One of the most common problems after Apple releases its the latest firmware update for the iPhone is that some users who have jailbroken their iPhone end up accidentally upgrading it.
So when Apple released iPhone firmware 2.2 on Thursday night, quite a few readers ended up accidentally upgrading their iPhones to the latest firmware.
The problem is that they ended up losing the jailbreak and all the unofficial iPhone apps. They are left with two options: 1. Either wait for the iPhone Dev Team to release the latest hacking tools which should be soon or 2. Downgrade to iPhone firmware 2.1.
One of our readers, Jason, has tried the second option and successfully downgraded his iPhone to iPhone firmware 2.1.
Update:
Jason has also shared the steps he had followed to downgrade to iPhone firmware 2.1, so we have based this step-by-step guide mostly on it.
Before we start with the guide, you need to first download iPhone firmware 2.1 (for 1st iPhone, use this download link and for iPhone 3G, use this download link).
You can then follow these steps to downgrade from iPhone firmware 2.2 to firmware 2.1:
- Connect your iPhone to your Mac or PC and select your iPhone from the list of devices in iTunes. If things had gone horribly wrong while hacking your iPhone and iTunes does not detect your iPhone then you will need to put it in DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade) mode.
- You can follow these steps to put your iPhone in DFU mode (this is required only if iTunes does not recognize your iPhone):
- Connect your iPhone to your computer.
- Turn iPhone off.
- Hold power and home together for 10 seconds (exactly).
- Release power but keep holding home until the computers beeps (observed on a PC) as a USB device is recognized.
- A few seconds later iTunes should detect your iPhone.
- In the Summary Tab, Hold down Option and press the "Restore" button. If you are using Windows hold down Shift and press the Restore button. (This is an important step as just pressing the "Restore" button will result in restoring your iPhone with the latest firmware which is firmware 2.2 currently, by holding down Option in case of Mac or Shift in case of Windows, allows you choose the firmware file that you want to downgrade to.)
- You should be able to see all the older iPhone firmware files you had downloaded so far, select iPhone firmware 2.1 file (iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw) to restore your iPhone or browse to the folder where you have downloaded it and select it.
- You might get the any of the following errors: 1011, 1013, 1015, you can ignore them. However, if you get errors such as: 1601, 1602, 1600 or anything else then try putting the iPhone into DFU mode and try again.
- Your iPhone should now be restored to iPhone firmware 2.1 (Settings -> General -> About). You can then jailbreak and unlock your 1st gen iPhone or jailbreak iPhone 3G using QuickPwn v2.1 by following this step-by-step guide.
We haven't tried this yet on the iPhone 3G as we haven't upgraded to iPhone firmware 2.2 after the warning from the iPhone Dev Team but have tried this out on an iPod Touch (after upgrading it to iPhone firmware 2.2) and it works without any problem. James who had tipped us about this method has tried this out and confirms that it works.
Based on the information that iPhone Dev team had shared about firmware 2.2, we are assuming that this does not downgrade the baseband firmware in case of iPhone 3G which also gets upgraded with the iPhone firmware 2.2 update. So we are not sure if iPhone 3G users who accidentally upgraded to iPhone firmware 2.2 will be able to unlock their iPhones when iPhone Dev Team release their software method to unlock iPhone 3G.
But by downgrading to iPhone firmware 2.1 they should be able to at least jailbreak their iPhone 3G so they can install the unofficial iPhone apps (which was the condition when they upgrade to the latest firmware).
In case of the 1st gen iPhone, since the baseband firmware does not get upgraded, by downgrading to iPhone firmware 2.1, 1st gen iPhone users should be able to jailbreak and unlock their iPhones.
Please remember that hacking your iPhone could result in voiding your warranty so please proceed with caution.
Please let us know how it goes in case you decide to give this a shot.
Thanks a ton James for the feedback and your step-by-step guide.
Update 1:
Readers Mark, Jack, webterractive, Ronny and Greyhame have reported problems downgrading to iPhone firmware 2.1 from firmware 2.2 in the comments. We will keep you posted if we find any trick to resolve the issue.
Update 2:
Update 3:
iPhone 3G users who had problems using Turbo SIM, reader, Love my iPhone, has just commented:
"Just want to share this: if you use turbosim to unlock your iphone 3G, you can update your phone to v2.2 using pwnagetool custom ipsw. By doing this, you have preserved baseband version which will not effect the way your trubosim works, otherwise you have either to update the firmware of your turbosim (if it is available) or buy a new one which supports v2.2 in the near future. I have personally tested it. I have updated my iPhone 3G to v2.2 using pwnagetool and my turbosim is still working."
Thanks Love my iPhone for sharing your experience.
Update 4:
Apple Breaks Hardware Method to Unlock iPhone 3G with Firmware 2.2
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I am one of those people who accidentally upgraded to 2.2 without knowing I would no longer be able to use a Proxy-SIM with it after the upgrade.
I tried doing the Firmware rollback to 2.1 and it was unsucessful. The rollback completed, and I got the 1013, but then iTunes would not recognize the firmware with a message saying I needed to restore my iPhone to the original settings. So I restored back to 2.2 with iTunes and now back where I started. I even restarted iTunes and the same thing.
If there are any further steps needed to get iTunes to recognize your 3G iPhone after you rollback the firmware to 2.1 then please post them here in case I did something wrong after the rollback. Thanks.
@Mark,
Thanks for your feedback.
I guess you are using proxy SIM (hardware method) to unlock iPhone 3G, this is uncharted territory for us.
However, we are not sure if the baseband update (which does not get downgrade using this method) is causing this issue or its the latest version of iTunes (8.0.2).
You can probably try using an older version of iTunes to see if it helps. You can download an older version of iTunes from this link:
http://www.oldapps.com/itunes.htm
We didn't have any issue with an iPod Touch so we are guessing that Apple has made some changes with the baseband update in firmware 2.2 to prevent the hardware method to unlock iPhone 3G.
Mark, same thing with me, I'm not sure, but I think I read that if you delete some file in some folder that this problem will go away if you try it again. Only I can't find the link where this was suggested.
btw, I"m not using the "proxy SIM (hardware method)" itunes 8.0.0.35
I success to restore my 2G iphone to 2.1 after accidentally upgraded to 2.2. This method is work. I can use my iphone again. Thz God¬
@Dancingking,
We are glad to hear it worked for you, thanks for your feedback.
@jack,
Thanks for clarifying. We are assuming you were trying this with an iPhone 3G.
We will let you if you there are additional steps for iPhone 3G users.
Folks,
We have just unpublished some of the comments as they were out of context.
cheers!
I'm not looking to unlock the iPhone since I had it working well with a TurbSim, but now stuck with 2.2 I'm trying to downgrade to at least 2.1.
I get the same error after downgrading it to a 2.1 itune wouldn't recognize it. I'm using iphone 3G 16Gb any suggestion?
Even if you can downgrade from 2.2 to 2.1, I believe that the modem version remains the same, which means that you are taking risk to make your iphone to ipod.
Obviously I haven't try this myself, coz I dare to upgrade mine to 2.2. As I am waiting Dev Team to release their tool so that we can safely upgrade to 2.2 without changing the modem version, in hope that the soft-unlock become available on 2.1
To: webterractive, can you still use your turbosim with 2.2??
I have a Rodgers 3G that was working with Tmobile just fine with a Proxy SIM, but I upgraded to 2.2 and now it does not work and also I could not downgrade (Error 1013 and then it goes no further)
I use the Phone in Canada when I am there and wanted to use it with Tmobile in USA. I have 2 numbers and pay for both. It doesnt seem unreasonable to me to allow one to pay for both services and use one phone…I can do this with other phones.
Please find a work around, or it will be over to a Tmobile G1 who always unlock their phones for loyal customers.
Can someone post information regarding iPhone 3G?
I accidentally upgraded my iPhone 3g to firmware 2.2 and the proxy fix would not work. So I tried restoring per the instructions and I got a "Error 1013" and I thought I was stuck.
Then I pondered a bit and tried something different. I downloaded the latest version of Pwnage which 2.1 and I create a custom firmware so I could jailbreak the iPhone.
After doing the steps in Pwnage I forced myself into DFU mode which they walk you through. iTunes then started up and it recognized the iPhone in "Recovery Mode" and I chose the custom 2.1 firmware that Pwnage had create.
Voila! It worked and now I am back to 2.1 firmware on an iPhone 3.g hacked via proxySIM to work on the T-Mobile network.
Only 1 Question: I have yet to figure out how to setup my Edge settings. Any ideas? I have the $20 T-Mobile Edge plan but I do not know how to get it to work.
i dont get how to ignore the error massages. It wont work when i restore to 2.1. it will almost finish and then i get the error (1013) and it stays in recovery mode.
I accidentially updated to 2.2 and did the downgrade to 2.1 the first time i got the error 1013. The second time I got it again but after a restart of my iphone it worked pefectly in 2.1 then i just had to jailbreak it and i thougt everything wold work normal again. I work with turbosim and i entered the pin but now it gets strange it is not possible to connect to my network no matter what it does noch connect to my carriers network i hate this
im having the same problem as ganja….
i upgraded to 2.2… then downgraded to 2.1 successfully, but, im not able to get any service… if i reboot my iphone, or remove and insert my sim card, it will get signal for like 5 seconds, then drop and go back to the No Service. I have tried everything.
I read somewhere that the 2.2 upgrades the baseband, and im guessing that downgrading to 2.1, makes it uncompatible and does not work.
While i was trying to get a fix, i noticed that the jailbreak for 2.2 came out… and since i couldnf figure out how to fix the No Service in 2.1 problem, i decided to jump in and upgrade back to 2.2.
Everything upgraded successfully, BUT, im still getting the No Service msg.
What can i do to fix this?????????
Thanks in advance!
I HAD A IPHONE 3G 2.1 WHICH I JAILBREAK IT. BY STUPIDITY I UPGRADE TO 2.2. I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH, TRY A LOT OF DIFFERENT TRICKS UNTIL I GOT HERE.
THIS STEPS WORK GREAT FOR ME. I DOWNGRADED TO 2.1 AND JAILBREAK IT AGAIN.
;-);-);-);-);-);-);-)
THANKS A LOT TEAM.
@ David. Hey, that sounds like you've found a real fix.
Can you check that your modem firmware version was actually rolled back (earlier than 02.28.00)? As far as i know that's the main reason the upgrade stopped my turbo-sim from working.
Also, if you could post up some slightly more detailed instructions for dummies like me that haven't used the Pwnage tools before.
Hi Guys,
M having exactly the same problem as above. Now my phone just pop up NO SERVICE. FUCK APPLE, letting lot of people suffer. Anyway, if anyone know how to get the phone signal back, please post as M using Turbo sim also. THx in advance. God bless u.
OH MY GOD…
I have the same problem "No Service" after accedantly upgrading my iphone 3g to 2.2.
I tried everything including the new QuickPwn but with no luck still "NO SERVICE"
i think it is the baseband issue.
HELP HELP HELP pleas!
i need help… new to this jailbreaking stuff.. after i jailbroke my iphone 3g it was running a bit slow so i went into the setting of the iphone and did restore to factory setting from the phone and it said it would take about an hour. now my phone is stuck with a black background with a pineapple sign in the middle. please help me figure this out. thank you. (i hope my phone is not useless now)
Wow, in just 24 hours, lots of comments here. Good stuff.
I think it is confirmed now that there is no benefit to rolling back the firmware to 2.1 since the baseband issue blocking use of Proxy-SIM / Turbosim cards has now been confirmed.
What is confusing here though is it sounds like iExpert has managed to get his 3G iPhone working again after rolling back the firmware to 2.1.
iExpert, can you please confirm on this again and what the status is of your phone at the moment?
By the way, there is another detailed discussion on the subject here for those who are interested:
http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum/iphone-3g/2-2-upgrades-with-3g-gevey-turbo-sim-39467.html
I have also updated to 2.2 like a fool with out reading about it first. 8g 2g. i tried these steps and when opening to locate past firmware i dont see any at all. Am i looking in the right place? itunes/my documents?
please help
Old firmware versions need to be downloaded. They are not kept on your computer.
For 3G you can go here. For 2G there is another site, but can't recall the link right now, sorry.
http://www.spaziocellulare.com/ispazio/download-firmwares-iphone-3g/
@Mark,
Thanks for link.
@poorboy,
We have provided the links in the post, here they are again for your benefit:
http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-5202.20080909.gkbEj/iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw
The Dev team have released PwnageTool 2.2.1, QuickPwn 2.2 for Mac & QuickPwn 2.2 for Windows for iPhone Firmware 2.2. Since you have the 1st gen/2g iPhone you might want to checkout this post rather than downgrading to firmware 2.1:
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2008/11/jailbreakunlock.html
cheers!
To the guys that managed to downgrade an iphone 3G to firmware 2.1 How did you do that? just like Mark I tried doing the Firmware rollback to 2.1 and it was unsucessful. The rollback completed, and I got the 1013, but then iTunes would not recognize the firmware with a message saying I needed to restore my iPhone to the original settings. So I restored back to 2.2 with iTunes and now back where I started. I even restarted iTunes and the same thing. Putting the iphone in DFU mode did not help. To the guys that managed to downgrade please explain how, step by step!
Hey guys I successfully downgraded to 2.1 and fixed my problem, which was that I had categories installed and lost a lot of apps. When I downgraded I had no signal and my heart dropped. I used quickpwn 2.1 to jailbreak and then restored to 2.1 with itunes. I got the error message 10XX. So then I used Itunes to upgrade back to 2.2 and it all works with all my apps. If you have any questions email me. coryflane@yahoo.xxx
Hi,
I did 6 2G iphones with 2.2 firmwares which I downgraded to 2.1. Unlocked/jailbroken them back to use with Tmobile.
I do have 1 3G that I was able to downgraded to 2.1 from 2.2. Jailbroken it successfully but not able to get Turbo SIM to work again.
I recently upgraded my iphone 2g earlier today to 2.2 from the original release level firmware. Then I tried to run jailbreak, but jailbreak just sat there for a long while doing nothing. I finally just disconnected and tried to restart over the jailbreak process, but also failed. Then I tried to restore to the factory settings, not knowing what my other options were because I got scared and didn't want to lose all my iPhone customizations. But I did in fact lose everything that I had cutomized because I didn't sync before I upgraded to 2.2.
My question is, before the upgrade to 2.2 firmware, I am sure the iphone did a backup on it own. Is there a way to restore back to that backup? I especially want the calendars, notes and contacts.
I tried right clicking on the device in iTunes, but there's no backup there from prior to the 2.2 firmware upgrade. There has got to be something I can do to get back to that backup prior to the 2.2 firmware upgrade that I did earlier today.
Any help would be greatly appreciate.
Thanks.
same with other iphone 3g users here. Updated 2.2 firmware and downgrade back to 2.1 phone doesnt get any signals. i am using iphone 3g from rogers was using gevey before. Any help would be appreciate… Right now my phone is useless in HK .. i m sad
Any possible of Proxy Sims in the future for OS 2.2? I bought an iphone with the new OS 2.2 and I can't use it for Tmobile. I am willing to wait for a while. Thanks
hello guys,i have questions,i accidentally upgraded my iphone 3g with 2.2 in i tunes and lost all what i did in jailbreak,i just jailbreak again my i phone with quickpwn 2.2, how come i cant see all my applications that i got from itunes?,before i accidentally upgraded my iphone i made a folder from the categories named GAMES,i put all my other applicatios here and i lost it even my notes on my iphone was lost too….please help
Hi,
I follow all the steps for the downgrade, but actually, when I'm holding the Shift button, while pressing the restore button, I'm not able to choose my downloaded 2.1 FW. Can someone help me please, would be very kind!
Thanks
Which version of itunes should i use..
Bcoz I tried it and getting 1600 error again and again.
Can anybody can help me.
hi, after i downgrade 2.2 to 2.1, my iphone just stuck in recovery mode. I found many website told to hold power and home button for 15 second, release home button while continue holding power button for 2 second and it will restart again, but it's not work for me, the screen after downgrade shown only the itune icon and use cable, i think it still stuck in the recovery mode, no matter how i hole power and home button,please help me (T~T)
okay, i have nothing to say. same problem. 2.2. I NEED HELP !!!!
the only solution is this.. it shows pics of it working on the new 2.2 with baseband upgrade
http://www.ukphoneshop.com/news/mobile-phone-unlocking/any-network-release-unlocking-for-iphone-3g-22-with-baseband-update/1035/
Im having trouble to downgrade my iphone to 2.1
Is it smarter to wait for an software FIX for the NO SERVICE Issue or to try to downgrade and get it working somehow.
Thanks,
grande
Just use the link on the previous post
My result as bill:
After restore to 2.1, Itunes alert error code = 1013.
and my IP still in recovery mode at the end
Please help me
Hi Bill,
if you want ur IP to normal mode, you just retore (not shift+restore) from the itunes
I managed to get my iPhone 3G rolled back to 2.1, and it works like a charm now.
I followed those steps, and like many, got that 1013 error.
It tooks 3 tries, and I also unhooked the USB for 20 seconds then plugged it back in, and iTunes actually deleted all of the firmware, so it was literally running nothing. So once you get to that point, close iTunes, as you don't need it anymore (and it'll only cause more headaches).
This is for those of you running with WinPWN 2.1:
I looked around for a while, and you can still find the firmware for it.
Go ahead and run WinPWN, let it recognize the firmware. Now, it may crash a couple times (as there was no firmware) and/or ask you to press and hold the home and power button for 15 seconds, then hold the power for 2 seconds to restart the phone. Go ahead and do so [restart as need be].
After you get the program to respond, and it recognizes the firmware, follow along with the instructions and [P]OWN back your phone. Good luck, I need sleep.
i found something mayb this can help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw67BCAsQz0
Hey everyone, I tried everything to downgrade 2.2 to 2.1 and nothing worked until I tried this. It is so simple but worked for me
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2084105/downgrade_iphone_firmware_2_2_to_2_1
in all i am also haveing same problem …………….. "No Service" no Nokia isBest way for Time Pass
hi!!
i got the same problem that above with muy iphone 3g but i dont undersanta very well how to downgrade the firm from 2.2 to 2.1 so the xslim works. i tried to do it creating a custom firm with pwnage but with no succes. could someone explain again for someone how does not know much of theas!!
thanks a lot people!!
I have a 3G iphone, officially unlocked by Apple which I bought in Australia but I use it here in the Philippines. When I first got the phone I didn't have any problems with it. Then I accidentally updated it to version 2.2 firmware. The phone is still okay and I am able to make and receive calls. However my problem is with SMS messages. I am able to send messages but receiving messages is a problem. Receiving SMS messages is erratic. Sometimes it comes in but it is hours late or sometimes never at all. I have reported this several times to my cellular provider SMART and they fix it and I am able to receive SMS again but after a few hours it acts up again and I am back to the problem not receiving SMS messages. Another thing I have observed is that my 3G internet access is gone. In the beginning I noticed that if I turn off the 3G feature, I am able to receive SMS messages but after a couple of complaints with my provider, now I am unable to receive SMS messages whether 3G is on or off. What a bummer! When I first got this iphone I was able to see a complete worldwide list of cellular network carriers in my Network settings, now with the 2.2 firmware I am only able to see Automatic and the 3 cellular carriers which are the ones in the Philippines. When I use the iphonebrowser application to "peek" into the network carriers folder of my iphone, I can see that the worldwide list is still there but I am perplexxed why I cannot see them in the Network settings.
I am really beginning to hate Apple why they make this phone so difficult regarding the settings. am desperate because I spent a lot for this phone and I want to get it back to working order the way it was before. If I had known this phone was to be a major headache then I wouldn't have bought this and settled for a new Xperia sony ericsoon or some other brand instead which is easier to configure as the settings are all available to the user.
Please help someone! S.O.S.!
i have no service after upgrading to 2.2 and now the turbo sim is not working anymore.the iphone has been reduced to itouch.i have done almost everything…including downgrading to 2.1 and i still can't get my fon to work.can anyone help now that the baseband has been changed by apple??dev team plss hurry with the unlocking.sad face
hi,
I have done the most stupid thing by upgrading to 2.2 my iphone 3g is now just an itouch!!!
i need hep!!!
I tried downgrading but I get the 1013 message!
Does anyone know their way around it?