
Having problems with firmware 1.1.3 on your iPhone or iPod Touch? One solution reported is to downgrade iTunes from 7.6 to 7.4.2 temporarily while running iPhuc. Running the iPhone utility client with iTunes 7.6 will get you introuble but WickedPsyched has found a way to revert back to 7.4.2 while running iPhuc. Full instructions after the break.
1. get an old framework, you can use this to pull out the MobileDevice: imac /tmp/ open iTunes7.4.2.dmg imac /tmp/ gunzip -c /Volumes/iTunes\ 7.4.2/iTunes.mpkg/Contents/Resources/ AppleMobileDeviceSupport.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz | pax -r 2. Then copy it over to your /System/Library area: imac /tmp/ cp -rp System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework/ /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework.iphuc 3. Now backup the original Framework: imac /PrivateFrameworks/ cp -r MobileDevice.framework MobileDevice.framework.1.1.3 4. The script below assumes you now have this layout in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ imac /PrivateFrameworks/ ls -ltrad MobileDevice.framework* drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Jan 19 18:17 MobileDevice.framework.iphuc drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Jan 19 18:22 MobileDevice.framework.1.1.3 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 63 Jan 19 20:06 MobileDevice.framework -> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework.iphuc/ 5. Finally here is the new script you can run in place of iphuc: imac /~/ cat /opt/local/bin/76iphuc #!/bin/sh FWPATH=/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ echo copying framework \(may need sudo password\) sudo rm $FWPATH/MobileDevice.framework sudo ln -s $FWPATH/MobileDevice.framework.iphuc/ $FWPATH/MobileDevice.framework /opt/local/bin/iphuc echo putting framework back \(may need sudo password\) sudo rm $FWPATH/MobileDevice.framework sudo ln -s $FWPATH/MobileDevice.framework.1.1.3/ $FWPATH/MobileDevice.framework
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Robert
January 24th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
I tried this and it didn’t work, may you please explain it like you’re explaining it to a 5 yearold whom has never used a computer before?
BrianB
January 24th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Hm. What exactly is the problem?
Robert
January 25th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
I copy and paste exactly what he has on there, but it never works. It says -bash … is a file directory, or it says ignored
ThaiPrince
January 27th, 2008 at 12:55 am
if i still have a itune.dmg (version 7.4.2), can i delete my itune 7.6 and reinstall? Do i still have to go through these steps? or do i need to reformat the mac to get rid all those 7.6 bits and pieces in the library folder.
Wayne
January 27th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
This makes no sense to me, I agree with Robert, we need baby talk here!
Ted
January 27th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Try this for general downgrade (from commenter FreakyT: