Respective iPhoneAtlas has posted today an announcement concerning new 1.1.1 Update’s effect on non-hacked iPhones. It seems that several iPhone owners has had problems after installing this update. Read some interesting facts below.

Users experiencing this problem receive the error message:

“The SIM card inserted in this iPhone does not appear to be a supported AT&T SIM card. […] Only compatible AT&T SIM cards may be used to activate iPhone. Please insert the SIM card that came with your iPhone or visit an AT&T store to receive a replacement SIM card.”

If your lovely toy has similar problems after 1.1.1 update, iPhoneAtlas suggests to make the following steps to get things right.

This can sometimes be resolved by removing the iPhone’s SIM card, then connecting it to your computer and restoring. iTunes may then reload the iPhone software successfully, after which you can re-insert the SIM card and attempt synchronization with iTunes. If that fails, try removing the SIM then putting your iPhone in recovery mode and restoring, via these steps:

1. Disconnect your iPhone from your Mac or Windows computer.
2. Press and hold the sleep/wake and home buttons simultaneously for about 20-30 seconds, until you see a graphic of a USB cable with an arrow pointing to iTunes.
3. Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch iTunes if it does not automatically launch.
4. Now proceed to restore your iPhone. Click the Restore button under the Summary tab. Restoring the phone will erase contacts, calendars, photos and other data on the phone, but will restore automatically backed-up information including text messages, notes, call history, contact favorites, sound settings, widget settings, etc.
5. Re-insert your SIM and attempt activation.

Also, make sure that you are running the latest version of iTunes (7.4.2 for Mac and 7.4.3 for Windows).

Finally, you can try removing the SIM card and re-inserting it, making sure it is free of debris and properly seated.

Well i hope the next Apple’s Update won’t make so much Noise in the Web…

Famous Erica Sadun from Tuaw has published official announcement about first successfull downgrading of Apple iPhone from 1.1.1 to 1.0.2. This is what she writes about:

“Tonight, reports are trickling in about successful 1.1.1-to-1.0.2 iPhone firmware downgrades using this method described at the “iPhone Devteam” wiki, which relies on a combination of firmware-fu and the INDependence software. TUAW reader skwasha tipped us off to an ongoing conversation at the hackint0sh forums that got the ball rolling on this”.

Congrats to Kmac1985 from the Hackint0sh forums who discovered this little doozy of a method. This method is now called “pulling a kmac” after the original poster Kmac1985 who figured this out.
There are some lacks with this downgrading, your iPhone will most likely not work as a phone. But you’ll be able to use it with third party apps and WiFi.

You can find more detailed instructions HERE.

Rob Benizza from blog.wired.com has published very interesting post concerning Apple iPhone bricking after 1.1.1 update. This is what he writes about…

“Given Apple’s track record of seamless engineering and just-works interfacing, you would think that only the hackers would end up with bricked iPhones. You would be wrong.”

Here’s a tip: make sure the iPhone dock is plugged directly into the USB 2.0 port on your computer, not into a hub or keyboard (even a USB 2.0 keyboard).

We had errors updating that required “restoring” the iPhone, and then the “restore” didn’t work, and then once we plugged and unplugged the dock, it started working but kept getting “disconnected” during the sync that restored all the files to the iPhone.

“If the 1.1.1 update turned your pristine AT&T-locked handset into a roundrect skipping stone, unable to complete a restore operation, make sure you have the dock plugged into a bare-metal USB 2.0 port on your machine. Macjournals anecdotally reports that USB hubs, including Apple keyboards, may cause updating errors that result in the phone being more or less inoperable after completion.
This is a bit like my Moto Q, which actually uses more power when idle than even some powered USB ports supply. On second thought, it’s not at all like my Moto Q, which is about as useful as a broken iPhone even when fully charged.”