iPhone Hacks · Hacks, Cracks, Mods, Homebrew, Utilities

There has been a lot of news circulating lately about all the juicy features in the iPhone v2.0 firmware and we are all very excited. But let’s not get too excited just yet, as with every other time there is a firmware update released by Apple those of us with unlocked iPhones need to wait or risk losing use of our iPhone. This is a warning to all of you out there thinking of trying out iPhone 2.0 on launch date, you will lose all your apps for sure. You will also most likely have your iPhone deactivated and jailed.

iPhone-Hacks.com’s advice is to wait, but we know some of you won’t. Luckily the iPhone hacking community is strong and solutions are already in the works. Zibris of ZiPhone fame is already working on a downgrader, here is what he has to say:

Well, here I am still…
The picture above is not a fake.
It’s not even a major breakthru but it’s something.
I am glad to tell you anyhow that 2.0
firmware works pretty well on my iPod 32gb.
All features are enabled.
To install it from windows (or mac) you need
a special beta version of itunes.
Unless you want to loose installer
and all third party apps I strongly suggest you
NOT TO UPGRADE (both iPod both iPhone).
To downgrade the iPod you will need
to uninstall iTunes 7.7 and reinstall 7.5.
Then you will need to put the iPod in DFU mode
and do a full restore back to 1.1.4 (and use ZiPhone)
to have back Installer and all goodies.
With the iPhone it’s more complicated
because you will also need to
downgrade the baseband.
I already have a very preliminary version
of the new ZiPhone which will allow that.

As of today you will have 2 choices:

1. Believe in the community and don’t upgrade to 2.0
2. Say goodbye to Installer and freedom and upgrade.