Hack the iPhone

How to activate, jailbreak and unlock 1.1.3 firmware with iNdependence
(3.9 / 4.6 bootloader)

(PPC & intel Mac)

You can use an iPhone with any firmware and any bootloader, just update to 1.1.3 with iTunes first. In my case I used two different iPhones on this guide. One with a 3.9 bootloader (updated) and another fresh out of the box 1.1.3 iPhone with a 4.6 bootloader. This method will leave you with 1.1.3 firmware and 04.02.13_G baseband. Note: I've heard that IPSF unlocks will survive this entire process. There is a tutorial that I have linked to at the bottom of this tutorial. It will help you install the Installer and addresses EDGE issues.

Attention

You should read my Warning to all iPhone owners page before proceeding.





If you'd like to see a very boring video of this process (it didn't even take me 5 minutes to complete it), then check out this video I shot.

Step 1.

Download iNdependence here. If you have any problems with this process, then read the iNdependence known issues page here for a solution. I've had no problems on the six or so iPhones I've run through this process, therefore I can't help you.

Make sure iTunes is closed! Also open Activity Monitor and ensure that iTunes Helper is not running. To do this, go to your Mac's Applications folder, then into the Utilities folder, and you'll find a program called Activity Monitor here. Launch it. At the top there is a drop down box. Make sure My Processes is selected. Now look below for iTunes Helper. Select it and click on Quit Process at the top.




At the pop up that appears, select Force Quit. You can close Activity Monitor now. iTunes Helper will not respawn until your computer is restarted.




Plug in your iPhone to your computer and launch iNdependence. If you get this pop up, then close the program and relaunch it.




You'll be at this screen.




Click the Activate Phone button. The graphic on your iPhone should change from the image on the left to the image on the right.









The message Waiting for jail break... will appear.




Code will fill the screen and begin scrolling by quickly for a minute or so.




The iPhone will now reboot and you will be at the slide to unlock screen.




You'll get the success message when it has completed.




You will now have this status information in iNdependence. Close iNdependence.

Step 2.

Press Settings, General, Auto-Lock and select Never. Go back to Settings and put the iPhone into Airplane Mode.

Step 3.

Launch iNdependence. To unlock the iPhone, click the SIM Unlock Phone button.




This pop up will appear next, make your choice.




You'll next see the Waiting for SIM unlock... message.

Note: if the iPhone stays at the SpringBoard and does not reboot within 30 seconds, then you need to close iNdependence (most likely force quit via the Activity Monitor in the Applications/Utilities folder) and do it again.




The iPhone should reboot and show the connect to iTunes graphic. Then the screen will fill with code which will scroll by for a minute or two.




The iPhone will reboot when the process has finished. A success message will appear. Slide to unlock and enjoy.

You should continue on to this page to install SSH, install the Installer, and fix any issues you may have with EDGE compatability.

Note: sometimes iNdependence will say it unlocked the phone succesfully when it has not! During one of my unlocks i received the "repair needed" message and lost Wi-Fi in the Settings screen. The phone was far from unlocked. No problem, just rerun the SIM unlock process again. I can attest to two instances where this same problem happened, and this solution worked both times.


You will notice when you connect to iTunes that you have up to 200mb of data classified as "Other". I believe this is the 1.1.3 firmware. If I find out differently, I'll update this and see if the space can be reclaimed.