[imPerFecTi0n]

Thx for de great guide. i haf personaly jailbroken my iphone 3g myself sucessfully. Thx for de great help.

[Beva922]

about the zip thing, its definitely the browser in case anyone else has that problem

[gQstatus05]

Apparently windows 7 doesn't see the ispw file. I ran redsnow, clicked browse and in the firmware folder nothing pops up. Sucks.

[Sleepbike]

mine is saying unable to recognize specified ipsw i downloaded everything from here

[LadyTech]

Im having so much trouble. I've been at it all weekend. Literally! i've restored my iphone about a million and a half times. Updated it about a million a half times. Tried jailbreaking/unlocking about 2 million times. Still stays stuck on waiting to reboot. I even tried it on my pc instead of my laptop. Someone please help! Im dying here!!!!!!!!!!

[blkcadi]

Originally Posted by Sleepbike

mine is saying unable to recognize specified ipsw i downloaded everything from here

make sure the file doesn't have a .zip extension, if it does, rename and delete the .zip

Originally Posted by LadyTech

Im having so much trouble. I've been at it all weekend. Literally! i've restored my iphone about a million and a half times. Updated it about a million a half times. Tried jailbreaking/unlocking about 2 million times. Still stays stuck on waiting to reboot. I even tried it on my pc instead of my laptop. Someone please help! Im dying here!!!!!!!!!!

There is another thread here with more comprehensive instructions, try this
Read the first page.

[Beva922]

what gen iphone you working with, ensure you dl'ed its proper firmware. Make sure you upgrade using itunes 8.2 to 3.0, then run the jailbreak. make sure your run as admin in vista or win7. make sure your ipsw isnt corrupt or incomplete, make sure you extract redsnow and the ipsw into the same folder just in case.

and yea make sure about the .zip file extension thing, to make sure it isnt, go to folder options in windows explorer, then make sure al known file extensions are not hidden.

[LadyTech]

It does not say .zip. i've been reading forums all day and night. making sure everything is good to go. And it is until i get stuck.

[blkcadi]

Originally Posted by LadyTech

It does not say .zip. i've been reading forums all day and night. making sure everything is good to go. And it is until i get stuck.

My response about .zip was for the other member in the quote.

Pwnage is a strange beast, the thread I gave you has the best trouble shooting that I had read here.

I know you are frustrated, but after a failed attempt, you have to clear with DFU and restore 3.0 and begin the process over. It will work. make sure your on the latest iTunes.
Bare with it, it only works first go for about 50% of the people.
Good luck.

[Beva922]

hopefully you're sure about the file extension thing, file size should be 230 mb. Vista is glitchy too sometimes, as I said, run as admin to make sure.

[LadyTech]

so every time it stays stuck... i have to restore it again and then retry??? (i have the latest itunes)

[Beva922]

yea, cause you'll have partial installation files on it if you don't restore it every time. Which could cause the repetitive problem.

[blkcadi]

Originally Posted by LadyTech

so every time it stays stuck... i have to restore it again and then retry??? (i have the latest itunes)

Originally Posted by Beva922

yea, cause you'll have partial installation files on it if you don't restore it every time. Which could cause the repetitive problem.

Correct!!!!!!!!!!

[LadyTech]

oh goodness.... i guess i'll do that then... modding my xbox was so much easier than this.... its frustrating... hopefully this time around i'll get it working

[Beva922]

yea, no worries, its not if you will, but when.