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I’ve been waiting for more tailored and GUI-based hacking tool for iPhone 1.1.1 firmware, just like AppTap which works perfectly for iPhone 1.0.2 or earlier. Because I once screwed up with early hacking method, I didn’t feel like trying it again. But no one seems to release one for MAC OS X for quite some time so I decide not to wait any longer. (For Windows platform, there is a solution called, iDemocracy.) So I tried a lengthy method described on iPhone Atlas and I’ve managed to make it work. There have been some hassles but I kinda like 1.1.1 firmware and it works quite good.

Don’t be afraid if you get lost in the middle of upgrade. Just start from the beginning and you’ll be just fine. If your iPhone doesn’t seem responding during the procedure, I’d recommend you to wait for 4 more minutes. (especially, when you use AppTap or Jailbreak in iNdependence.) If it’s still not responding, turn it off manually and disconnect iPhone from your computer and reboot and re-connect. Try again the step where you screwed.

Note: When you are told to connect your iPhone using SCP command, you can’t do it unless your iPhone is already connected into the wireless network. In my case, I had to activate my iPhone using iNdependence and set a proper access point before copying installer. Also sometimes, SCP just don’t respond without apparent reason, then just install again SSH/SFTP/SCP using iNdependence. Sometimes you have to jailbreak again.

# Find the AppTapp application from before. Right-click (or hold the control key and click) on the AppTapp icon, then select “Show Package Contents” from the contextual menu.
# Navigate to Contents/Resources. Drag the enclosed file “Installer” (this is actually the iPhone application, and its full name is Installer.app) to your /Applications folder.

>>> # Open Terminal (located in /Applications/Utilities) and type the following: scp -r /Applications/Installer.app root@IPADDRESS:/Applications/ replacing IPADDRESS with the IP address of your iPhone (you can determine your iPhone’s IP Address by tapping Settings, then “Wi-Fi,” — tap the arrow next to the name of the Wi-Fi network to which your iPhone and look at the IP Address) [If you get an error message regarding ssh hosts or saying “WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!” enter the command rm ~/.ssh/known_hosts and press return]

If you jail-braked your iPhone 1.02 and upgrade it into 1.1.1, you will loose certain features: arranging springboard icons, scrolling springboard up/down, ect. But if you ask me, I’d say, I don’t bother. So I encourage you to upgrade to 1.1.1 and I am sure that you will like it. Don’t forget to sync your iPhone into your computer before you upgrade since you’ll lose everything on your iPhone and you can’t use restore function in iTunes. You have to manually make sync settings from nothing after upgrade.

Also if you ever unlock your iPhone for any SIM card usage, you have to take a different track with mine. But don’t worry. It’s a proven solution.

Hope you enjoy it just like me.