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If you’re sweet like we are and hacked your iPhone before the new firmware came out, here’s how to update.

1. First thing you need to do is “re-virginize” your phone. Basically, this means tricking itunes into thinking that you never broke it in the first place. Assuming you know how to ssh to your phone (putty is probably the best program), go here:

http://code.google.com/p/iphone-elite/wiki/RevirginizingTool

I got hung up on one step. When I tried to backup my seczone (this will make sense if you go through the steps), the procedure kept hanging here:

# ./norz seczone.backup 0×3FA000 0×2000
. . .
Dumping: A03FA000-A03FC000
Waiting for data…

If this happens, hit Ctrl-C to cancel the process, they type “chmod 766 ./seczone.backup” and repeat the earlier step.

2. Once you’ve done that, it’s much easier than before. Go here: http://iphone.unlock.no/ . If you’re using AT&T this should be all you need, but if for some reason you’ve switched carriers (not that I endorse doing this, wink, wink), read below first.

This is the tricky part that caused me to almost have a heartattack. Everything is done using safari on your iphone. It exploits some kind of vulnerability having to do with TIFF files. The problem is that if you have Installer already on your phone (which you do), the old version doesn’t know how to exploit this and you won’t be able to install a new version. So what you have to do is BEFORE you do step 2, restore your iphone to factory condition with the old firmware using iTunes (there’s a button).

What’s tricky is that if you are using TMobile or some other carrier, if you install 1.1.1 first you can’t access iTunes to restore it (unless you’re elite like me). So don’t make this mistake.

Tags: at&t, hack, iphone, itunes, tmobile