Stuck in initial setup after jailbreaking iOS 5 on iphone 3GS(please help)

[Umer]

Hi... I tried to jailbreak iOS 5 on my iphone 3GS (old bootrom) using sn0wbreeze-v2.8b8.. after building a custom ipsw file I restored it through itunes successfully, but when my iphone turned on,having iOS 5, there was an initial setup in the very startn I set language,location and wifi settings, at the end the setup said, activating ur iphone........ and then it said "only compatible SIM cards from a supported carrier may be used to activate iphone.Please insert the sim card that came eith ur iphone......"
I think snowbreeze failed to jailbreak iOS or sumthing!
Though,according to the tutorial i would hav ended up with an untethered jailbreak of iOS 5 (as my device is 3GS wd old bootrom), i tried to boot with ibooty but no use,im still stuck in initial setup.... please help me!!

here's the tutorial i used
http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-5-on-windows-using-sn0wbreeze-2.8b8/

 

[mreddys10]

Hi... I tried to jailbreak iOS 5 on my iphone 3GS (old bootrom) using sn0wbreeze-v2.8b8.. after building a custom ipsw file I restored it through itunes successfully, but when my iphone turned on,having iOS 5, there was an initial setup in the very startn I set language,location and wifi settings, at the end the setup said, activating ur iphone........ and then it said "only compatible SIM cards from a supported carrier may be used to activate iphone.Please insert the sim card that came eith ur iphone......"
I think snowbreeze failed to jailbreak iOS or sumthing!
Though,according to the tutorial i would hav ended up with an untethered jailbreak of iOS 5 (as my device is 3GS wd old bootrom), i tried to boot with ibooty but no use,im still stuck in initial setup.... please help me!!

here's the tutorial i used
http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-5-on-windows-using-sn0wbreeze-2.8b8/

Looks like you missed a step. Did you hacktivate (did you check the option to make snowbreeze activate your phone)?

 

[Umer]

Looks like you missed a step. Did you hacktivate (did you check the option to make snowbreeze activate your phone)?

no i didn,t... actually i did'nt see this option any where during the process..
can u tell where is it?

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i found the "hacktivate option", i checked it this time... building the ipsw again... lets see if it solves the problem! thanks for the reply!

 

[Umer]

problem solved

thanx alot mreddys10.... its workin fine now!
the person who wrote that tutorial (the one i followed) should have mentioned the hacktivate point!! its totally his mistake not mine

 

[Johnny X]

Any tips?

I think I'm struggling with the same problem as Umer. I upgraded to iOS 5, but since then have been unable to get my iPhone 3GS back into action. I followed the tutorial, including clicking activate under 'General', but still no luck. I have the apple logo with an empty bar underneath, which won't fill.

Is this something to do with the fact I didn't 'preserve my baseband' prior to upgrading to iOS 5? I've considered trying to degrade iOS 5 back to 4.3.5, but I'm not completely sure whether this is possible. I fear I should have backed up my SHSH blobs for the 4.3.5 version, but I didn't do this - at least not consciously... Anybody got any tips? I'm well and truly stuck and have spent an entire Sunday getting nowhere. I'd be very grateful for any advice. Thanks.