how to check firmware version without unpacking iphone4?

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how to check firmware version without unpacking iphone4?

my iphone4 bought online through singapore apple store
my serial no : 870466N4AS4

from what i learnt from internet
870 should be factory ( singapore or china i guess)
46 means 46th week (10th to 16th November)
6N4 (unique code)
AS4 means iphone4

iOS 4.2 Release Date: November 22 2010

so from logical thinking
my iphone 4 should be either OS 4.0 or 4.1 right?

thanks

compaq, Windows 7

Posted on Dec 2, 2010 1:26 AM

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Answer 1

wjosten

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Dec 2, 2010 1:57 AM in response to filk

my iphone 4 should be either OS 4.0 or 4.1 right?

Your logic is there, but there is no way to check without turning the phone on & going into Settings>General>About.

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Andy :]

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Dec 2, 2010 3:56 AM in response to filk

Why would you be so curious about the iPhone iOS before opening it. Am I suspecting you want iOS 4.0 to jailbreak?

Regards

Andy

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Kwopau

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Dec 2, 2010 6:33 AM in response to filk

If you know the week when 4.1 was released and then 4.2.1, and i'm assuming week 46 was not too long ago so I would assume that it would come with 4.1 pre-installed?

Just an F.Y.I, we are on week 48, so it seems like your phone was built 2 weeks ago, which the 4.2.1 came out 2 weeks ago, but most likely you will have 4.1 on it.

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filk Author

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Dec 2, 2010 10:03 AM in response to filk

i tried this method
slide into emergency mode and type 3001#12345# then tap call
it doesnt work

so activated to check.
firmware is 4.1
thanks 🙂

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modular747

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Dec 2, 2010 10:23 AM in response to filk

filk wrote:
slide into emergency mode and type 3001#12345# then tap call

Um, how could anyone do that without unpacking the phone, as the OP asked? If he can dial it, it's just as easy to go into Settings > General > About to find the exact iOS/firmware version.

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Answer 6

alryder

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Dec 2, 2010 10:26 AM in response to modular747

It was the OP that made that reply, stating what he did. No one was suggesting that as an option.

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wjosten

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Dec 2, 2010 10:31 AM in response to filk

Glad you were able to figure out the firmware version "without unpacking your phone". Hopefully this thread will be archived for others in a similar situation 😉 .

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modular747

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Dec 2, 2010 12:07 PM in response to wjosten

Perhaps he meant "without activating your phone." I don't see how the phone can be dialed without "unpacking" it.

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filk Author

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Dec 5, 2010 4:30 AM in response to filk

i was figuring are there anyway to know the exact firmware version 'without unpacking' the phone

but it turns out that serial number don really tells the firmware version

then i tried to check the firmware 'without activating' the phone
also failed

then i just activated and check , sad -.-

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