iPhone wont jailbreak, please help

[Mykel2727]

Ok,
so i have an iphone 3g that i want to jailbreak
the problem, it doesnt work
i have tried using pwnage tool 2.1 and quickpwn 1.1 on OS X
note: i am using itunes 8.01

both have the same problem:
after the 9th second of the 2nd step of entering DFU mode, itunes pops up
with an error message and pwnage tool/quickpwn freezes then says entering DFU mode failed and i cant do anything else
i have tried restoring to the custom firmware that pwnage tool makes, but that also fails
i have tried both quick and pwnage tools multiple times allways FAILING

thanks for any help in advance!

[pncntigger]

Try rebooting your mac.
When the error comes up are you still holding home?? I always get the failed message but keep holding home and a couple of seconds later I get the success message.

[CaptainChaos]

I had to roll back to 8.0 to get it to work again.

[461am]

perhaps killing iTunes (all related processes included)?
Just throwing ideas out here.

[Mykel2727]

Try rebooting your mac.
When the error comes up are you still holding home?? I always get the failed message but keep holding home and a couple of seconds later I get the success message.

ok, so i did this on quickpwn and it successfully enters DFU mode,
but itunes still pops up with a "waiting for ipod", then other error message,
i close it and quickpwn just has a spinning circle with the text, "quickpwn is about to run on your iphone 3g" that never goes away

to 461: what do u mean by kill
and to chaos: how would i downgrade itunes

wow i sound like a noob, i remeber back in the 1.1.1-1.1.4 days i jailbreak a lot of friends ipod/iphones with no problem,
oh the good old days

thnks again

[461am]

kill as in close down iTunes, open task manager and close iTuneshelper, mobiledevice, etc.

[Mykel2727]

kill as in close down iTunes, open task manager and close iTuneshelper, mobiledevice, etc.

so after following 461's advice in killing itunes, (which i downgraded to 8.0)
i enter dfu mode, i think, itunes never pops up,
BUT
quickpwn still hangs at: "about to run"

any other ideas?

ps i have re-downloaded quickpwn just in case

[gigapocket1]

I'm having the same exact problem.. And I do think it's iTunes 8.01 that's messing things up... I think I'm just going to borrow a friends pc

[Mykel2727]

I'm having the same exact problem.. And I do think it's iTunes 8.01 that's messing things up... I think I'm just going to borrow a friends pc

i downgraded to 8.0 and it still doesnt work
im also gunna use a friends computer

[vwturbo2008]

You need to use Quick pwn first iTunes 8.0 or newer can dectect jailbroken firmware.

1. Run quick pwn as soon as the iphone sceen turns white quit the app
2. go into iTunes and do the restore with the pwned firmware file

One more thing. when you make the firmware (ipsw file)
Make sure you uncheck activate phone iTunes MUST do this or you will get no signal

[VonSwanko]

To all that are having problems, are you using new aluminum MBs or MBPs?

[stillalive2029]

i am using the newest macbook pro, trying to jailbreak my iphone 3g, its actually still spinning right now, I have tried all the basics, no idea what to do now, maybe try it on my windows pc? Keep posting up here fellows, lets figure this out, there are a lot of us with this lame problem

[Money Over]

What software are you on 10.5.5 or 10.5.6 because 10.5.6 disables DFU mode