newVideoPlayer(“itsalive_gawker.flv”, 475, 376);
Only three days after Apple killed it, the JesusPhone walks again, but it doesn’t talk again [UPDATE: actually it talks, see our breaking news]: By downgrading your firmware from 1.1.1 to 1.0.2 using the method below, all iPhones can get use of third party apps, but If you have an unlocked iPhone, there’s still no way to dial. [Original article Saturday September 29 09:37PM EDT. Updated Sunday September 30 1:19AM EDT: Check our demo video.]
• Make sure you have a copy of the 1.0.2 firmware
iPhone1,1_1.0.2_1C28_Restore.ipsw
stored in:
youruser/library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates
• Reboot iPhone holding the top button (power) and the home buttons.
• Release the top button 10 seconds after that, right after the screen goes dark. But keep the home (bottom) pressed for a while.
• The iPhone screen will appear to be off. Now start iTunes manually.
• iTunes will tell you it has found an iPhone in “restore mode.”
• Press option [...]

Original post by Jesus Diaz

Filed under: Cellphones
Well would you look at that, instructions are now available for downgrading your iPhone from 1.1.1 to 1.0.2. It won’t downgrade your baseband, meaning so far you can’t re-unlock an iPhone that’s been 1.1.1-ified, but it’s still 1.0.2 in all its third-party application glory. The iPhone Dev Team folks are working on a way to downgrade the new firmware to let people unlock their phones again, but for now AT&T users sitting pretty, and non-AT&T folks can at least do the WiFi thing. There’s a video tutorial after the break.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Read – iPhone Dev Wiki instructionsRead – Hackint0sh thread where the magic happened
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