jailbroken iphone apps store and itunes

[divalicious]

Hi I am a noob when it comes to mac so bare with me
My question is this
I purchased a jailbroken iphone (not a 3g)
and i was trying to access the app store and download something
but when i try it asks me for a password of the person who previously owned this phone i dont know it so i hooked it up to my macbook then itunes pops up and the popup says something about not being able to use it until i download 8.0 ....what would happen if I download it? wouldnt my phone lock ?
cydia and installer is great but i really want to access the app store and my itunes

 

[Tallest Skil]

Don't use Installer; it's worthless. Cydia is all you need.

Edit: Oho... The idiot left their ACCOUNT in iTunes!

Do a DFU restore and jailbreak on your own. Then when you resync, you'll have your settings.

 

[divalicious]

Don't use Installer; it's worthless. Cydia is all you need.

Edit: Oho... The idiot left their ACCOUNT in iTunes!

Do a DFU restore and jailbreak on your own. Then when you resync, you'll have your settings.

Yeah the idiot left his account in itunes (got the phone off ebay) and boy am I peed off he even left his email but i deleted it . dfu restore ? I dont know how to do that ! I suppose if I do a little searching I will be able to find some tuts

 

[Four20]

Here is a video showing you how to go into DFU mode
http://www.appstoreapps.com/2008/09/22/iphone-tip-dfu-mode/

and then just restore via iTunes

 

[divalicious]

thank you kindly

 

[jmccullough108]

thank you kindly

Keep in mind, if you restore, you will no longer be jailbroken..

 

[SFStateStudent]

Also, since you have a v1 iPhone and you're JB, are you unlocked as well?

 

[divalicious]

Keep in mind, if you restore, you will no longer be jailbroken..

i just figured that out and unplugged it from my macbook
now it (my phone) wont come on probably cause its still in dfu mode
oh dear what have i done?! lol i know somewhere somebody is laughing their arse off at me (the mac noob)

 

[divalicious]

ok i figured how to get it out of dfu mode
but of course back to the drawing board lol

 

[divalicious]

Also, since you have a v1 iPhone and you're JB, are you unlocked as well?

yes unlocked and i use it with tmobile
why are you looking like lol

 

[SFStateStudent]

Because if you want to keep it unlocked, there are other procedures for using YellowSnow as part of the unlock while updating to firmware 2.2.1. Also, two of my brothers are unlocked and using T-Mobile...

 

[dZp]

Because if you want to keep it unlocked, there are other procedures for using YellowSnow

*cough*

I purchased a jailbroken iphone (not a 3g)

*cough*

If you do a full restore to factory settings, pick a jailbreak/unlock tutorial for your 2G iPhone from this page

 

[divalicious]

i got it all worked out
all i had to do was download 8.02 itunes
its just that I was afraid my phone wouldnt work after I did it but it does
and now i can access my itunes and app store like i wanted
but itunes says there is a firmware update for my phone but i know not to download it