Is it still possible to brick a 3G using Redsn0w?

[jshelton]

If you follow the instructions exactly, is it still possible to brick the iPhone 3G. A friend is about to jailbreak and he is worried about this.

Thanks guys and gals.

 

[-aggie-]

It's not possible to "brick" an iPhone, period.

 

[jmann]

It is pretty much impossible to "brick" an iphone in the first place. Most EVERY problem can be solved with a DFU restore in iTunes.

 

[toxictrix]

I'm not sure I would say it is absolutely impossible to brick an iphone. It is very very very unlikely though.

 

[Applejuiced]

No.
The only way to brick it is if you fry it, brick it thru water damage or break the charger port on the bottom so it cant charge any more.
If you mess up with software you can always restore it back to factory specs.

 

[impulse462]

No.
The only way to brick it is if you fry it, brick it thru water damage or break the charger port on the bottom so it cant charge any more.
If you mess up with software you can always restore it back to factory specs.

If you mess with iBoot you can permanently brick the phone but no jailbreaking software (rednow/purplerain) will give you access to iBoot

 

[Applejuiced]

Yes, but theres still software that can repair that also.....

If you mess with iBoot you can permanently brick the phone but no jailbreaking software (rednow/purplerain) will give you access to iBoot

 

[IBradMac]

I suppose you could brick it after a successful jailbreak through openssh. If you delete a system file and cannot replace it (ie; didn't back it up) then it is very likely your phone won't work.

 

[thep33t]

Actually, if you delete every file on the iphone, you can DFU restore it (iE: cd /;rm -r *)