iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware Sighted
Here are some photos of the recent iPhone 1.1.3 firmware sighting that GearLive came out with. Are they Fake? or Real?
The Apple Community from sites like Digg and Hackint0sh began to speculate regarding weather this photos are real or not. Lets remember that a lot of people are crossing their fingers too. The release of the new 1.1.3 firmware would be the first step for a software unlock for Out of the Box 1.1.2 iPhones.
They are new features that maybe the real thing or some kind of wishes by the guys that created the photoshop work. We have seen many of those, so lets take the news with caution.
1.1.3 Features:
- Send an SMS message to multiple people
- Google Maps application can now pinpoint your location using cell tower triangulation
- Google Maps can now display the Hybrid map view
- You can now drag and drop application icons on your home screen
- You can now add web bookmarks to your home screen
The photos seems legit, and all but we have to wonder and question, how did he got the new firmware? Maybe Apple is going to request that i get this pictures off 
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iPhone Sim Free Unbricking and Unlocking 1.1.1 Firmware
iPhone Sim Free now provides an unlocking solution for the 1.1.1 firmware. If you want a free solution you must need to wait (patience is a virtue right?), but now the iPhone Dev Team decrypted the ramdisk and gain access to the secpacks that means a free unlock coming soon.
In this video an iPhone with firmware 1.0.2 that was unlocked with anySim, one of the free software unlocks. Then updated to firmware 1.1.1 using iTunes and then downgrade to 1.0.2
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iPhone Firmware 1.1.1 = iPhone relock
The new iPhone Firmware 1.1.1 is out, and is only recommended to people that activated the iPhone with AT&T.
If you unlocked your iPhone with AnySIM or iUnlock don´t update and wait for a new jailbreak aplication coming soon.
If you update to this firmware, the iPhone doesn´t get bricked, but it will return your iPhone to the activation screen.
The iPhone Dev Team should get this thing working fast (remember the free unlock?).
The new Firmware upgrades/fixes:
- iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
- Louder speakerphone and receiver volume
- Home Button double-click shortcut to phone favorites of music controls
- Space bar double-tap shortcut to intelligently insert period and space
- Mail attachments are viewable in portrait and landscape
- Stocks and cities in Stocks and Waether can be re-ordered
- Apple Bluetooth Headset battery status in the Status Bar
- Support for TV Out
- Preference to turn off EDGE/GPRS when roaming internationally
- New Passcode lock time intervals
- Adjustable alert volume
Here is a summary of what the firmware update does in different scenarios:
The update will work ok in iPhones with no modification.
The update will work ok in iPhones with Installer.app (although it gets wiped out. The apps seem to remain in the iPhone, but they won’t appear in your screen.)
The update will work ok in unlocked iPhones, but it will return your iPhone to the activation screen. From there, no activation is possible. The iPhone doesn’t get bricked but, if you want to keep using it, don’t update your iPhone.
This has been confirmed with both anySIM and iPhone Sim Free.
“Third-party applications won’t work after the update” (confirmed by Dev Team.)
“Firmware 1.1.1. relocks iPhone properly” (confirmed by Dev Team.)
Unlocked iPhones updated to 1.1.1 will work with legit AT&T cards (confirmed by Natetrue)
iPhoneSimFree, the pay-method , reports that the their SIM unlocking solution doesn’t hang your iPhone at the activation stage. You can still activate with an AT&T SIM, but other SIMs won’t work after activation—you’ll have to wait for a new jailbreak for that.
Are you going to wait for a new jailbreak, or you need some of this updates like the Support for TV Out?
Update:According to Jesus Diaz on Gizmodo-
Here`s a video of the firmware update process with my unlocked iPhone (done with iPhone Sim Free.) You can see the result at the end: activation limbo (unless you have a legal AT&T card and a contract. Unlike me and all international users who have unlocked their iPhones.)
If you don`t want your iPhone on Activation limbo, just wait. You waited all this time for a free unlock right? Now you need to wait with your unlocked iPhone. Is that hard?
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Lock or not to Unlock that´s the Question
The cat and mouse battle officially started and this is Apple posture against iPhone unlocking.
CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple has discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone’s software, which will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed. Apple plans to release the next iPhone software update, containing many new features including the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store (www.itunes.com), later this week. Apple strongly discourages users from installing unauthorized unlocking programs on their iPhones. Users who make unauthorized modifications to the software on their iPhone violate their iPhone software license agreement and void their warranty. The permanent inability to use an iPhone due to installing unlocking software is not covered under the iPhone’s warranty.
Don’t worry, its all okay and cool. You just need to stay away from the firmware update. Who needs the WiFi Music Store? Only Apple needs it so he can make money!
Just don’t update your firmware and you are good to go. Or there is another way you can follow, but you need to wait until next week, because the iPhone Dev Team is coding a tool which will be able to recover your nck counter and seczones that enables you to restore your phone to a Factory-like state. That’s pretty uhu?
If you have an unlocked iPhone my advice is to stay away from the firmware update, and wait for a solution, that I will inform here. It may be convenient to subscribe to my feed so you can get updates on the brand that you love and hate.
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