JEsTer's iPhone Information

Watch the video by pressing "read more" below and digg it if you like it!! The dev site is listed in the links on the right. Quick summary of the video. It looks like the dev team may have come up with a way to run unsigned code and install custom firmwares directly through iTunes. Jailbreaking / Activating / and Unlocking in the process! Check the video out!

For ye of little faith who didn't like our previous video, here's a video of us restoring to a jailbroken and activated 1.1.4. Why use custom tools, when you can do it straight from Apple's pretty interface?

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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.

Looks like firmware 1.1.4 has been released. Word on the street is that ZiPhone will jailbreak 1.1.4, but that is it as of now. Your best bet is to hold off on updating until ZiPhone is fully updated to work on 1.1.4. So far we don't know what the new firmware actual adds to the phone, other than "bug fixes". Most likely, it is in preparation for the SDK.

If you need to restore your phone / touch, make sure you grab the old firmware file you need from the links on the right!

"The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135)" error:

If you get "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135)" error you need to install .NET framework 2.0 which is required by many new applications for Windows XP (It's already included in Vista). Click here to download .NET framework 2.0 (most of you already have it installed, so don't install if you don't get the error).

"ERROR: ziphone returned 1":

This is a little misleading. At least on OS X, this actually means success, so don't worry if you get it!

I'll add more errors and fixes as I'm aware of them.

If you want to get voicemail working on your phone, you will need to enter the following in the phone keypad application:

*5005*86*XXXXX#

Replace the word 'XXXXX' with the number of your voicemail. With vodafone in the UK, dial 121, so it would look like:

*5005*86*121#

Then just press the call button.
Thanks eastyboy for pointing me to this fix.