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02.09.08Simple iPhone 1.1.3 Upgrade Instructions (with Unlock)After the resounding success of my firmware 1.1.2 guide, I have decided to put together a guide to upgrading an iPhone to firmware 1.1.3, both jailbroken and unlocked for use on any network. This guide involves a lot of steps, but it will ensure that you have the best possible result by the safest means. Keep in mind that there is no state you can get your iPhone into if you do something incorrectly that cannot be reversed, so don't be afraid to try. This guide is for owners of iPhones that came with firmware 1.1.1 or earlier out of the ...
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12.03.07Simple iPhone 1.1.2 Upgrade Instructions (with Unlock)Comments for this post are now closed and the guide is made available for reference only. I have published my guide to jailbreaking and unlocking firmware 1.1.3, please refer to that to upgrade to the newer firmware version. I have been messing around for a day or so trying to get this to work, but I think I've nailed the method for upgrading an unlocked and jailbroken iPhone to firmware 1.1.2, and preserving the unlock and jailbreak. What follows are the steps to get your iPhone to 1.1.2 written as simply as I could manage. These instructions look long (and ...
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09.17.06Handsets for Users with Special NeedsAn issue was raised with me the other day about mobile phones for users with special needs, such as people with vision problems, hearing problems, and other such challenges. James Kendrick touches on the subject a little, but the solutions that he found are a little, well, poor. What I want to see is better integration into the phone's firmware of tools to help disabled people. While this may not necessarily be practical for regular 'dumb' phones, I imagine it wouldn't prove to be such a problem with smartphones. Not knowing people that face these kind of challenges personally, I can only ...