Pwnage 2.0.1 bricked my iPhone

[jonny1480]

Are you trying to use this on AT&T or not? If you are not, take the SIM card out and in the basic mode on Pwnage you need to say that you are NOT trying to use it as a legit customer or whatever the wording is. If you say you ARE then it will remain locked. I did this for over an hour last night til I re-read the entire directions. I will bet money on this

 

[treyb]

Are you trying to use this on AT&T or not? If you are not, take the SIM card out and in the basic mode on Pwnage you need to say that you are NOT trying to use it as a legit customer or whatever the wording is. If you say you ARE then it will remain locked. I did this for over an hour last night til I re-read the entire directions. I will bet money on this

how much money....i'm not trying to use it on att I'm really just trying to unlock it. I wanna use it on a prepaid phone, but i'm sure that it will not work, but I wanna try anyways. without the sim card in it won't let me restore.

 

[jonny1480]

how much money....i'm not trying to use it on att I'm really just trying to unlock it. I wanna use it on a prepaid phone, but i'm sure that it will not work, but I wanna try anyways. without the sim card in it won't let me restore.

LOL! Try having the sim card in it then, but you must choose that you are NOT an authentic user in the process.

 

[macdim]

You should be able to do this:

Put the phone into DFU mode yourself by plugging it in to a mac and then turning the phone completely off. Then, hold the power and home buttons together for exactly 10 seconds, and then release the home button, but keep holding the power button. iTunes should then tell you that there is a phone in recovery mode bla bla bla. You should at no time see anything on the iPhone screen. Once you see the iTunes message, you can let go of the button.

Once you're in DFU mode, restore the phone using iTunes to the latest official 2.0 software. Once that's done and assuming it was error free, run pwnage. pwnage should do something to your phone (as in you should see scrolling text on the phone screen) and then reboot your phone. Once you create your custom firmware, restore it in iTunes.

If that doesn't work, let me know. You can actually revert back to 1.1.4 official and use pwnage 1.1 to do the initial "pwn" and then just upgrade to your custom firmware 2.0 afterwards. I did this on the weekend for a friend who accidentally upgraded to 2.0 from an unlocked 1.1.4.

 

[yoavcs]

Just do the restore with a SIM in the phone. I don't see the problem here.

 

[treyb]

Just do the restore with a SIM in the phone. I don't see the problem here.

i don't see the problem either, thus the reasoning for posting on here. I have followed the instructions to the letter a few times and then I've tried different ones as well and none have worked. I'm gonna start working on it again here in a few. I'll post later

 

[treyb]

sorry for a double post, i wasn't paying attention

You should be able to do this:

Put the phone into DFU mode yourself by plugging it in to a mac and then turning the phone completely off. Then, hold the power and home buttons together for exactly 10 seconds, and then release the home button, but keep holding the power button. iTunes should then tell you that there is a phone in recovery mode bla bla bla. You should at no time see anything on the iPhone screen. Once you see the iTunes message, you can let go of the button.

Once you're in DFU mode, restore the phone using iTunes to the latest official 2.0 software. Once that's done and assuming it was error free, run pwnage. pwnage should do something to your phone (as in you should see scrolling text on the phone screen) and then reboot your phone. Once you create your custom firmware, restore it in iTunes.

If that doesn't work, let me know. You can actually revert back to 1.1.4 official and use pwnage 1.1 to do the initial "pwn" and then just upgrade to your custom firmware 2.0 afterwards. I did this on the weekend for a friend who accidentally upgraded to 2.0 from an unlocked 1.1.4.

I'm able to get it into DFU mode and unbrick the phone, but I am unable to get it pwned. I'm gonna try a couple more times this morning, then I guess I'll try the 1.1.4 trick.

 

[aneks]

My iPhone is bricked as of now. I have tried several times to run the custom restore created by the pwnage tool, as well as a legit restore through itunes (no alt-restore). It is currently repeatedly giving an apple logo then saying connect to itune, then going black for a second, just to do the same thing again.

I've tried everything I can think of but I can't seem to get it right. Originally there was an ATT sim card in the phone, but it was de-activated when I got the 3G. Has anyone encountered this problem and more important fixed this problem?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I had exactly the same problem. Pwned apple logo. Then reset to black then pwned apple logo. Managed to fix it by:

1. connecting to the phone to pwnage and builiding a new firmware then at the prompt forcing the phone to DFU as it explains. Screen goes blank and doesn't turn back on.
   
2. then quit pwnage. opened itunes and got the "detected phone in recovery mode" then restored with the LEGIT 2.0 firmware not the pwned one.
   
3. Finally managed to get it pwned using another persons mac. Just did exactly as instructed and it worked perfectly on their machine but not mine ?!

hope this helps.

 

[lettuceno]

Pwnage

I had a major issue with pwnage 2.0.1 yesterday. I kept getting 1604 errors when I tried to install the custom 2.0 firmware. I tried all of the suggestions I could find offered up on the internet and nothing worked. My iphone (1st gen) was stuck in the usb cable/Itunes screen. I even tried just a standard Apple restore to the official 2.0 software.

Finally, I downgraded my Itunes to 7.5 and after a few tries I was able to restore the software to 1.1.4. I used iLiberty to unlock/jailbreak and I'm not bothering with 2.0 until there is a better tool in place.

 

[mdwsta4]

if you still have any warranty left, take it into a Genius Bar. my ziphone'd 1.1.4 phone got bricked after attempting to pwn 2.0.1. tried EVERYTHING from restarting and expert mode, to try and downgrade with 7.5 and 1.1.4, switched USB cables, nada.
apple store gave me a new phone no problem.
i know people like pwnage, but just like with everything there will always be haters and now i'm one of them. i'll wait until ziphone comes out with an app for 2.0. most apps i use are now on the app store (and working on my phone). since i'm an ATT customer i don't really need it unlocked, i just liked it that way. the main thing i miss is SSH and summerboard for all my icons/background/carrier logo. ah well, all in due time i suppose.

 

[ViViDboarder]

I apologize if there was any confusion. I am trying to unlock my original 2007 iPhone. I want my 3G to be legit. I still have not gotten the phone to unlock. I have ran the pwnage tool and done everything everyone has described (except a different user account - I'm using a separate computer than my main one, so I don't think the account is any issue).

Whenever I have tried to unlock without the sim card in it it hasn't completed the process. I'm still stuck.

It may make a difference. The new user account is supposed to act like a clean boot with minimal background processes to interfere. Just because it's not your main doesn't mean it doesn't have any running. I'd give it a go if I where you. It can't hurt. Just remove it after.