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For Firmware 1.1.4, Bootloader 4.6, Baseband 4.02,
1) Restore to 1.1.4 using iTunes
2) Activate and Jailbreak ONLY using ziPhone v2.5c
3) Unlock ONLY using ziPhone v2.3

For Firmware 1.1.4, Bootloader 3.9, Baseband 4.05,
1) Restore to 1.1.4 using iTunes
2) Press the Do-it-all button on ziPhone v2.5c

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Hey guys, have some questions. If my friend helps me get an iPhone from the US now, the firmware has to be 1.1.4 right? Is there
a way of checking? Also, how do I know the bootloader and baseband versions?

If it's 1.1.4, I just have to follow the above steps right? As in, download ziPhone v2.5c, connect the iPhone using the USB dock to my laptop and just click do it all?


Sorry, totally clueless on all this. Appreciate your help!

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Added on March 5, 2008, 4:55 pmA lot! Haha, that's all I will say, I wanted to the same but after doing some research, found out that SIRIM+customs tax will cost you about RM4-500, not including your wasted time and costs to travel here and there to SIRIM and KLIA.

Customs are smart as well, they know an iPhone when they see one! IMO, it's just not worth the risk to courier it back here.

It's just not worth it, you might as well get it from local sellers if you wanna courier. About the same price, maybe cheaper, can check the phone for problems and if the seller's nice, he'll unlock for you as well. If your friend's coming back to Malaysia, ask him to carry it on him and use as a personal belonging.

This post has been edited by blackchides: Mar 5 2008, 04:55 PM

Just wanna say thanks to very very helpful iphone club for their unlocking links and tips.. Unlocking my iphone would be a living hell without it.. Hehe..

I think the following sticky posts would be useful:

1) Jailbreak/Activate/Unlock steps (duh)
2) Essential Apps (BSD Subsystem, AppSupport, iBrickr etc)
3) Source Lists

Well, by your argument, even the food is expensive, fried rice is about 5 pounds or RM30.

However, pound for pound, the things there are more affordable though admittedly real estate in England, London in particular, is mad expensive. Everything else, however, is alright, provided you work in England. Ditto that for the US..

You can get for example, french connection shirts for 15 pounds, you can only afford pasar malam shirt for RM15, macbook for 700 pounds, hehe what laptop do you want for RM700? Food's about the same though.

It is way off topic, but I have to put in a final word. The conversion rate thing is YOUR argument, not mine. We're talking about cost of living here, so we have to compare salaries earned in the currency of the nations in question. A fresh graduate in the UK earns about 2000GBP, let's assume that a typical Malaysian graduate earns RM2000.

Now let's compare the buying power of RM/GBP 2000 in their respective countries. Hence the french connection/macbook argument. 2000GBP can get you FCUK shirts and laptops in the UK but what can RM2000 get you in Malaysia? So life in the UK is actually better than in Malaysia pound for pound. I hope you see where I am coming from? Do not be so hasty to slam my argument as illogical.



But, agreed that it's way off topic. Back to iPhones...

Haha, the thing with the iPhone is, typing words is so much more fun with the keyboard than with 0-9 keys, so I tend to say more/not use short forms. As a result, I exceed my 160 character/sms all the time (no way of knowing cz the default sms app doesnt do char counts).

Sigh... Haha..

No surprises there, the firmware alone is more than 100MB already..

Amen to that, it's part of my pet peeves, along with people insisting on calling ipod touch, itouch..

32GB iPhone? Haha, of course, how can I forget! The 32GB, 3.5G, 5.0MP, Microsoft Office pre-loaded iPhone!

Silly me... Hahahaha...

How did you do it?

Hey, I was thinking, when they finally launch the app store, would we be able to access it? Wouldn't it be like the iTunes situation right now?

If you just wanna transfer songs and videos, go to iTunes and select "manually manage songs and music" (something to that effect)

Then, when you plug into another computer, just drag and drop the files you want into your iPhone..

First, you have to plug your iPhone/iPod in (duh)

Then, after iTunes detects your device, click on the "iPhone" or "iPod" section of iTunes.

You should be able to see an option to "manually manage music and videos", check that box

Now everytime you want to add music or videos to your device, just drag the files over to your device name ("iPhone", "My iPhone" or whatever you name your device) and drop it...

Also, it will no longer automatically sync your files when you plug it into another computer...

Simple as that..

Warranty will of course be easier because it's Singapore and if there is a problem, it's just a 4-5 hour drive, right? Wrong, unfortunately. First of all, unlocking/jailbreaking voids the warranty. Secondly, if it's anything like the US, which I'm sure it will be, they will only repair your phone if you have an active contract, which you won't because you're unlocking it.

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Added on April 18, 2008, 10:40 pmYes. There is no warranty for the iPhone so it's important you understand this.

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Added on April 18, 2008, 10:46 pmOnly you will know if it's worth buying. Do you need 3G? What can possibly be in the new iPhone that will convince you to wait? If you think the current iPhone is good enough, then go for it. If not, wait it out.


Noone knows about the price drop but if the sellers in Malaysia are smart, they will keep the iPhone price steady and sell the 3G iPhone for a higher price. But knowing the ah beng sellers who only know how to price war, expect to see RM1300-RM1500 for the older iPhone. This is all purely speculation though.


You can replace the battery but it will have to be DIY. Or you can pay someone to get it done for you. Not going to be cheap, though.

This post has been edited by blackchides: Apr 18 2008, 10:46 PM

If there is an EDGE signal, there should be an "E" sign shown regardless of whether you activated EDGE for your Maxis/Digi account or not. As long as the phone detects an EDGE signal, the "E" will be displayed. Have you tried running EDGE on other phones to see if it's Maxis' problem?