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How to Fix “Repair Needed” on the iPhone

Disclaimer: I share with you this information from personal experience, and if your try this is exclusively your responsibility for any damages your iPhone may have. I am not responsible for anything that may happen for attempting this tutorial.

I came across this problem with an iPhone of a Client. The Repair Needed Screen apeared and when that shows up it something to worry about. I started to search what would be the solution, and many people have this problem and there is no known Fix.

The iPhone i was working had No WiFi , Bluetooth, IMEI , ICCID. The baseband was erased completely and this is very strange thing, and i remember in one forum thread that pspsully (i think thats the correct alias of the hacker) was very impressed with this achievement of Erasing the baseband completely.

I was still having the problem and no solution was near, so i have read that the new firmware 1.1.3 fixed this and i would give it a try, because i didn’t have WiFi to try other methods with SSH and terminal.

So the things that i did where like this Step By Step:

I had firmware 1.0.2 with no baseband, WiFi , Bluetooth, IMEI , ICCID
The next thing i did, was update the iPhone to firmware 1.1.1, ( try to get your iPhone on DFU mode with INdependence or iBrickr or use the 10 Seconds trick to get iPhone Restore on iTunes)
Once i was on firmware 1.1.1 i had no choice but to restore to firmware 1.1.3 because i had no WiFi and when i did the *#307# method the phone freezed because i had no baseband.

The next thing is a bit tricky but once i tell you is going to be easy, because i was stuck with some problems.

When you downgrade a firmware version the steps are:

a) Click on restore with alt key or shift on windows and select the desired firmware (in this case 1.1.3) b) Now that all the process of downgrading is on course an error at the end is going to happen. c) The normal thing to do is shut down iTunes and open INdependence or iBrickr and the iPhones gets out of DFU mode to activation screen.

When you are with firmware 1.1.3 you can’t get out of DFU or Restore mode with INdependence or iBrickr.
The next thing to effectively downgrade from 1.1.3 to 1.1.1 you will need to use the 10 seconds trick. Press sleep and home button for 10 seconds untill power is off, let go the sleep button but keep holding home untill your computer says iPhone in recover mode ( you need your iPhone conected to the computer) use this expample as reference
If you don’t use the 10 seconds trick and try to downgrade to 1.1.1 you will get an error (1) and you will be stuck with a 1.1.3 iPhone on recovery mode.

These new firmware rewrites all of your file system and restore the baseband and all the missing things (WiFi , Bluetooth, IMEI , ICCID)

Now that you Successfully downgraded to 1.1.1 you will need to restore with 1.1.1 firmware. This restore will get you on the Firmware 1.1.1 activation screen and now you may perform the *#307# jailbreakme.com method or any jailbreak method you know.

In my experience when i was at this stage the firmware had repaired the Repair Needed screen and now i had chance to Dial and get sound from the Phone (The baseband was restored, previously there was no sound)

I am sure this may help a lot of people that have this problem. Comment here if you are going to try it and if this works for you post so every people can get this post as a reference.

If this tutorial resolved your problem, don’t hesitate and donate whatever amount you wish. Thanks

edit: lotech commented this important thing.

WARNING!!!!!

Ok so to correct that above bit - if you do this process your bootloader will be updated too - which screws you for then downgrading to an unlockable baseband version.
You can still downgrade with the testpoint hack, but that involves pulling apart you iphone.

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I am a Mac Switcher

I Switched to Mac and let me tell you, i did it in a remarkable way and with a great machine. My sister has an iMac 20″ with Intel core duo and i love that thing, is white the previous model.

When i started this blog, i worked in my computer (a windows computer) and on the iMac of my sister. I liked the iMac a lot and i was planning to get a Macbook and was curious about the new Slim notebook Apple is going to sell.

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Flash Decompiler Trillix Giveaway: Round 1

Today you can get a pretty nice software to play around that should solve a lot of problems for Flash designers. If you don’t know what is Flash Decompiler Trillix you should check the review i did about this widget-esque App.

It’s very easy to participate in this giveaway, and Thanks to the guys at Eltima Software for providing this application to the Loyal readers of The Daily Mac.

If you are Subscribed to the Rss Feed you must act and comment!

The only thing you need to follow are this rules:

Leave a comment below .If you would like to get your SWF to FLA!
Run Mac OS X Windows users doesn’t qualify to this giveaway.
Don’t forget to put your email on the Email field That’s how i am going to contact the winner!
You may only enter to this (round 1) giveaway once. You have opportunity on the next giveaways (2 licenses left)
Only comment one time If you post two times only one comment is going to participate
Winner will be chosen randomly.
Entries can be submitted for the next 24 hours. This giveaway finalize on October 26. And the Round 2 will start on the upcoming days! Good luck!

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Free iPhone Unlock Now Available

As i informed on this post, the Free Software Unlock is ready!

There are various guides to unlock your iPhone:

This guides are the best i found. The complexity of these guides are not for all the people. If you want a one click app you should wait

You are going to be able to use your iPhonee with your preferred GSM carrier.

This unlock was created by the iPhone Dev Team and its named iUnlock. It’s restore-resistant. HaRRo one of the contributors to the unlock says an app that does all the complicated thing you see on the tutorials, should be out very soon.

Stay Tuned

Update: First image of the Unlock app interface, not ready yet.

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iPhone Ready to Unlock

Well finally I have my iPhone ready to unlock. I was lucky; thanks to AT&T I couldn’t buy it before the price drop and then I found the last iPhone on the Apple Store at La Cantera in San Antonio. I am going to record on video when unlocking my iPhone to share with you.

I decided to wait a little bit and not buy iPhone SIM Free unlock and I think that good things come to those who wait. A Freeware unlock is coming soon according to this thread in Hackint0sh Forum and here.

Lets see what happens in a couple of hours. Maybe you could get your unlock free of charge.

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Live Coverage: The Beat Goes On

I will be Live Blogging the Special Event.

The event starts at the following time:

10:00AM - Pacific
11:00AM - Mountain
12:00PM - Central
1:00PM - Eastern
5:00PM - GMT
6:00PM - London
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They are always rumors, but finally in a couple of hours we get the facts.

We are specting to see the new line of iPod´s, iPhone ringtones, etc.

The Daily Mac invite you to join me in this Live Coverage.

Stay Tuned.

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Reporting…

I am Back After a Week of Absence. I took a little vacation. I am on my way to my house. I will be back on Monday or Earlier, posting like every day on The Daily Mac.

Stay Tuned.

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The Daily Mac it´s a Community

I added some new plugins to the blog, i am sure you are going to like them. The first one i would like to talk about is The Top Commentators Plugin.

If you become the Top Commentator on The Daily Mac a link is going to show in the right side bar, like it shows below:

This is a free link, from this blog (PR4). A reward for keeping the community alive. I will be Posting a Review about the Top Commentators on The Daily Mac, so its a win-win scenario.

The other Plugin i want to discuss is the Threaded Comments. This is going to give a lot of interaction, and a forum-like approach to the comments. Now you are going to be able to reply the comments of other people, and answer any question somebody else have.

You have the option of inserting some cool smilies

I hope you like this new additions, and get the discussion going.

See you later!