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iPhone (First Generation) and the 2.1 upgrade – Unlock?

ntrigue said:
I have Upgraded/Unlocked/Jailbroken three 1G iPhones tonight.
a) 2.0.1 already Pwnage Unlocked/Jailbroken
b) 2.0.1 not yet Pwned at all (had information so I "Erase All Content and Settings"
c) 2.0.2 already Pwnage Unlocked/Jailbroken

You must...upgrade to 2.1 through iTunes the legit way (you will keep unlock but lose jailbreak). Then use the PwnageTool to build a Custom Firmware for each iPhone (it will 'see' the unlock and skip that and give you jailbreak). You will get an error 1600 if you attempt to Pwn/Upgrade or use another iPhone's custom firmware! Please use the applications great DFU mode helper. your screen should be black and iTunes should discover it in recovery mode. Then when it upgrades using your custom firmware it will flash white for a moment.

Here's a tip I ran into along the way:

Navigate to Users > Home Folder > Library > iTunes > Device Support

Delete the Recovery (x122220000_4_Recovery.ipsw) file in that directory without deleting the folder itself.
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Can you tell me why we are deleting the recovery file?

I'm currently at iClarified. I'm about to backup my 1st gen iPhone (UL and JB) running 2.02.

Then I'm going to...

Upgrade to iTunes 8

Run Pwnage 2.1

Restore with the Pwnage 2.1 Custom file

And see what happens.

From what people here and at iClarified say, now you keep both UL and JB with this new process. Have heard AMAZING things about the new functionality and responsiveness of 2.1. Battery life is extended and crashes are limited. So, I'm biting the bullet. Worst case, I'll downgrade the phone with iTunes 7.7 and an earlier Pwnage process. Or I'll live with the Unlock only.

Best case, it's all like people have said and I'll eat my cake and have it too (that's the right way for that expression to be used, by the way).

Comment? Please post quickly before I get rolling.

Thanks,
 
Was Monday the slowest day ever on the forums with nobody responding to questions?

Well, I bit the bullet and tried to UNLOCK and JAILBREAK my first gen. iPhone using iClarified's Pwnage Tool.

It worked!! And now I have an UL and JB phone running 2.1 and it's fast and great.

Directions were perfect.

I got my 1st gen iPhone a little over a month ago. I played with it locked for a week and now I'm never going back.

Have UL and JB it three times moving up to 2.0, 2.0.2 and now it's UL and JB perfectly on 2.1.

Cydia and all the JB aps work fine.

All the regular iPhone apps work fine and it runs perfectly on a prepaid SIM.

No plan, no contract, just $20 a month for unlimited data.

Later gators,
 
ok, i somehow managed to downgrade ma iphone to 2.0.2
it is unlocked activated an jb.
can i now update it to 2.1 with itunes 8 without losing the unlock and activation?
 
hey guys im new to the site. and im sure its been asked a million times and answerd a million times lol. butttt i just wanna double check. i had someone unlock my phone its running 2.0 i want to upgrade to 2.1 i have cydia. now can i just connect my iphone to itunes and just click update? if i do i lose cydia correct? what about the app store?
 
andserclub said:
ok, i somehow managed to downgrade ma iphone to 2.0.2
it is unlocked activated an jb.
can i now update it to 2.1 with itunes 8 without losing the unlock and activation?
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I did this from 2.0 to 2.1 and I didn't have any problems but some people said they encountered problems. JB will be gone if you do this.
 
mrthisone said:
hey guys im new to the site. and im sure its been asked a million times and answerd a million times lol. butttt i just wanna double check. i had someone unlock my phone its running 2.0 i want to upgrade to 2.1 i have cydia. now can i just connect my iphone to itunes and just click update? if i do i lose cydia correct? what about the app store?
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app store stays...cydia will go until you jailbreak it again...as for the applications you downloaded with app store, or cydia..I do not know where those go.

I also want to know if there is a way, before I update to 2.1 from 2.0 (first gen) to back up my cydia apps, and app store applications.
 
mrthisone said:
hey guys im new to the site. and im sure its been asked a million times and answerd a million times lol. butttt i just wanna double check. i had someone unlock my phone its running 2.0 i want to upgrade to 2.1 i have cydia. now can i just connect my iphone to itunes and just click update? if i do i lose cydia correct? what about the app store?
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UL and App store will be there but Cydia will be gone.
 
I have a 1st gen 8gb phone. I had 2.01 jailbroke and unlocked. Updated to 2.1 using iTunes 8, and it bricked my phone (as has happened to other people). I used quickpwn, as directed to in this thread.

After quickpwn ran, my phone began to, what looked like, restarting. It goes to the screen with the apple, afterwhich it has the loading icon on top of the apple logo. It does this for a little bit, then resets itself. Rinse, wash, repeat. I can not get it out of this cycle.

Because it never fully loads, my computer does not detect it.Therefore I can not use programs such as iTunes, quickpwn, or Diskaid. What do I do?!
 
Best software to unlock

Hi,

I have a 2G (first gen) iPhone with V2.1 firmware which I use with AT&T. I use Windows Vista SP1.

I want to unlock the phone to use it overseas and want to put everything back to normal when I get back. Does any one know what I should do (software to install to get the unlock working and software to put everything back) which actually is proven working?

I was reading about ziphone but have read that there are hundreds of iPhones that got bricked after using this...
 
alright just updated to 2.1 directly from itunes 8.0 everything went great. phone works fine nothing bad happen it did take cydia away but like other ppl im not to worried about it.
 
Any Canucks out there?

I too have a gen 1 3G iphone running 1.14 I bought it from California unlocked. It was under AT&T Has anyone upgraded to 2.1 and had success with Rogers Canada as the carrier?
 
Help

Hi there i uploaded this 2.02 firmware **** and now my vibration settings are gone can anyone send me a folder of this " celestial.frameworks "
 
Does anyone have any idea when the Windows unlock for the 2.1 firmware will be out??

At the moment I have my first gen iphone unlocked/jailbroken by quickpwn to 2.0.2 firmware. Do I have to wait for the quickpwn update to come out or is there any other way to update to update to 2.1 without locking my phone??

Thanks!!
 
1.14 to 2.1 w unlocked/jailbroken 2G using mac

I've read the entire thread and still need help/clarification. Understand I cannot go directly from 1.14 to 2.1 but must get to 2.0 (or should it be 2.01 or 2.02) and then to 2.1. Is that true?
I don't understand how to get started which file/software will upgrade my phone to 2.0 or 2.01 or 2.02--do you upgrade using Itunes (I currently have 7.6 on my Mac) and then what--I don't know how to get started. What is the general sequence. Help please PS I don't care if I lose the jailbreak
 
Ok, i have a 2g 8gb iphone with fw2.0.2 ul and jb. i will now try to ubdate to 2.1 with itunes 8.0. if it works i'll let u know..
if not i hope sb can help me to downgrade it again :)
thx
 
but is there a way to back up the JB stuff installed like my offline maps, games, tools, cydia stuff, etc so I can add them later?
 
Ques for entrigue, 1.14 to 2.1

I have Upgraded/Unlocked/Jailbroken three 1G iPhones tonight.
a) 2.0.1 already Pwnage Unlocked/Jailbroken
b) 2.0.1 not yet Pwned at all (had information so I "Erase All Content and Settings"
c) 2.0.2 already Pwnage Unlocked/Jailbroken

You seem to know what you are doing w regard to upgrading and i do not. Can you answer my question re: what's simplest way to get from unlocked/jailbroken 2G 1.14 to unlocked 2.1. see following:

"I've read the entire thread and still need help/clarification. Understand I cannot go directly from 1.14 to 2.1 but must get to 2.0 (or should it be 2.01 or 2.02) and then to 2.1. Is that true?
I don't understand how to get started which file/software will upgrade my phone to 2.0 or 2.01 or 2.02--do you upgrade using Itunes (I currently have 7.6 on my Mac) and then what--I don't know how to get started. What is the general sequence. Help please PS I don't care if I lose the jailbreak"
trigeeked is offline Reply With Quote
 
I've never heard that you couldn't go straight from 1.1.4 to 2.0. Because I went straight from 1.1.4 to 2.0.1. I unlock/jb my iphone by doing a full restore unlock. If you do a restore unlock, it will restore the phone back to factory settings, the phone wont know what happened. it will just go from 1.1.4 to 2.0 or 2.0.1. I haven't 'updated' to each new firmware. every time, and i mean every time, i unlock it, i do a complete restore. "build custom fw, pwn itunes, put in dfu mode and use custom restore WITH A PC AND WINPWN". Then when i went from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2, i did the same thing.

That is my two cents worth.
 
You can go from 1.1.4 to 2.1

trigeeked said:
I've read the entire thread and still need help/clarification. Understand I cannot go directly from 1.14 to 2.1 but must get to 2.0 (or should it be 2.01 or 2.02) and then to 2.1. Is that true?
I don't understand how to get started which file/software will upgrade my phone to 2.0 or 2.01 or 2.02--do you upgrade using Itunes (I currently have 7.6 on my Mac) and then what--I don't know how to get started. What is the general sequence. Help please PS I don't care if I lose the jailbreak
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1.14 to 2.1 ? for ellsworth

ellsworth said:
I'm currently on 1.1.4 So I think I'll pwn to 2.0.2 and than go to 2.1
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i have an unlocked/jailbroken 2G w 1.14. So must i first go to 2.02 and then to 2.1 or can I just use Itunes 8.0 to get to 2.1 and then unlock--don't care about retaining jailbreak. Thanks
 
Sorry guys but I'm still so confused after reading through the entire thread. I have 1 Gen 4GB iphone which has 2.0.2 firmware and pwned just two weeks ago. I have already updated my iTunes to 8.0.

Questions:
1. Do I just upgrade to 2.1 through iTunes?
2. If so, do I hit "update" or "restore"?

EDIT: I don't care if I lose jailbreak...just need to keep phone unlocked.
 
trigeeked said:
i have an unlocked/jailbroken 2G w 1.14. So must i first go to 2.02 and then to 2.1 or can I just use Itunes 8.0 to get to 2.1 and then unlock--don't care about retaining jailbreak. Thanks
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You can go from 1.1.4 to 2.1
In fact you can go from any fw even first one (1.0) to 2.1, there's no difference to the iphone, all you're doing is installing operating system (firmware) on the same hardware (iphone). Who cares what fw was on the iphone, it just gets overwritten with new one when you restore in iTunes. Just run PwnageTool 2.1 and you'll be fine.
 
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