Alpine 4A57

From The Apple Wiki
iPhone prototype running 4A57

Alpine 4A57 is a prototype firmware found on an iPhone Prototype discussed on macrumors. According to a photo of it, it was an internal version of iPhone OS 1.1.3.

Applications[edit source]

Unlike previous builds, this one seems to not be as reliant on SkankPhone and also has SwitchBoard.app. Upon booting, the user can choose from six applications:

Restore[edit source]

Instead of restoring via a ramdisk, the restore tools appear to be right in the OS, suggesting restores were originally performed through userland.

Baseband[edit source]

Flashing 04.02.13_G on a retail iPhone can be done with bbupdater, but results in loss of Carrier Network connectivity.