[screamankit]

people who dint get the correct carrier logo looks like your carrier logo is not on the supported list of the software cough tmobile...I got the correct one asap after the fix.

-SCREAMANKIT.

[fishnride]

Thanks for the detailed steps! The JB was done very easily.

[screamankit]

Originally Posted by fishnride

Thanks for the detailed steps! The JB was done very easily.

you're welcome.

[devesstate]

SCREAMANKIT-

Hey, my dad just picked up a 16gb iPhone 3g from a friend. He gave it to me to look at and unlock for him. The phone is stuck on the Apple logo screen but is able to get into DFU mode. I do not know what current firmware the phone has as I can not look into the phone without restoring using iTunes. If I am correct, the restore through iTunes will download the official released 3.1.2 version? If this happens, I understand that baseband will be upgraded as well.

Now my question is, can I follow this tutorial to jailbreak with a restored iPhone through iTunes? I have already downloaded the firmware and will need an unlock.

Thanks in advance

[screamankit]

Originally Posted by devesstate

SCREAMANKIT-

Hey, my dad just picked up a 16gb iPhone 3g from a friend. He gave it to me to look at and unlock for him. The phone is stuck on the Apple logo screen but is able to get into DFU mode. I do not know what current firmware the phone has as I can not look into the phone without restoring using iTunes. If I am correct, the restore through iTunes will download the official released 3.1.2 version? If this happens, I understand that baseband will be upgraded as well.

Now my question is, can I follow this tutorial to jailbreak with a restored iPhone through iTunes? I have already downloaded the firmware and will need an unlock.

Thanks in advance

there is no harm in trying to restore with the CFW that you have downloaded and I hope you have downloaded the ACTIVATED CFW if you dont have the official carrier sim of your iphone.
I am not sure whether it will work 100% as you might get a 16xx error in itunes... but you should definitely try as 16xx errors are not harmful and if you dont get the error then it will be jailbroken for sure.


Note- everyone does not get 16xx errors.

let me know.

-SCREAMANKIT.

[devesstate]

Originally Posted by screamankit

there is no harm in trying to restore with the CFW that you have downloaded and I hope you have downloaded the ACTIVATED CFW if you dont have the official carrier sim of your iphone.
I am not sure whether it will work 100% as you might get a 16xx error in itunes... but you should definitely try as 16xx errors are not harmful and if you dont get the error then it will be jailbroken for sure.


Note- everyone does not get 16xx errors.

let me know.

-SCREAMANKIT.

I did download the Activated CFW from the website described. With the new blacksn0w coming out, it should be fine to try?! Wish me luck...here it goes.

EDIT: I got the 1600 hundred error. The phone has been updated to the official 3.1.2 update through itunes as this was the only way to get the phone running. I had an old ATT sim card that I used to verify the baseband and firmware, both of which are updated. Tried to do another restore using the CFW and got the 16xx error. It's ok, I'll wait for the blacksn0w release...hopefully no bugs. Thanks SCREAMANKIT

[Stu654]

Hi screamankit
I have followed the jailbreak to the letter on my iPhone 3G but the phone is not activated now so I have no cell network I have tried using ultrasn0w to unlock but did not work then tried using fuzzyband to downgrade my baseband but my baseband is 05/11/07 so did not work any help would be greatful.
Maybe I should say I have a contract phone with 02 so it's an active sim card all above board.
Thanks for any help

[screamankit]

Originally Posted by devesstate

I did download the Activated CFW from the website described. With the new blacksn0w coming out, it should be fine to try?! Wish me luck...here it goes.

EDIT: I got the 1600 hundred error. The phone has been updated to the official 3.1.2 update through itunes as this was the only way to get the phone running. I had an old ATT sim card that I used to verify the baseband and firmware, both of which are updated. Tried to do another restore using the CFW and got the 16xx error. It's ok, I'll wait for the blacksn0w release...hopefully no bugs. Thanks SCREAMANKIT

you're welcome...best of luck with blacksn0w

Originally Posted by Stu654

Hi screamankit
I have followed the jailbreak to the letter on my iPhone 3G but the phone is not activated now so I have no cell network I have tried using ultrasn0w to unlock but did not work then tried using fuzzyband to downgrade my baseband but my baseband is 05/11/07 so did not work any help would be greatful.
Maybe I should say I have a contract phone with 02 so it's an active sim card all above board.
Thanks for any help

your phone has got to be ACTIVATED otherwise you would'nt be able to use the iphone features like cydia and stuff for installing ultrasn0w and since you have a contract iPhone with O2and you are using the official carrier O2 sim I cant understand why are you not getting any cell network and why are you trying to unlock using ultrasn0w as unlocks (ultrasn0w) are only meant for those who are not using the official carrier sim unlike you.

ultrasn0w wont work as it cannot unlock the 05.11.07 baseband ... looking at the info provided by you the best solution for you is to use blacksn0w which will be released on
4th Nov as it will unlock the baseband 05.11.07 for you.

[devesstate]

SCREAMANIT-

Something funny happened today. Remember my dads phone, well it was upgraded with the 3.1.2 and new bb as well and jailbroken with blackra1n. He had upgraded using iTunes restore to get official 3.1.2. That unlock worked flawless.

Now the funny thing, I forgot to remove the custom firmware from the location you have described in the tutorial. Now when I went to get the official upgrade through iTunes to use with the blackra1n unlock, I noticed that the my phones software was 3.1.2 but the bb still remained the same. Haha and then found cydia in its usual spot. So in turn, your tutorial did help and I thank you.

Quick question, now that blackra1n unlocks the new bb, is there a positive to upgrading bb now or does it even matter and should I just stay on the 04.26.08 bb?

[screamankit]

Originally Posted by devesstate

SCREAMANIT-

Something funny happened today. Remember my dads phone, well it was upgraded with the 3.1.2 and new bb as well and jailbroken with blackra1n. He had upgraded using iTunes restore to get official 3.1.2. That unlock worked flawless.

Now the funny thing, I forgot to remove the custom firmware from the location you have described in the tutorial. Now when I went to get the official upgrade through iTunes to use with the blackra1n unlock, I noticed that the my phones software was 3.1.2 but the bb still remained the same. Haha and then found cydia in its usual spot. So in turn, your tutorial did help and I thank you.

Quick question, now that blackra1n unlocks the new bb, is there a positive to upgrading bb now or does it even matter and should I just stay on the 04.26.08 bb?

As far as I know the baseband does not change,add or remove any features so personally as of now I am gonna stick with 3.1.2 JB with 04.26.08 baseband as its working without any issues.

till now it hasn't been recommended anywhere that people with 3.1.2 JB and 04.26.08 baseband need to upgrade using blackra1n RC3 and blacksn0w with the 05.xx.xx baseband ... but if it is required in the future we can always do it then ... till then we can enjoy what has been served

NOTE- Baseband once upgraded cannot be downgraded in case you do opt to use blackra1n RC3 and blacksn0w for JBing and unlocking.There are two ways of JB and unlocking one way is to follow the devteams (pwnage tool,redsnow,ultrasn0w) and the other is to follow geohot (blackra1n,blacksn0w). Currently we dont know whether the devteam will concentrate on preserving the 04.xx.xx baseband or unlocking the 05.xx.xx baseband so incase if you follow geohot (blackra1n,blacksn0w) method and if the devteam continue to use 04.xx.xx baseband for future firmware JB then you will only have the option of following geohot (blackra1n,blacksn0w) method of JBing and unlocking so its better to wait and watch and then do the needful if required.


but hey that's just me ... your iphone your call

cheers

[devesstate]

Originally Posted by screamankit

As far as I know the baseband does not change,add or remove any features so personally as of now I am gonna stick with 3.1.2 JB with 04.26.08 baseband as its working without any issues.

till now it hasn't been recommended anywhere that people with 3.1.2 JB and 04.26.08 baseband need to upgrade using blackra1n RC3 and blacksn0w with the 05.xx.xx baseband ... but if it is required in the future we can always do it then ... till then we can enjoy what has been served

NOTE- Baseband once upgraded cannot be downgraded in case you do opt to use blackra1n RC3 and blacksn0w for JBing and unlocking.There are two ways of JB and unlocking one way is to follow the devteams (pwnage tool,redsnow,ultrasn0w) and the other is to follow geohot (blackra1n,blacksn0w). Currently we dont know whether the devteam will concentrate on preserving the 04.xx.xx baseband or unlocking the 05.xx.xx baseband so incase if you follow geohot (blackra1n,blacksn0w) method and if the devteam continue to use 04.xx.xx baseband for future firmware JB then you will only have the option of following geohot (blackra1n,blacksn0w) method of JBing and unlocking so its better to wait and watch and then do the needful if required.


but hey that's just me ... your iphone your call

cheers

I see, but this confuses me just a little because in your original post, you list steps to downgrade bb. Does that method to work? Wouldn't I be able to do the same steps by placing custom firmware in directory location describe and restoring from there and then downgrade bb using your other tutorial?

I have been thinking about this for a while now...blackra1ned last night and now am having second thoughts.

EDIT: Downloaded fuzzyband and now see what you mean. Do you think there will be a fuzzyband rerelease that will accomodate this new bootloader?

[chor1]

I have a 2g phone.

I was able to JB completely with your method twice and both times, apps doesn't work. I have downloaded free apps from apps store but doesn't open. It tries to open but kicks them out.

What could be the problem?

[devesstate]

Originally Posted by chor1

I have a 2g phone.

I was able to JB completely with your method twice and both times, apps doesn't work. I have downloaded free apps from apps store but doesn't open. It tries to open but kicks them out.

What could be the problem?

Try this:

1.Deauthorize (Go into iTunes and at the top under store, deauthorize computer)

2.sync phone (iTunes will delete all apps on iphone)

3. Reboot iphone

4.reauthorize (Go into iTunes and at the top under store, authorize computer)

5.Sync iphone and apps will automatically be uploaded on iphone.

Problems should be fixed after this method. PLease note that all information within each app will be deleted and you have to reenter whatever info was there to begin with, basically starting over.

[screamankit]

Originally Posted by devesstate

I see, but this confuses me just a little because in your original post, you list steps to downgrade bb. Does that method to work? Wouldn't I be able to do the same steps by placing custom firmware in directory location describe and restoring from there and then downgrade bb using your other tutorial?

I have been thinking about this for a while now...blackra1ned last night and now am having second thoughts.

EDIT: Downloaded fuzzyband and now see what you mean. Do you think there will be a fuzzyband rerelease that will accomodate this new bootloader?

I completely agree that baseband can be downgraded but then you need to have a bootloader 5.8 or lower ... its a bit messy that's why I wasn't recommending it.

not sure about the new release of fuzzyband that will support the 5.9 and higher bootloader ... According to me now the chances are very less as the 05.xx.xx baseband can be unlocked.

As far as your issue is concerned now that you have already taken the plunge with blackra1n RC3 don't bother about fuzzyband just use blacksn0w to unlock and enjoy!!

Originally Posted by chor1

I have a 2g phone.

I was able to JB completely with your method twice and both times, apps doesn't work. I have downloaded free apps from apps store but doesn't open. It tries to open but kicks them out.

What could be the problem?

you need to open cydia and add the h.a.c.k.u.l.o.u.s repo after that just search for appsync 3.1 and install it and your troubles/problems will be gone.

if this doesn't work try devasstate's method.

let me know if you want further assistance.

[Stu654]

Thanks for the advice SCREAMANKIT worked a treat. Top man! Keep up the good work.
Thanks



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