That was probably one of the most longest “upgrades” of hacks I done in a long time. Longest in time, not because of pain..

Coming from the 1.0.2 firmware that was never upgraded to the latest 1.1.1 firmware, the end cause had me restoring to 1.1.1 because I had this weird 1.38 gb of used space on my iPhone. Where the phuc did that come from?

Anyways, I followed pages from the web like HighTechDad’s good writeup of his experiences using the jailbrake method and also iPhoneAlley’s blog on step by step what to do.

I ended up reading HTD’s notes first, but followed iPhoneAlley’s writeup line by line.  Here’s my experience with it.

Was originally on 1.0.2 then used AppTapp Installer to Jailbrake. Installed multiple apps without any problems.

Following iPhoneAlley’s Doc:

Step #1) Synced, no problem

Step #2) Skipped, already on 1.0.2

Step #3)  Failed. Had a lot of trouble SSH-ing. Realized I should of been SSH-ing and missed the step. Got upgraded to 1.1.1 doing a Upgrade, but noticed after upgrading, that 1.38gb were taken up by some random space. I typically only use about 2gb of my 4gb space, and I noticed during the upgrade process to the firmware, that there was warning message on the iPhone screen stating that I was running  out of disk space? My guess is that during the upgrade, it copies the firmware file over and the jailbraken 1.0.2 version does not clean up the firmware upgrade during this process

Could not start on step 4. Had trouble trying to get a connection with iPhuc.

Ended up doing a restore, which bumped me to 1.1.1, but permanently deleting my hacks and all the things I done previously.  I had to downgrade to 1.0.2 using iPhoneAlley’s instruction

Step #1) Make sure you hold down the Sleep/Wake and Home key for 10 secs. This will cold boot the iPhone and get into the recovery console.. I made the mistake of holding it just for 3 seconds and could not get the downgrade process to work with 1.0.2 firmware. (gave a error code 1).

Step #2-7) Went through without any problems. Just make sure you follow the guide by the word. Read and reread it again.

I would say  this hack defintely helps the iPhone become better than it does. I have noticed that the speakers and speakerphone are much louder (50%) than before (big difference) and the iMap fix of deleting Exchange email automagically when it’s deleted off the iPhone!

Anyways, I’m calling it a weekend and enjoy my jailbroken iPhone. Sure some apps dont work yet, (like summerboard and customize) but like anything in the hack world, it’s a matter of time.