from the edge of the deep green sea

I’ve been using a hacked iPhone for quite some time. Every now and then, I experienced a crash, and restarted it as I always did. The next time it restarted, it displayed a “Please Connect to iTunes” message. Crap.

To give you a bit of feedback on the iPhone

• 1.0.2 Firmware, hacked following these instructions.
• I had a lot of 3rd party apps installed
• The phone was hacked using iUnlocker

Now there really isn’t much I can do besides restore it to 1.0.2. I am writing this as I go for two reasons:

• Keep documented all I do in case I REALLY mess things up
• In case things work, to help someone out there who might have had this happen to them.

Steps

1. Restored 1.0.2 using iTunes
2. Activated it Using Independence

Success!!! The bloody thing works again. I have been experiencing constant crashes with 1.0.2, so I will upgrade to 1.1.1 after virginizing using these instructions.