 soft upgrade” package from Installer.app, it appears to be hang with spinning circle. And Installer may crash. Just wait and be patient until it restarts.
Step 28. It will automatically restarted. And you should now have an unlocked 1.1.3 iPhone.
After you have unlocked 1.1.3 iPhone, you may have some problems. Take a look of 10 fixes for 1.1.3 soft-updated iPhone here.
64 Comments
1. JoseIm replies at 26th January 2008, 3:29 am :
hi admin;
I have an unlocked 1.1.1 iphone but I dont know if my bootloader is 3.6 or 3.9 how can i know that? when i buy it comes with 1.1.1 firmware, and it was easy to unlock with your guide but now i want it to upgrade to 1.1.3!! In wich step i need to start? I have my iphone jailbroken and i use it with a operator of my country.
Please help mee!!
2. moimart replies at 26th January 2008, 3:47 am :
I have an OTB 112 BootLoad 4.6 iPhone successfully Activated-Jailbroken-Unlocked with Hardware Unlock following the Hackint0sh method… Can i use this guide to upgrade to 1.1.3 without affecting my unlocked iphone?
Thanks for your guide, it helped a lot.
3. admin replies at 26th January 2008, 3:59 am :
moimart,
No. Definitely no. This guide will not work for iPhone with bootloader 4.6
4. admin replies at 26th January 2008, 4:09 am :
JoseIm,
start from step 12. I am not sure whether your bootloader is 3.9 or 4.6. If your bootloader is 4.6 (otb 1.1.2 or higher), when you upgraded to 1.1.3, your iphone is locked. So try it at your own risk
5. Carlos replies at 26th January 2008, 4:23 am :
You forget adding the step when we have to upgrade 1.1.3 in itunes.
At what moment should we do this?
6. me replies at 26th January 2008, 4:25 am :
Does themap locator still work with the update? I have heard it doesn’t.
7. admin replies at 26th January 2008, 4:42 am :
Carlos,
There is NO NEED to upgrade 1.1.3 before. Just start from Step 23.
8. admin replies at 26th January 2008, 4:43 am :
me,
It worked for me. But it needs some trick. I will post some new 1.1.3 trick here soon.
9. ame235 replies at 26th January 2008, 4:50 am :
1.1.3, needed to reinstall bosstool to relocate applications again to get them bach on my fresh springboard.
testing the features, the new drag and drop icons works a charm, can’t seem to hide demo.app and contacts.app…
customize working, for quite all features and even more than i had before.
1.1.3 solved a bug i had on 1.1.2 not letting me modify localization to french…
BUT, my safari looks like the old one. It should have the new bookmark system (button on middle of the bottom bar) instead it is all like the old one.
Anyone, help?
10. me replies at 26th January 2008, 4:50 am :
thanks. You rock. Thanks for helping all of us out. Let’s give it up for the admin and let’s give it up for Nate True and the iPhone dev team!
11. fernando1234 replies at 26th January 2008, 6:17 am :
Can you confirm that you have 3rd apps running on 1.1.3? Thanks, you rock! Thanks also to Nate and the Dev Team!
12. hydralien replies at 26th January 2008, 7:05 am :
I’m sorry, but will there be such a nice tutorial for Windows users?
13. JoseIm replies at 26th January 2008, 7:10 am :
I´m not 4.6 bootloader Im sure, with this my bootloader will upgrade??? i have 1.1.1(3A109a) and modem 04.01.13_G. with this the bootloader will upgrade to 4.6?
14. hydralien replies at 26th January 2008, 7:16 am :
Regarding moimart’s post - did I get it right that after hardware unlock it should be bootloader 3.9 as hardware unlock is actually about to downgrade bootloader to 3.9. If that is right, this tutorial should work, no?
15. walter replies at 26th January 2008, 7:23 am :
edge does not work anyone else, any ideas?
16. batz replies at 26th January 2008, 7:28 am :
Im still waiting for my iphone to be unlock 1.1.2 7U745B. i jailbroken already, is xsim is safe?
thank’s
17. JoseIm replies at 26th January 2008, 8:14 am :
My iphone is 1.1.1OTB my question is, the bootloader will upgrade to 4.6?? The phone and sms works with this upgrade?
if something goes wrong i can virginize my iphone and use it again as 1.1.1??
18. admin replies at 26th January 2008, 2:43 pm :
ame235,
Yes. You need to reinstall BSD Subsystem, OpenSSH after the upgrade.
19. admin replies at 26th January 2008, 2:43 pm :
batz,
Your iPhone may have bootloader 4.6. I do not suggest you to update
20. admin replies at 26th January 2008, 2:44 pm :
JoseIm,
If you confirmed you are using 1.1.1 otb, then you can update.
21. admin replies at 26th January 2008, 2:47 pm :
fernando1234,
Hmmm. Okay. Let me make a complete lists to show what does not work
22. admin replies at 26th January 2008, 2:47 pm :
Joselm,
If you followed the instruction and do not update to 1.1.3 through iTunes, you will NOT be updated to bootloader 4.6.
Of course, you need to make sure your iPhone is with bootloader 3.9.
23. admin replies at 26th January 2008, 2:48 pm :
walter,
Hmm. Let me test.
24. Jan replies at 26th January 2008, 2:59 pm :
Hi,
thanks a lot for the great work on all of your tutorials! I have used them to do quite some amazing things to my iPhone. Now I have an unlocked 1.1.2 but the Run_This app does not seem to recognize my firmware. It says
Checking your iPhone version…
You have iPhone version .
Sorry!…
And it won’t start the process. Can you help me on this?
Thanks again!
J
25. khan replies at 26th January 2008, 6:15 pm :
worked perfectly …thanks guys
all the functions work flawlessly after following the instructions.
26. admin replies at 26th January 2008, 6:28 pm :
Jan,
Not sure why this happen. Are you having OTB 1.1.2 iPhone?
27. Rodrigo replies at 26th January 2008, 10:08 pm :
Hi Admin,
I have a 1.1.1 OTB unlocked and jailbreaked using your guide (AnySIM 1.1.1). Can I follow this guide from step 12 (and use AnySIM 1.1.2u)? Shoud I “virginize” my Iphone first?
Thank you!
28. admin replies at 27th January 2008, 4:15 am :
Rodrigo,
Yes. Just start from step 12. No need to virgin. just be warned: try it at your own risk.
29. Eugene replies at 27th January 2008, 6:49 am :
Hello. My iPhone was bought when it came out so it had the very first upgrade. I had it unlocked but then by accident upgraded it to 1.1.3 in iTunes. Is there any way I can virginize it and upgrade to 1.1.3?
30. Rodrigo replies at 27th January 2008, 8:35 am :
Thanks man, but I did some stupid shit here… I upgraded to 1.1.2 before running OktoPrep…
Anyway I decided to virginize it and do it all the way until 1.1.3.
And it worked just right! Even google maps “locate me” feature is working great (missed my exact location by 20 meters!!)
Great job! Keep up the very good work. I create a Digg account just to start digging your site! Hope all the other people do the same…
Cheers!
31. steve replies at 27th January 2008, 1:54 pm :
I have no ringer after installing 1.1.3. I know about the fix in installer>tweaks (1.1.3) but my installer has tweaks, tweaks (1.1.1), tweaks (1.1.2), but no 1.1.3!! What do I do??
32. admin replies at 27th January 2008, 2:28 pm :
steve,
take a look of this:
http://www.winandmac.com/mobile/iphone/10-problems-about-soft-upgraded-iphone-113/
33. admin replies at 27th January 2008, 2:50 pm :
Rodrigo,
Thanks for your support! Highly appreciated. Be sure to check back winandmac.com frequently, coz there’s not only iPhone news here.
34. Eugene replies at 29th January 2008, 2:08 am :
After updating to 1.1.3 by accident from an unlocked iPhone is there still a chance to virgin it? Every time I try I do not get the emergency call feature. All I get is a picture to plug it into iTunes. Please help.
35. admin replies at 29th January 2008, 2:11 am :
Eugene,
If you are using iPhone with bootloader 3.9, you should be able to virgin it. If it is OTB 1.1.2, than you got no chance.
36. Notepad replies at 29th January 2008, 3:12 am :
I bougth a new iPhone (v 1.1.3) I am unable to downgrade it using iTunes 7.5 and the downgrade method mentioned. The downoaded 1.1.2 update extracts & then returns an error” The iPhone “iPhone” could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1). Please help. I ran iBrickr-jb113. But that renders the phone useless. I then do a fresh upgrade to 1.1.3 (That works) Please help me to downgrade the new iPhone. Thanks a mill!
37. admin replies at 29th January 2008, 3:26 am :
Notepad,
This guide will NOT work for newly bought U.S. iPhone (4.6 Bootloader) and UK iPhone. (OTB iPhone 1.1.2 or higher) It will only work for iPhone with bootloader 3.9.
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39. Eugene replies at 29th January 2008, 5:37 am :
Yes it was bought with the old bootloader on it. Its just that every time I try to virgin it, I don’t get the emergency call slider. All I get is to plug it into iTunes. Please help.
40. admin replies at 29th January 2008, 9:33 am :
Eugene,
Use iBrickr or iNdependence to make it quit from that screen
41. Eugene replies at 29th January 2008, 12:09 pm :
Ok, thank you very much!
42. Eugene replies at 1st February 2008, 1:47 pm :
U used anysim 1.1.2u to unlock and it says its unlocked and I did the iWorld thing but it still tells me that my SIM is incorrect. What am I doing wrong?
43. Nick replies at 2nd February 2008, 12:05 am :
I have a jailbroken & unlocked 1.0.2 iPhone, with 3.9 bootloader and 04.02.13_G firmware. Can I use this guide? Which step do I start from?
44. Anton replies at 2nd February 2008, 8:48 am :
I have an anySIM unlocked, jailbroken iPhone 1.1.1 (it was 1.0.2 OTB), iTunes 7.6 and an iMac running Leopard. When I try to update to 1.1.2 with OktoPrep alreay istalled, iTunes tells me “The iPhone “iPhone” could not be updated. An unknown error occured (0xE8000013).” Is That because of my iTunes version? If yes, than how do I downgrade it to 7.5? Thanks a zillion
45. admin replies at 4th February 2008, 4:13 am :
Eugene,
What version are you in when you see this incorrect SIM error?
46. Eugene replies at 4th February 2008, 4:34 am :
I am following this guide exactly. Including the baseband downgrade, but when I get to the step of use Anysim 1.1.2u, I put it into airplane mode and run it with my T-Mobile sim in it and it tells me its unlocked so I reboot install iWorld, select USA and reboot again and it still tells me the sim is not approved.
47. admin replies at 4th February 2008, 9:38 am :
Eugene,
You mean you are at 1.1.2,but you faced the incorrect SIM error?
Are you sure your iPhone is with bootloader 3.9?
48. Dipak replies at 4th February 2008, 9:58 am :
Hi Admin, Thank you very much for providing this information. I used your given steps to jailbreak my newly bought iphone 1.1.2 with bootloader 4.6. It was workning fine with 1.1.1 firmware. I upgraded to 1.1.3 …….. my biggest mistake. I tried to downgrade it ……. but it didnt work out. Now I am not able to upgrade it to 1.1.3, it is showing error “The iphone could not be restored. An unknown error occured (1604)”.
Please let me know what is the problem, Is there any way to get it back ?
49. Eugene replies at 4th February 2008, 12:38 pm :
Yes my iPhone is in 1.1.2 when it happens. Which would be after Step#22. And my iPhone was bought with 1.0.2 on it.
So is there any way to solve that problem?
50. admin replies at 5th February 2008, 9:25 am :
Eugene,
Downgrade your iPhone to 1.1.1. Add “i.unlock.no” as source in the Installer. Choose to install virgin tool. Unlock it again using anySIM 1.2.1u at iPhone 1.1.2
51. amun replies at 5th February 2008, 8:52 pm :
hi admin,
i have OTB 1.1.2 and i’m using turbosim from just one week, the problem is that i can receive calls and messages and sending it but i can’t make a call, by the way i’m now on firmware 1.1.2 and i installed iworld, so can you help with this pls….
52. Eugene replies at 6th February 2008, 11:53 am :
Nope. Virgin tool doesn’t want to run. It flashes the baseband and then says the main script could not be run.
By the way, I really appreciate you helping me.
53. admin replies at 6th February 2008, 5:34 pm :
Eugene,
Your situation is weird. Hmmm… I don’t know how I can’t help here. Sorry.
54. Yassa replies at 7th February 2008, 3:32 am :
ive been through tht upgradr the day it was released and it went just fine..then i decided to go back to 1.1.1 until there enough apps and tweaks for 1.1.3!
now i want to use this method again but the problem is that the “soft upgrade” package isnt on installer.app any more !!! Theres the official version only!:S..is there any source to add or something that will get me the soft upgrade package?? What can i do?
55. admin replies at 8th February 2008, 1:34 am :
Yassa,
Take a look of the top message. Click it for the iPhone Dev Team method.
56. Yassa replies at 8th February 2008, 3:05 am :
i dont want the dev team method because im using 1.1.1!..isnt the nate true upgrade availible anywhre anymore?!
57. admin replies at 8th February 2008, 4:04 am :
Yassa,
Sorry to say that, I also don’t know why it disappeared so suddenly.
58. Yassa replies at 8th February 2008, 7:10 am :
i guess its because nate was kicked out for releasing it unofficially:(..but there must be anyway we cloud find this file!!
59. Toan replies at 8th February 2008, 8:10 am :
Hi ALL,
Any one can help me with the error message below:
I can do anything else but anySIM wont work. and I need help ERROR “anySIM cannot unlock anySIM will now quit working”.
Thanks,
Toan.
60. Yassa replies at 8th February 2008, 6:34 pm :
Toan,
if u just upgraded from an older firmware u will need to dowload “the virginizer” under unlocking tools in the http://i.unlock.no source..when the process finishes u will have to go through all the restore and jailbreak thing again and THEN anysim will work!
I faced this problem before! And that solution worked on all the phones ive unlocked!
GOOD LUCK:)
61. Toan replies at 8th February 2008, 10:34 pm :
Hi Yassa,
Thanks for your help, but my iphone is originally version 1.1.2. with Serial No.: 87748 I have already unlocked it.
62. Yassa replies at 9th February 2008, 9:29 pm :
ur 1.1.2 OTB??
63. Toan replies at 10th February 2008, 9:59 am :
Hi Yassa,
Yes it is but I already unlocked it and it is work well. If any one need help please let me know how to unlock and activate simcard by software no need turbo sim or X sim.
Thanks,
Toan.
64. bigbad256 replies at 1st March 2008, 6:29 pm :
Just thought I would let you folk know that after 5 hours I seem to have succeeded in 1.1.1 -> 1.1.2
the trick was that at the end of jail breaking it would freeze in restore mode… (itune icon with cable image)
the solution was to run AppTap installer (1.0.2) which fails but sends the phone back to normal mode !
good luck
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