help a newbe with ios 4.3.1

[pacer99]

any help would be appreciated. trying to mod my iphone 3 gs, firmware 4.3.1 to jailbreak. downloaded the restore file from apple and unzipped it. the only file that looks like it may be the restore file is 038-0935-003 which i changed the extension to *.ipsw. both redstone and snowbreeze reviews the file but wont recognise it as valid. what am i doing wrong? can someone publish the actual 4.3.1 restore file here? my file is 380,876 kb and i think that it should be larger.

thanks in advance.

[Stray]

do not unzip the file you need to change your folder options so that when changing .zip to .ipsw it will take effect.

[pacer99]

thanks for the quick reply. i left the zipped folder on my desktop and added *ipsw to the description. when i open either program and it shows browse i select the desktop but the folder which is now .ipsw wont show up. strange?

[Simon]

Try redownloading the firmware again with firefox this time.

[i.Annie]

You wouldn't add .Ipsw to it. You would unhide extensions, then erase zip and theb put .ipsw

[Stray]

yeah thats what I meant to say before thanks annie

[pacer99]

down loaded with Firefox and all is good now. i wish to thank everyone who responded with help.

[Simon]

Firefox ftw

[Stray]

lol or chrome