iPhone Revived...Kind Of. (Hit the Jump for How-To's)
September 30, 2007 by Lauren
Okay, so the iPhone isn't 100% back to itself, but it's progress since the last update announcing an all-but-bricked phone. When I said it would be war between hackers and Apple, I meant it.
If you missed it or just don't feel like going back to the article linked above, Apple has released the dreaded firmware updates we've been reluctantly anticipating; this means overriding all hacks/unlocks and bricking the iPhone. Luckily, the iPhone wasn't completely bricked, but it might has well have been, because the updates leave unlocked iPhones stuck in an inactivate-able state.
Thankfully, it seems we're able to spark some life back into the precious phones. Upgrades caused this whole shenanigan, so the obvious cure is to downgrade. This means taking iPhones in the most recent versions, 1.1.1, back down to 1.0.2.
The problem is, this little trick will get you running again and using third-party apps, but you still can't dial. So far, an iPhone that's been taken to 1.1.1 still can't be re-unlocked. So we're still waiting and searching for a way to actually get the phone back from the iPhone.
Here are some tools to get you this far:
Downgrade from 1.1.1 to 1.0.2
Hackintosh thread (where the magic happened)
How to unbrick an iPhone- Gizmodo
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