iPhones unlocked with 1.0.2 then bricked can now be upgraded to 1.1.1 and unlocked

Users who unlocked their iPhones under software/firmware revision 1.0.2 with AnySIM or iUnlock, then lost functionality (bricked) their iPhones by updating to software/firmware 1.1.1 now have an option for restoring their devices to an ostensibly factory-fresh state under software/firmware 1.0.2, then upgrading to software/firmware 1.1.1 again and performing a successful unlock using the new version of AnySIM. This is made possible through the release of a "re-virginize" tool that is loaded directly on the iPhone.

In other words, users like this reader:

"I have recently bought an Apple iPhone from Ebay.  I have done a stupid thing and I dont expect I am the first but when I read the description on Ebay it said ?to not upgrade to 1.1.1.?  When I received my phone, straight away I charged it up connected to the computer and iTunes asked if I wanted to upgrade, without thinking I did.  I expect you will know the rest.  The phone was working and was unblocked when I received it.  It didn?t have a SIM in it so when the phone had charged I put my O2 SIM in.  I also tried a TMobile one.  Nothing will work because I upgraded from 1.0.2.  I now have a lovely new phone that I cannot use."

can now recover full phone functionality, update their iPhones to software/firmware version 1.1.1, and again unlock the phones for use on carriers other than AT&T.

The process is still extremely unrefined, requiring dexterity and patience, but has already been successful for a number of users. The basic procedure is as follows" [...] Read More..

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