New Firmware 1.1.2

The fun of unlocking iPhones is being put on hold (again) as Apple has released the new Firmware, version 1.1.2, along with the new bootloader, version 4.6.

Right now, there is no work-around to hack the new bootloader. The previous bootloader had a bug that allowed any crypto key (the key that is used to decrypt/unscramble the password) to be used as a valid key hence the iPhone Dev Team and the other teams were able to create the unlock app. As of the release of the new bootloader, Infineon, the maker of the bootloader for mobile phones (Motorola, Nokia and Sony Ericsson are among its customers) had beefed up the security therefore it's "airtight" for now. Also, in the previous releases, Apple included the bootloader core in its update package; it is intentionally left out in the new one, which makes it even harder to grab a copy of the bootloader to examine its working code.

A friend of mine bought 2 new iPhones from a local AT&T store on Saturday and both have the new bootloader. I have been reading and researching everywhere and not a clue as to when any team will release a new unlocking method. There is a Wiki that mentions a propsed date of December 1st, 2007 (http://iphone.fiveforty.net/wiki/index.php/Talk:Main_Page).

Meanwhile, I was able to resurrect a previously unlocked iPhone that was re-locked due to an update to the new Firmware 1.1.2. The process was not at all complicated. It involved downgrading to Firmware 1.0.2 first, then wiping out the new baseband and "virginizing" the empty baseband to be the original Firmware 1.0.2. Then, updating it to Firmware 1.1.1 and unlocking it again.