Used Pwnage to crack 2g- still requires activation

[jerryh]

i have and old 2g iPhone that i want to give to my daughter without phone activation. i used the pwnage tool to unlock. When i restore with new ipsw with itunes with no activation checked ...itunes still asks for activation. what am i doing wrong..... other than using an iphone as an itouch.

[desepticon]

umm....make a an ipsw with activation enabled in the settings.

[jerryh]

thank you..... that was pretty simple. Don't i feel really dumb.

[andyosira]

thank you..... that was pretty simple. Don't i feel really dumb.

you feel dumb ?! - I'd like to know what an ipsw is !
thanks in advance

[jerryh]

Trust me .... i am new to this world but..... the Pwnage tool will build a new file (an ipsw file) that will be used to restore your iPhone. after the file is created, use itunes to restore your iPhone with that file.

hope that helps

[andyosira]

howcome for 2g you didn't use balckra1n as per one of the mods (here onsite) recs I saw ?
does the pwnage tool give better results or less likely to brick it ?
... trust me I am newer here than you !

[jerryh]

the Pwnage tool was the first i tried and it worked. make sure you download the correct ipsw file from this site so that you can create your restore file and it works fine