iNdependence v1.2.3 enables latest firmware on some unlocked iPhones [Update 2]
[Update 2] A lot has happened in the iPhone hacking world in the past week. On October 10, the iPhone Dev Team published detailed instructions for jailbreaking and activating iPhone firmware 1.1.1. Within 24 hours, the folks at iPhoneSimFree, confirmed that their unlock solution in conjunction with the iPhone Dev Team’s hack would enable unlocked phones to be fully operational running the latest firmware. They also released an update to their SimFree application which repaired iPhones that had previously been bricked due to corruption of the baseband radio firmware caused by some of the free unlock solutions.
Yesterday, an update to iNdependence for Mac OS X was released that makes the process of updating, activating and jailbreaking iPhones a whole lot easier. I tried both the old manual instructions as well as using iNdependence 1.2.3 to update mine and my wife’s unlocked iPhones to the latest firmware with a high degree of success. Read all about my experiences in the full article.
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