Pwnage Tool Question

[shanafan]

I just tried opening Cydia, and my iPhone froze. It's stuck at the home screen, and I can't turn it off.

[Simon]

It is probably just respringing.

[shanafan]

Ok back to Apple logo. I held down power and home buttons. It's taking awhile to boot, but I'll wait it out.

EDIT: It's stuck at the Apple logo. I can turn it off, but when I turn it back on, it hangs at the Apple logo.

EDIT: It's stuck at the Apple logo. I can turn it off, but when I turn it back on, it hangs at the Apple logo.

[Simon]

You may need to do the process again. First check with this what bootrom you have so you know for sure: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=10300

[Simon]

Whatever you do, do not at any point restore to a regular 4.2.1 firmware in iTunes.

[shanafan]

Thank you so much for guiding me through this. I really do appreciate it.

My device is iBoot-359.3, so it's the old bootrom.

I currently have it in DFU mode, so just try the process again?

[Simon]

Ya, do the process again. You will not need greenpoison since you have old bootrom. Just restore to the custom again an install cydia with redsnow after.

[Simon]

The first time you open cydia it will say initializing. It will the respring your iPhone making it look like it is stuck. Just wait it out, don't try to reboot during this.

[shanafan]

Well, I think I am might in trouble now. iTunes won't recognize my device, and it keeps trying to reboot. I can turn it off, but then it turns back on by itself.

OK, iTunes is now restoring the custom firmware again.

Alright, back to booting Cydia and letting it do it's thing.

OK, weirdest thing. I got it!...? ... !

I am at 4.2.1, baseband 5.13.04, unlocked and on T-Mobile network. I thought I would have needed SAM, but not at all.

So mission complete

I posted this thread in the Jailbreak forum.
iPhone 3GS with old bootrom - No Greenpoison needed?

I am just surprised it worked as it did.

[Simon]

Glad you got it working

[Xoleum]

shanafan, could you share with me your custom 4.2.1 firmware? I've gone through the errors you have been mentioning here. My custom 4.2.1 firmware would leave my phone stuck in DFU mode instead of getting to the emergency call part.

Thanks!

[shanafan]

Thank you so much your guidance x98car. Very much appreciated!!

[shanafan]

Xoleum,

Where are you exactly? Were you able to restore custom iOS in iTunes?

I used original 4.2.1 iOS and made it custom with PwnageTool 4.1.3. However, for some reason, PwnageTool was putting my device into a funky DFU modes that iTunes would recognize my device was in recovery, but always gave me errors when restoring. So, I used Redsn0w to only enter DFU mode and restored custom iOS in iTunes. With those steps, I was able to enter emergency call. I then ran Redsn0w again and told it to Install Cydia and all was good.

[shanafan]

EDIT: I see that you were able to fix your issue. Nice!