[timmyinpajamas]

just an update..

its working great .. everythings smooth cydia and installer is working good ... i have a 1st gen 8gb went from 2.0.2 on a 64bit vista .. everything is good ... didnt notice much difference .. but just glad to be on the new firmware .. gonna do my girls phone tonight

[laz305]

ok let me get this straight, I'm on iTunes 8 2.0.2 2G JB AT&T
now I opened iTunes and can select the custom FW np, by doing that I'll be on 2.1 and keep everything apps and stuff?

So I can (AT&T 2G 2.0.2 JB) just Shift+Restore to your CFW.ipsw and I'll be done? Sounds to good to be true is why I ask lol
hey can you give some more detail plz. Like what is included in AT&T friendly 2.1 2G iPhone? and what does friendly mean? no activation? cuz that's what I need

[diggerdarrel]

Great work Grip!

2g iPhone is now 2.1 unlocked!

thanks for your download!!

Control-Shift-Restore Custom 2.1

[poe11371]

ok, my luck was not so good.

Had the 2.1 fw installed over 2.0.2 which was jb and activated, all was fine. I still had a bunch of cydia/installer things on there which I could not see or get to to delete off. I decided to try put this custom fw over it and followed the steps and it went sour. Now I am trying to get back to 2.0.2 so I have to do some uninstalling and flashing to do.

Can someone clarify that this fw is for the original iPhone and can be flashed to the iPhone with 7.? or 8.0 iTunes over a cracked and activated 2.0.2 fw?

[aayman_farzand]

Originally Posted by laz305

ok let me get this straight, I'm on iTunes 8 2.0.2 2G JB AT&T
now I opened iTunes and can select the custom FW np, by doing that I'll be on 2.1 and keep everything apps and stuff?

So I can (AT&T 2G 2.0.2 JB) just Shift+Restore to your CFW.ipsw and I'll be done? Sounds to good to be true is why I ask lol
hey can you give some more detail plz. Like what is included in AT&T friendly 2.1 2G iPhone? and what does friendly mean? no activation? cuz that's what I need

If you dont get any errors, then ya Shift+Restore will get the job done. And by At&T friendly, he did mean that its not unlocked and activated, its only jailbroken.

Originally Posted by poe11371

ok, my luck was not so good.

Had the 2.1 fw installed over 2.0.2 which was jb and activated, all was fine. I still had a bunch of cydia/installer things on there which I could not see or get to to delete off. I decided to try put this custom fw over it and followed the steps and it went sour. Now I am trying to get back to 2.0.2 so I have to do some uninstalling and flashing to do.

Can someone clarify that this fw is for the original iPhone and can be flashed to the iPhone with 7.? or 8.0 iTunes over a cracked and activated 2.0.2 fw?

I tried it with itunes 7, but it didnt work but at that time itunes 8 wasnt working either. Eventually i somehow flashed the iphone using itunes 8 and everything's working fine

[461am]

Isn't this a legally shady area? Posting up modified apple code?

[poe11371]

Really not having any luck now.
WinPwn freezes at end of build when iTunes is seeing it and I don't get their custom restore splash.
Been trying different builds with iTunes 7.0.0.43
Never had these issues before. Argh. What happened?
BTW I keep getting error 1600, and I am using the right fw (1,1) for my iPhone gen/type.

[Grip]

im glad so many people are having success with the FW.. it was as easy as uploading them..

as for what the files are to exactly.. on the pwnage tool you get 1 option during the build of the custom FW.. do you activate your phone with contract through itunes or not..

for the AT&T friendly it was yes i do activate through itunes..
for the non friendly is obviously a NO..

remember these FW are for use with itunes 8.0.. kill the itunes helper and just option+restore or update.. thats all..

make sure to create a backup before you do anything and go ahead and SSH out anything pertinent.. after i discovered that itunes helper was the problem.. i succesfully restored to 2.0.2 and back to 2.1 about 4 times.. just to make sure it wasnt a fluke..

[poe11371]

Question for Grip ... what is this "itunes helper" you speak of? I see Apple Mobile Device and ipod service running. Shut both of them down?

[phoneboi]

after reading thru hella pages.. it seems these fw files att friendly and non att friendly are for 2g 1st gen iphones... i have downloaded them and awaiting install tomorrow on my 1st gen 2g phone.. i finally found the 3g 2nd gen iphone cust fw and wanted to share with everyone here

again this is the ATT friendly 3G custom fw for everyone who has the 16gb white iphone or 16g black iphone or 8gb black iphone 3g

http://willydavidk.kittsplace.com/MMi/

and of course courtesy of willydavidk

[Grip]

Originally Posted by poe11371

Question for Grip ... what is this "itunes helper" you speak of? I see Apple Mobile Device and ipod service running. Shut both of them down?

its a program named "itunes helper".. if you dont see it then you probably havent installed it.. im on os x 10.5.4 and it was set up to start up with my ibook.. go to accounts start up items..

by the way.. i have 2 iphones on 2.1 working smoothly right now.. my wife wants her snapture though..

[brikz]

Originally Posted by Grip

im glad so many people are having success with the FW.. it was as easy as uploading them..

as for what the files are to exactly.. on the pwnage tool you get 1 option during the build of the custom FW.. do you activate your phone with contract through itunes or not..

for the AT&T friendly it was yes i do activate through itunes..
for the non friendly is obviously a NO..

remember these FW are for use with itunes 8.0.. kill the itunes helper and just option+restore or update.. thats all..

make sure to create a backup before you do anything and go ahead and SSH out anything pertinent.. after i discovered that itunes helper was the problem.. i succesfully restored to 2.0.2 and back to 2.1 about 4 times.. just to make sure it wasnt a fluke..

Hey Grip,
Is there a guide somewhere that explains what all the directories and files are while using ssh, and wnscp. I am having trouble knowing what file is which and i don't want to erase anything pertinent. Also, my one problem is my itunes library got completely wiped. Apple said to reinstall, but won't that mess up my last pwn? 3g windows 2.0.0.4
thanks,

[apummell]

found out why the 6 error my work around was this

on itunes 8

shift restore too 2.02

quickpwn 2.02

phone in revovery mode NOT DFU !!

shift restore to 2.1 custom file no 6 error!

[raxxal]

Originally Posted by phoneboi

after reading thru hella pages.. it seems these fw files att friendly and non att friendly are for 2g 1st gen iphones... i have downloaded them and awaiting install tomorrow on my 1st gen 2g phone.. i finally found the 3g 2nd gen iphone cust fw and wanted to share with everyone here

again this is the ATT friendly 3G custom fw for everyone who has the 16gb white iphone or 16g black iphone or 8gb black iphone 3g

Index of /MMi

and of course courtesy of willydavidk

Thank you very much for sharing those files, willydavidk! I am downloading a file for my 3G AT&T right now.

[river0]

I've unlocked my iphone a number of times along the way and was, I thought, familiar with Pwnage Tool on a Mac. When FW 2.1 came out I waited but unfortunately saw a post that said I could do a "normal" upgrade from FW 2.02 to 2.1 through iTunes 8 without a problem. Wrong. After I'd upgraded the "normal" way to FW 2.1, my iPhone was still unlocked, Cydia, Installer, and all their apps were gone. At that point I should have stopped until the dust settled, but I didn't. When the dev team released the second version of Pwnage Tool for FW 2.1, I used it to try to get back Cydia and Installer. Yeah, you're right: VERY dumb move! The result is that my iPhone is now locked and unactivated. (I think I did the same thing poe11371 did to get into this fix.) Nothing I do works.

Should I go back to iTunes 7 and FW 2.02? Or....???

Advice welcomed. Again, I'm on a Mac. Thanks in advance.