[discoverypro]

how can you restore without DFU mode? I have been doing this a long time and have never seen it to where you can do that?

I always get the activation screen or that the iphone cant be recognized properly so i put in my SIM(im an actual at and t customer anyways) and it still wont let me get to a restore screen first placing the unit in DFU mode..and then I only get the 1600 error when trying to restore from a custom IPSW.

I have to use the White screen method after winpwn crashes and then it works to perfection-sorta kinda.. Have Vista OSX and .net framework sp1 3.5. Dunno--hope winpwn 3.0 fixes the crashing issues...

[ImmortaLizeD]

i did all but nothing new .. it kept saying error 1600 .. so i tried creating a custom restore file and start from the beginning .. and it WORKED perfect .. "using Pwnage Tool"

good luck for all

[KeanBurke]

Originally Posted by mbaharvard

Hmmm - a ray of hope for those who have a lot of patience! I am glad you responded with your experience and maybe just perseverance pays off in this matter (it usually does in everything else)! I tried the restore a number of times with the pwned firmware and continued to get the 1600 error until I quickpwned. Let me give your method a try and I'll report back. Were you on a freshly restored iPhone from iTunes 8.0 with the 2.0.2?
iTunes will not let you restore unless you are unlocked and activated from a fresh install of the stock firmware unless you are in DFU mode which, in my experience. iTunes 8.0 doesn't support with pwned firmware (unless y'all know something I don't).

ok so this method works, my phone got de-activated some how. I was up all morning trying to figure it out. trying all types of methods. I wish you guys would give better instructions when you try to help. my winpwn kept crashing. that's because i didnt have the latest version which is winpwn 2.5.02 you can download it here winpwn-2.5-BETA_2_Setup.zip ... at uploaded.to - Free File Hosting, Free Image Hosting, Free Music Hosting, Free Video Hosting, ...

[tattoojack]

you CANNOT use custom firmwares on the 3G unless you first set the phone into the NEW dfu mode. use winpwn or pwnage to do this. it cannot be entered without the help of pwnage. (from my experience)

[Astaroth]

A question according to the Update 8.1 from iTunes.
Is that Update safe for a jailbroken and unlocked iPhone 2G?
Thanks in advance!

[Poseidon79]

Yes it's safe... go for it!

[MorganGH]

Awesome, it worked! Wow, this makes upgrading a lot easier...

Originally Posted by reznor9

UPDATE!!!: You dont have to downgrade back to iTunes 7.7
I also am using a mac... I also upgraded to iTunes 8.0... I also was getting the error(1600) when trying to restore a custom pwnage firmware in DFU mode... was getting frustrated and then decided to try it while NOT in DFU mode, and guess what, it worked! Well it did for me, tell me if it does for you please

So there you have it, you do not have to enter DFU mode. Infact in my case the only way to get the custom firmware to install was to do it out of DFU... just in regular mode.
Step my step:
1) Turn on your iPhone
2) Plug it into your computer and allow iTunes to detect it as normal.
3) Now hit option/restore and select the custom firmware
thats it!

If your stuck in DFU mode and dont know how to get out, just hold the sleep and home button at the same time for about 10 seconds... then release both buttons and just hit the sleep button. The phone should power on like normal

[user999991]

Sorry if this is a newby question but

Bought three Iphones from an ATT employee for the family (all 2g). On TMobile. PCs at home but I use a Mac, so I figured I would upgrade my own to 2.1 and keep the kids at 2.02.

Ended up with one extra phone (4 gb) that I am going to sell. Jailbroke / pawned this from factory state to 2.1.

However, my own phone (working with 2.02) would not upgrade to 2.1 (got the error 1600). I will try what is shown above BUT is there any reason to upgrade to 2.1?

WAIT. Ok, the technique described above worked. So can I just take this IPSW home and install it on a PC and upgrade the kids's phones using restore mode?

[Poseidon79]

You should be able to take any custom ipsw file and DFU restore to it on windows iTunes to as many phones as you want.

[momoatyou]

too late to get this news...

[c0heed]

Hi!
I'm new to this forum here... I pwned my iPhone a few weeks ago, and suddenly it didn't start anymore so I wanted to restore it with the Firmware that I made but now it just don't work... I'll get error 1600, is there any solution for this problem?

I really tried everything, even with iTunes 7.7!

[rockeythegadgetguru]

guys, i get the same error in DFU mode, like you do, 1600. but when i try to do it in the normal recovery mode. i get the same error, but it says 20 in the end instead of 1600. btw, i'm trying to upgrade to 2.0 (phone's frozen so literally NO accurate version now). it's 2g 8gb iphone, and i'm working on the latest itunes (8.0.2). plz help. i need it to work. thanks a lot guys...

[x2thaz64]

Originally Posted by MorganGH

Awesome, it worked! Wow, this makes upgrading a lot easier...

man i have 8.0.2. and itunes opens up and prevents quickpwn from putting it in dfu mode! does anyone have a solution?