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Username and Password? When do / did I set a username and password?
All the other steps seem golden.

If i hack it with MAC, will i still be able to use it when i am connected to itunes on a windows machine later on?

do i need to unzip the ispw file before putting it in pwnage folder?

Does this work on my iP which is on 2.02 (3G)?
But I guess this is not for Windows?

I could use a little more clarification on step 9. What does replacing the original boot and recovery logos do vs. not doing it?

this is not working…. i connect my iphone and NOOOTHING happens……. :(

It works, I tried Pwnage Tool & I kept getting error 1600 b4 syncing new firmware, I almost gave up But QuikPwn did it without problems.(iphone 3G 2.1 itunes 8)

The procedure worked for my iphone (German 16GB 2.1 3G), everything ran smoothly but afterwards the GPS was not working. I tried several things - reboot, reset, GPS location on/off, 3G on/off - no success. Just the rough estimate for the location in google maps. The GPS poblem was solved with a restore to 2.1 fimware. Seems I have to stay in jail to know where I am.

sorry . Newbie here. What is jailbreak vs. Unlock ? Does this mean I will b able to use cydia but remain with AT&T ? iPhone 3g. 2.1.0 …. Thanks

No. leave it the way it was downloaded. Also, if you download with safari it will automaticly unzip it, you don’t want that. Download it with mozilla so it keeps the ipsw ending…

I tried pwnage tool 2.1 and it didn’t work, my iphone 3g couldn’t make or receive any calls; there was no “carriers” section in the settings page. so then i try this and the same thing happens, i can’t use my “phone”. So now i’m restoring my iphone and seeing if that will allow me to use my “phone”. :(

i followed the tutorial, i have now a jailbroken 16gb 3G 2.1 but i wonder what one must do in order to bring it back as it was before? in case of a service need or so…
thanks

Thank you so much for this how-to. I tried multiple times to Jailbreak my iPhone 3G with 2.1. Unfortunately, I didn’t actually read what was on the screen. Once you broke it down for me into specific steps I saw where my mistake was. The long dark ***headdesk*** is over for me.

seriously does it work or not?

not enough support from the forums, and this is one of the more in depth guides out there.

but if it’s that simple.

Ugh. Awful luck with this so far.

2.1 first edition iPhone, downloaded all the files, and quickly realized this guide doesn’t give you all the information. Witness:

#1: Download the ipsw file using a browser other than Safari. Safari will open the package automatically, and you don’t want to do that. Use Firefox, and the ipsw file won’t open — once downloaded, put it in the folder you created.

#2, and this is important: KEEP ITUNES RUNNING WHILE USING QUICKPWN. Can’t stress this enough. I closed it while running Quickpwn, and after it was all done, my iPhone kept rebooting on the apple screen for half an hour, vibrating every two minutes. Had to restore. Keeping iTunes open should prevent this.

#3: Make sure you read the directions the entire way through before attempting this. You’ll have to push buttons on the iPhone during Quickpwn installation, and you have to know what to expect the very first time. I didn’t, and my iPhone was nearly bricked. It would’ve prevented three hours of additional restoring and rejailbreaking had I known.

Once installed, Quickpwn appeared to have worked, with the icons on my homescreen. After attempting to install a few programs using Installer, however, it rebooted forever again, requiring another restore. Tried three times, everything appeared kosher, and still nothing. Going back to unjailbroken 2.1…I’ve had enough.

Good luck!

I have a new iPhone - I can’t use it because its 02 and we don’t get O2 around these parts. I have tried doing all things stated above and still the Vodafone Sim is not allowed/recognised by itunes or the iphone (no signal) - assuming the iphone is able to pick up the vodafone signal like me old phone - I really really don’t know what to do

iPhone 3G (bought from Carphone Warehouse)
Operating System 2.1 (5f136)
Carrier (still O2 2.6)

If anyone can help great as my new toy is turning in to a flash calculator.

Worked fine for me, iPhone 3G running 2.1.

Can anybody confirm whether Jailbreak and the processes above actually enable your phone to work with other sim cards or whether you need to do some other type of unlocking to get it working

Thanks in advance for the confirmation

let me be clearer

I have tried to follow your instructions to the letter on unlocking/enabling my iPhone to not just work with an O2 Sim card but a Vodafone Sim card and it just doesn’t work.

iPhone 3G v 2.1
Bought from Carphone warehouse
Setup on Mac OSX leopard

downloaded:
iPhone1,2_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw (237.8MB)
QuickPwn_1.1.dmg

Applications load on to iPhone but and it is recognised by iTunes but it still doesn’t recognise the Vodafone Sim as in it shows no bars of signals (it doesn’t reject as such). My other phone show 5/5 bars of signal so unless the iPhone has a bad aerial (and I have tried it on two separate ones) I just don’t know what I am doing wrong

Please help!!!

after downloading all files…jailbreak took 5 mins!!! great guide!!!

guys i have jailbroke my 2G 2.1 iphone perfectly but the problem is that when i plug my SIM and unlock it the phone doesnt see the carrier so i cant dial or receive any calls any one has a solution?

help me….please.I jail broke my 3G and everything is great except now my phone dialer is frozen… it doesn’t work. i can’t check voice mail,calls received,or make calls….luckly i can still call from my favorites list but thats it…..everything else works fine …HELP…I’m going crazy…if i plug it back on iTunes what will happen?

I unistalled KATE but that didn’t work…..somebody?anybody?help me.

stock in step seven, QuickPwn doesn’t recognize my iphone…any ideas?

Worked like a charm on iPhone 3G running 2.1.

Everything ran OK on quickpwn but the phone doesn’t appear to be unlocked. The sim card that worked on V1.1.4 doesn’t work on 2.1. Any ideas?

hihi

i followed your steps.. hold power and home buttton.. release power button… at count of 10

but still cannot enter DFU mode.

why is that so? tried alot of times too. :(

tks a zillion!!

everything goes fine
but then when it reboots at the end there is no installer or cydia

i have a iphone 2.1 fw, 1st generation, itunes 8.0.1

if you having problems unlocking iphone original with 2.1 firmware. use quickpwn to jailbreak and use pwnagetool to creat custom firmware for the iphone. then go to itune and restore with the custom firmware. Easy as pie.

This works for a world of errors. 1600, 1601, 21, etc… It took me awhile to get this going but I finally am using tmobile with my iphone again.

If you are having difficulties with the dialer after jailbreaking your iphone 3g, you can uninstall Kate and it’ll work just fine after uninstalling. Greets.

AHHH! This isnt working. I downloaded the quickpwn 1.1 and it downloaded the restore file itself. It started doing its think and I did what it said on the screen with the pressing and releasing of the certain buttons at certain times. Now it appears to be stuck in this “sending” part of the installation and my iphone screen is off and its just hanging on that screen in quickpwn. What do I DO? PLEASE HELP!!!

Hello
I jailbreaked my iphone 3G (2.1), and i have a Vodafone SIM card, but it isn’t work… Why? I tried everything, but nothing happend… What shuld i do now?
Please help me! :D
Thanks: Mike

Well I stupidly upgraded my fully turbo sim working 2.1 iphone to a 2.2 firmware. So this good guide no longer works for me.

If after the jailbreak you can’t make dial calls because the phone dialer freezes and goes back to the main menu, try this:

1- Uninstall Kate from Installer: this is what everyone recommends, seems to work for a lot of people but didn’t work for me.

2- Then go to Installer again and uninstall these apps:

A) Mobile enhancer
B) RIP DEV preferences

3- Reboot your iPhone.

That’s what I did and got my dial pad back again.

Hope this helps someone, I spent like three hours searching for a solution…