146 CommentsThis guide and tutorial will show you how to jailbreak your iPhone 3G running firmware 3.1, using PwnageTool for Mac OS X. So far, only PwnageTool is available for jailbreaking the 3.1 iPhone 3G and it is only for Mac. I believe a RedSn0w method for both Mac and PC will be available soon.
1. Make sure you have installed the latest version of iTunes (iTunes 9).
2. On your desktop, create a folder called “jailbreak” or whatever name you want to give it. It doesn’t really matter. Download PwnageTool 3.1 and the 3.1 IPSW (iPhone1,2_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw) from here and save them into the “jailbreak” folder. Note that you should download the firmware using FireFox as Safari often brings up issues. Also note that the PwnageTool download link is a torrent and you will need a torrent downloader (ie. uTorrent) to download it.
3. Launch PwnageTool. It will give you some sort of warning. Just click OK. On the next screen, choose the “Expert Mode”.
4. Select your iPhone model and click the blue arrow to continue.
5. Browse for the IPSW you downloaded in step 2. You should then get a green check mark.
6. You will now be offered several options. Choose “General”. Make sure the “Activate the phone” box is left UNCHECKED if you use an official carrier (such as AT&T in the US, Roger in Canada, etc…). This is very important. If you are not using an official carrier, then CHECK “Activate the iPhone”.
7. Increase the root partition size to 700 MB. This is not necessary but it is safer. Then click the blue arrow to continue. Click the blue arrow one more time to skip the bootneuter settings, which aren’t available for the iPhone 3G.
8. You will now have the possibility to pre-install a few packages from Cydia so you don’t have to do it manually later. I will skip this part. Click the blue arrow to go to the next step.
9. You will now be in the “Custom packages settings”. Make sure Cydia is selected and you may want to select Icy as well. For what it’s worth, I do not use Icy. I only use Cydia but you’re free to select both if you want. Whatever you do, make sure at least Cydia is selected. Click the blue arrow to continue.
10. You can now set your own “Custom logos settings”. I don’t use any but again, you can choose the one pre-selected or you can even upload your own. If you choose to upload your own, remember the logo mustn’t be bigger than 320 x 480. Click the blue arrow when done to continue.
11. It is now time to start the pwnage process. You should be on the main options screen offering you 6 different options. Choose “Build” and click the blue arrow to continue.
12. You will now have to save your custom IPSW file. Save it in the “jailbreak” folder we created in step 2.
13. Your custom IPSW firmware will now be built, which may take up to 15 minutes, so be patient.
14. You will most likely be asked for your administrator password. Fill in the blanks and click OK.
15. You will then be asked if your iPhone has been pwned before. Just answer “No”.
16. Now is the most important step. You will first be asked to turn off your iPhone. Follow the instructions on your computer screen to put your iPhone into DFU mode. Basically, you have to hold the home and power buttons together for 10 seconds, then release the power button but still hold the home button. If done correctly, PwnageTool will tell you you successfully entered the DFU mode.
17. If iTunes hasn’t launched automatically, open it. iTunes should tell you it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. Click OK.
18. In iTunes, hold the “Alt/Option” key and click Restore at the same time. DO NOT click “restore” without holding the “Alt/Option” key! A window will pop up and you’ll be able to choose the custom IPSW file you created in step12 that you saved in your “jailbreak” folder.
19. iTunes will now work on restoring your iPhone using the custom firmware.
20. Done! You will now be offered the option to set up your iPhone as a new phone or restore from a previous backup. I personally like to start fresh and I always choose to set it up as a new phone, but it’s your choice.
21. You should now see the Cydia icon on the second page of applications on your iPhone. Congratulations, you just jailbreaked your iPhone 3G 3.1 with PwnageTool.
If you have any question or concern, please leave a comment.
Why leave the activate mark unchecked???
And should you not specify NOT to upgrade the baseband, >?? …
Henry,
You have to leave the mark unchecked because you are not unlocking it. You are simply jailbreaking it so you don’t need to “hacktivate” it.
Well, I don’t really have to specify not to update the baseband because the whole purpose of using PwnageTool is to NOT update the baseband. That’s why you are creating a custom IPSW which will not touch your baseband.
Sebastien
well, I got fooled by this phrase then >
“6. You will now be offered several options. Choose “General”. Make sure the “Activate the phone” box is left UNCHECKED. This is very important. I repeat: make sure the “activate the phone” box is blank.”
I though “activate” was needed if I use a non AT&T sim, but let me try it !
already jailbreak and unlock via ultrasnow.
i noticed that my “network name” is not displaying, only signal and 3g or wifi.
any encountered with this.
thanks
“Activate the phone” is for those who do NOT have the official carrier sim in the iPhone. So in the US, you would check this if you have a T-Mobile sim in the iPhone. If it is an AT&T sim, you would need to uncheck that box.
hey buddy,
I have read your article its very use full but can you plz tell me is it working with windows and i was reading another blog where they were saying there is some problem in cydia and they are trying to fix it. i have already upgraded my iphone 3g to 3.1 through itune9 and i have got factory unlocked iphone so what do i do to jailbreak my iphone 3g. plz reply me.
Regards
followed the tutorial, but it said it was restored to factory settings, now cant use the sim.
Already jailbreaked iphone 3g and unlocked vai ultrasn0w…..
network name is not seen…….is it a bug in pwnage tool……
Does this method work on pc (windows)
Does this unlock the iphone 3G?
yes of course……
first make a custom firmware using pwnage tool 3.1 and then unlock iphone 3g using untrasn0w….
Read the entire jailbreaking tips carefully..
You can use it on windows but have to make custom firmware only on mac osX because pwnage tool is only available for mac OSx right now.
Where can I find custom firmware for windows?
does it work with Iphone 3gs
Has anyone tried this with a broken home button? I want to modify the 3.1 firmware to put my phone directly into DFU mode when restored and then try to build and jailbreak the phone using PwnageTool 3.1.
Between steps 16 & 17, does PwnageTool need to say the phone has been jailbroken or right after it detects DFU mode should you open and restore in itunes?
Do you know if this would work on a PC using a MAC OS emulator? I’m not sure if anyone has tried this and thought I’d ask the question.
Forget the fuzz… just download the IPSW that is already build: http://support.gsm.vn/index.php?dir=iPhone/3Gfirmware/&file=iPhone1%2C2_3.1_7C144_Restore_Custom_Gsm.vn.ipsw
no need to re-invent the hot water.. no?
That uncheck box part is what i needed to read, if you have it checked your phone will not get signal!!
when i went to browse for the firmware, i got this message saying “wrong firmware bundle selected” how come?
@Faith – it means you downloaded the wrong firmware in the first place
what do you mean? but i downloaded the one that is linked up there in step 2. then which one am i supposed to download?
i downloaded the iphone 3g firmware 3.1 and iphone 3g is currently in 3.1. is that wrong?
i meant *my iphone 3g is currently in ver 3.1 yup. would appreciate it if you could reply me!
Faith, this is the firmware you should download http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-6600.20090909.AwndZ/iPhone1,2_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw
I suggest you try again.
okay thanks so much i’ll try again! (:
great instructions, seems pretty straight forward. question though; i have an iphone 3g running 3.0.1, it is jailbroken using redsn0w. now with iphone os 3.1 out, is there a difference if i jailbreak with the pwnage tool rather than redsn0w (if and when it comes out for 3.1)?
@Hugo – no, it doesn’t matter at all.
hey i downloaded that but it still said the same thing :/
I seem to be having the same problem, Faith? Not sure what it could be. Im 100% sure i have the right .ipsw??
Perfect!!! thanks.
Hi,
I was hoping I could get some assistance with the above tutorial. I completed the tutorial up until Step 15.
The next step, I am told to “Connect device to USB”. I did that, but all I see is the page loading. It is not giving me the instructions to set the phone to DFU mode.
I have tried this three times and it is the same thing. It seems to freeze at the “Connect device to USB” part.
Are you able to assist me?
Thanks,
Jason
OH I FOUND OUT WHY. its because i at the start when you choose your model if youre using 3G you should click the 3G one. not iphone. cause when you scroll over iphone 3G they said smth like “click here if you are using 3GS” thats why i thought i shouldnt click it. BUT its actually correct. the iphone one i think its for the 2G or smth. yup.
so after i jailbreak my phone, can i dwl apps from appullous and then sync it into my phone? i seem to have a problem syncing it into my phone :/ anyone can help?
Thanks for the post.
It was really helpful to find out why I couldn’t get any Carrier Signal (Silly defaulted Activation button). But whenever I follow your instructions I get a 1601 error when trying to recover using the custom IPSW from DFU mode.
I’ve tried a bunch of times and I think I’m tossing in the towel for now. Jailbreaking just seems too wonky on 3.1 right now. I can wait.
An Update:
I did the “hold the power and home button for 10 seconds thing” without waiting for the instructions to come up on pwnage.
I managed to get the iTunes pop up to say that an iphone in recovery mode had been discovered.
I then pressed alt/ctrl and clicked on Restore. I chose the custom file, but it then said the file was not compatible for the firmware version. Can the author advise me what is wrong here?
Further info that might help: I did not get the screen from pwnage telling me that DFU was successful. iTunes just popped up by itself saying that it found an iPhone in recovery mode after I did the hold thing for 10 seconds.
Ok, after a long while…I have finally found out why I can’t do it.
I realised that this tutorial is only for 3G (Not 3GS) running on the 3.1 firmware.
I am using a 3GS. That is why I can’t jailbreak my phone. Sorry for wasting everyone’s time!
Very disappointed at the moment. I don’t think there the 3GS running on 3.1 can be jailbroken at this point in time…
It’s nice guide and I’ve linked to my blog.
Cheers~~~
Are there any requirements regarding baseband version. I’m currently at version 3.1 with a modem firmware of 05.11.07
Will this combination pose any complications to the jailbreaking process as described?
I already have an unlocked iPhone 3G 3.0 and if I now upgrade to 3.1 using Pwnage 3.1 do I need to use Resn0w again to unlock the phone? If so, do I need to use original SIM card during the update process?
Hi,
Thanks for the tutorial; everything went according to plan, but now when i want to choose my provider; it says it’s unable to load the providers list and i’m still stuck without phone service! Please help me!!!!
helo pls help me
I’ve had my iphone 3g from my friend he brought from UK, he is unlocked in India and used here with out any pblm. when i buy from him i accidently updated to 3.1. Then I downgrade it to 3.0, but the Bootloader Version 06.02 and Baseband Version: 05.11.07 cant downgrade, so i can do only jailbrake,
i cant unlock…. if any possibility to unlock in mac os with any tool……pls help me
What is up with the admin. thing. I dont have an admin password so will it not work.
hey i did everything correctly Cydia came up with icy everything installed but one big problem happened..
i have no service or internet basically the phone turned into a ipod touch
i could not call or get on the internet.
So I am just wondering what i do to solve this thanks!
helo pls help me
I’ve had my iphone 3g from my friend he brought from UK, he is unlocked in India and used here with out any pblm. when i buy from him i accidently updated to 3.1. Then I downgrade it to 3.0, but the Bootloader Version 06.02 and Baseband Version: 05.11.07 cant downgrade, so i can do only jailbrake,
i cant unlock…. if any possibility to unlock in mac os with any tool……pls help me
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@ Izzy
you need to install Ultrasn0w first, this can be done from Cydia
@ Arun,
Sorry… you are looking at an Ipod for now, nothing that can be done, either on Mac or
on PC…
Hi
I used the pwnage tool on mac to jailbreak my iphone 3g to 3.1. But i am getting “No Service signal” and also the baseband is 5.11.07…
Am i stuck like Arun ??? Will i be never able to use my new iphone?
Please reply….
@ Yash,
Unfortunately yes, if you want to use you Iphone on a non official carrier, is it a locked type??
Mine is a locked type too. But 3G (not 3Gs).
I did also install ultrasn0w, but there is still the no service signal. What could i have done wrong?
@ Marz,
If you have jailbroken your device, and you are sure that your modem firmware is still version 04.26.08, then it should work, after you installed Ultrasn0w your device will reboot, once it is up again go to settings > general> reset> and reset your nework settings. it can take up to 2 min after reboot before you have reception..
@Henri,
Hi, thanks. I see here that it’s modem firmware 05.11.07. Can i fix this?
Thanks Henri for the prompt reply
No its isnt locked yet. I am not sure if that what your question. Sorry I am new to the iphone world
So by unofficial carrier you mean willit work if I shift my carrier to AT&T but without data plan ?
Do you expect that the fix will come in soon for this problem?
Thanks
Yash
I can’t get past the 1600 errors on my 3G. I have 3.1 running with 05.11.07 basecode. What can I do to get past this. I’ve tried iReb, but keep getting a bunch of errors on my Mac about h8sn0w.app not found. I’ve tried the DRAG HERE FIRST thing successfully too. Help.
Please ignore the prev post
The app known as FuzzyBand downdrader will work for baseband bootlaoder 05.08
Mine is 05.09 which is why I am still stuck
Any help or update in this topic would be much appreciated
Thanks
@ Yash,
You are out of chances for now, you can either wait till the Dev Team finds a solution or use it on the
original carrier. Some carriers do allow you to unlock after a certain period, except for AT&T …they are
not allowing this at any time. A last resort might be a piggy back sim..but don’t expect too much from
that
@ Marz,
If your bootloader allows you to downgrade (see 2 posts up) then yes, but that is only for devices manufactured before week 30 -2008… if it’s manufactured after that date.. see post above this one
You should all be very careful while doing this, there is no way back for most devices once you updated the baseband firmware
another issue I noticed is that an IPSW I created on a MAC did not work on a windows machine, always got 16xx errors .. strange
Yeah.Henri.I realized that..
I am not sure with Piggy back sim either. They promise to be 100% guranteed but can be sure with them either
Let’s see I guess. Hope my wait is not too long…
Please let me know asap when ypou hear something…I dont mind paying a little to get it to use..
FYI, I am on tmobile network
Thanks
All the piggy back sims i used had one thing in common > they didn’t really work …but you never know
by the way, doesn’t T-mobile allow you to unlock legally after a certain period??….
One remark for all … all till present soft unlocks have been made by the Dev-team or Geohot, so please do NOT pay anyone except those for the hard work they have done, there are a lot of vultures on the net, do not feed them,, a simple visit to the dev-team’s blog will show you if what you need is available yet.. if it’s not there, then it will be nowhere
@Henri
Henri, what about the paid service which promise to unlock any iphone 3g with 100% money back gurantee and backed by paypal option ?
Any experience with those creatures?
Thanks
They sell you Yellowsnow or Ultrasnow, and the “money back guarantee” … hmm, want to try it? , as from what I read in varous forums it’s hard to get it back since they do not sell you software but “services” and “download access” …anyway, if you try it please share your experiences
Might be a super duper dumb question
Why wont the restore option from itunes work ? When I got my phone it was set to version 3.0
Sorry if this was a bullseye….I am like a zhombie right now…Am after fixing this beast since 12 hours now
Thanks
@ Yash
When you simply use “restore” then it will flash the latest firmware, which is now 3.1. Itunes will also update the baseband firmware which will make it impossible to unlock afterward. if you hold the shift (on PC) or option (on MAC) while clicking “restore” then you can choose which firmware to restore, might be a standard 3.0 or customized version
does that help?
Thanks Henri
But will that change the bootloader settings too ?
I am not able to figure it out whether my bootloader got upgraded to 5.9 during jailbreaking my new iphone 3.0.1 ( purchased from an user who used it officially with At&t ) to 3.1 or it was there since before..
I had got this iphone from a user who restored this iphone from and at&t store for me…
Thanks a ton Henri for all your replies..
Really appreciate it.
@Henri
Many thanks from me to, Henry.
Will check the manufacture date and keep you posted…
@ Yash,
Nope…bootloader is like your mom, you are born with it and cannot change ~~
that is why those with the old bootloader can go back anytime, no matter what version they flashed
Does this unlock the iphone aswell? i.e. could i use a t-mob sim after this or am i able to unlock the iphone to allow me to use a t mobile sim and keep jail broke? replies to lewis-flanagan@hotmail.co.uk, thanks
@Henri,
Hi again, i’m so sorry but i can’t find the bootloader or iphone manufactury date any where… Is it the same as firmware?
same as ll the above people. I look like a fool who went to upgrade my 3g to 3.1
@Marz
Manufacture date can read in the following fashion. Read the Serial number of your iphone . This is displayed when you connect your iphone to computer and use itunes. ->Device history/info
The first 2 digits are company id, next 3 digits should be read as year and week of manufacture For eg
832 means year 2008 and 32nd week
For bootloader version, AFAIK, you’ll need app like FuzzyBand downgrader etc which when run, at start will display your bootloader version and the baseband version
Hope that helps
Thanks
Hi
I also have 05.09 and stuck like everyone else in 3.1. My phone was working fine with 3.0.1. i did the pawnage jailbreak on mac os for 3.1.
the thing i dont understand is, if bootloader version comes from the factory, what does the new firmware change, that we cant go back using 3.0.1. i tried with different machines and itunes versions. even the custom firmwares dont work. i know we cant downgrade from 05.09 but why cant we go back using the old firmwares
@Yash & @Henri
I have the same issue as Emre.
Just found out that my serial number is 888353XW1R4, so if i’m correct my Iphone is manufactured in week 35 of 2008. That would mean i can not go back with my baseband, right?
The previous redsn0w on 3.0 worked fine though. What’s new now so we can’t use it anymore?
Hope i’m not screwed!!
Hi Marz
Hard to believe and difficult to digest – bit yeah we are stuck right now ….
Thanks
Yash
ok i have a problem…
i have the iphone 3g and just installed the 3.1 firmware so i have MMS and it deleted my previous jailbrake i had on it with 3.0 firmware. Earlier today i was following a tutorial on how to jailbreak and it had me follow the same steps as this tutorial did…i mistakenly chose to use the 3gs option in Pwnage Tool…but it seemed to load just fine…when i realized what i did, i restored my iphone to factory settings, then synced my phone so it had all my media files and apps on it…so essentially it is an unjailbroken device. So, i begin trying to jailbreak it again using pwnage tool, and this time i choose the iphone 3g in expert mode…when it comes time to select the firmware, pwnage tool doesn’t recognize it so i browse to find it…i select the file (the exact one they told me to download) and it tells me i chose the wrong firmware! Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated! i don’t think i can go back to having an unjailbroken phone, i miss my old one!!!
I kept getting the 1600 error in itunes with my pwned ipsw.
I tried restoring in recovery mode instead of DFU mode, and it worked perfectly!
ok…i jailbroke it ok…but i don’t have phone service at all!!!! can someone tell me what to do??
pleaaaassssseeeeeee
thnx
@ Jared,
read a little bit the story above….
1- what is your baseband version? (if it’s 05.11.07 then go to step 2)
2- what is your bootloader version? ( 5.8 for ex , you can find that by fuzzy baseband downgrader)
If your baseband is still 04.26.08, then you can relax already, if you are at 05.11.07 but your
bootloader is 5.8 then you can even relax more~~~
ok, now further
baseband = 04.26.08 but no signal > INSTALL Ultrasn0w trough cydia & restart
Baseband= 05.11.07 and bootloader is higher than 5.8 …go on top of a big roof and yell it out, you’re stucked… nothing you can do (thanks to Apple )
Baseband= 05.11.07 and bootloader is 5.8 >install 3G Fuzzy Downgrader trough cydia and let it do the job ~~ after it downgraded the baseband install a stock 3.0 firmware to bring the baseband back at 04.26.08, then either JB it or install your “custom 3.1″ firmware
hope that helps
~~~
@ Jared
While your first post you should have read the post which warned users to not to jail break your iphone to 3.1
Anyways hope you are not trapped with bootloader version 5.9 or greater,
All the Best
ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT JAILBREAKED YOUR IPHONE SUCCESSFULLY YET TO 3.1.. “”"PLEASE ABORT/HALT THE PROCEDURE “”"”"”"
YOU CANNOT UNLOCK YOUR PHONE IF YOU JAILBREAK YOUR IPHONE TO 3.1
Thanks
@ Yash,
Thats actually not true, I have several ones here on 3.1 with 4.26.08 baseband.
The problem could be that some people “cross” the option to UPDATE the baseband when they make the IPSW with Pwnagetool, (see my first reply in this post)
If you are not on an official carrier then you can NOT, i repeat, can NOT update the baseband.. if you did then you are stuck for now.
Reason that you cannot reverse this process is that the baseband loader only allows upgrade, not downgrade. In the 5.8 loader there was a flaw that allowed downgrading, from 5.9 and up this security flaw has been addressed by Apple
So again people, be sure to be carefull… if you do not need to unlock, then nothing can go wrong, but for those that need to unlock the carrier lock, DONT update baseband firmware and ACTIVATE the phone (since you do not have any official sim to activate trough Itunes)
Thanks a lot, guys.
I’m screwed unfortunately, as my baseband loader is most probably a 5.9. Does any of you have any idea or experience how fast there will be a solution to unlock again? Is this a matter of days, weeks or months?
Cheers
hi all;
i accidently updated my 3g baseband to (05.11.07) . now it is locked any possible way to unlock it
“iPhone 3GS said:
“Activate the phone” is for those who do NOT have the official carrier sim in the iPhone. So in the US, you would check this if you have a T-Mobile sim in the iPhone. If it is an AT&T sim, you would need to uncheck that box.”
This is a very crucial step for those of you looking to unlock your phone for another carrier like T-Mobile in the U.S for example. If you don’t check “Activate the phone” then you WILL run into a dead end.
@ Thanks for correcting that Henri
@ Marz From what I read from various other blogs, people have been waiting since June I believe with the problem of boot loader version 5.9.
Could be matter of weeeks now….Cannot say anything for now..As Henri mentioned earlier, try your luck with turbo simcards…
@Henri
Emre had posted this question few days back. Am curios to know the answer for this question
“i know we cant downgrade from 05.09 but why cant we go back using the old firmwares”
If we redo the whole jail break process with 3.0.1..essentialy you are formatting a HDD , then why cant you still unlock it and make it work with 3.0.1 firmware
im using a macbook pro and whenever i alt/option click restore, it wont bring up the window where i can choose the custom firmware like it should. what am i doing wrong?
Hi….
I accidently updated my iphone 3g from 3.0.1 to 3.1 … The base band is 5.11 rt now..
Please let me know whether i can i jailbrek and unlock it .. Its been almost a month now since the 3.1 v released …
adding to my post above my iphone was never jailbroken or unlocked.. I use with AT&T for a month or so………….
@ Nick
Jailbreak = yes
Unlock = No
to jailbreak… just follow the procedure
Hey I jailbroke my iphone 3g successfully but it cut’s out my phone service for fido in canada, how can i solve this ???
help please
@Henry
Thanks
will it be possible to unlock it later … i heard tat 3.1 cant be unlocked in the near future also…is it true?????
Also wat r the other ooptions i can do to unlock it… like downgrading ????
@ Yash,
The so called “bootloader” is the piece of firmware that loads the bootfiles, this is flashed by a different procedure and user protected. So basically you cannot change this. I do say basically, since I think that soldering JTAG wires onto the CPU might let him boot different code.. but never went deep into it to be honest
henri
@ Nik
only options are patience or an adventure with piggy-back simcards such as Rebelsim and all those other (crap)solutions … but i think you will need a LOT of patience, at a given time all security holes will be closed…and we might have arrived at this point now, just keep an eye
on the dev-teams blog…
Is there a chance my iphone 3g will break?
Depends.. .when you drive over it with a truck, then probably yes. If you follow the instructions to the point, then no…
when cydia installed, it didn’t install the databases or something. i can’t download anything, and i get an error that says, “error:database encountered a section with no package: header”. any ideas? icy doesn’t seem to be working either. i am new to jailbreaking, so i really don’t know what is going on.
I tried to Jailbreak my iphone 3g with Pwnage tool and all the steps were followed but my itunes says that there is a invalid Sim card and it cannot read it.
I am in another country using that Sim card it is the only one I have …….what can I do to then follow the rest of the steps to unlock the phone?
@ Liberty,
make another IPSW, but ACTIVATE this one, if you do not activate then you need an official
simcard!~~
( be sure NOT to update your baseband )
hi everyone.
i have tried to restore my custom ipsw but when my iphone (3g) is starting again, my old settings are gone and instead i cannot activate it because my sim is not correct. hence i can’t even use cydia to unlock it. how can i overcome this problem/access my iphone again?
regards
oh, should have read the post of henri and liberty.
sorry, will try that first..
@henri
awesome
i have a iphone 3g on 3.1 and at 05.11.07…im in canada…should i have any problems jalibreaking this?or should i think about paying someone whos done this before?lol
hi everyone,
i have followed the instructions above but can’t get any signal…
ideas?
@ Johann,
what baseband version do you have? if 4.26.08 , just install Ultrasn0w, if 05.11.0 …then you are out of
luck for now ~~
@ John,
Seems you use a official provider anyway, just follow the procedure (note that there is a new Pwnage tool ). In the worst case you can just restore
I have a jailbroken iPhone 3g with 3.0 and I need to update it to 3.1 through iTunes so that I can use the free MMS and so my cydia will be fixed(long story but it doesn’t ruin anything I just need to re jailbreak it) and then I can have my phone back to normal. I used windows redsnow to jailbreak it before 3.1 came out and now I’m not sure if I’ll use a mac or windows but I need to know how to on both, just in case one doesn’t work (problems with landlords wifi but nothing crazy) please help!
@ henri
many thanks for your hint…
just discovered that i got bb version 05.11.07… . so i can forget 3.1 and unlocking for now? any chance of soon help?
do i have to downgrade to 3.0 again to get my phone working?
thanks
johanni
@ Johann
Even downgrading will not make your phone work~~~ UNLESS you have an old 3G that has the 5.08 bootloader, then you can downgrade just as you want. what are the first 5 digits of the serial number?
@ Jeremy,
If you don’t really need 3.1… why not just running redsn0w again and install the MMS hack ???
True but would running just the redsnow again fix my phone so that cydia can run correctly again? I always get a message when I open cydia before it reloads data tht says “The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/http could not be found” and it hasn’t updated the changes since I first got it and it won’t let me install certain things, so I just née a restore and re jailbreak I beleive, but would a restore through iTunes ruin my phone? Or what’s the simplest way to fix this?
@ anyone who can help
hopefully I’m not asking something that has already been answered, but here it goes..
I tried to jailbreak my iphone 3G version 3.1 today. (for the 1st time)
I followed your steps exactly and everything seemed to finish up properly.
HOWEVER, once i turned my phone back on, the cydia app was nowhere to be found.
my phone runs and looks exactly the same way it did before I ‘jail-broke’ it.
I’m wondering now if I even successfully completed the jailbreak? if so does anyone know where I went wrong and how I can fix it?
Like I said, it finished and did everything the tutorial said it would do.. except there is no cydia, and therefore none of the awesome-ness that comes with a jailbreak!
someone please help me? I will check the forum often and reply promptly.
Thanks a ton.
I was able to successfully jailbreak, unlock, and enable MMS on my stepfathers 2g, My moms 3g, and my 3gS. YES it works on the 3gS. My carrier (T-mobile) isn’t listed on top but that’s not so important to me, as long as my phone works for what I need it to.
The steps here do work and successfully but you have to READ all the instructions first. Then you try doing it, something as simple as not hitting the option+update button takes you to the un-modded version and takes the baseband up, making unlocking impossible for now. The instructions, ofcourse, are for those brave enough to try this on their own. I do help other people do it and I tell them from the jump that this is not something to attempt if you aren’t techy inclined, otherwise you end up with a itouch, or worse yet a paperweight. I see all these questions for things that are easy to understand if you read through the instructions first, print them if you have to, then do it. It does work. Don’t try to be so fast that your fry your phone.
So how can I fix mine? I cab use a friends mac but I can’t download torrents, I used windows on another computer to jailbreak it the first time. Any suggestions?
@Jeremy
Sure you have internet connection?? can you use safari for instance??, if so then your
sub-system is broken (apt-get) which should be solved by jailbreaking your device again~
Yes I use safari and everything esle that uses my wifi. So if I just simply run the jailbreak process through it again? Even while it’s still jailbroken? And can I just use the 3.1 firmware Or would the 3.0 firmware work as well?
@ Jeremy,
Use the 3.0 firmware, redsn0w can only work with this one
@ henri
sorry for not answering you but i have not been able to access the internet for the last days. anyways my iphone worked with version 3.0 as i have had an unlocked version. i was stupid and updated everything forgetting that i have an unlocked iphone. so the update crashed my unlock.
there i am trying to downgrade now back again to 3.0 but everytime i select the downloaded firmware iphone1,2_3.0_7A341 i get an error saying "wrong firmware bundle selected" and i downloaded this firmware from various websites…
i thought i follow the 17 steps from above with only different firmware?!?!
any clue what i am doing wrong?
cheers
johann
Hi,
I have an iPhone 3g 05.11. I do not know which broadband I have – dunno how to check?
I am currently in the US using AT&T but I would like to take my precious iPhone to Europe in a few months and be able to use any carrier there.
What should I do? Jailbreak/unlock – I am new to the iPhone world!
Thanks in advance for your help
Cheers,
Niklas
Simply AMAZING!!
Thank you so much – your tutorial could not be better. My iphone 3G is now jailbroken and unlocked. Awesome dude, I really appreciate it.
Greeting from the UK.
A question /
i have iphone 3gs i take it new but befor jailbreak any older vertion im undate 3.1 so now plz tell me does it have any way to jailbreak or not? im listen if u had not jailbreak the version 3.0 so u can’t jailbreak the 3.1 is it true?
plz send my answer to e-mail thanks
does the link on post #17 lock the baseband 3g running 3.0.1
What is the difference between activating and not activating in pwnage? Im on ATT with the 4.26.08 Modem Firmware checked “activate” I had to still had install ultrasn0w to get signal.
Im confused?? is my phone unlocked or not? the only reason I would need an unlock is to be able to go to Mexico and use a prepaid phone’s simcard instead or roaming.
so would need not need to activate for a successful unlock? or am I good to go.
hey
i live in Jordan, and our iphone contracts are by Orange,now i got the iphone 3g from the states, and im trying to put my orange line on it. im using pwnage 3.1
the problem is when i finish jailbreak if i choose to activate ti through i tunes and put the orange sim in itunes tells me the i have inserted an incorrect sim card, if i jail break it and unlock it through Ultrasn0w and insert the Orange sim it says no sim inserted, can anyone help please….
@ Jason,
Yes, it keeps the baseband preserved, so you can use Ultrasn0w
@ Zeek,
You need to Pwnage in “advanced” mode and choose activate phone, make SURE you do not update
the baseband or you will not be able to unlock it with Ultrasn0w after you jailbreak your phone
@ Erik,
If you have an official carrier (like AT&T) then you do not HAVE to activate your phone, but don’t worry it cannot harm if you did, activation is only to bypass the procedure in Itunes for new phones. you always
have to install the unlock afterwards (Ultrasn0w) ~~ so, you are ready to go, have a nice trip
@ Walo
Google ” Blackra1n” and feel happy ~~ your jailbreak just came reality
@ Johann
did you do a standard restore trough Itunes ?? hope not…….if it updated your phone to 3.1 then
you have also updated your baseband… and no unlock for now
@henri,
in deed i screwed up big time. updated trough itunes and ruined everything. any chance for me to get my phone working again?
Not in a normal way.. for now only a piggyback simcard can help you, or you have to wait till there is a way to downgrade your baseband.. sorry man ., which provider are you using??
@henri
shit! using german vodafone… do you think there will be someway anytime soon to downgrade? what’s a piggyback simcard?
@ Johan
Such a thing like “rebelsim ” but to be honest, got bad experience with those things, never got stable
signal… so it’s actually not usable where I live, too many towers.
Be sure to do your homework, there are many different brands of those cards~
ok thanks,
i guess i have to way until someone comes up with a way to fix my phone…
many thanks anyways
henri
thanx for the help but i tried that and when i insert the Orange sim in the iphone it searches and then i get no signal,,,,, Orange in Jordan is the official carrier for iphone i Jordan but the iphone is not from Jordan.
@ Henri
Thanks! BTW the only reason I had to upgrade to 3.1 from 3.0 is because it got bricked with Blackra1n it just kept rebooting after the appe logo… Im using a 32gig 3GS. I miss tethering
@ Zeek,
Check what baseband you have, Settings > general> about, you can see it at the bottom of that page. If the version you have is higher than 4.26, then it will not work…sorry
i have an iphone that is working on orange i got it through a Orange,,,,with a contract and,,, i checked the baseband on it and is 4.26.08
i dont understand why the one i got through a contract would work,,,and getting one from another country wouldnt..
the 4.26.08 is the modem number,,,,, the carrier is Orange Jordan 4.1
the iphone im trying to jailbreak has the following Modem number 5.11.07
thank you henri i figured it out,,,, and i tried to downgrade the baseband using fuzzyabnd but the bootloader is higher the 5.8 so basically im screwed, anyhow thanx for the help,,i guess i have to wait until ultrasn0w unlocks higher basebands
Hi,
I can’t actually open the pwnage tool. I downloaded iPhone1,2_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw because I have an iPhone 3GS, and every time I try to open it (i.e. Step #3) it just opens iTunes but nothing else happens. What am I doing wrong?
Sorry, I’m really bad at this kind of stuff. Thank you for the tutorial and I hope someone can help!
Sorry, that didn’t make sense. I am trying to open PwnageTool (using uTorrent), it has downloaded, but when I double click it, nothing happens and it doesn’t open!
@ Leia
Pwnagetool is MAC only…. you have a MAC ??
i jailbroke my phone using blackrain and it messed up my voicemail password and my email accounts and it took wifi completely off. when will the have jailbreak for pc using pwnage tool?
Hi
I buy a second hand iphone 3g and the previos owner update it via itunes to version 3.1.2, Now the phone was locked and i have open it with blackra1n that was released, and it open it but now when i insert my sim-card (orang) He dosent work sims like its unrecognize it,
Do you have any suggestion ? and i tray pwnage tools and he do not help me , HELP
i hav iphone 3g with modem firmware of 02.28.00 and uses yellowsn0w to activate network.
which firmware bundle, should i use with pwnage tool.
i hav tried many, but error shows up sayin wrong bundle selected.
help needed.
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I have an Iphone 3g and updated it using pwnage tool and then unlocking it using ultrasnow. Everything works fine but now my battery is running out within 2 hours.
Does anybody have an idea how to solve this?
thanks!
my iphone 3g has no sim in it yet but want to unlock it eventually. so im jailbreaking it for now. does it matter if i go through the jailbreaking process without the at&t sim card in it?