[gjlowe]

Well folks...it was much easier than I had thought. redsn0w did the trick!

[trymark]

Mine seem to work if I did the apple restore. When it asks you to upgrade the baseband press cancel. It finally got rid of the 1600 error. It only took fifteen tries. I noticed this because the first attempt at the jailbreak took, but i agreed to upgrade the baseband thing and when my phone was done syncing, there was no cydia or anything. Maybe this is apple's way of trying to stop us.

[Tiggs75]

trymark....at what point does it ask you to upgrade the baseband? I never saw that step.

[albrevng]

Originally Posted by gjlowe

Yeah... I am a bit worried at this point as well. I have always been pretty resourceful about getting out of the messes you can get into with this stuff, but I have to say, I am currently at a loss. I have an original iPhone that I only need jailbroken (don't use the phone). I was updating SBSettings and AptBackup earlier today, the phone locked up. I eventually had to do a restore. However, it would not let me use my custom firmware for 3.0 created with Pwnage Tool, even though it worked fine on Friday. So I restored to the standard 3.0 release. Now, I can't jailbreak it at all. I have tried custom firmware 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0, as well as official 2.1 firmware, and nothing works. I get 1600 each time (and once I think I got 1604). Very frustrating. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I should add, I have tried restoring on both my PC and my Mac...same thing on each.

Did you mean restarting your computer, PC or MAC?

[domerdel]

hmmm cydia asked me to do a boss pref SBS settings update.. now my screen is stuck on the pineapple logo

[gjlowe]

Originally Posted by albrevng

Did you mean restarting your computer, PC or MAC?

No, I did mean restoring my iPhone from iTunes on both my PC and Mac, but again, I fixed it all by using redsn0w

[beamesmar]

I had a pwnd 3G running 2.2.1... everything fine.

I downloaded the 3.0 firmware and the new pwnage tool under expert mode. Created a custom ispw with some boss pref tools, iblacklist, etc.

I then launched itunes 8.2, option clicked restore, chose the custom ipsw, and upgraded firmware on iphone.

Phone would not activate... I bought this phone in HongKong and it is factory unlocked.

I then reloaded factory 3.0, and the phone activated.

I then used simple mode, and jailbroke 3.0 successfully, except:

GPS won't work
I have no tether option under Network
I don't have the battery percentage at the top.
MMS function in messages didn't take.

I rebooted the phone, and got the mms capability, but not the other functions.

My friend had a phone running 2.2.1 as well. I upgraded to the factory 3.0, and tether, battery percentage, and gps all works. I did not jailbreak yet.

I tried to downgrade my phone to 2.2.1 again to hopefully upgrade to factory 3.0 and then jailbreak, but can't downgrade due to 1601 error.

Currently, I put in DFU mode and am trying to factory restore 3.0 using a PC.

I have a feeling that I will still not have tethering, gps, battery percentage, etc.

Did I close off these funtions in my phone by not upgrading and then jailbreaking.?.. I just went straight to the custom ispw.

Now I'm stuck with 3.0 without full 3.0 functionality. What can I do?

just used PC to restore to factory 3.0. I still have no tether function, no battery percentage, and gps doesnt work.

Can anyone help me here?

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OK... I know what's going on here.

I installed a fresh version of 3.0 and jailbreak using pwnagetool under simple mode to build the ipsw.

Jailbroke phone successfully.

When I previously used redsnow to jailbreak, I couldn't load Cydia essential updates due to an error in the code for a duplicate name reference somewhere around line 29.

Simplemode worked.

MMS is contingent upon your sim card and carrier. When I didn't load the APN settings under Network prefs, I didn't have any MMS function (no camera) in the messages app. Once I added the mmsc, apn, etc. and rebooted, I got the camera in messages (hurray).

Tethering still does not work. However, when I put my friend's sim card in using another carrier, I get the function. So, this is carrier dependent.

Using the ipsw built with simplemode in pwnagetool, I was able to upgrade essential in cydia, and was able to install boss prefs, open ssh, iblacklist, etc. NO PROBLEMS.

GPS works as well now.

I'll shut up now. It has been 3 days of hell, but I'm satisfied now that I actually know what I'm doing.

loading all my sh*t now!

Mobile me pretty much rocks now.
And iBlacklist is ***priceless****.

[trymark]

My bad tigga. Mine asked to update carriers settings not baseband. I'll also add that pwnage never worked it always glinched out when I finally got it working. Redsnow worked first try. No glinches so far. I am now having trouble with my Bluetooth earpiece. The wifi also acts funny too.

[beamesmar]

I've had 2 springboard crashes to safemode after phone calls. restart, and everything is ok.

It is funny... if any other device in my life's experience gave me this much trouble, I'd pitch it.

iPhone is an addiction... troubleshooting, modding, beating the system.... what a rush!

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Just found another issue. Manually dialed calls do not show up in the recents list.

This is a pain if you want to add a recent manually typed phone number to the contact list.

[mobsta]

Originally Posted by beamesmar

I've had 2 springboard crashes to safemode after phone calls. restart, and everything is ok.

It is funny... if any other device in my life's experience gave me this much trouble, I'd pitch it.

iPhone is an addiction... troubleshooting, modding, beating the system.... what a rush!

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Just found another issue. Manually dialed calls do not show up in the recents list.

This is a pain if you want to add a recent manually typed phone number to the contact list.

sooo true