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Bricked Iphone, what does it look like?
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Posted by: swagcity

Thanks in advance for your help.

I let my friend borrow the iphone and now the screen is black and no icons appear. I think he did an update by mistake. How can I tell? I don't want to follow the steps on how to unBrick without knowing for sure.

And just for reference I have the 1.0.2 software unlocked version and when I try a few of the restore steps, itunes will not let me go threw without checking the server for the latest version.

Can anyone help? Thanks

Posted by: razor2111

maybe he dropped it on the floor and broke the screen or something man.

Posted by: swagcity

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Originally Posted by razor2111

maybe he dropped it on the floor and broke the screen or something man.

No scratches on it. Checked.

Posted by: j4y_7

Do an option restore. Hold shift and click "restore." Choose the 1.0.2 firmware.

Posted by: MacGeek15

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Originally Posted by j4y_7

Do an option restore. Hold shift and click "restore." Choose the 1.0.2 firmware.

He's a NOOB, you have to be more specific than that haha

Download the 1.0.2 Firmware, then put your iPhone in DFU mode (special restore mode)

Hold sleep & home form 10 seconds then let go of sleep while continuing to hold home button. *Screen should be blank in this case but you wouldn;t be able to tell with yours so you have to be more patient.

Connect to iTunes while still holding Home

iTunes should detect iPhone in Restore Mode.

Just Hold shift while clicking Restore and choose the 1.0.2 Firmware file.

Goodluck

Posted by: kelpo55

If I cannot get out of recovery mode did I brick the thing?

iFuntastic recognizes the iPhone okay, so...

I think I am ok... hehehe

Posted by: aneftp

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Originally Posted by swagcity

Thanks in advance for your help.

I let my friend borrow the iphone and now the screen is black and no icons appear. I think he did an update by mistake. How can I tell? I don't want to follow the steps on how to unBrick without knowing for sure.

And just for reference I have the 1.0.2 software unlocked version and when I try a few of the restore steps, itunes will not let me go threw without checking the server for the latest version.

Can anyone help? Thanks

Your friend's mistake is that he probably just used ZiPhone straights out of the box because everyone on this board says "just plug the phone in and push one button; it's that simple"

Well Ziphone is very simple if you know what you are doing. However a lot of people just do not read instructions. Since you had an older unlocked "pre 1.1.1 firmware version, you had to "virginized the phone first" before running Ziphone. People who have firmware 1.1.1 or higher can simple just put their phone into DFU mode and restore directly to 1.1.4 before using ZiPhone.

I copied and pasted these instructions straights from this website (so I do not claim any credit for this)

http://iphone.unlock.no/#restore-firmware-files

"My phone is already unlocked - can i update to 1.1.1?

Not straight away! The old unlock software's (before anySIM 1.1, except iphonesimfree.com's software) had serious flaws, making the phone unusable in later firmware. Before you update your phone you will need to repair your phone by "virginizing" the phone (baseband) firmware. Below are the ultrasimple instructions
How to "Virginize" the iPhone to repair the baseband?

Ignore all long and complex tutorials - I have set up a fully automatic script that will repair the baseband. This script will work on any baseband version, but will not work on phones with new bootloader (out of the box 1.1.2). It will not run on 1.1.2 firmware either, you need to downgrade to 1.1.1 or 1.0.x before running.

You would want to virginize if you upgraded to 1.1.1, and have 0049xxx IMEI. Check this in Settings → General → About.
Virginize instructions:

1. Set Settings → General → Auto Lock → Never
2. Start Installer and update it if it asks. Tap on Sources, Edit, and Add http://i.unlock.no/ as a repository.
3. Make sure you have BSD Subsystem installed. If it's installed it's listed in "Uninstall", if not listed, tap on Install and goto the System category and install it.
4. Now, install The Virginizer found in the Unlocking Tools category. This will take almost 10 minutes to complete.
5. When done, restore your phone to get 1.1.1 firmware reinstalled (this is not necessary if you are going to upgrade to 1.1.2)
6. When phone has been restored, you can Activate and unlock as normal."