QuickPwn 2.2 Guide & Tutorial

Sebastien, Nov 22, 2008

[digg-me]This guide will show you how to use QuickPwn 2.2 to jailbreak your iPhone. This tutorial is for PC users but I assume the steps are the same on a Mac.

UPDATE: THIS WILL ONLY WORK WITH FIRMWARE 2.2. IT WILL NOT WORK WITH 2.2.1 AS THERE IS NO JAILBREAK FOR IT YET. IF YOU ARE ON 2.2 THEN FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS. IF YOU ARE ON 2.2.1, THEN COME BACK TO THIS SITE IN A FEW DAYS WHEN WE FIND A SOLUTION TO JAILBREAKING IT.

UPDATE 2: I updated this guide for the newer firmware 2.2.1. Please go here for a QuickPWN 2.2.1 guide.

UPDATE 3: The comments are closed. If you have any question about jailbreaking, please ask it in the forum.

IMPORTANT: READ EVERY SINGLE WORD OF THIS POST BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO JAILBREAK YOUR IPHONE

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This QuickPwn 2.2 tutorial will be short as I have already posted a QuickPwn guide before. This guide only shows you how to jailbreak. If you want to learn how to unlock your iPhone 2.2 firmware, please read my iPhone 2.2 QuickPwn unlock tutorial.

The following is not applicable anymore since you can unlock your iPhone safely with this method.

IMPORTANT NOTE FROM THE DEV TEAM:

If you are using your iPhone with one carrier and have no interest in the possibility of an iPhone 3G unlock in the near future then just restore or upgrade to 2.2 using iTunes and use QuickPwn to Jailbreak and add Cydia and Installer.

Before doing anything, I suggest you read this important message from the Dev Team.

What does that mean? It means that you can only use this method if you don’t care about unlocking your iPhone in the future. If you’re a “legit” AT&T iPhone user and you have no interest in unlocking your iPhone in the future, then this is for you.

On the other hand, if you’re not a “legit” user or if you do want to be able to unlock your iPhone in the future, then this is NOT for you. If that’s the case, you will have to jailbreak your iPhone using PwnageTool, which will preserve your baseband.

Note that you are pwning your iPhone at your own risk… Success is not guaranteed!

  1. Create a folder called “QuickPwn” on your desktop. Download a copy of your iPhone 2.2 firmware from here. Also download QuickPwn 2.2 from here. Place all these files in the newly created QuickPwn folder on your desktop.
  2. Unzip QuickPwn.
  3. Make sure you have downloaded the latest version of iTunes. If you have to update to the latest version of iTunes, I highly recommend you restart your computer after the update. Not restarting my computer after updating iTunes caused me trouble in the past…
  4. Plug your iPhone and make sure iTunes has detected it. If you’re iPhone is already jailbroken, you may want to remove all the apps that you have downloaded from Cydia. Certain applications such as Winterboard, Categories and more cause trouble. You will be able to reinstall them later. As an alternative solution, you may want to read by post about upgrading a jailbroken iPhone without using AptBackup, which saves your Cydia apps settings. Update or restore your iPhone to firmware 2.2 using iTunes. Restore is preferred as it won’t create any wasted space on your iPhone.
  5. Right after restoring your iPhone, launch QuickPwn. It should recognize your device automatically.

  6. You will be asked to select your iPhone firmware. Select the firmware you downloaded in Step 1.

  7. If the firmware you selected is valid, QuickPwn will show a green checkmark. Click Continue.

  8. You will then have the opportunity to select Cydia,Installer, and custom boot logos. You have to at least select Cydia. You may also choose to install Installer .and check to BootLogos box if you want to replace your boot logo. Click Next.

  9. QuickPwn will now ask you to confirm that your iPhone is connected. Click the blue arrow to continue.

  10. QuickPwn will now automatically put your iPhone into recovery mode. Once its in recovery mode you will be prompted to: Hold the Home button for 5 seconds, Hold the Home and Power buttons for 10 seconds, then release the Power button and continuing holding the Home button until your iPhone is in DFU mode. Watch the prompts carefully and follow along.

  11. Once QuickPwn detects your iPhone in DFU mode, it will start the jailbreak process.

  12. Finally, QuickPwn will let you know that pwnage process was completed successfully.

  13. Done!

Share your jailbreak experience with us in the comments…

 
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  • Eric

    Ran the jailbreak, everything seem to go fine, but it freezes on reboot. Can’t sync to itunes to restore. Any suggestions?

  • Peterb

    Hi

    I am trying, unsuccessfully, to unlock my 2G iphone. It has version 2.2 firmware and my laptop runs Vista.

    Like K I do not get beyond the stage using Quickpwn where the screen says “Wait for your iPhone to connect in Recovery Mode …”

    The phone shows an image of a USB connector and an arrow pointing to iTunes globe. I think this means it is in recovery mode.

    Helpppppp

  • Andy

    Yea I’m having the same problem as Eric.
    I’m using Vista and after all the steps, it freezes on the reboot stage…
    Any suggestions or thoughts?
    Anything would be helpful =D

  • karim

    Plz help i did all the tutorial say but there is no signal plzz help

  • karim

    from where can i get the bootneuter

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  • Warptrust

    Jailbreak iphone 2 using quickpwn 2.2 fails because QuickPWN doesn’t detect the right firmware on the iphone.

    So – how did I get into this situation

    1. I have an iphone 2G with 1.1.4 on it
    2. Using itunes I upgrade the phone to 2.2 with firmware downloaded from
    http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/iphone-downloads/
    (the summary page of itunes confirms that I have 2.2 running)
    3. Starting QuickPWN 2.2, it notifies:

    This version of QuickPwn can only jailbreak devices with versions >= 2.0

    Any clues ?

  • erik

    Smooth guide, worked perfectly, thanks a lot :)

  • burn_si

    thanks dev team, i have successfully jailbroke my iphone 2g, now i need to unlock its sim lock to be able to use it in my country and my service provider, HOW DO I DO THAT? thanks in advance

  • Carlos

    Hi, i have made the update 2.2 of my iphone using itune and now it’s lock, i try to use Quickpwn but when i run it nothing appned i can’t continue quickpwn stay on the first windows and don’t found the iphone or i don’t know please i need help.

  • RoadRunner

    I tried the the procedure for jailbreaking iphone 3g with the 2.2 firmware. On the first try, it just stayed on the apple logo of death. I restored it back to factory settings and back to the firmware 2.2. On the second try at quickpwn, I have the same problem with Carlos. It just stays on the third screen before the pressing the home key and the iphone stays in DFU mode (recovery mode) and quickpwn cannot see the phone anymore. I have to restore it again using itunes 8 to get it back to factory settings and install the applications.

    How do I fix this DFU recovery mode problem? Any help is greatly appreciated.

  • zi99y

    Same problem as a few here – iPhone 3g, after quickpwn it hangs on the apple logo at bootup – it vibrates a couple of times periodically to piss you off and think it’s actually doing something, but it never gets to the home screen.

    Have restored and tried again – same thing…

  • http://s mac

    fuck you

  • http://www.TheBronxStop.com Mark M.

    PLEASE HELP!!!

    I have a black iPhone 3G 8GB running v2.2.

    I tried to jailbreak the phone and followed all of the instructions. Everything seemed to go fine, I saw the statusbar and a running pinapple logo on my iPhone and it also confirmed it had completed on my WinXP computer.

    However it said it would reboot but it will not go past the black loading screen with the Apple logo! Every once in awhile the screen will flash white and/or the phone will vibrate in bursts of two every once in awhile.

    I tried to connect it to my iTunes, but it will not recognize the iPhone at all, so I can not do a factory restore on it.

    I am freaking out. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please email me any suggestions at markamccray@gmail.com.

    Thank you everyone!!!

  • Andy

    Ok for those people who are stuck at the black apple logo screen(the rebooting screen)
    I found a way to solve it(well it worked for me at least):

    Restore the phone with itunes first before trying to jailbreak it.
    Don’t sync anything yet till you have jailbroken the phone.
    Run the QuickPwn prog to jailbreak it.
    The apps seem to conflict with the rebooting and jailbreaking, so give that a try for people who want to.

  • RoadRunner

    DId the quickpwn jailbreak again without syncing but on the second run of quickpwn, the iphone gets stuck in the DFU mode (recovery mode). And quickpwn cannot see the phone anymore.

    Had to restore using Itunes instead to get past the DFU mode.

  • Marten

    Works perfect!!! Thanx alot!

  • Joel

    Thanks a lot for the great tutorial! Worked perfectly for me… (but you really have to be exact with pressing the buttons! ; ))
    Can’t wait to install all the apps!

  • iSubaru

    Just finished pwning owning etc. few seconds ago…it looks like everything is working :) I wonder if that AptBackup will backup now my applications or not…not big loss videos was more important :D
    Great tutorial it will lead to more freed iPhones :)

  • Moloch

    I was a big chickensh*t about doing this because it is my phone that I use for personal and work. After reading your tutorial and spending a few hours researching the success rate I decided to go for it. Great tutorial, BTW!

  • Roger

    jailbreak works a treat, 1 problem loading some apps!! some will load perfectly, others on 2nd attempt after receiving message “MD5Sum mismatch” others continually get this message and wont load at all.
    Any help or advice greatly appreciated.

  • iMacLarenLad

    Worked like a dream

  • Raz

    Awesome stufff man!!!!!!!! Iphone unlocked atlast!!!!!!!!!! better than gevey or turbosim :D

  • iphone 2,2

    Works perfect!!! Thanx alot!

  • jalil

    every thing was fine i unlock my Iphone 3G but it does not work .
    i dont have any service . my friend did the same but his iphone works well

    wts the prblem ?

  • Serge

    GREAT TOOL!

    Worked perfectly, now finetuning using Cydia

    Thanks guys,

    Cheers to y’all

    Serge

  • JP

    ok so if jailbreak my fone not unlocking it for another company but if i follow the steps what happens when i plug my iphone and the itunes runs it will like to put music n photos on it cuz i heard AT&T may brick my fone?? can sumone tell me wats up?

  • Kevin

    Flawless. Took way longer to download the requisite files than to follow the guide. All jailbroken and downloading apps in Cydia now ! Thanks !!!

  • Brandon

    i have a mac and everytime i try to jailbreak my iphone 2G it gets all the way to the part where QuickPwn says that everything was succesful and then nothing happens to my phone…then i have to restore it and everything gets deleted

    so i cant figure out how to do it on a mac..HELP

  • http://www.coreydegrandchamp.com Corey

    Just (finally) decided to do this, worked perfectly. I didn’t restore beforehand though, I don’t see the point.

    MobileInstallation part is made unclear, but I found the correct use for it on another guide.

    Thanks for this guide. Well written.

  • BranVan

    Wow…. I was so sweating it going through this process, but it was totally worth it, Everything went through without a hitch. I made sure to follow every single step exactly to the word.

    For those wondering like I was, I have a iPhone 3G that I had updated to 2.2 with itunes. I just restored it, and everything works fine.

    Wow…. I can breath easily now, I’m so glad that it worked!

  • useless

    i’m using an Orange Sim on an iphone 3G. I had jailbroken firmware 2.2 and datas are restored, apps are working just fine.

    However my Orange Sim can no longer find the signal mobile network. Anyone can help me with this?

    please email me
    monsta_maguire@yahoo.com.au

  • kimlydee

    Please help, I followed all the instructions to the letter to jailbreak my phone, but now it won’t reboot, it’s stuck on the pineapple logo screen. What do I do?
    Please email me at kimlydee@aol.com

  • shinpower

    bonsoir, jai jailbreaker mon iphone, tous c bien passer mais le tel ne reconnait plus ma carte sim ( sfr)

    HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Sam

    U r too gud thanks

  • Don

    does this activate the iphone as well? cuz i wanna use it for wifi only…

  • Curt

    Help!!! just bought a new iphone… came new with the update 2.2.1 and firm 02.30.03. want to jailbreak, what can I do? quickpwn22 gives me an error when I open the program on all my pcs. any thoughts?

  • http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/ Sebastien

    @Curt
    You can’t jailbreak 2.2.1 yet. I am sure the dev team is working on something so come back to the blog to check soon.
    Sebastien

  • Rahul

    Hi, i just tried to jail break. The process went along fine. All the processes completed successfully. iphone re-started and i inserted my new sim card and it gave me an error of new sim inserted, connect to itunes. Itunes obviously did not recognize the sim. I am using 2.2 firmware on my 1st generation iphone. Any help to fix my problem will be greatly appreciated. thanks!!

  • Marc

    I am interested in jailbreaking solely to install PDANet on my iPhone (I used it with my old Treo and it saved my butt many, many times). If I jailbreak and install Cydia, can I install PDANet, then UNINSTALL Cydia and be OK? I have no interest in having the phone permanently jailbroken and want to return to “factory condition” once that app is installed.

  • Sar

    I had my iphone 1st Gen. at 2.2 firmware level. I used quickpwn tool for jail breaking and unlockling. The tool said the process was successful…and after rebooting it is still at the Apple boot screen with Apple logo displaying.
    It seems it tries to reboot again after sometime with 2 buzz.
    My computer recognises the iphone but itunes does not recognise my iphone (1st Gen)
    Dont know what to do…….

  • Sar

    I was told that if I do below..I can recover using itunes

    Press HOME+SLEEP button..it reboots and then I leave SLEEP button ..still holding HOME…. till I see itunes screen….

    …Yes I did that and I got a itunes screen(on Iphone)
    BUT still itunes(on Computer) does not recognise my iphone
    Any help ???

  • Sar

    I read somewhere uninstall itunes and do what I did above (Home+Sleep…till itunes comes on iphone)…
    I used another computer where I had another itunes….I did above and itunes could detect my phone (after couple of min).
    I tried restoring it……it wanted a firmware download…Itunes started downloading…But even before itunes completed downloading….my iphone rebooted (maybe like screen saver)…and lo and behold my Iphone started working again……!!
    What a relief !!!

  • Yeap

    First of all Thank you so much to the Iphone Dev Team. I managed to restore my 1st generation Iphone to firmware 2.2 from fw.1.1.4.
    Using Quickpawn was easy. I restored my Iphone fw using Itune 8.0.2. Then used quickpawn to jailbreak the Iphone.
    By the way I am using my Iphone in Malaysia, so no problem found so far.
    Thanks again to the quickpawn dev team. :-)

  • Vide

    Just like a few more people here have posted; I follow the instructions until I get to the point where QuickPwn ask “Wait till your phone goes into recovery mode…” I follow the steps and get the phone into DFU mode and nothing… Just hangs there.

    Anyone have any ideas?

  • Vide

    Just a little more info, I used iTunes 8.0.2 with recovery file:
    iPhone1,1_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw
    Using windows XP
    The iPhone is 8Gig 2G phone.

  • Ryan

    you guys are amazing…. worked like a charm

  • http://non HELP ME!!

    THANK YOU!

    but now what?

    i quickpwned my iphone.. so now what?

    i put my sim in it?
    NO!

    i put my sim in and at the top left is says t mobile and it just has the “emergency calls only” thing up and when i slide that, if i type in any number it will call it. (not just 911) it just wont let me access the phone.

    and its telling me to connect to i tunes.

    how the **** am i supposed to do that if my sim card is T **** mobile!

    wow.

    this is getting very annoying..

  • Michael

    Same as “HELP ME!!”. All went well no crashes, no data loss.

    However with new SIM in only offered emergency calls. Albeit i can dial out using this facility and can receive calls, with SIM card in i cannot access anything else whatsoever.

    Does anyone ever replay to these posts?

  • cerver

    i dont get it. quickpwn 2.2 worked on my 3g iphone but now there is no service. I have at&t i just want it JB’s not unlocked….wtf??

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