Installing iPhone OS 1.0

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I found this in my searching, anyone able to vet it?

How to Downgrade from iOS 3.1.3 Back to iOS 1.0

Yea this what someone on Mac Rumors did. I think along with iTunes 7x you will probably need Mac OS X Tiger or something. Might be hard finding a early version of OSX unless you have the Disc laying around. I had a G4 PowerBook when I got the original iPhone on launch day.

 

[anon8383645]

Here's a eBay listing for a never opened 1st Gen iPhone. $5499.00

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/16/myqu3yvy.jpg

And anyone who buys that is just plain dumb.

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

So it's easy to put iOS 1 on the iPhone 2G without bricking it like the OP has asked?


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I said it's pretty tough to brick (and I say that as terminally bricked) an iPhone, period. Putting iOS 1 on the first gen doesn't mean that if it's bricked that it's bricked for life.

 

[jsntrenkler]

I understand what the OP is trying to do and wish the best of luck. Would be kind of cool to have a 1.0 device for your collection. Granted there was no app store back then, no mms however just to play with I think it might be worth the effort.

 

[iOS Gravity]

And anyone who buys that is just plain dumb.

Maybe not. It's a collectors item.

 

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And anyone who buys that is just plain dumb.

20-30 years from now who knows. It might fetch big money like the Apple 1 computer. It was the device that started it all.

 

[anon8383645]

20-30 years from now who knows. It might fetch big money like the Apple 1 computer. It was the device that started it all.

I stand by my statement. I think the person who bought the Apple 1 was dumb too. Not saying they don't have the right it's their money. But it's still dumb.

 

[iEd]

I stand by my statement. I think the person who bought the Apple 1 was dumb too. Not saying they don't have the right it's their money. But it's still dumb.

It's only "dumb" if someone pays that kind of money and there's no market for that item. Someone that spends 100k plus on a collectible more than likely to them it's like spending $100.00. The number of zeros behind a number is all relative.