ZiPhone - Unlock, Jailbreak, Activate, REPAIR your iPhone - NO DOWNGRADING REQUIRED!

[poetic_folly]

Zibri has released ZiPhone - an incredible tool for activating, jailbreaking, repairing, and unlocking all versions of iPhones (unlock only works on 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 OTB).

Its incredibly easy to use, and both OS X and Windows versions are included in the download. Instructions from the readme:

Connect a brand new phone to the dock.
Run the program

Well, you can also use a restored phone...
Or a normal in use phone...
Well... whatever !

Windows download the app from the MMi downloads section (this version is packaged with the .exe gui), or if you're not an MMi member you can download it here or from MediaFire. Windows users you can get a gui here Copy to Ziphone folder and run. requirements : .Net framework 2.0 or above

OS X download the app here, or if you're not an MMi member you can download it here.

If you would like to compile the latest version the SVN is located: http://iphone-elite.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ZiPhone/

Here's how to use the app:

Tutorial for noobs:

1. Put iPhone in Dock

2. Copy all files under C:

3. Start/Run --> write cmd --> Hit Enter

4. Drag ziphone.exe into the cmd window and you will see this:

C:ziphone.exe"

5. type -j -a

and it need to look like this:

C:ziphone.exe" -j -a

6. hit enter and follow directions! Directions looking like this:

ZiPhone v1.0 by Zibri. http://zibree.blogspot.com
Source code available at: http://www.iphone-elite.org

Loading zibri.dat.
Searching for iPhone...
Please power off the iPhone, then hold the home button
and connect to dock to enter recovery mode.
Working...
Please wait 45".
Done!

( To put your iPhone in recovery mode, hold down sleep/wake + Home Button until you see the iTunes logo on your iPhone)

7. Do the same thing with dragging ziphone.exe to cmd and write -u

This looks like this:

C:ziphone.exe" -u

ZiPhone v1.0 by Zibri. http://zibree.blogspot.com
Source code available at: http://www.iphone-elite.org

Loading zibri.dat.
Searching for iPhone...
Working...
Please wait 2'30".
Done!

I will have a better guide up soon in the Wiki, this is just a basic rewrite of a guide a user tossed up.

Mad props to Zibri and the elite dev team for their incredible work on this!

http://zibree.blogspot.com/

******cash edit******

This tool also can repair a phone with a "dead" baseband. To quote Zibri's blog

To REPAIR a *DEAD* baseband, do THIS:

Put the iphone in recovery mode (NOT DFU..normal recovery mode)

Then run: ziphone -u

And you will have back IMEI and WIFI.

This procedure already worked on 3 phones.

[dale1v]

hmm... dale goes into deep thought...

[poetic_folly]

?_____

[rxmxsh]

Awesome. I guess it's time to re-jailbreak.

[360boi]

now if we can only get this for BL 3.9...independence anyone? (mac)

[iBwizzle]

How can you tell what boot loader you have on your iPhone?

-sent from my iPhone

[ColPhorbin]

So now there's no reason for me not to go get the 16 GB iPhone....I guess this can jailbreak no matter what bootloader the phone has? I never could find a definite answer as to whether or not you could jailbreak the brand new phones coming out, but I guess this is it.

Originally Posted by iBwizzle

How can you tell what boot loader you have on your iPhone?

-sent from my iPhone

If you already have a jailbroken one with Installer, you can install HWInfo. It's the best System Info app I've seen for the iPhone.

[JK1234]

does this literally work for otb phones or do they have to be jailbroken before doing this?

[Sirhc35]

So I have a question. I have the 3.9 bootloader. Could I restore my iPhone to 1.1.3 with an unaltered baseband, then use this method to jailbreak and activate, and then use anySIM 1.1.3 to unlock the phone, seeing how that is specifically for iphones with the 3.9 bootloader. Then the phone would be completely unlocked jailbroken, and activated. Just wondering if something like that would work.

[heath_rox]

yay!

[chris52204]

Don't we all wished this came out first....lol

[modbox14]

i need to get my otb 113 phone to work with tmobile. Could i use this in conjunction with anysim 113? I have nooo idea what bl my phone is or how to find that out
i just started downgrading my new phone tonight to 111 and now its in recov mode...

[zzclown]

Originally Posted by Sirhc35

So I have a question. I have the 3.9 bootloader. Could I restore my iPhone to 1.1.3 with an unaltered baseband, then use this method to jailbreak and activate, and then use anySIM 1.1.3 to unlock the phone, seeing how that is specifically for iphones with the 3.9 bootloader. Then the phone would be completely unlocked jailbroken, and activated. Just wondering if something like that would work.

dude, you have to try it and let me know!
I've been thinking about doing the same thing but i'm not manly enough to try it.

[MOEPLO]

currently trying it on my 16 gig buds!. will repost with results!


worked perfectly after i fixed my command prompt to run from c:\ not docs and settings so anyone who has a problem where command promt isnt opening do this:

FOR JAILBREAKING AND ACTIVATING:::::
run command prompt
type cd\
then drag the ziphone exe and put a space after and type -j and another space and -a. let it do the work and itll tell u when to put in recovery mode then its done after 45 sec.

and for UNLOCK
SAME CRAP BUT INSTEAD TYPE -u

[bobby0724]

i just test it on a OTB 1.1.3 iphone and works perfectly

C:\ZiPhone>ziphone -j -a

ZiPhone v1.0 by Zibri. http://zibree.blogspot.com
Source code available at: http://www.iphone-elite.org

Loading zibri.dat.
Searching for iPhone...
Please power off the iPhone, then hold the home button
and connect to dock to enter recovery mode.
Working...
Please wait 45".
Done!

C:\ZiPhone>ziphone -u

ZiPhone v1.0 by Zibri. http://zibree.blogspot.com
Source code available at: http://www.iphone-elite.org

Loading zibri.dat.
Searching for iPhone...
Please power off the iPhone, then hold the home button
and connect to dock to enter recovery mode.
Working...
Please wait 2'30".
Done!