[asker]

Originally Posted by Aws3ya

yes simple as that, just do a shift+restore(win) or option+restore(mac) and you are good to go. you can leave the sim in. i'll pm you for more details.

as for the links i posted the cfw on two sites so people can have a choise which downloads faster for them, you can try either one they are the same files.



here's what you need to do:

-Update itunes to latest version (8.X.X.X)
_ Download cfw 2.1, saved on a Folder that is easy to find.
_ Connect iPhone (Turned on)
_Assuming you are using win hold Shift(keyboard) and press restore (iTunes) and option+restore if using mac.
-Itunes will look for the cfw that you downloaded and save earlier, navigate to that and click open.
- Sit back and let iTunes do everything for you, do not interrupt the process.

Should take around 15-20 mins, after iPhone reboots for one last time you'll have a activated-jailbroken-unlocked 2.1 fw

I sent you a pm btw

hi again!

just want to ask you on how can i remove the MIM application?
and Cydia also?

please reply..=]

btw, thanks alot!! i've successfully updated my iPhone and as well as my sister's iPhone!!!


thnks!!

i'll wait for your immediate reply..=]

[Private69]

Cannot believe the way my posts have been completely ignored on here. Guess my questions were a little too hard for this group.

[infamous12550]

Originally Posted by Private69

Cannot believe the way my posts have been completely ignored on here. Guess my questions were a little too hard for this group.

What is your question? I only see a post from a while ago, on page 9... Maybe I can help.

Originally Posted by Private69

Ok,

I am officially confused.

I have read and read and, after my eyes uncrossed and my gray matter stopped oozing out of ears and nose, I read some more. Seems there are many post and threads about updating to the latest and greatest FW from Apple and advancing to a a Jailbroken status.

What I am not sure of yet is if there is a way to use a non-mac system to upgrade to the 2.1 Jailbroken FW without loosing all my contacts, photos, settings, etc (both stock iPhone AND Cyndia).

I know I found a thread to do it on the Mac, but not a single thread for non Mac is clear on this issue.

When I went from my original, stock FW and did my first Jailbreak, I lost ALL of my photos and I do NOT want to go through this again if I can help it.

If I have simply missed a thread or misunderstood something I have read, I can live with that. Just please point me toward the info I should have understood already and I will be a good little boy and go back to reading again...

Connect your phone & right click on the iphone line in the left of your iTunes until the prompts come up. Then select back up now. All your contacts & everything else from the phone will be saved. After you upgrade the firmware with the custom ipsw, using the shift, restore method in iTunes, iTunes will ask you if you want to set your phone up as a new phone, or restore from a back up. Choose restore from back up. It will show you all your previous back up's & all you need to do is click the one you want. Then go back through your itunes & select all the pics, music, videos, & whatever else you want back onto the phone. I hope this was the question you needed answered. If not, fire away again...

[THEdAY]

I had upgraded my first gen. with this CFW and all had gone smoothly.

Yesterday I tried to do the same upgrade for my buddy's iPhone on my computer (same computer that upgraded my phone).

About a minute into the upgrade I get error 21.
Tried it 3 times and got the same error 21.

I searched the net and found out it might be due to multiple iPhones on the same computer.

Does anyone have a fix for error 21?

I know we can try it on another computer but I would like the ability to upgrade other iPhones on mine.

Thanks!

[Aws3ya]

Originally Posted by Private69

Cannot believe the way my posts have been completely ignored on here. Guess my questions were a little too hard for this group.

Dude,

Your question was never ignored and i remember replying to you to read back a few pages since i answered a similar question as yours, maybe you did not read back, i am sorry if you feel that we are not helping you out, Please read back a few pages and the answer is there.

Originally Posted by asker

hi again!

just want to ask you on how can i remove the MIM application?
and Cydia also?

please reply..=]

btw, thanks alot!! i've successfully updated my iPhone and as well as my sister's iPhone!!!


thnks!!

i'll wait for your immediate reply..=]

SSH - a back end process to enable wireless access to your iphone's files through SSH using the desktop's WinSCP/putty for windows & terminal/Cyberduck/Fugu for macs. if you are not completely up to it, there's a possibility that you will mess up your iphone and will require a restore, if you want to just hide that MIM icon, to do that you need to download and install from Cydia an app called Bossprefs, after that open Bossprefs and you'll see "Hide Icons" click on that and find the "MIM" app turn the switch to "OFF" and then press the home button display will refresh and MIM should be gone by then.

Why would you want to remove Cydia? it is the best thing that ever happened to iPhone, Cydia provides you with fixe,patches and apps, themes readily available for down load from hundreds of repositories.


were you asking the same question the other day at applei.ph?

[Cheekz44]

when it comes out...i tried this method and woooow it work!!

[CompoundBoost]

Does 2.1 naturally run slower than other fws? I ask because I did this upgrade about a month ago and now I am having problems. The os is running slow as hell and the battery dies in about 6 hours from a full charge. Its as if some operation is constantly running because the phone is like a fire in my pocket. Any ideas? Or should I just redownload and redo the whole process?

[sebgonz]

Has anyone experienced Error Code 9? When I do a restore, it'll go all the way to where the iphone restarts and the has the spinning wheel on the bottom. Then it'll sit there for hours if I let it. When I unplug it or stop it, it'll then give me error code 9. Anyone know how to fix this?

[94loranger]

I keep getting a (1604) error when trying to restore the phone. I have a 3g phone running stock 2.1 which has never been jailbroken. I downloaded the 3g 2.1 ipsw and chose the shift+restore and got a 1604 error. I then tried doing it in dfu mode and the same thing happened. What am I doing wrong??

[theone77]

Originally Posted by Private69

Cannot believe the way my posts have been completely ignored on here. Guess my questions were a little too hard for this group.

sorry bro but i think your question is already answered. DONT IGNORE THE WHOLE THREAD BEFORE ASKING QUESTION!! got it?

Originally Posted by 94loranger

I keep getting a (1604) error when trying to restore the phone. I have a 3g phone running stock 2.1 which has never been jailbroken. I downloaded the 3g 2.1 ipsw and chose the shift+restore and got a 1604 error. I then tried doing it in dfu mode and the same thing happened. What am I doing wrong??

did u try itunes to detect ur phone in a normal way? the last option that im doing for this is using winpwn to put my phone in dfu mode. the normal way of dfu mode were doing seems not successful for upgrading...

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TO ALL, before upgrading, make sure you have the latest ITUNES VERSION...let itunes detect your phone... DONT MANUALLY GO FOR DFU MODE when restoring ur phone . LET ITUNES DETECT UR PHONE w/ old Firmware then ****+restore (then CFW that downloaded).This is 100% NO ERROR for me and to AWS3YA also. i dont know why others still getting some error like this.

[Karl12982]

Ive found a more detailed guide... hope this helps! (it has a few different steps.. but basically the same hack)

Complete Guide: Jailbreak & Unlock iPhone for firmware 2.1 using QuickPwn (For Windows) | Simon Blog

I tested this method and it works... if anyone has any questions or just needs help.. feel free to email me, Karl12982@yahoo.com

[theone77]

Originally Posted by Karl12982

Ive found a more detailed guide... hope this helps! (it has a few different steps.. but basically the same hack)

Complete Guide: Jailbreak & Unlock iPhone for firmware 2.1 using QuickPwn (For Windows) | Simon Blog

I tested this method and it works... if anyone has any questions or just needs help.. feel free to email me, Karl12982@yahoo.com

did u know that what posted on the first page, the CFW link or the CUSTOMIZE FIRMWARE is created by this method? YES ITS TRUE. CUSTOMIZE FIRMWARE that we posted in the 1st page was created thru QUICKPWN... hope its clear to u now. we just made it simple. We just posted firmware created by quickpwn so it will be easy for everyone to upgrade. Less method & less effort to be on 2.1FW .

[sirluis94]

Originally Posted by CompoundBoost

Does 2.1 naturally run slower than other fws? I ask because I did this upgrade about a month ago and now I am having problems. The os is running slow as hell and the battery dies in about 6 hours from a full charge. Its as if some operation is constantly running because the phone is like a fire in my pocket. Any ideas? Or should I just redownload and redo the whole process?

oh dude i had this problem with my first iphone... idk what was going on. it would die in 4-6 without use.. it would get really hot in my pocket.. maybe try restoring to normal 2.1 and using quickpwn

[rozzaboy92]

will this work on a mac apart from i hold option instead of shift?

[IDnumber1]

Hello, I just bought a 2G iphone from a friend. It already had firmware 2.1 and he did a master reset before selling it to me. The phone now says, please connect to itunes. I would like to unlock and jailbreak in one step. Will this process work form me?

Thanks