cant restore to 3.1.2

[tobirichmond]

am i correct in thinking that now 3.1.3 is released i cannot restore my iphone to 3.1.2 using itunes?
its always going to try an install the newest firmware, is there a way around this as i wish to do a restore in hope of speeding up and being able to ssh again!!

i have a blackra1n 8g 3g
windows 7 with itunes 9

many thanks

[dhamien]

If you're already at 3.1.3 you can use redsn0w to jailbreak a 3G phone.

If you're at 3.1.2 then you should avoid going to 3.1.3 as it is impossible to unlock.

If you're at 3.1.2 and simply want to restore to a fresh copy of 3.1.2 I think you can just download the official 3.1.2 firmware and shift-restore to it in iTunes. As far as I know, with a 3G phone you can always install whichever OS version you want. Beware though, as I said already, going to 3.1.3 will update the baseband which is not unlockable, if you need that.

[tobirichmond]

so pretty much after ci posted this thread i saw that 3.1.3 can now be unlocked and jailbroken with snowbreeze, it says the baseband version beginning with 4, and mine is the 5.11.07 one, hich in the footnotes at the bottom says i can do this one too,
should i try to restore to 3.1.3 or stay and try 3.1.2?
thanks

[Vikom Media]

How many times to I have to post about this..

Anyway,
You cant go back to firmware 3.1.2 as apple stopped verifying the installs, there is only hope if backed up your ECID SHSH using Cydia before you upgraded, if you did do this read iGuru's post on downgrading using that method HERE.


JAILBREAK ON 3.1.3:
If you have a mac you can now use PWNAGE TOOL 3.1.5 that was released today.
Otherwise use redsnow, there is a chance of jailbreaking, but I suggest using the new PWNAGE TOOL.

IF YOU HAVE A 3GS YOU CANT DO ANY JAILBREAKING YET ON 3.1.3 NEW OR OLD BOOTROM (unless you had it jailbroken before and it has the old bootrom, then there is a small chance of jailbreaking, but none of Unlocking)

UNLOCK ON 3.1.3:
FORGET IT unless you somehow have the old base band which no one with 3.1.3 would.

Srry but no unlock for you.

Hope this helps

I STILL SUGGEST STAYING WITH 3.1.2 as 3.1.3 doesn't fix any bugs on the 3g really.

[dhamien]

so pretty much after ci posted this thread i saw that 3.1.3 can now be unlocked and jailbroken with snowbreeze, it says the baseband version beginning with 4, and mine is the 5.11.07 one, hich in the footnotes at the bottom says i can do this one too,
should i try to restore to 3.1.3 or stay and try 3.1.2?
thanks

You need to be at 3.1.2. The combination of firmware 3.1.3 and baseband 05.11.07 doesn't work.

[Vikom Media]

Also it's not possible to downgrade baseband

[Simtech]

He has a 3G not 3GS. But in either case, you can not downgrade the baseband.

[tobirichmond]

confuuuuuused, so i have a 3.1.2 3g with the 5.11.07 baseband, i dont have my signature saved in cydia? an i or can i not restore re-jailbreak and unlock at this time??
also i tried the snowbreeze on another handset i have and its stuck in a bootloop with an apple "snowflake"
somebody plese help....

[Simtech]

again... signatures, SHSH and all that jazz is for 3GS only.

[dhamien]

confuuuuuused, so i have a 3.1.2 3g with the 5.11.07 baseband, i dont have my signature saved in cydia? an i or can i not restore re-jailbreak and unlock at this time??
also i tried the snowbreeze on another handset i have and its stuck in a bootloop with an apple "snowflake"
somebody plese help....

If you must restore, do so to an official 3.1.2 firmware. Don't go to 3.1.3, there's no reason to and if you're not careful, you can mess up your phone so it's not unlockable.

[Vikom Media]

If you must restore, do so to an official 3.1.2 firmware. Don't go to 3.1.3, there's no reason to and if you're not careful, you can mess up your phone so it's not unlockable.

apple stopped signing 3.1.2 so you cant update to it.

[luksoccer]

i've got an iphone 3gS which is stuck in recovery mode on 3.1.2 firmware, when I go to restore it it says something like " This iphone "iphone" could not be restored. This device isn't eligble for the requested build".

[Vikom Media]

you need to update to 3.1.3

[dhamien]

apple stopped signing 3.1.2 so you cant update to it.

As far as I know, iPhone 3G doesn't need to have its firmware signed.

i've got an iphone 3gS which is stuck in recovery mode on 3.1.2 firmware, when I go to restore it it says something like " This iphone "iphone" could not be restored. This device isn't eligble for the requested build".

Don't update. You might have your shsh files stored on Cydia. Read about it here: Caching Apple's Signature Server - Jay Freeman (saurik)

[tobirichmond]

As far as I know, iPhone 3G doesn't need to have its firmware signed.



Don't update. You might have your shsh files stored on Cydia. Read about it here: Caching Apple's Signature Server - Jay Freeman (saurik)

can someone verify this for me, as to wether the 3g needs to have its firmware signed?
if so i can download a stock 3.1.2 firmware, re jailbreak and unlock, basically start a fresh.....

thanks

[Simtech]

SIGNED FIRMWARE IS FOR 3GS ONLY... for the zillionth time.

[dhamien]

can someone verify this for me, as to wether the 3g needs to have its firmware signed?
if so i can download a stock 3.1.2 firmware, re jailbreak and unlock, basically start a fresh.....

thanks

Stock 3.1.2, yes. Jailbreak, yes. Unlock, no.