ZiPhone Explanations of What Can and Cant Be Done

ZiPhone 2.4 (ONLY FOR 1.1.3)
Bootloader 3.9
- You have two options
o Run –Z Y. You will have activated, jailbroken and unlocked.
o Run –a –j –u. You will have activated, jailbroken and unlocked phone
What is the difference between the two methods above?
None. Both these methods will leave you with a fully functional phone and it will have 04.03.13_G BaseBand (1.1.3 BB).

Bootloader 4.6
- You have two options
o Run –Z Y. This will downgrade bootloader to 3.9. This will activate, jailbreak and unlock. Your baseband will be 04.03.13_G (1.1.3 BB)
o Run –a –j –u. You will activate, jailbreak and unlock, you will not downgrade the bootloader. Your Baseband will be 04.02.13_G (1.1.2 BB) but your firmware will be 1.1.3!
What is the difference between the two methods above?
The difference is that with downgrading the bootloader you will have the latest BaseBand and a functional Google Locate me. If you run the “aju” method you will retain the 1.1.2 Baseband.

Both has pros and cons. I for one, would choose to not downgrade bootloader, because I don’t wanna risk downgrading my bootloader even if the risk of it breaking is like 0.0001%. Please reference my post on downgrading your bootloader.
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ZiPhone 2.5 (ONLY FOR 1.1.4)
Bootloader 3.9
- You have two options
o Run –Z Y. You will have activated, jailbroken and unlocked.
o Run –a –j –u. You will have activated, jailbroken and unlocked phone
What is the difference between the two methods above?
None. Both these methods will leave you with a fully functional phone and it will have 04.04.05 Baseband (1.1.4 BB).


Bootloader 4.6
- You have ONE option
o Run –Z Y. You will downgrade bootloader to 3.9. You will activate, jailbreak and unlock. Your baseband will be 04.04.05 (1.1.4 BB)
FAQ:

What will happen if I run “-a –j –u” on a 4.6BL 1.1.4 phone?
Answer: You will get activated & jailbroken phone but may have no signal. The only way for you to get signal on 1.1.4 at the moment with ZiPhone is to downgrade your bootloader.

Can I have 1.1.4 without downgrading my bootloader with Ziphone 2.5 (i.e. running –a –j –u)?
Answer: No, if you want the 04.04.05 baseband unlocked, you must downgrade to 3.9bl.

Credits: Thank you barhom for putting this together. I only edited a little.

1 comments:

Unknown said...

this is not true anymore - you can run ziphone 2.3 (or 2.4) with the -u option AFTER performing -a -j -u on 2.5. this will keep the 4.6BL and unlock it ona 1.1.4 (see hackint0sh forum for references)