restore iphone 2g with 3.01

[pmwelk]

I have a iphone 2g I am just trying to restore. It currently is unlocked and jail broken running v. 3.01 (7A400). It was installed by a professional with icy and Cydia. I have downloaded the iPhone1,1_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw and BL 39 and 49 but both quickpwn v 3 and redsn0w-win_0.8 can not read the ipsw file. I am running vista ulitmate 64. Can anybody help me how to do this?
thx

[babyblue_pimp]

First of all, a professional wouldn't have installed icy and cydia... your better off doing the work yourself as people claim to be "professionals"

First off, be sure you aren't using safari to download these files...

Secondly redsn0w cannot read 3.0.1... you need to download 3.0.

Basically, if you aren'y using a tutorial or something, what you need to do is restore to 3.0.1 in itunes, then run redsn0w, point it to the 3.0 file, it will do its thing, it'll ask for the BL files, then just install cydia and the unlock. Let it do its thing, (if it hangs at the "waiting for reboot" on redsn0w, simply unplug the cable from the phone, and plug it right back in, your screen should go white and restart. It'll take about 15 minutes, do its think, then it'll check your unlock, make sure its running the best version, and your done.

I know thats a horrible way to help you out, but you weren't asking how to do it, you simply didn't know redsn0w doesn't recognize 3.0.1. But if you need any more help, just PM me.

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[djkirstyjay]

I have the same problem, however I have just restored my iphone to 3.0.1 after it said it was ok to do so on this tutorial (which I have used in the past and it's always been ok before, so I had no reason to doubt it!)

I have a vodafone SIM in my phone, so I cannot restore using iTunes to 3.0 because it's saying I have to put a verified SIM in it, which I don't have... how can I restore it to 3.0 so that I can unlock and jailbreak now?

Done it now. Phone restored to 3.0 and unlocked/jailbroken. Found that I had to restore in DFU mode