This Error 1011 is really annoying, and what's worse, there's not a clear pattern to how it happens: some of us got to the point of actually doing the needle thing, some of us never got that far (me!).

So it woud seem that it's not a hardware problem, since it also affects those of us who just got the darn thing open and installed a few pieces of software (and not even here there's a pattern, since I've read posts mentioning all sorts of software being installed, depending on the unlock guide followed).

Yet, after more than 2 weeks in the company of the yellow triangle of doom, I haven't seen anyone -- not GeoHot, not the DevTeam, not anyone -- that has been able to get out of it and succesfully restore the firmware.

Perhaps we should take advantage of Apple's holiday special and get a new one for $399?...

Well, I've put mine back together.
A pity I got that 1011 error, cause my iphone is spotless, not a scratch look brand new

Originally Posted by pfrocha@uol.com.br

So it woud seem that it's not a hardware problem, since it also affects those of us who just got the darn thing open and installed a few pieces of software (and not even here there's a pattern, since I've read posts mentioning all sorts of software being installed, depending on the unlock guide followed).

Error 1011 afflicts even some of those who merely got their iPhone open, without installing any additional software beyond jailbreak and activation. geohot has offered to look at a donated Error 1011 iPhone to see if it can be fixed....not sure if anyone has offered their phone for that purpose yet.

The dev team may also be able to diagnose it and come up with a fix (though geohot seems to have been their hardware guru), but I haven't seem anything from them yet beyond sam's poll about how 1011 iPhones got to where they are. I don't like to nit-pick between geohot and dev team, though.

Originally Posted by MuscleNerd

Error 1011 afflicts even some of those who merely got their phone open, without installing any additional software beyond jailbreak and activation. geohot has offered to look at a donated Error 1011 iPhone to see if it can be fixed....not sure if anyone has offered their phone for that purpose yet.

The dev team may also be able to diagnose it and come up with a fix (though geohot seems to have been their hardware guru), but I haven't seem anything from them yet beyond sam's poll about how 1011 iPhones got to where they are.

I don't mind giving my iphone , it's useless as it is anyway.

How do I contact him?

Not sure what his latest email is. If you leave a comment at his most recent post on his blog, he may respond... http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/

Reading his blog, he states:
"Third, you cannot reboot between ieraser and iunlocker. The wifi will stop working, which I saw happened to several people on the forums."

this is exactly what happens to me.

the solution being:
"If you do reboot, simply make a launch daemon to run bbupdater -f myver.fls That restores the firmware."

how do I do that ?

Dou you guys have sound as well on your iPhone?

I've just noticed that I don't get any sound (like when browsing the ringtones).

Still no wifi, no SIM card recognised etc..

No wifi, simcard, and sound (all combined) seems to be one common failure mode.

Sometimes no "Home" key reaction is mixed in there as well.

Ok, here is what I've done in order to reflash my phone. For some reasons, I feel like I'm pretty close if anyone care to enlight me on why reflashing doesn't happen.

Using iPHUC, I copied the file
bbupdater into /usr/bin and as /usr/sbin/update

I copied the file ICE03.12.06_G.fls extracted from 1.00 firmware image into the root directory (/)

Then I modified the /System/Libraries/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.update.plist with:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.
com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.update</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/sbin/update</string>
<string>-f</string>
<string>/ICE03.12.06_G.fls</string>
</array>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
</dict>
</plist>

Rebooted: no difference. It doesn't seem that bbupdater (rename /usr/sbin/update) ran.

I've noticed that I can only press the HOME key to reboot the phone, I do not need to press the Sleep button, the sleep button seems to be inactive. I'm wondering if I didn't plug back the cable properly or if other people have experienced that problem.

Thanks
Jean-Yves

Sam,

For the last 4 days tried many methods to recover a friend's 1011.
He said he got the error only by opening the iPhone, before any procedure to unlock.
Restore using iTunes doesnt work with none of the restore images.
So I tried iPhuc.
Was able to grestore and, once on Restore Mode (note Recovery mode!), I tried
force UpdateBaseBand (this is the right sintax...caps sensitive)
The phone seemed to restore baseband, but at the end, got an version error saying the bootloader is old.
According to geohot, the solution should be run bbupdater -f.
But since I'm unable to access user mode, I'm afraid there is no software-only solution for this error...
I suggest someone with more experience try this procedure to check if I missed something.