Apple posts firmware v1.1.2 -- goodbye jailbreak!
By Ryan Block 
posted Nov 8th 2007 9:35PM
posted Nov 8th 2007 9:35PM
- Extracting software... restarting... iTunes successfully upgraded to 1.1.2.
- The "slide for emergency" slider flashed through different languages while it was waiting to be plugged in again.
- It's activated, pulled the backup data, and restarted -- success! Officially on 1.1.2.
- Testing jailbreakme.com... looks like they broke jailbreak! Yep, it's broken alright.
- Not really finding any new features -- certainly no new icons, no voice memos, nothing obvious about disk mode. Anyone else finding anything?
- Looks like international keyboards are finally enabled! Score one for everyone overseas who can't use their now-relocked iPhone.
- A few reports are coming in that their iPhone is "much faster now" (not that we remember ours being slow at all before). Maybe Apple made some performance tweaks this update.
- Can anyone confirm whether TurboSIM is working with this update?
[Thanks, Brett]
Download - iPhone1,1_1.1.2_3B48b_Restore.ipsw, 160MB
do u think there will be a jailbreak for this firmware....possibly an unlock??
There is a great "you shouldn't do this and we won't let you" crowd that is I'm sure frantically digging at the new update. I am equally sure they will eventually find a way. What you may care more about is whether this particular update is even worth having.
If it's anything like 1.1.1 the only thing the update really did was break the hack. You can live with an earlier version just fine. The question is when will development reach a point that you want the new features enough to mess with it.
Of course there will be a new jailbreak. Remember that one of the key fixes in 1.1.2 is the TIFF exploit, so nobody expected AppSnapp to work.
finger crossed
how can you cross one finger?
it's not easy, trust me ;-)
it's easy. you just break a promise and it gets really crossed
What about iPod touch?
Good luck, but you are going to get in trouble ^^ (It will lock up, mark my words!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Good luck, but you are going to get in trouble ^^ (It will lock up, mark my words!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Why would anyone download this?
Extra language packs?
Wait for the next big update.
so, ya'll do know that 1.1.1 added the extra language characters, also u can do like ¿ and other characters, just hold down the key
please work, please work, please work......
Dumb question, but how do I use this?
Be gentle and use some lotion...
Then you won't get a rash.
how do you install it after you download it? I double click on it and it opens iTunes, but nothing happens. I'm running Leopard.
Option-click the restore button in itunes and manually select the zip file. iTunes will automatically unzip it
for windows iTunes users it appears to be "shift" + restore to get it started.
I love operating systems that allow you to install applications out of the box like Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Symbian. Who needs the iPhone :P. Have you seen Live Search. I get Gas Prices. I can even speak into my phone and it inputs the location for me :). All on a $50 phone. Talk about being ripped off big time :). I bet you all in the world that I will get a Low Ranking. But that just shows how right I am.
JAmerican
Yep. A low ranking shows how right you are.....
Or it could be that actual iPhone users don't agree with your statements.
Post from my iPhone.
How exactly will getting a low ranking show how right you are?
I've got to be honest - I do enjoy third party app support, and it is a reason I stuck with my Palm OS Treo 650 for as long as I did. I also briefly tried out a Windows Mobile device, but just couldn't get used to some of the quirks of Windows Mobile (not to mention the degree of hacks and using cooked ROMs necessary just to get good performance, etc.).
Right now I'm enjoying the iPhone a great deal; the third party app community has done a great job so far, and I'm hoping that the official SDK in February does allow for some of the same creative third party stuff that people have been doing on their own up til this point.
But in all honesty, at this point, I would still take the iPhone over my Palm OS Treo 650; as I said, I do like third party apps, but even on my Treo, the primary uses I had for it were e-mail and web browsing, and so far I have found the iPhone to more than suit my needs for e-mail (it admittedly doesn't have some of the functions that ChatterMail did, but even so) and the iPhone's Safari browser completely blows away Palm's Blazer (and I also still find it to be more fluid to use than Opera Mini 4, which is admittedly quite nice).
JAmerican,
Maybe the reason some of us have iPhones to begin with is because WM is such a steaming pile of unusable crap that we decided to go back to a standard 9-key cell phone until something better (ie, iPhone) came along.
I'm anxious to see how Android goes, though. If anyone can make a competitive phone OS environment, it's Google.
iPhone users, just answer me this question. This may also get low ranked but I don't care.
If the iPhone is said to run a variant of OS X, then why don't they allow third-party development? It is my understanding that the full Mac OS X does not run on the iPhone but a slimmed down version of it. Couldn't Apple include or implement the safeguards necessary to keep the OS on the iPhone stable. I mean they do it with Mac OS X. Why must users hack their devices and potentially void their warranties just to get the most out of their already expensive phone.
That's what is killing me about the iPhone. Sure you can add applications on it but you have to wait for the jailbreak. If your iPhone ends up malfunctioning (all hardware fails at some point and time) and is in need of a repair and yet you still have the jailbreak and non-Apple apps on it. What do you do?
Please don't flame me for asking reasonable questions. Just answer the questions My first post was somewhat trollish. I agree but I this post is much more mature.
JAmerican
Ha! WinMo is horrible! Symbian is an amazing OS, but even it isn't as polished as Apples software. However, the iPhone is far from cutting edge on the tech spectrum. Give me something with a stat sheet like the Nokia N95, with an OS by Apple, and I'd be very happy.
JAmerican,
Apple says they plan to have an SDK in developers' hands by February.
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/devcenter/third_party_apps.php
I don't care *that* much about third-party apps; most the ones I used in WM didn't really work that well anyway. I bought the iPhone without that requirement, however I figured (and was right) that the apps would come eventually.
Obviously third-party apps make it a more attractive platform, but that's not all there is to a phone -- hell, the average phone user, even the average smartphone user doesn't use them. Maybe a few percent of the market?
Apple is opening up the iPhone come early next year. SJ released a statement saying that they want people to be able to put third party apps on the phone, but they also want it to be secure. Thats what they are working on. Apple prevents problems, unlike MS which releases software and fixes the problems a year later. Apple just wants to do things the right way, and the right way can take time.
Brandon
Uh, I thought it was pretty obvious.
They and their exclusive provider don't want their phone unlocked. I imagine Apple worked pretty hard to get revenue sharing deals and doesn't want to give complete access to the device which would more than likely make unlocking a breeze.
In point of fact, they ARE implementing the very things you're talking about with their imminent release of an iPhone SDK. Keep in mind, Apple isn't Microsoft. Consider the size of the company and the number of engineers that work there that are developing a.) new hardware for Macs, b.) new hardware for iPods, c.) new hardware for unannounced, or experimental projects, d.) OS X e.) OS X for mobile devices f.) OS X for PPC
It's not easy to crank all of this out. I'm sure Apple's #1 goal is to give every person the chance to plunk down their $$, but it's something that's just not economically feasible for them to do, and it's certainly something they can't do with the snap of their fingers.
You make it sound like the iPhone and its software was just a cakewalk, and yet, it was pretty revolution in its scope and implementation, if not with every single hardware and software feature crammed into it that Engadget nerds (myself included) would like. You don't think I want 3rd party software too? That doesn't mean that I don't think it was a good idea to roll the phone out when they did and how they did, and their sales figures function serve as evidence that they did the right thing.
It drives me nuts that the internet has given everyone a voice, and that voice is collectively used to tell a multi-billion dollar company with almost a decade of nothing but growth and success how exactly their company and products need to work. If it's not the device for you, there's something out there that will be. HTC has some great stuff, and Windows Mobile will let you get all the junk software you need (though you could simply wait until February to buy an iPhone, or buy an iPhone and deal with the lack of SSH, Bejeweled, or whatever it is that the iPhone doesn't currently do that you think is just KILLER for you to have), but Apple's making a bundle off of the iPhone, and that seems to justify correct decisions.
Maybe it doesn't blow your skirt up, but quite frankly, I'm enjoying watching my stock price soar. As a shareholder, I'm glad they aren't listening to every single piece of nitpicking. Should Apple have waited until this February to release the iPhone? Surely you can't believe that. Prada would've shown up sooner, there'd be increased competition out the wazoo, and worse, if you think people are whining about the feature set now (OMG NO 3G... wah) imagine how dated it would appear to the nerds then?
I realize they didn't release what you wanted. He's not Santa Claus, he's Steve Jobs. He's a business man. He makes money. He makes it for shareholders.
But we are forgetting. Apple is issuing an SDK but want each app to be approved through them. Somewhat like a Made for iPod sticker. This will surely slow down the release of applications being that Apple is not a large company. Also, what about applications that infringe on copyrights like lets say NES for iPhone. Will those pass Apple's certification? If so, will Apple be sued?
Just to make sure you all know, since I think anyone who apposes the iPhone is usually considered a M$ fanboy. I own a Mac OS X laptop (PB 1GHz/512MB running Leopard--very quick), I own a PC running XP Media Center Editon (tried Vista fled back to XP). I used to use Ubuntu Linux. I have tried the iPhone demo unit. I've gone through the interface. I've used touchscreen keyboard before. I am not just arguing out my behind. I just think that some people look at M$ as the devil but don't see Apple as very controlling in some sense. I understand the carrier has some hand in it as well but if Apple can convince AT&T to pay them $18 per phone. Your telling me they couldn't make their phone third-party out the door. As I said, I understand the SDK is coming but it was an after-thought when Apple saw people hacking their phones. They knew it was going to be like the PSP in no time. When the people have spoken, you can't do anything but to join in and control the hacking. That's what the SDK does.
To each his own. I will end with this just to kill the YouTube Myth that its only on the iPhone...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QA4s7uGIrxo
JAmerican
@JAmerican
First of all, they said apps would have to be digitally signed. Whether that means that they have to be approved by apple or not remains to be seen. I'd like to know the answer to that question myself, being a developer.
To answer your other questions:
Sure, I miss 3g, tethering, full Exchange support, and the ability to add apps that I want (as rarely as I did on my WinMo phone). However, I bought the iPhone in full knowledge that I wouldn't be able to do these things. What made up for these flaws was the amazing interface, *revolutionary* web browser, the slim form factor, and the great gadget convergence that is the iPhone. As limited as it is, it is one of the better PMP's that I have owned (you have to see the video that it plays to believe), it adequately handles my email, gives me the best mobile browsing experience that I have ever had, and oh yeah, it works pretty good as a phone too. Everything else is just gravy.
It has its drawbacks, but it's not like most of us didn't go into this with open eyes. There is enough room in this world for a lot of phones/gadgets. Don't hate on those of us that chose something that you didn't want. (As you admitted, your first comment was pretty trollish)
The iphone runs in root mode. In a normal OS X installation, root access is disabled. On the iPhone, root is the standard runtime mode for the system, meaning that things could get messed up really quick and really easily if something went wrong... This "oversight" does seem rather strange on the part of Apple though...
lets give him a "high ranking " -- show him how wrong he is
There's nothing that an iPhone does that my Windows Mobile 6 phone doesn't do - it's just not as pretty. The difference is that my phone isn't locked down like Apple's iPhone.
@Brandon
Explain why Apple has that huge data loss bug in Leopard then when attempting to move data and the location you're moving it to gets cut off. Explain how this was found to be in as early a version of OS X as 10.3 and why such a glaring bug in software was NOT fixed before it came out of beta. Explain why Apple decided to ship Leopard with the firewall in it off by default, unlike Windows XP starting in SP2 and Vista have it ON by default. Explain how the new iMac heating problems with the ati video card are because Apple chose form over function. Explain how clearly the iPhone was released BEFORE its version of OS X was finished. Which you just said only Microsoft does. And of course only Microsoft releases a product before its ready for the market. Apple never does that. Oh no, never. Because clearly if this was true with Apple, they would never need to patch their own software and fix their own hardware. Which we all know they do.
Explain why you're trying to bash Microsoft for its flaws while clearly ignoring Apple's own flaws. Why do you think Apple can do no wrong and that whenever something bad happens, that you decide to blame someone else instead of Apple. Whats wrong? Afraid your biasness will show.
I have Leopard and I've noticed something about Mac OS X software. When sharing to Windows PCs. It's wide open. In Panther, there was no option to configure what you wanted the PC to see. If you turned Windows Sharing on, your Windows PC saw everything in your Mac drive. This is a huge security hole.
In Tiger, they improved it where you had to specify which user you wanted to be viewed on the Windows Machine. I don't remember exactly. I still saw some problems with it.
In Leopard, you can choose which folders you want shared and while those folders appear on the Windows machine, the Mac OS X folder (for your Mac drive) also appears even if not shared.
I rarely use this feature just because how open it is. Essentially any one can just leech off your Mac drive if you connect to a school network with that Windows sharing enabled.
JAmerican
I believe if you download that file you can hold the option/alt key and press update button in itunes. It will bring up a file window to choose that file.
Nice! Thanks guiltyblade!
haha, you can't right click.
... but then which file do you select? The .zip turns into a folder.
Ummm Carl... last time I checked all the desktop Macs come with a Mighty Mouse that allows you to right click...
And as for the laptops, I find it annoying on Windows based machines to actually have the right click. I hit it when I don't mean to. Not bashin em or anything.
@Drew
wtf? how do u manage to do that? im using my laptop right now, and it is nearly impossible for me to "accidntely" right click. maybe you can accidentaly left click(tapping the touch pad)..
maybe you are using ure touchpad the wrong way..if thats even possible..?
i don't wana sound mean or anything..
Dont forget about the two finger right click on Apple laptops. Put two fingers on the trackpad and click. (You have to enable it first in system preferences though)
my macbook right-clicks just fine.
@irwin
I'm just really used to my MBP with the one button. I click right in the middle. So it happens a lot. Like I said, nothing against the Windows machines, more my own problem :P
@drew
LOL kk, that makes sence
good, thats settled then.
ONE BUTAN
I think if this update was actually worthwhile, apple would have had a little video again telling us all about it, or at the very least, a press release.
I'll just wait to upgrade my unlocked Canadian iPhone at the next big release.
It's all moot anyway, right-clicking doesn't bring up the prompt anyway.
Someone sacrifice their iPhone for the good of mankind.
Ill do it! Because if it bricks my iPhone, ill just sue APPLE!!!
Sweet--battery icon in the "Devices" menu showing the charge level of the iPhone. Nice.
it should be like an ipsw fikle or something. Thats the update file in the folder.
[Purposefully misleading comment redacted by mods.]
Steve Jobs, is that you trying to sell us another iPhone? ;-) Kidding.
Some reason me no trust you.
Yeah.. and I am really Prince William excited to get my iPhone today.
why? would you want to screw people..bad karma on you man
Dont believe dahdout... the new firmware is killing unlocked iphones!
another way to get the update rather than downloading is to force the iphone into recovery mode. however that does not allow the option of maybe keeping the 3rd party apps?
For Windows users: Hold Shift and click the Update option
Thanks to Guiltyblade for the heads up
Since jailbreakme.com didn't work, can u please see if any of the other methods like iBrickr and iFuntastic work.
sooner or later apple is going to get smart in realizing that people won't update their jailbroken iphones. I could easily see apple implementing a system for the wifi store on the iphone that won't let you use it unless your running the newest software. They did it with iTunes, they'll probably due it with the iTunes wifi.
They mainly disabled older versions of iTunes due to DRM changes or something of that sort. There are multiple reasons (both technical and marketing) that Apple could "force" people to upgrade. We'll just have to see what Apple does as time goes on.
As far as Jailbroken iPhones... I don't know a single person that has hacked their iPhone yet (I know around 10 people with iPhones). As big a deal as Engadget and other tech sites make jail breaking to be, I don't think a large portion of the iPhone populous is hacking their iPhone. Be it that they don't care, or they don't want to screw with their warranty.
So jailbreakme.com is broken... all that proves is that they fixed the .TIFF exploit in mobile Safari.
Try using another tool such as iNdependence which communicated using the iTunes.dll (probably want to use a 7.4 version of iTunes) and see whether that can still activate/jailbreak it. That will be more interesting to see if further steps have been taken, or whether it's just a simple Safari bugfix.
AppSnap doesn't work (big surprise there), and all third-party apps are gone, iToner still works and the battery icon now shows up in iTunes
there are no voice memos or disk mode this update sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!
im still having trouble installing this thing on the mac. i did the alt+apple thing and browse to the folder but i dont have an ipsw file. is it hidden or something? which file do i select.
You are downloading the file as a zip file and it is extracted into a folder. The actually folder will be copied to trash. Find it and copy it somewhere and remove the .zip extension. You should be able to pick that file from iTunes restore.
select the .zip file
you have to turn off "open safe files after downloading" in safari or else it will automatically decompress, which you don't want.
after you turn that off, download it again and you'll be left with just the zip file. pick that in itunes and you're golden.
thanks guys . . . made me feel like a newb for a minute
I installed the new firmware and it says Version 1.1.2 (3B48b). Browsing to jailbreakme.com and clicking on install AppSnapp takes to the y.tiff page but it does nothing. I guess they closed the tiff exploit hole. Still trying to figure out what actually they have in this firmware update.
If I remember correctly, they said their latest update would only work on iPhones with firmware 1.1.1.
I have an unmodded iphone (i originally did have it modded but once 1.1 came out i restored it, haven had time to mod it since), so I will install it and tell you guys if its worth it :P
apparently iToner still works, can anyone confirm this?? that would be a most excellent turn of events!!!
There's now a custom ringtones menu over the standard list in the sounds section.
O RLY?
no there isnt what are u talking about homie?
Yeah, its nifty. I'm synching right now, so I don't know what else is new, but itoner definitely works.
You have to reinstall your ringtones with itoner and go to the ringtones section.
downloading update right now...my iphone isnt hacked it better not brick me i would b so pissed
New Feature #1:
Battery Charge Indicator in the Source List (much like that of the 6th gen iPod and 3rd gen iPod nanos that we saw with the release of iTunes 7.5)
Mine is jailbroke, will it brick me? I'm on ATT?
Any new features? HOPEFULLY improved battery life..
I only notice new languages/keyboard
It's certainly more responsive than 1.1.1. I haven't found any new features yet - same ol' same ol' other than expanded international options in the Settings menu.
Don't get me wrong, I love engadget...
but this whole process with new firmwares and what works and what doesn't is becoming tedious...
It's not really news anymore is it?
It's news to those of us who happen to own the device, or the people who are thinking of buying it.
I can only say this so many times. If you don't care about the post, just *skip it!* You don't have to read about it. It only takes up a little real estate on the page, and it's not like they are skipping another story to report this one.
Personally, I hope they keep up this kind of coverage. Not just about the iPhone either. I hope that they blow out the coverage on the Zune firmware. I hope they keep talking about the Eee PC. I hope they keep reporting every bit of news, even the stuff I may not personally be interested in. Because someone else may be. And I don't want them skipping stories that may happen to be interesting to me.
You waste more time by opening the article and commenting that just scrolling past it. Please, for the love of god everybody, just skip the articles you don't like. Because they might start listening to you, and then I would have to find some other place to get all the blowout coverage of every cool device that I want.
i have my phone jailbreaked, but, if i update it will it brick it...??
woot. iPhone is much faster then before.
Crap!! They even disabled TurboSim!!
Your own findings or do you have a source for this?
I found a source on hackint0sh.org, I'm not one hundred percent sure because right now in the hackint0sh forums there is a lot of hoopla even claims of people unlocking 1.1.2. here's a few links. Guy who claims TurboSim doesn't work: http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15187
and Someone who also claims of hardend security that don't allow for the phone feature under 1.1.2.
http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15191
yea it works faster, also has keybaord support for many languages. also batterly life indicator inside itunes. no big news for me--im a good iphone user and i dont hack my phone lol
When are they going to fix the damn e-mail? I'm tired of deleting e-mail one at a time...TWICE!!!!!
Not sure what error you're talking about, but everyone has different settings. I suggest using IMAP if your provider supports it, that will probably solve your problem :-)
When restoring do I lose my numbers??
No, you don't lose anything...
(That is if you are using a stock, never been unlocked iPhone)
For the ipod touch
http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPod/SBML/osx/bundles/061-4036.20071107.9g3DF/iPod1,1_1.1.2_3B48b_Restore.ipsw