How To: Jailbreak the Verizon iPhone 4 with greenpois0n RC5 beta 4

[Trooper Sam]

I was trying to update to 4.2.1 last night on my iPhone 4, using Tiny Umbrella to preserve the baseband. No matter what I did, though, I couldn't get the phone out of recovery mode after the fact. Tiny Umbrella would kick it out of recovery, only for it to come back up after. I finally just rolled back to 4.0.1.

[DevinDTA]

k, dumb question. I have a jailbroken 4.01(IP4), right now.
I just do the 4.2.1 update that Itunes keeps trying to jam down my throat, then I use the GP JB?

Can someone confirm this or point us in the right direction please?

[AnthonyGiola]

i tried greenpoison and now am trying to update and everytime it downloads the 4.2.6 it says network timeout while its verifying the download what do i do
and its already downloaded the entire file

Apple's servers are uber busy. Just wait till late at night when everyone here in the states is going to sleep

[NakedFaerie]

As the other thread is so long and my post probably wont get read I'll post it here and hopefully it'll help others.

With the first release of GP I couldn't get the iPad to jailbreak. It kept coming up with an error then GP said it failed.
The latest version (v4) worked nicely. It still came up with the same error but it passed it this time.
I also got the waiting timeout 60000 error but just waited and it also passed that too.

So anyone having trouble with the first GP release try this one and it should work now.

[redzombi2k]

Thats awsome, now i cant wait to see if there will be an unlock for this!
-Hopeful sprint customer

[NakedFaerie]

Can someone confirm this or point us in the right direction please?

If you or Spaceman1701 don't already know you shouldn't be jailbreaking anyway.
The answer is obvious.

[jose060789]

Damn that was fast. It sucks for AT&T users though because we waited so long for it and Verizon got it just in time.

Yeah but you forgot the fact that we, "AT&T" users, have had the iPhone since 2007 :P


Sent from my iPhone 4 using ModMyi

[Uruuki]

Im upgrading my phone and rejailbreaking it just for the sick bootloader icon

Me too...

[Spaceman1701]

Gee Naked Faerie, I really appreciate the tude. thanx

[cjzielie]

still cant get DAMNIT
and why does my deal say what's jailbreak cmon

anybody have any other theories on why it would download the entire update and then go to verify, then say timeout -3259 error

could it be because ive erased iphone 4 times and still cant get rid of the loader the freezes

[shawnmars]

still cant get DAMNIT
and why does my deal say what's jailbreak cmon

anybody have any other theories on why it would download the entire update and then go to verify, then say timeout -3259 error

could it be because ive erased iphone 4 times and still cant get rid of the loader the freezes

The error code usually has to do with your host file on your computer. If you have ever used or ran Tiny umbrella it will change your host file. even if you haven't used TU a common fix is to go to your host file on your computer, drag the host file to your desktop, open as administrator and delete anything related to GS.APPLE, save the host file and place it back where you got it from. Then open itunes and try again.

k, dumb question. I have a jailbroken 4.01(IP4), right now.
I just do the 4.2.1 update that Itunes keeps trying to jam down my throat, then I use the GP JB?

Yes, that's all you have to do.

[Spaceman1701]

tried to update to 4.2 with itunes and now i have a phone that goes from trying to update to a brick. after the attempted update, i get a 1013 error and I get the connect to itunes message on my phone. tried this 3 times and once I updated it on a different computer, it updated.
Gonna try JB again

[steve-z17]

tried to update to 4.2 with itunes and now i have a phone that goes from trying to update to a brick. after the attempted update, i get a 1013 error and I get the connect to itunes message on my phone. tried this 3 times and once I updated it on a different computer, it updated.
Gonna try JB again

Good luck!

[fryfone]

k, dumb question. I have a jailbroken 4.01(IP4), right now.
I just do the 4.2.1 update that Itunes keeps trying to jam down my throat, then I use the GP JB?

confirmed. do the update and then follow GP instructions. I would suggest holding home key until you see the data begin to scroll on your screen. I jb with rc5 b4. hope that helps

If you or Spaceman1701 don't already know you shouldn't be jailbreaking anyway.
The answer is obvious.

wow... just wow

[Spaceman1701]

wont JB. GP tries and then says JB failed, try again.

Edit: I restored from a back up after a sucessfull update then tried the JB. worked no problem and I am installing cydia

[cjzielie]

The error code usually has to do with your host file on your computer. If you have ever used or ran Tiny umbrella it will change your host file. even if you haven't used TU a common fix is to go to your host file on your computer, drag the host file to your desktop, open as administrator and delete anything related to GS.APPLE, save the host file and place it back where you got it from. Then open itunes and try again.



Yes, that's all you have to do.

I dont have any gs.apple files in my notepad or host files at all so now what

There has to be a host file created for apple right???

[shawnmars]

I dont have any gs.apple files in my notepad or host files at all so now what

There will not be a separate host file for apple. All you look for in the host file is if it has: 74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com or you see. #127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com then delete those entries and save, then reboot and start iTunes. the only other thing is make sure the Internet options say No Proxy and not autodetect proxy. otherwise I don't know what else to do

wont JB. GP tries and then says JB failed, try again.

Edit: I restored from a back up after a sucessfull update then tried the JB. worked no problem and I am installing cydia

That's awesome, glad you got it, ENJOY

[Major Herbie]

tried to update to 4.2 with itunes and now i have a phone that goes from trying to update to a brick. after the attempted update, i get a 1013 error and I get the connect to itunes message on my phone. tried this 3 times and once I updated it on a different computer, it updated.
Gonna try JB again

I got this error on my computer, I swapped to my wifes laptop and tried again and it worked fine.

[XFaega]

For those that want to preserve their basement on the i4 follow this.

First you will need to get the latest version of tinyumbrella.

Second download firmware 4.2.1 not from iTunes but from other sources ( google it )

Third make sure shh blob is saved with tinyumbrella.

Fourth run tinyubrella server.

Fifth open iTunes and do not I repeat do not us update do a restore this is way you need to download 4.2.1.

Sixth when ITunes is done you will get a error 1013 it's ok. Yes tinyumbrella will not kick i4 out of recovery.

Seventh this is where you use GP to get you i4 out of recovery. Follow the instructions on GP and bam your i4 is JB and out of recovery and your Baseband is preserved.

I can't take credit for this since I found this on the internet. Still on Baseband 1.59.0

[screamforme02]

I love this. Welcome to the Club Verizon!

It's about Time.