Jailbreaking iPhone 3gs with PWNAGE tool 3.14 (error)

[blacklantern]

I tried to jailbreak my out of the box iPhone 3gs (Week 40) on At&t network using pwnage tool 3.14. After it goes through its whole process the phone shuts off and all that shows is a blank black screen (no backlight). I have retried multiple times and all of them resulted the same. I am doing something wrong? I also tried blackr1an but I don't like the whole tethered jailbreak idea. HELP PLEASE!

[blacklantern]

So I am the only person with this problem it seems. I even returned the phone and got another one and the same results occured. The sad thing is my black iphone 3gs jailbroke with no problems whatsoever and they were produced in the same week.

[dhamien]

Try finding out which iBoot version you have and then report back here.

You can search for a guide how to do that.

[reddawg]

I tried to jailbreak my out of the box iPhone 3gs (Week 40) on At&t network using pwnage tool 3.14. After it goes through its whole process the phone shuts off and all that shows is a blank black screen (no backlight). I have retried multiple times and all of them resulted the same. I am doing something wrong? I also tried blackr1an but I don't like the whole tethered jailbreak idea. HELP PLEASE!

1. Make sure you downloaded the correct firmware from Apple to create your custom 3.1.2 firmware. Here is a direct link to Apple's 3GS 3.1.2 firmware here.
   
2. When creating your custom firmware, select "Advance" mode and Uncheck “Activate the phone” because you have an official carrier like AT&T.
   
3. On a previously jailbroken iPhone 3GS, do not put your iPhone 3GS into DFU mode. Open iTunes, press Option+Restore (MAC) or Shift+Restore (Windows) and select your custom firmware callled iPhone2,1_3.1.2_7D11_Custom_Restore.ipsw.
   
4. If you are successful restoring your custom firmware, open iTunes and set your iPhone as a new Phone. Do not restore from backup.

If you are unsuccessful, put your iPhone 3GS into recovery mode and run iRecovery from your MAC OSX computer.

1. Download iRecovery package for Mac OSX and Unzip iRecovery folder to desktop from here.

2. Open terminal and perform cd ~/desktop

3. Now change the permission of both files to 777 by following commands.

# chmod 777 libusb-0.1.4.dylib
# chmod 777 iRecovery

4. Now launch Showallfiles you downloaded earlier, and Navigate usr > lib and copy the file libusb-0.1.4.dylib into that folder.

5. Drag-and-drop the iRecovery file into the Terminal so that you get a shortcut to it.

6. Append ‘-s’ to the end and press enter (ex. irecovery -s).

7. Execute the following command: " printenv " from within the irecovery terminal. It should tell you the version of your iBoot.

If your iBoot version is iBoot-359.3.2, then you will need to jailbreak using Blackra1n RC3. Blackra1n can perform what is called a tethered jailbreak on an iPhone 3GS with iBoot-359.3.2. Tethered JB means that each time your power on your iPhone 3GS w/iBoot-359-3.2, you will need to connect your iPhone 3GS to your MAC OSX computer and run Blackra1n in order to boot. This is because the jailbreak info is lost each time you power on.

If you have iBoot-359.3.2, you will need to first restore a stock 3.1.2 firmware, activate it using iTunes and then jailbreak using BlackRa1n. I suggest you read the Blackra1n JB guide. Do not install "Sn0w" from the guide because you have an official carrier and only install only Cydia not Rock. If you have problems with WiFi, make sure you do a Reset Network Settings from Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings. Install PushFix from Cydia if YouTube and Push notifications do not work.

Good luck.

[blacklantern]

i have the new bootrom.

1. Make sure you downloaded the correct firmware from Apple to create your custom 3.1.2 firmware. Here is a direct link to Apple's 3GS 3.1.2 firmware here.
   
2. When creating your custom firmware, select "Advance" mode and Uncheck “Activate the phone” because you have an official carrier like AT&T.
   
3. On a previously jailbroken iPhone 3GS, do not put your iPhone 3GS into DFU mode. Open iTunes, press Option+Restore (MAC) or Shift+Restore (Windows) and select your custom firmware callled iPhone2,1_3.1.2_7D11_Custom_Restore.ipsw.
   
4. If you are successful restoring your custom firmware, open iTunes and set your iPhone as a new Phone. Do not restore from backup.

If you are unsuccessful, put your iPhone 3GS into recovery mode and run iRecovery from your MAC OSX computer.

1. Download iRecovery package for Mac OSX and Unzip iRecovery folder to desktop from here.

2. Open terminal and perform cd ~/desktop

3. Now change the permission of both files to 777 by following commands.

# chmod 777 libusb-0.1.4.dylib
# chmod 777 iRecovery

4. Now launch Showallfiles you downloaded earlier, and Navigate usr > lib and copy the file libusb-0.1.4.dylib into that folder.

5. Drag-and-drop the iRecovery file into the Terminal so that you get a shortcut to it.

6. Append ‘-s’ to the end and press enter (ex. irecovery -s).

7. Execute the following command: " printenv " from within the irecovery terminal. It should tell you the version of your iBoot.

If your iBoot version is iBoot-359.3.2, then you will need to jailbreak using Blackra1n RC3. Blackra1n can perform what is called a tethered jailbreak on an iPhone 3GS with iBoot-359.3.2. Tethered JB means that each time your power on your iPhone 3GS w/iBoot-359-3.2, you will need to connect your iPhone 3GS to your MAC OSX computer and run Blackra1n in order to boot. This is because the jailbreak info is lost each time you power on.

If you have iBoot-359.3.2, you will need to first restore a stock 3.1.2 firmware, activate it using iTunes and then jailbreak using BlackRa1n. I suggest you read the Blackra1n JB guide. Do not install "Sn0w" from the guide because you have an official carrier and only install only Cydia not Rock. If you have problems with WiFi, make sure you do a Reset Network Settings from Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings. Install PushFix from Cydia if YouTube and Push notifications do not work.

Good luck.

Thank you for spending the time to go in detail for that. I guess misunderstood the top of the pwnage 3.14 page. Yes the white phone does have the 359.3.2 iboot (and I just found out the black one that I jailbroke was running the old iboot somehow even though they were made in the same week), but the pwnage page said that the iphone 3gs is supported out of the box. So I assumed that it would work. I did use blackra1n but I didn't like the whole tethered jailbreak deal. So basically what you are saying is that pwnage tool 3.14 does not work on the new boot rom?

[reddawg]

i have the new bootrom.

So basically what you are saying is that pwnage tool 3.14 does not work on the new boot rom?

Correct, PwnageTool 3.1.4 can not jailbreak 3GS with the new boot rom.

[blacklantern]

Correct, PwnageTool 3.1.4 can not jailbreak 3GS with the new boot rom.

Thank you. Has there been any news of when an untethered jailbreak will come?