app to force flashing of baseband

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. ran virginizer on 1.0.2 (never update to 1.1.1 before) -> "FW differences"
2. tried to downgrade baseband (ieraser, bbupdater -f ICE...fls -e ICE..eep)
3. baseband is empty
4. running bbupdater -v doesn't give a modem version 
5. no call, no wifi, no bluetooth, no sound, no imei

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
running bbupdater -v doesn't give a modem version
1) tried restoring to firmware 1.0.2 .. then run bbupdater -v -> same result
2) restore to firmware 1.1.1, then downgraded, run bbupdater -v -> same result
3) run ieraser, run bbupdater -f ICE..fls -e ICE..eep, bbupdater -v -> EEP
check sum error (tried different EEP sources)
4) run bbupdater -f ICE... fls -> .FLS failed download

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
current on 1.0.2

Please provide any additional information below.

baseband seems to be empty, and unable to load new baseband using bbupdater
will be helpful if elite dev team can come up with something that force
flash baseband on it rather than having a checksum to verify. not sure
where the checksum comes from. i understand that bbupdater is an apple
software, but is it possible to make a 3rd party flasher? 

there are other ppl with the same problem as me after trying out virginizer
and failed. got in deeper trying to fix it. Hope there can be a solution.
thank you

Original issue reported on code.google.com by honch...@gmail.com on 27 Oct 2007 at 11:41

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if i remember good, my problem was, pulling down the cable after jailbrake
while it said disconnected iphone.

/Independence/

now there's no wifi, and sometimes the phone freezes. and while no wifi, i 
cannot use it just in 1.0.2

Original comment by thadn...@gmail.com on 27 Oct 2007 at 5:52

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i think your problem is not related. you only don't have wifi right? have you 
tried
http://iphone.unlock.no  ? there's a method there to bring back wifi

Original comment by honch...@gmail.com on 27 Oct 2007 at 5:57

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One day the iphone get ill. The message: 
Repair Neded
iPhone cannot make or recive Calls....
Then I go thru all forums and tried all the ways theytell.
allways I can get back to an unbricked phone and connct to it with MAC or WIN XP
if I run virginator.sh get the result: Resetting target - Error: fail to 
initialize comm.layer (is open by annother 
app?) - Done
f i run bbupdater -f *.fls -e *.eep the result: Baseband bootloader is too old, 
update to 1.8 or later and try 
again.
The state of the iPhone: no WiFi, no IMEI, no Modemfirmware, no Sound ....
In the last 5 days I only tried to get the phone working again, I tried it wit 
an MAC and WIN XP-Pro with a lot of 
diferent programs - always the same - can get back the modemfirmware!!! 
HELP

Original comment by garm...@mac.com on 27 Oct 2007 at 6:28

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mine with all the same symptoms...
give error 1011 with 1.1.1 restore
give error 1002 with 1.0.2 restore

Original comment by peeInMyP...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2007 at 3:05

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im getting bad imei, no bluetooth, no wifi

i can update the phone to 1.1.1 and downgrade it to 1.0.2
i can install mobile terminal via ibrickr at 1.0.2
uploaded necessary files to do the baseband update both fls and eep, and 
received no
errors, and was able to downgrade the bb to 3.14 

have tried anysim, and iunlock, and both have not yielded soln .. sugestions?

Original comment by hao.chi...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2007 at 5:31

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hi hao.chiang... 
if you do a bbupdater -v
does it display your bb version??? mine is empty

Original comment by honch...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2007 at 5:36

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i have tried on my phone, bbupdater, and everything
even if bbupdater finish without error, 
there is no wifi

Original comment by thadn...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2007 at 10:35

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i did used bbupdater -v to verify the process, and it did showed 3.14.. i also
reloaded com.apple.CommCenter manually , received no error, but still no wifi 
and bad
imei...

Original comment by hao.chi...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2007 at 2:10

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Hey guys,

I get the same as all of you from last Saturday. Nothing work: No IMEI, no 
WIFI, no
Bluetooth, even no sound!! Get warning from iPhone: "Repair need....."
I thought my iPhone totally dead!!
But today, I just change some process. Now my iPhone work very well!
Just add step: turn iPhone off before run command "launchctl unload -w 
.....plist"

Now my iPhone work very well!!

Original comment by MThang.n...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2007 at 3:10

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Mthang. 
can u write me the full process please. ?

Original comment by thadn...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2007 at 5:03

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beside the wifi problem, i have one more else, 
some times, my phone freezes, and after restart it looks like the screen is 
freezed too
and somehow its get working after entering dfu mode... and restart after

Original comment by thadn...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2007 at 8:14

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pls contact me by email. I will write down full proess. If you want, I also 
send you
all program that I had to used. :)

Original comment by MThang.n...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2007 at 11:49

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hi MThang.nguyen.. 
yeah... i did that.. doesn't work

Original comment by honch...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2007 at 2:40

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I lost it when I was trying to reflash my baseband after getting "No Service" 
error. 
I tried using the Launchctl App and selected "stop" instead of "unload -w". 
After 
that bbupdater gave problem saying too old..I tried to restore and from that 
point 
restore started failing with 1011. I could bring the "phone" back from a brick 
to a 
state with  no sound, no imei no calling,no bluetooth etc..

Any help is appreciated

Original comment by manoj.su...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2007 at 2:41

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yeah.. same here.. error 1011

Original comment by honch...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2007 at 2:47

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my email: @gmail

Original comment by MThang.n...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2007 at 3:10

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ok i have tried everything posted in the first message of this board and i have 
the
same symptoms, nothing works. I get stuck when i run ieraser it starts 
perfectly but
it keeps rolling forever throwing characters and 0s forever one time i left it 
for 24
hours straight. After i do this bbupdater doesnt give a modem version but the 
rapair
needed message no longer appears. I think what we need is something that 
absolutely
erases the baseband so it can be reflashed.

Original comment by echenagu...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2007 at 6:07

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doesn't help.. still the same

Original comment by honch...@gmail.com on 30 Oct 2007 at 3:24

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Having the same problems as posted above. No radio (gsm, bt, wifi, etc.) tried 
everything with no luck. It looks like the basebad got partially erased and 
cannot 
erase fully with ieraser. bbupdated does not work at all. Also get the 
message "repair needed...".

I am truly desperate now. I have unlocked over 10 iphones without a hitch and 
now 
this.

The problem BTW originated after succesfully unlocking with Anysim 1.1. The app 
ran 
OK then i rebooted and lost radio.

Pls advise. Thank you!

Original comment by gaston.b...@gmail.com on 30 Oct 2007 at 3:26

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Have to restore fw down to 1.0.2 or up to 1.1.1, if the gsm board is working, 
the 
radio version must come back again.

Original comment by tuananh...@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2007 at 2:17

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hi hongcheng. What's your errors?

Original comment by MThang.n...@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2007 at 8:16

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My phone from 1.0.2 working by anySim 1.0.2. I upgrade to 1.1.1 (no 
re-virigine). Get
bad IMEI. Wifi still work. Modem firmware show 4.01_G. Had tried restore, 
re-virgine,
upgrade, ect. but not luck.

I did the link: hxxp :// www. hacktheiphone .com /111 /iphone_step1_windows 
.html.
It's work but still no WIFI, show bad IMEI when I insert any SIM cards. I'd ran
anySim 1.1 (download from upper link). It show:" your iphone has been 
active...". BUT
when I restart my iPhone, warning like that "Need repairs, contact 
apple.com/support" 
My phone have no IMEI, CCID, WIFI, BLUETOOTH, neither SOUND. I thought I need 
to send
to apple to fix it.

At last, I did folow these links: 
1-hxxp: //  hackint0sh .org /forum /showthread .php?t =13255& page=1
and
2-hxxp :// code. google .com / p / iphone -elite /issues /detail? id=15

Now my iPhone work better b4.

Original comment by MThang.n...@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2007 at 8:17

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mine has no wifi, no imei (not even bad imei), no calls, no bluetooth, no sound,
doesn't show modem firmware revision. so it's much worse than yours

Original comment by honch...@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2007 at 3:27

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> Honcheng: same issues for me
virginizer script still fails: 
./iUnlock ICE03.18.08_G.fls eliteloader.bin does nothing after showing 
up: "Credits: ..."
and 
./bbupdater -f ICE... fls -e ICE...eep makes 10 attempt to "reset target" and 
end 
with error: Baseband bootloader is too old; update to 1.8 and try again...

- baseband is empty
- running bbupdater -v doesn't give a modem version 
- no call, no wifi, no bluetooth, no sound, no imei

Hope we'll have a solution soon...

Original comment by lsdejar...@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2007 at 3:40

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Hey guys. 

I've just bought another iphone 1.1.1 new in box. Do downgrade, do restore, 
upgrade,
unlock, run anySim 1.1 then get the same problems: no IMEI, no WIFI, no SOUND, 
no
BLUETOOTH. 

I do recover with my steps. My phone is working now. :)
Good luck with yours

Original comment by MThang.n...@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2007 at 5:01

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Hi MThang.nguyen,
i think if your iphone's baseband is there.. you can easily save it

Original comment by honch...@gmail.com on 2 Nov 2007 at 1:54

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Please provide the full output of all the commands you've run.

Original comment by czim...@gmail.com on 4 Nov 2007 at 12:57

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Hello everybody,

I guess my problem is the same as honcheng. I had a 1.0.2 iPhone unlocked and 
working for about a month. When the 1.1.1 firmware came out I googled then 
followed 
this guide: http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13170 to virginize 
it. 
The whole process ocurred without errors. The only thing was that I didn't 
backup my 
seczone.
After that I restored it with iTunes to 1.1.1 firmware and followed the guide 
from:
http://iphone.unlock.no/
After that I had a 1.1.1 unlocked iPhone working as it should, making calls, 
videos 
wifi, everything. I was so happy that I didin't check if my IMEI was correct or 
not. 
The day after, when I woke up I had the Repair needed message on it, and had no 
wifi, no phone, etc. I thought it was I simple question of redoing everything 
but it 
didn't happen. I tried to restore the 1.1.1 firmware with iTunes but I kept 
getting 
an error message at the end. So I tried to downgrade to 1.0.2 and the error 
continued, which in my case was the 1011. After googling I found out that it 
was 
just a matter of downgrading the baseband, so I followed this guide:
http://www.modmyifone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14623
which of course didn't work.
After running iBrickr, installing Mobile Terminal and BSD Subsystem, uploading 
the 
files epp, fls, secpack, ieraser and bbupdater. I started the process. The 
first 
step is to kill the commCenter process. I couldn't get it to die so I deleted 
it and 
restarted the phone. The second step is to check the baseband, and the output 
from ./bbupdater -v, since the first time I tried, was:
baseband unresponsive to pinging
and it should be either the 3.14 or the 4.03 right? So I thought, ok there must 
be 
garbage on it I just have to go to next step: ./ieraser
And it came with the Waiting for data screen. After trying and trying, 
different 
secpacks and different sources, always the same error.
Then I thought, OK it is probably, some how, already empty. So I tried to 
reflash 
the baseband with ./bbupdater -f ICE...fls -e ICE...eep and the Resetting 
target 10 
attempts came with the bootloader too old try version 1.8 or higher.
I did the whole process many times from the 1.0.2 iTunes restore and nothing. 
Always 
the same errors.

Is there a way out? Force reflash the baseband? Since I haven't backed up my 
seczone 
the first time is it possible to recover? Is it true that there is a unique 
part of 
the baseband that must not be messed up or erased?

Original comment by luciano....@gmail.com on 18 Nov 2007 at 12:48

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after so long.. stilll no solution yet?? 

Original comment by honch...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2007 at 12:09

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I have this problem aswell. Tried everything, different updates, restores many 
firmwares, nothing worked. So I decided to go 1.0.2 and complete the procedure 
with 
ieraser and bbupdater. Ieraser is always stuck at "waiting for data" wheras 
bbupdater doesn't show FW version ("baseband unresponsive to pinging"), and 
forcing 
updtae with any of the FLS files results in bootloader beeing to old problem.
It once happen to me to succesfully get my IMEI and wifi UP, insted of flat 
bars i 
had NO SIM caption in corner and I was able to find my home wifi network 
(without 
beeing able to connect to it, though). Because it was 1.0.2 I cheerfully wanted 
to 
restore to 1.1.1 in order to JB, activate and tun any kind of Vrginiztaer, just 
to 
get my BB back. As a result, after update my IMEI was uknown again and I 
couldn't 
get it to the state of usability. Right now I simply got iPod touch without 
wifi on 
1.0.2.

Original comment by ciec...@gmail.com on 16 Dec 2007 at 12:37

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I have totally the same problem like honcheng. No IMEI, No CCID, No Wifi, No 
Signal,
Repair needed and No Speaker sound. 

The baseband is empty and bbupdater fails to reflash it, resulted the checksum 
error.

Totally agree that it will be VERY helpful if elite dev team can come up with
something that force flash baseband on it rather than having a checksum to 
verify. 

This issue has been around for quite sometime...since Sep-Oct 2007, until now 
Jan'08
still.. No one is able to come up with the 'forced baseband flasher' ....

Original comment by asaer...@gmail.com on 4 Jan 2008 at 5:34

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I have the same problem, no IMEI no WIFI, need repair. I have a 1.02 phone that 
was 
unlocked, tried to restore to a 1.1.1 without verginising, thus the problem 
ocured. 
I have tried every thing mentioned, nothing works.

My status so far:

when I run the bbupdater -f *.fls, I get an endless loop.

When I run the bbupdater -l, I get a iphone bbupdater -l failed to download 
.fls: 
could not verify downloaded image.

when I run the bbupdated -e *.eep, I get a message saying upgrade from YYYYY or 
some 
strange characters.

When I try to restore the iphone again (using the ibrickr, DFU mode, itunes 
technique), it starts the restore process then never ends at the "restoring 
iphone 
firmware" phase of the itunes. After a long time (30 min +), itunes gives me an 
unknown error occured (1002) message and the yellow triangle is on the iphone. 
I 
then activate and jailbreak it using apptappinstaller and PACAY.

Then I install all needed files (Terminal, BSD 1.5, Uictl through the ibrickr 
pxl 
technique.

Any help would be appreciated.

Original comment by ana...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2008 at 8:38

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Apple has released the 1.1.3 firmware that fixes this problem. Make sure you 
have
iTunes version earlier than 7.5, -> 7.4.xx. DFU restore to 1.1.3 than it gives 
an
error and stays on the connect to iTunes screen. DFU restore to 1.0.2 and it 
gives
the yellow triangle. After that, jailbreak activate it and it should work, if it
doesn't, do it again.

Cheers

Original comment by luciano....@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2008 at 11:42

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Luciano,

Are you saying that itunes 7.5 and above will not work?

Original comment by ana...@gmail.com on 23 Jan 2008 at 8:26

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I tried with iTunes 7.6 and it didn't work. I read somewhere that it would not 
work
either on 7.5. But you may try...

Original comment by luciano....@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2008 at 1:25

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Anyone else has succeded with Luciano's solution?

It doesn't work for me :( This is what I did step by step from a 1.0.2 OTB phone
having this problem with iTunes 7.4.3:
1) From 1.0.2 -> DFU -> Restore to 1.1.3
   Resulted in Error 1011 and the 'connect to iTunes' restore screen

2) 'connect to iTunes' restore screen -> DFU -> Restore to 1.0.2
   Resulted in Error 1011 and the 'yellow triangle' restore screen

3) Run iBrickr or AppInstaller to bring to the activation screen
   Resulted in still 'Repair Needed'

I repeated those steps so many times with the hopes of it working at some point.
Needless to stay, it still doesn't work :(

Can anyone post a step by step dummy proof procedure on this 'upgrade to 1.1.3' 
solution?

Thanks

Original comment by bladel...@gmail.com on 4 Feb 2008 at 7:43

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Since I tried doing it with iTunes 7.6, maybe that's what is missing. Maybe 
only 
iTunes 7.6 is capable of recovering with the 1.1.3 firmware, and only with 
iTunes 
7.4.3 is possible to continue the process. So, try first doing everything with 
7.6, 
then try doing everything with 7.4.3 again to see what happens

Original comment by luciano....@gmail.com on 6 Feb 2008 at 1:54

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Doesn't work :( Damn!

Thanks for the help though.

Original comment by bladel...@gmail.com on 7 Feb 2008 at 6:30

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still no solution yet?

Original comment by honch...@gmail.com on 28 Feb 2008 at 9:27

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Had same problem using 1.0.2. after virginize no signal no imei no bluetooth 
wifi 
ect. 

-Using I tunes 7.4.1.2, restore to 1.1.3

- Run Ziphone to Jailbreak, Activate.

Then everything works.

Original comment by airb...@gmail.com on 8 Apr 2008 at 6:43

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Had same problem using 1.0.2. after virginize no signal no imei no bluetooth 
wifi 
ect. 

-Using I tunes 7.4.1.2, restore to 1.1.3

- Run Ziphone to Jailbreak, Activate, Unlock.

Then everything works.

Original comment by airb...@gmail.com on 8 Apr 2008 at 6:44

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hey guys 2 years..... um this virginizer thing maybe what I need to fix my 
iPhone 3G but it isn't compatible....

There's a 100-page thread on Apple Forums or somethin and they have the No WiFi 
issues like I do but I'm 
researching stuff and found out these No WiFi scenerios is just like what 
happened 2 years ago.... except now 
Apple is the cause not through jailbreaking or unlocking. They rushed the 3.1 
update to install 5.11 baseband 
as quick as possible

What I am trying to do?
Force a reinstall of the baseband since there's no newer baseband yet and 
bbupdater doesnt reinstall the 
same baseband.... please someone create a app to force install the baseband

Original comment by jreyes...@gmail.com on 30 Nov 2009 at 9:31