Urgent Help Needed

[cardinal16]

Before I begin I want to let you know II've fully searched the web and cannot find an answer.


I recently bought an unlocked iphone 4 online, it came perfectly...it was clearly unlocked and everything was fine. But then I let it die, and when I tried to turn it on and charge it, it was stuck on apple logo. It is still stuck on apple logo.

How do I fix this without restoring my iphone, because if I restore it, it won't be unlocked anymore because it will be 4.2. I tried restoring it with 4.01 and 4.02, but itunes does not support those anymore it looks like. So how do I fix this? If I go to my local tmobile store or something u think one of those guys can help at all?

Thanks in advance

[Cowboy]

Did you try soft resting it holding down home and power before trying to restore the phone?

[cardinal16]

EDIT: Yes I tried to hold down home and power, jsut came back up with a frozen apple screen.

[Cowboy]

Try plugging in to tinyumbrella to kick you out of dfu

[cardinal16]

Ok umm, how do I plug it into this tinyumbrella thing? Can I download it onto my computer? I'm not sure that it's in dfu mode, or maybe it is..I just see an apple on the screen. If I need to put it in dfu I will though.

But yea, where can I get tinyumbrealla, I cannot access my phone right now.

[Cowboy]

The Firmware Umbrella - TinyUmbrella

[cardinal16]

I may sound retarded, but how exactly do I use this. Ive installed it, but how do I use it to "kick me out" of whatever im in.

Sorry for all the questions, I just want to solve this

I see the enter recovery button, but I can't click it. Is this suppose to recognize my iphone as well?

[Cowboy]

Out the phone into dfu then try

[cardinal16]

Ok I got the device connected, but Im only allow to "Exit recovery"

[Cowboy]

hit it and see what happens

[cardinal16]

Umm that option became unavailable and the apple popped again, and still seems to be stuck there. This was in normal recovery mode though. It's not recognizing it when I try and put it in dfu, although itunes is

[nebo1ss]

It looks a lot like you might have a tethered jailbreak on 4.2.1
What you need to do to recover is to download redsn0w and select the boot tethered mode on redsn0w while your phone is plugged in.

You will have to do this everytime you reboot your phone or you let the power run down.

[cardinal16]

im on a mac, I dont want to download the wrong version. there seems to be multiple ones, can you link me to the most current one?

[Cowboy]

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

[cardinal16]

It wants me to load the ipsw of my current firmware, I just got this phone and have no clue what firmare its on. It came unlocked so im guessing 4.0.2 or 4.0.1, will it mess up to badly if I upload the wrong one?

[Cowboy]

No you can always try the firmware it wont work quickly if its the wrong one.

[cardinal16]

just tried 4.0 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 and it didnt recognize any. I have the 0.9.6b6 version of redsn0w.

Im sure this phone was unlocked so theres no other possible version it could be on right?

[nebo1ss]

just tried 4.0 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 and it didnt recognize any. I have the 0.9.6b6 version of redsn0w.

Im sure this phone was unlocked so theres no other possible version it could be on right?

If the person that sold the phone knew what he was doing you could have a tethered jb at 4.2.1 with an unlock 1.59 baseband.

If you chose boot tethered it shud not be loading an Ipsw. Did you pick the right option.

[cardinal16]

Maybe I have the wrong redsn0w? When I open it up, it wont even let me click next without uploading an ipsw

alright i tried 4.2.1 and it worked...

Ill try and complete the rest of the steps now

[iYeow]

If after trying to tether boot with redsn0w or exit recovery from Timy umbrella doesn't work. You have to find out your ECID , you must be etiher in DFU mode or recovery mode and then follow this guide :
iClarified - iPhone - How to Find Your iPhone ECID [Windows]
Once you have your ECID, input into Tiny Umbrella and click save shsh.
If you only have 4.2.1 shsh blob, you will have no choice but forced to go to 4.2.1 which also locks up your iphone.

If you have 4.1 blob, then you are saved. You start tss server, run itunes and shift + restore to stock 4.1, your Baseband will be preserved this way. 4.1 shsh blob is your only hope.