How good is the first generation Iphone?
You had to work hard to get it working perfectly in whichever country (but the US) you where. I thought it would be about time to upgrade to the second 2.0 Iphone software. Pwnage is the group of developers that have come up with Pwnage tool which let’s you install 2.0 software on your iphone. Here is the guide on how to install 2.0 software on your iphone. So now you can be trendsetter once again!
I was just reading This article about the iphone being sold out in New York and was hoping that there might be coming a 3g version of the iphone soon. The current EDGE on the iphone is good enough for checking your email but for web browsing with some decent speed you need 3G. Let’s hope for the best and I have a iphone for sale when the 3G version comes out :d.
My Iphone had been on firmware 1.1.1 since I bought it and I did a complete restore when I replaced my screen. Well I found This Guide on how to update to 1.1.3.
This is very very easy and you can do it in 5 minutes not counting the download of the firmware + ZiPhone app.
Just update to 1.1.3 in Itunes then reboot and use ZiPhone to unlock jailbreak and load the proper boatloader (just tick the first 3 boxes) Click run, reboot and you have and unlocked Iphone running 1.1.3 firmware.
Here is a pick of my Iphone now with a skin and the neurox leopard theme which you can install if you have summerboard.
Good luck!
Finally my iphone screen arrived this week and I could not wait to put it in an fix my iphone which had a broken touch panel, the lcd worked fine.
I already opened up my iphone so I thought it would be a quick job of replacing the screen. Wrong, it took me about 2 hours because the screen was glued to the plastic internal housing. I was scared to break any of the part that were not going to be replaced.
Here I have the back cover removed and the camera.
Removed the battery and mainboard from the iphone. The mainboard has 4 connections so be sure to remove these before you take it out.
This is never going to be an functioning Iphone again!
After a 2 hour battle I removed the iphone screen from the plastic housing.
Putting everything together took about 5% of the time it took to take it apart, no dramas there.
I hoped that it would work again cause otherwise I probably thrown the thing against the wall.
But, I turned it on and the touch screen worked great.
It took a reboot to get the top of the screen working too, don’t know why.
So a total of $150 Australian dollar was spend and close to day of my time but it was worth it. What a wicked little device.
Well I droppped my Iphone and the touch screen is not working anymore, read the full story
Yesterday I got an iphone opener tool and tried to undo the back casing. Ruined both Ipod tools as they were too soft and I used them not properly.
Here is a quick video instruction of how to open your iphone (note: it is much much harder than in this video).
Last night I ended up using this guide to open up my iphone.
A putty knife to open it up. Do put tape over the back of the phone just to protect it.
Well I got the phone open and the touch sensor seems broken for some reason. Time to order a new screen and hope for the best.
Will post pictures after I finish work
UPDATE: Images added.
Well here is what happened:
I was sitting in our recliner chair when I decided to lay down completely. Just when the chair was in horizontal position my Iphone slipped out of my pocket and bounced of the floor(wooden one). Checked the phone for any scratches or dents but found nothing. Half an hour later I was going to send a text when I found out the thing was not responding to the touch screen(AAAHH). Both the home and power button work fine but I cannot slide the phone to come of the screen saver or to power off. Tried to do a software restore in Itunes but no working touch screen.
Because I am in Australia and the iphone is not sold here yet, It is impossible to just walk into an apple store and ask for service( I would like to see the look on their faces if you ask them the question though). The ebay seller I bought it from basically says:
Hello,Sorry but as clearly stated in our auction description. All sales were final.
Thank you.
This doesn’t help either.
Writing an email to apple seems the only thing that might solve my issue, other wise selling it on ebay. It is a fully functioning Iphone but it does not respond to any input from the touch screen.
I’m running out of options and I would like to know what people think is the best thing to do here?
