iPhone Pwnage Guide: PwnageTool/QuickPwn/WinPwn: Unlock and Jailbreak iPhone/3G

[garciarios]

Activate?

I Jailbreaked and unlocked my 2g iphone 2.0.2 using QuickPwn and BootNeauter.


It looks like it was successful when I put in a T-mobile sim it says TMobile on the top right corner for service and it only allows me to make emergency calls and it as to connect to itunes to activate it. Well when I did this is what I got in Itunes.... btw when I used bootneuter I selected 4.6, Neuter and Unlock...

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq76/803507/activate.jpg


Can you give advise on how to activate it? I figured it would be activated as part of jailbraking and unlocking it....

 

[801FuNk801]

Bootloaders???

I have downloaded the bootloaders from a number of sites both 3.9 and 4.6 and when i use pwnageTool it says it can not find them and even when i browse for them it says they are not the right file???? Any ideas??

 

[FluffyTheRhino]

QuickPwn 1.5.1 RC3

I finally gave in and bought an iPhone on Friday. It came with 2.0.2, and I heard they could be modified so I researched the hell out of it.

I signed up with AT&T in June, so I ended up paying full price for the phone as I'm nowhere near upgrade time. Anyway, most of these tools seemed overly complicated with the write-ups. I went with a friend's suggestion and downloaded QuickPwn. The latest version is 1.5.1 RC3, which I haven't read a whole lot about.

I downloaded the 2.0.2 Firmware straight from Apple, which was a gloriously atrocious 250 MB file.

I plugged my phone into the USB port, fired up QuickPwn and went to town. All in all, the onscreen instructions were so bloody easy I couldn't believe it. You click a few things, browse to the downloaded firmware, press a couple buttons on the phone and it does everything.

I was happier than a pig in it's own crap when it booted. The lovely pineapple logo. Then the phone came on. My icons were there. It wasn't broken. It immediately saw the network, and I didn't have to do ANYTHING to restore any settings previously set up on the phone as I had right after I purchased it.

I fired up the Installer and Cydia apps... they did a couple updates. So far, so good. No lockups, everything was smooth.

I had seen Summerboard and Winterboard talked about, so I decided to try it out. I installed Winterboard, and downloaded a couple themes. After the install, I opened up Winterboard, and the themes were sitting there, just waiting for me to try one out. I clicked on, got the check next to it, and then I waited.

Nothing.

I pressed the home button. It went back out to the normal display. No changes. wtf.

So, I figured maybe I needed to reboot the phone...

...and I did.

Pineapple logo. For ten minutes. It would not boot up. I managed to get it shut off. I tried turning it on again. Same thing. My bloody phone would not boot.

So... I plugged the phone back into my laptop, got it into that cute little restore mode with Steve Jobs' cartoon standing there speaking Russian, and clicked "Restore" in iTunes. It redownloaded the firmware, during that time my phone shut off due to lack of activity. When it was finished downloaded, I popped it back on into restore mode and hit restore again. It did what it had to do, and then I resynced the phone.

The 4 or so apps that I had previously installed on the phone, but would not work. They'd open, and then shut down. So, I ran the sync on iTunes and told it not to resync the apps. Then I did it again, and let it reinstall them.

Wallah. Back to original configuration with no more problems.

With the 2.1 firmware coming out allegedly tomorrow or maybe in a few weeks, I'm thinking I might hold off on another jailbreak until some of the serious flaws get worked out.... both in the apple code, as well as the jailbreaking process.

But.... if you're looking to jailbreak, QuickPwn is fast as hell, and extremely simple. Truthfully, you don't have to know much more than this:

Download QuickPwn
Download Firmware
Run QuickPwn
Follow Instructions onscreen
The end.

And if you're worried about fixing anything you might botch up, restoring is easy as pie... the only downside is the time it takes for iTunes to do all of the work for you.

 

[jdmstar]

Ok i guess i understand most of this. But so far no one has answered this question.

After this whole process will you be able to ACTIVATE the phone to use on another network?

Or do you have to downgrade the 2.02 firmware to 1.14 to unlock and use any sim?

 

[DarrenG]

Ok i guess i understand most of this. But so far no one has answered this question.

After this whole process will you be able to ACTIVATE the phone to use on another network?

Or do you have to downgrade the 2.02 firmware to 1.14 to unlock and use any sim?

Yes you can unlock and use with another sim IF you have an iPhone 2G but NO if you have a 3G model. Currently the 3G can be JailBroken only.

 

[misaje]

Ok iphone 2G Upgraded and unlocked fine.........................
Help for others who need it!
If you currently have old firmware or unlocked with ziphone.
Download New 2.02 firmware and place phone in recovery mode and restore iphone back to factory with new firmware through itunes by clicking on shift and restore and pointing at firmware.
Then run Quickpwn the pictures are a little different as it also gives you the option if you want the phone unlocked just tick this and select the 2 bootloaders 3.9 and 4.6 (These can be downloaded)
And it does all the rest it's self
Very happy just need to get some better source for Cydia
Any ideas please of good source's

 

[tjobeid]

I have an unlocked 1.1.4. Can you tell me what i can do to download and unlock to a 2.0.1 or 2.0.2? Can someone that has time guide me throught this step by step by AIM or MSn? Im a noob when it comes to MY iphone for somereason.

 

[misaje]

I have an unlocked 1.1.4. Can you tell me what i can do to download and unlock to a 2.0.1 or 2.0.2? Can someone that has time guide me throught this step by step by AIM or MSn? Im a noob when it comes to MY iphone for somereason.

If you follow what i have wrote above and update to 2.02 and the like 1st page go through proccess on post 3# you will be there
So easy its like taking candy from a baby, Not that i would

 

[tjobeid]

If you follow what i have wrote above and update to 2.02 and the like 1st page go through proccess on post 3# you will be there
So easy its like taking candy from a baby, Not that i would

i downloaded the 2.0 FW and the custom 2.0 firmware.And i powned my itunes and held SHIFT and click restore and restored it with the 2.0 custom restore. So now i have a full unlocked/jailbroken 2.0 iphone.

Now lets say i want to go to a 2.0.2. What do i have to do?

 

[ellsworth]

Probably do it all over again... but I'm not sure...

 

[misaje]

i downloaded the 2.0 FW and the custom 2.0 firmware.And i powned my itunes and held SHIFT and click restore and restored it with the 2.0 custom restore. So now i have a full unlocked/jailbroken 2.0 iphone.

Now lets say i want to go to a 2.0.2. What do i have to do?

Yep Download 2.0.2 and run quickpwn as long as your on firmware 2 its ok or upgrade will fail

Not sure if we can update to 2.1 as yet seen no reports


Firmware list http://modmyifone.com/wiki/index.php/IPhone_Firmware_Download_Links#2.0.1

 

[awirnok]

iPhone 2G unlock

I see, that is problem with iTunes 8. I want to unlock iPhone first version.
Can I unlock iPhone with winpwn, when I am on Windows on iTunes 8? Or must download 7.7 version of iTunes? And what version of firmware will be upgraded?
2.0.2 or 2.1?
Thank for answer.

 

[oSutrooper]

Sim Card not supported

I used pwange to unlock and jailbreak the iphone. used the bootlander to serach automatic for the network. works fine with my att card. I sold the phone and when they put the t mobile card in it is read "sim car not supported." What can I do so that this will work.

 

[killacrossova]

After you unlock or pwn the iphone, do you have to reset it before you install a new (official) firmware from apple? I'm almost ready to try this out.

 

[trigeeked]

1.14 to 2.1 (unlocked and using T-mobile)

Ok iphone 2G Upgraded and unlocked fine.........................

If you currently have old firmware or unlocked with ziphone.
Download New 2.02 firmware and place phone in recovery mode and restore iphone back to factory with new firmware through itunes by clicking on shift and restore and pointing at firmware.
Then run Quickpwn the pictures are a little different as it also gives you the option if you want the phone unlocked just tick this and select the 2 bootloaders 3.9 and 4.6 (These can be downloaded)
And it does all the rest it's self

Misaje,
Can you comment on whether it's possible to upgrade directly from 1.14 unlocked/jailbroken to 2.1 and remain unlocked or unlock after upgrade (I don't care about jailbreak)--or is it mandatory to upgrade to 2.0 or 2.02 as an intermediate step. Thanks......ed

 

[misaje]

Misaje,
Can you comment on whether it's possible to upgrade directly from 1.14 unlocked/jailbroken to 2.1 and remain unlocked or unlock after upgrade (I don't care about jailbreak)--or is it mandatory to upgrade to 2.0 or 2.02 as an intermediate step. Thanks......ed

You have to upgrade to at least version 2 firmware.
Then you can use the tool to run jailbreak and unlock with 2.02 fine
I had my phone on 1.4 unlocked and jailbroke on vodaphone with Ziphone just did a restore to 2.02 then ran the quickpwn tool very easy now running 2.02 and waiting for 2.2 tool to come out

 

[oSutrooper]

sorry wrong place

 

[SolidState]

Quickpwn didn't work??

I just used Quickpwn on my 3G (I'm on 2.1...trying to JB) but it doesn't seem like it worked. I followed all on-screen instructions (the process didn't really require much input from me lol) and the last step says that "Quickpwn will be installing new firmware on your 3G. Please do not do anything until the phone has rebooted". No problem, the screen was white for several minutes, and then the phone went dark, but never actually rebooted. I waited 30 minutes and then unhooked and powered up the phone. Apple logo on bootup (I chose not to replace the originals), but my phone seems the same. I'm not positive on what is supposed to be different, but I'm under the impression that Cydia and Installer should be on my springboard.

I've done this process twice with the same results both times. Did I miss something? Is there a way to check if the JB worked, or if I'm missing Cydia etc. then I know it didn't?

 

[bytethese]

Anyone else having issues with 2.1 on their iPhone 3G? When I first Pwned 2.0, I had issues with the signal and I found that since I am an AT&T Customer, that I should use the Expert Mode in Pwnage and deselect the Activation option in General settings.

With the new 2.1, I did the same thing and when I had boot up, I saw an iTunes icon with a USB cable and the system doesn't recognize it. I just wanted to let folks know to try and reboot the phone and this should hopefully get the phone working as mine just seemed to come up ok.

I'd also like to contradict the "Do not restore a backup from a previously jailbroken phone." logic. I have restored my phone from 1.1.4 to 2.0 with no issues (less the mail crashing fix I and everyone else needed to use). Other than that, I'm not sure why one could not restore a previously jailbroken backup to a newly jailbroken phone.

 

[vmc2]

firmware 2.1 killed my signal...baseband 3.9 brought it back to life!!

i am writing this post because after hours of not finding a solution online, i think its only proper to contribute to the database in the event someone else runs into the same issue.

so after upgrading to itunes 8.0 and to firmware 2.1 (from 1.1.4) and quickpwn-ing my fon, all seemingly worked as expected...even the restoration of my old contacts and such from itunes. however i noticed my connection was now at one bar, and after a few minutes "no service."

after theorizing it may be a baseband issue, i decided to use PWNage (instead of quickpwn) and create another restore build that is more customized. i successfully created one downgrading the baseband to 3.9. the next step was to put the phone in DFU mode (restore mode) which PWNage said failed. i started again tried multiple times and still failed. pwnage said to enter into restore mode within itunes and restore but i repeatedly got 1600 errors. And if I restored to factory, my t-mobile sim prevented me from doing anything...even restoring.

i found that with the iphone in DFU mode: while a custom restore was not happening (via the pressing the "alt" key with "restore"), a restore to factory settings (no alt key) was. so i merely restored to factory first, then using Quickpwn just so its activated and can then take a custom restoration (pressing alt and restore) using the Pwnage build from before with a baseband of 3.9.

after that, a restore of my contacts and other ifon crap has everything running and the baseband downgrade fixed my signal strength!

all is well that ends well!

 

[4thhorseman]

Do i need to reactivate?

I just bought an iphone from a guy in the staates OTB and AT&T activated.

Now I am in Europe and tried to jailbreak my iphone with the new 2.0.2 Firmware. Worked fine, but as i tried to insert a local carrier card the iphone wouldn't accept the Sim so i put back in my AT&T Sim. I had no reception and it said no signal. I restored my iphone back in itunes to undo the jailbreak. Now constantly the message apears : "waiting for activation this may take some time....dismiss".

Do i have to jailbreak again with winpwn again and check the activate option?

Who did experience the same issue?

can someone help?

 

[DarrenG]

Is this a 2G or 3G? If 2G then Pwnage will do the trick and both JailBreak and Unlock (you need to Unlock to use another sim card).

If it's a 3G then you cannot unlock them as yet. Try another restore in iTunes.

 

[4thhorseman]

I don't know who misses the point...

...it is an iphone 3g.

I know i got to unlock the iphone with a Turbo sim etc.

I am just wondering if the "waiting for activation....." message will be gone when i put in the Turbo sim with an European carrier sim like O2 for example.

 

[SolidState]

NVM...couldn't get anything to work with Quickpwn and my Mac, so I tried Quickpwn for Windows on my XP machine and it worked perfectly and only took 2 minutes. I still don't know why it wouldn't work my my mac....

 

[Coop421]

Hi,

I just jail broke my iphone last night using quickpwn. Everything seems to be fine except when I try to use the phone. When I open it, it will frozen on the keypad for a little bit then it will go back to the home screen. I remember being able to use after i did it but my memory isn't that good. Should I try to reinstall it?