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Downgrade original iPhone to lowest OS possible (Nostalgia)

mgartner0622

mgartner0622

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Hello
I'm wondering if anyone can help me downgrade my original iPhone to one of the very early firmwares, say 1.1.4, or 1.0 even, for nostalgia purposes. It was originally purchased on launch day, and I would still like it to be unlocked. It is running the latest, 3.1.3.
Is there any way this can be done?
Thank you very much, and have a great day!
 
In this case, nostalgia will get you a smart phone that can't run any of the current apps.
 
I think the lowest version you can get to is 1.1.4. You'll have to use PwnageTool 1 to remove the baseband update.
 
wpotere said:
Yes, but the OS didn't have the same backend code that the new OS has. Many of todays apps simply will not run properly on it if even at all.
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The app store didn't come until 2.0 with the launch of the iPhone 3G. I believe web apps didn't come until 1.1.2. There wasn't even an iTunes store in 1.0 and you couldn't rearrange the home screen in any way.
 
Webapps came with 1.0, the iTunes store with 1.1, the rearranging of the homescreen and web icons with 1.1.3.
 
TuffLuffJimmy said:
The app store didn't come until 2.0 with the launch of the iPhone 3G. I believe web apps didn't come until 1.1.2. There wasn't even an iTunes store in 1.0 and you couldn't rearrange the home screen in any way.
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You are right, my bad. However, it is still true on the apps not working. Most of them won't.
 
wpotere said:
You are right, my bad. However, it is still true on the apps not working. Most of them won't.
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Correct, Apple completely redid the frameworks and API's in the 1.X -> 2.X transition. Apps cannot work across this gap without being completely rewritten.
 
I live in the present, prepared for the future.

The past is over, something I celebrate.
 
Aatos.1 said:
I live in the present, prepared for the future.

The past is over, something I celebrate.
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I have my iPhone 4 for daily use, but just wanted this to play around with, and plus, I really liked the calculator in iOS 1
I don't really need apps, because i'm not using the phone full time, just as an iPod and to browse the web in safari.
 
I'm not sure you can even take an iPhone 4 down that far. Different chipsets were used since the first iPhone and you will likely find that the drivers won't be there for the new iPhone. You might be better off trying to port the old calculator app over if that is all you want.
 
wpotere said:
I'm not sure you can even take an iPhone 4 down that far. Different chipsets were used since the first iPhone and you will likely find that the drivers won't be there for the new iPhone. You might be better off trying to port the old calculator app over if that is all you want.
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Reread the OP's post #1, he states what model he has and never says iphone 4.
 
I hear there are people out there that have first-release first-generation iPhones still sealed in the box that they bought as collectibles. Just imagine years from now powering up an iPhone for the first time with the original 1.0 firmware....
 
hackthatphone said:
Reread the OP's post #1, he states what model he has and never says iphone 4.
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Read five posts above and he states he has an iPhone 4. I simply assumed that was the device in question, it was a simple mistake. Thank you Mr. Thread policeman... :rolleyes:
 
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iPhone 4 can go as low as 4.0 since that was the 1st iOS offered for it. Of course you need your shsh blobs saved as well. I would suggest you get a 3G or lower to play with.
 
mrblack927 said:
I hear there are people out there that have first-release first-generation iPhones still sealed in the box that they bought as collectibles. Just imagine years from now powering up an iPhone for the first time with the original 1.0 firmware....
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...only to find the battery bloated, leaked and destroyed the circuit board rendering the phone useless.
 
He said he's got the ORIGINAL iPhone (1st Gen), the iPhone 4 is is daily usage phone. Even the post's title says Original iPhone. All he wants to do is downgrade the ORIGINAL iPhone to 1.x
 
John01021988 said:
He said he's got the ORIGINAL iPhone (1st Gen), the iPhone 4 is is daily usage phone. Even the post's title says Original iPhone. All he wants to do is downgrade the ORIGINAL iPhone to 1.x
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Yes, we get this...

Yes, he can do it...

No, Apps today will not work.

There, all answered.
 
MaxBurn said:
...only to find the battery bloated, leaked and destroyed the circuit board rendering the phone useless.
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Ha, reminds me of a bottle of wine my grandparents had for years.

It was a CHEAP bottle of wine from the early sixties. They proudly carted this thing around for 40 years just waiting for it to "age" enough to drink. 42 years later, we open that wine up only to find it had turned to vinegar long long ago.
 
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