[Rounder]

Originally Posted by ohhoe

No actually, I'm a 22 year old girl who is frustrated that this **** happened. The only person being rude is you.



Alright, I just finished deleting all of the itunes related stuff in regedit. I'll keep you updated with what happens.



I can't log on as an admin while I'm at work, so I guess this will have to wait until I get home for the day.

I can understand your frustration, I'd be furious if my phone bricked. But about 99% of the time, it is fixable.

Try the stuff I posted when you get home, and download the firmware I posted, and you should be alright. If not, try reading on here: Restore error messages on the iPhone and iPod touch

And if all fails at the end of the day, then you will have to get a replacement or something! Keep a positive outlook and hopefully it'll all go well!

[tahazahoor@hotmail.com]

the only person i c here supporting her is ROUNDER
and y is every1 getting so pissed of at her
oh by the way can u plz tell me when ur phone gets in dfu mode do u have the black screen or a cable on ur iphone

[ohhoe]

Originally Posted by tahazahoor@hotmail.com

the only person i c here supporting her is ROUNDER
and y is every1 getting so pissed of at her
oh by the way can u plz tell me when ur phone gets in dfu mode do u have the black screen or a cable on ur iphone

I have the black screen.

[ManiSingh]

i also used ziphone to force normal mode but that was with 2g i dont think it is compatible with 2g

[ohhoe]

Originally Posted by Rounder

I can understand your frustration, I'd be furious if my phone bricked. But about 99% of the time, it is fixable.

Try the stuff I posted when you get home, and download the firmware I posted, and you should be alright. If not, try reading on here: Restore error messages on the iPhone and iPod touch

And if all fails at the end of the day, then you will have to get a replacement or something! Keep a positive outlook and hopefully it'll all go well!

But a replacement would cost me 599 dollars, I can't do that.

I'm going to try everything you suggested, and my friend is a Mac Genius and he's going to help me out later today. He said there's always a way to fix it... so lets hope so.


I'll keep you all updated since it appears I'm the first person to have this problem with the 3g.

[reeko]

lol @ the error picture, which is the recovery screen screenshot, not dfu.

if you are in dfu, try uninstalling/reinstalling itunes, downloading different copies of the firmware, and if that doesnt work, try other computers. mac and pc's.

if that doesn't work, i'd sue the dev team for gazillions (lol)

[ohhoe]

Originally Posted by reeko

lol @ the error picture, which is the recovery screen screenshot, not dfu.

if you are in dfu, try uninstalling/reinstalling itunes, downloading different copies of the firmware, and if that doesnt work, try other computers. mac and pc's.

if that doesn't work, i'd sue the dev team for gazillions (lol)

I know it's the recovery screen, I never said it was DFU, btu at the beginning I didn't have a f'n clue what it was haha. I was like, "Why the hell is there a preved steve jobs on my screen?!"

I have uninstalled and reinstalled itunes, I have tried different copies of the firmware, and I have tried two different PC's as well as a Mac.


I'm going to try Rounder's method when I get home, and if that doesn't work, my friend who is a Mac genius is going to help me out.

[djkinetic]

my question here is how you managed to try to unlock the 3g, i have a 3g and used pwnage to jailbreak the phone...i looked under the unlock option and all options for bootneuter are grayed out and disabled, the reason for this is that pwnage does not yet support unlocking of the 3g. so how in the world did u manage to get those installed on the 3g..my guess is u chose the original iphone option mistakenly..of course i could b wrong.

also there is no way that apple will replace your 3g when they see that the boot logo and recovery logo have been modified by pwnage. you will be out of luck =(

[Rounder]

Originally Posted by djkinetic

my question here is how you managed to try to unlock the 3g, i have a 3g and used pwnage to jailbreak the phone...i looked under the unlock option and all options for bootneuter are grayed out and disabled, the reason for this is that pwnage does not yet support unlocking of the 3g. so how in the world did u manage to get those installed on the 3g..my guess is u chose the original iphone option mistakenly..of course i could b wrong.

also there is no way that apple will replace your 3g when they see that the boot logo and recovery logo have been modified by pwnage. you will be out of luck =(

Mate she clearly states in the topic that she meant Jailbreak, and not Unlock.

[808mp5]

yup i agree with the other ppl too... i couldn't restore my 1st gen..... yeh yeh i know its 3G which i still can't figure out how your screwed it.

Uninstall Itunes
Delete all itunes related folders/files on your computer (and i mean all of them)
Reinstall itunes
enter dfu mode
and restore.

or try another computer like someone else said

[centre]

nm

[ohhoe]

Originally Posted by centre

If this is true, it would be the first ever bricked iPhone in history. I can guarantee there's a way to fix it and if not i believe it's because 1 of 2 reasons.

1. Some kind of hardware error, so "bricked" state is probably not related to Pwnage after all. It did work initially, right?
2. A hoax and/or a bad joke. Maybe to deter people from jailbreaking.

Most likely scenario is that you haven't successfully put it in DFU mode or something. I know you claim you have, I'm just not convinced it is possible to actually "brick" your iPhone. There's always a way to fix it, as your mac genius friend says.

I sure as hell hope so.

Originally Posted by 808mp5

yup i agree with the other ppl too... i couldn't restore my 1st gen..... yeh yeh i know its 3G which i still can't figure out how your screwed it.

Uninstall Itunes
Delete all itunes related folders/files on your computer (and i mean all of them)
Reinstall itunes
enter dfu mode
and restore.

or try another computer like someone else said

I've tried three different computers.

[808mp5]

wish you luck in figuring it out... im subscribing to see the solution...

[rusty778]

Ok I have a new theory. The new 2.0 software requires application signing to prevent malicious code from running. Pwnage fixes this "issue" by patching the kernel and allowing fake singing to occur. I think maybe that pwnage didn't patch the kernel correctly and the OS detected that something like cydia was running and auto terminated the phones kernel. Thus it cant run any further code (besides iBooter) and why it can't be restored.

[ohhoe]

Anyone know apple's policy on iPhones in case I can't restore it? I haven't called apple, and I don't plan on it.

Like... what happens if it gets 'stolen' or what if i hold it up to a ridiculously strong magnet so it doesn't work at all, and be like OH NOES WHAT HAPPENED GIMME A NEW ONE PLZ K THNX. Orrrr what if it accidentally gets run over by a semi truck?


And to update what I'm doing right now, I'm back home and setting up my PC to try and run a fresh install of itunes with the original 2.0 firmware... the no other usb things other than the iphone might be a problem though considering I use a wireless mouse...

I could navigate with my keyboard though if I have to...