How to Unlock 1.1.4 and Downgrade to 3.9-fakeblank iPhone Bootloader (Mac)

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Posted March 10, 2008 at 6:47pm by iClarified

These are instructions on how to downgrade to the 3.9-fakeblank Bootloader and unlock 1.1.4 using iPlus 2.0b for Mac.

iPlus 2.0b Features
1-Unlock and if required automatically downgrade the bootloader to 3.9FakeBlank
2-Jailbreak
3-Activate
4-Install AFC2
5-Add the following packages: Installer, Community Services, BSD subsystem, OpenSSH, VT-100

Plus: BSD Fix, VT100 Fix, Summerboard themes directory fix, Relocates Fonts and Ringtones (More than 120MB free)

Before attempting this make sure you have restored your iPhone to 1.1.4 using iTunes.

Step One
Download iPlus 2.0b from here.

Step Two
From the file we just downloaded extract the iPlus2.0 folder to your Desktop.

How to Unlock 1.1.4 and Downgrade to 3.9-fakeblank iPhone Bootloader (Mac)

Step Three
Launch Terminal by selecting it from your Applications:Utilities folder

Step Four
Enter the following command into your Terminal window then press Enter
cd ~/Desktop/iPlus2.0

Step Five
Enter the following command into the Terminal window to unlock and downgrade your bootloader.
./iplus -u

NOTE**: This command will automatically activate, jailbreak, and unlock. If necessary and able it will also change your bootloader to the 3.9-fakeblank Bootloader. If you don't want to unlock just drop the -u and iPlus will only activate and jailbreak!

Step Six
The program will then put your iPhone into recovery mode. Once it is successfully in recovery mode you will be asked to wait 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

Step Seven
Once rebooted it will tell you that Jailbreak and setup for next pass completed. Now it will proceed to unlock, downgrade and activate.

Step Eight
Once your iPhone comes out of its final reboot it will be activated, jailbroken, unlocked and bootloader downgraded !!!!

THANKS***: A big thanks go to aviegas for creating iPlus!!!

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docjoel - January 12, 2009 at 4:23pm

bubzz ive got the same problem wih you i was stocked a downloading payload to iphone any idea about it

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bubzz - October 3, 2008 at 11:50am

I started iPlus 2.0b as shown but everything hangs at the "Downloading payload to iPhone" stage. Any ideas how long it normally takes to get to the Step 6 window?

tordelf - July 10, 2008 at 10:53am

Anyone have any idea if the pending software update will require a new jailbreak?

Ryan - May 15, 2008 at 1:30pm

how can I remove iplus, and restore to factory settings, can that be done in iTunes? Thanks

Dj Spy - April 3, 2008 at 6:49pm

hey ... katerina .. you can use iLiberty .. or now you can use Pawnage ;)

katerina - April 1, 2008 at 5:10am

Will this work on a Mac PPC running Tiger?

dt - March 29, 2008 at 3:37pm

@Michalis aka whiner, Actually I did say something constructive. I said: ZiPhone. Did I go too fast for you? Next time I will try and draw you a picture. Maybe you will recall that there was a problem with iPlus, but if they didn't include pictures you may have missed it.

dt - March 29, 2008 at 2:46pm

One word: ZiPhone Two words: It works. I will go back to laughing now.

Michalis - March 29, 2008 at 2:35pm

Sorry, adding the problem again in case you cannot find the original post: How do I get iTunes to recognise my iPhone again. After attempting to run iplus but something happened because it never finalized the scrip, iTunes says a resource is missing and therefore cannot reinstall 1.1.4 Stuck now with an iPhone with a screen showing the Apple logo and the revolving install logo. Can't reboot. Can't revoke. Can't do anything. Tried holding in Sleep/Wake and Back buttons screen goes black. After a few seconds I get is a red field at top and bottom of screen with aviega iPlus 2.0 etc etc. But then I am back at the same screen I started with. Rerunning the install scrip does not seem to overwrite either. HELP anyone?

Michalis - March 29, 2008 at 2:30pm

Exactly the same problem as Tordelf !! I am really stuck now and dont know what to do! Tordelf, did you find any answer?? Please HELP

L'aura - March 25, 2008 at 12:48am

Just wanted to add another positive (when I was researching the method I would use to unlock, activate, and jailbreak I would get nervous seeing all the negatives so I'm posting to offer a little reassurance). I just used iPlus on two iPhones. The longest part was downloading the restore package via iTunes. After that it was literally 11 minutes each and I was plugging my T-Mobile SIM card in. I restored to 1.1.4 (even though otb they already were 1.1.4 - just wanted to be safe). The restore was the hardest part to figure out - didn't realize I had to do something special on the phone (FYI to those like me - you have to plug the phone into the computer with iTunes running and even if iTunes recognizes the phone press and hold the HOME and POWER buttons, after 10 seconds let go of the POWER button, but keep holding HOME until iTunes says it detects an iPhone that needs to be restored). Once the restore was complete (just took a couple minutes after the 15 minute download - much faster on the second phone), then I did like the instructions said and ran the command with -u and 11 minutes later I was in! I've surfed the net and made some phone calls and as I type this I'm waiting for iTunes to finish syncing my music and movies. WOO HOO! Thanks SO much to all you great coders out there - I'm envious to the nth degree and just as appreciative!

Dj spy - March 22, 2008 at 10:49am

ok .. i did it ... and nothing happened ..

Trevor - March 21, 2008 at 12:19am

Here's another option I found on the Apple Forums. Again, enter it into Terminal on the iPhone. chmod u+s /System/Library/PreferenceBundles/MobileMailSettings.bundle/MobileMailSettings

dj Spy - March 20, 2008 at 8:51pm

Hey Trevor ... i tried it .. and it didnt work .. i'm honestly beginning to give up ... i even tried the mail fixes . and still no progress

Peter - March 20, 2008 at 8:46pm

I have same problem as Nick. my brick has no wifi, no imei, no modem.. Please help me...

Trevor - March 18, 2008 at 7:36pm

@ Dj Spy Mail crashing? Launch the Terminal on the iPhone and enter: chown -R mobile /var/mobile/Library/Mail I was having the same problem and found this on a hackthatphone forum. It worked for me. Good Luck!

xocas - March 17, 2008 at 2:57pm

I'm 1.1.2 OTB unlocked with independence. Uptadted to 1.1.3 and unlocked with Ziphone. Updated to .1.1.4 with iTunes 7.6 and unlocked with Independence 1.4Beta5. Everything works fine except the INSTALLER: I loaded it with Independence but when I try to install or uninstall something, I find the error: "main script execution failed!". Please help! Any Ideas? I did use Independence to unlock 1.1.4 because I did not want to dowgrade the baseband. Thanks!!!!!

Dj Spy - March 15, 2008 at 11:49am

I noticed a few other people asked the same question i'm about to .. but none of them got a reply .. so lemme try it this way.. MY MAIL APP CRASHES !!!!! WHEN I SELECT IT .. AND I CANT SYNC MY MAIIL BOX .. HEEEEELLPP ! i think i spoke for all those that didnt get their statement across :-)

Tordelf - March 12, 2008 at 4:27pm

How do I get iTunes to recognise my iPhone again. After attempting to run iplus but something happened because it never finalized the scrip, iTunes says a resource is missing and therefore cannot reinstall 1.1.4 Stuck now with an iPhone with a screen showing the Apple logo and the revolving install logo. Can't reboot. Can't revoke. Can't do anything. Tried holding in Sleep/Wake and Back buttons screen goes black. After a few seconds I get is a red field at top and bottom of screen with aviega iPlus 2.0 etc etc. But then I am back at the same screen I started with. Rerunning the install scrip does not seem to overwrite either. HELP anyone?

Dennis Perez - March 12, 2008 at 1:00am

I restored my iphone to 1.1.4 and ran everything. it went smooth and the turn out were great. the only problem i have is checking my mail.. i click on it and it keeps kicking me out. has anybody had this problem or is there a fix? -Dennis