I'm trying to sort out an O2 (UK) iPhone for a friend with an Orange sim. As far as I know it came with fw 1.1.2 and it was then unlocked and all that working fine (by methods unknown to me) until he upgraded to 1.1.4 via iTunes.

Now, no matter what I do it always ends up with 'No Service' so none of the phone functions work, although everything else does once it's activated. I've trawled through loads of message board posts and guides and it seems like there are a few with similar problems where in the end the phone function just isn't working.

I've tried pretty much everything including Ziphone 3.0, iPlus 2.0b, iLiberty+ and finally winpwn 0.99.2.19 - after each try restoring back to 1.1.4 in iTunes. I've tried downgrading to an earlier firmware but iTunes stops with an error. I managed to get 1.1.3 on there at one point somehow but again with the 'No Service'.

I've been messing around for hours on it to no avail. Any suggestions would be appreciated! I've currently got a custom 1.1.4 loaded via winpwn with stuff like bb info and bootneuter on there. If it helps here's some of the info shown:

Model: iPhone1,1
Model Number: MB213B/A

Modem Firmware: 03.14.08_G
EEPROM Version: 207
EEPROM Version: 7
Bootloader Version: 3.9_M3S2

edit: Sorry, noobie mistake. Also.. it seems it's just a 0049 bad imei issue. Who'd've thought reading stickies would actually help?

Hi, welcome to Hackint0sh.

Your thread's title has been renamed because it was not in conformity.

Read my signature about the thread's title format, thanks.

Modem Firmware and Bootloader version look like the iPhone was on Firmware 1.0.2 and not 1.1.2. Before you updated to 1.1.4, did you virginize the iPhone?
I would guess it was unlocked with an old Anysim version at 1.0.2, then it has to be virginized.
After that you could restore to Firmware 1.1.4, then unlock it.

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I'm not sure, when I got my hands on it it was already at 1.1.4. I'm guessing it wasn't virginized before upgrading.

I've just noticed that it won't even make emergency calls. It'll just beep 3 times and end call no matter what I dial. Seems pretty dead to me

OK, to clear out some stuff. Can you go to Settings -> General ->Info please.

Tell us what it reads for
Version
Serialnumber (just the first 5-6 chars/digits to check what it may have been ootb)
Modem Firmware

One more: Whats the error when you tried to downgrade?

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Sure. I'd pretty much given up on it and ended up updating to the latest again.

Version 1.1.4(4A102)
Serial 7U7422
Modem Firmware 04.04.05_G

The downgrade error was actually just the 1013, 1015 error it spits out in iTunes. I now know the phone actually can downgrade successfully.

Hmm, I got confused by your first post stating Bootloader version 3.9 Modem firmware 03.14.08.

The o2-UK iPhones came - as far as I remember - with 1.1.2 and Bootloader 4.6 plus matching Firmware.

Are you sure it was an o2-UK-iPhone?

It it had been 1.0.2 (so not beeing a o2-UK-iPhone) downgrading to 1.0.2 and virginizing could have helped...


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I guess that was me playing around with the downgrading. I am sure it is a UK O2 phone though.. says so on the box and everything (and I am in the UK of course). Thanks for the replies though.. hopefully I'll figure it out.. eventually. The way it doesn't even let me make emergency calls is a little worrying though.

if it is an o2 uk iphone virginization will not be necessary as that is only required for the very old anySIM or geohot hardware unlock.

It seems that your baseband version matches that of the firmware (1.1.4)
Normally people just have a mismatched baseband to the firmware, thus the baseband enters a brick state unless it is downgraded to a matching/lower version of the OS's firmware. you can run basebands that either match your iPhone's OS version, or one that is below it. but not above.

il think about it and see what I can do.

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