QuickPWN 2.2.1 Guide & Tutorial

Sebastien, Jan 30, 2009

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[digg-me]This guide will show you how to use QuickPWN to jailbreak your iPhone firmware 2.2.1. Please read carefully all the steps and warnings before attempting to use QuickPWN to jailbreak your iPhone. The following tutorial is for PC users.

UPDATE: I closed the comments on this post. If you have any question about QuickPwn, please ask your question in the forum.

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

  1. GOLDEN RULE: If you have a 3G iPhone running 2.2 firmware and you want to keep your ability to use yellowns0w (or the option to use it in the future) do NOT use QuickPwn, and do not use the official ipsw or the iTunes update process without using PwnageTool.
  2. Yellowsn0w will NOT work with the baseband version (02.30.03) that is present in the recent 2.2.1 update  – you will need to create a custom ipsw that will allow you to update safely without affecting the baseband.
  3. Please read all parts of this post before downloading and using these tools.
  4. Read items 1, 2 and 3 again and again.
  5. At the bottom of this post are the bittorrent files for the latest versions of PwnageTool and QuickPwn.
  6. These apps are suitable for the recent 2.2.1 release.
  7. The Yellowsn0w version has been updated to 0.9.7. Yellowsn0w is available from Cydia or Installer - this version allows compatibility with pwned 2.2.1 system (not baseband) - again – remember 0.9.7 yellowsn0w DOES NOT WORK WITH 2.2.1 (02.30.03) directly - you need to be running a ‘pwned’ version of 2.2.1 which doesn’t upgrade the baseband.
  8. Users of OS X 10.5.6 will be unable to use DFU mode correctly, please see the note towards the end of this post to easily fix this issue.

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 with YellowSn0w. 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 using YellowSn0w, 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. I will do my best to provide you a PwnageTool tutorial asap!

This being said, this QuickPWN guide will help you jailbreak your iPod Touch, iPhone 2G, and iPhone 3G. There is no jailbreak available yet for iPod Touch 2G!

MAKE SURE YOU READ EVERYTHING BEFORE STARTING TO USE QUICKPWN. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR FREESTYLE!!! YOU ARE USING QUICKPWN AT YOUR OWN RISKS!

That was sort of my disclaimer as I am tired of people messing up their iPhones and holding me responsible for it. So again, you’re using QuickPWN at your own risks. If you have any issue during the process, please leave a comment.

Everything you need to download is in the iPhone Downloads section of the site.

1. On your desktop, create a folder called Pwnage. In this folder save a copy of the 2.2.1 firmware (make sure you use the appropriate firmware!) as well as QuickPWN 2.2.1.

2. Unzip QuickPWN.

3. Make sure you have the very latest version of iTunes. It is extremely important!! If you don’t have the latest iTunes, download nad install it. After the install, make sure to restart your computer. This is a very important step!

4. Plug your iPhone to your computer and wait for iTunes to detect it. Now you have 2 options. You can either update to 2.2.1 or restore your iPhone to 2.2.1. I always prefer restoring as you will start with a fresh and clean firmware and it will not create wasted space on your iPhone. As an alternative to restoring, you may want to read my post about upgrading a jailbroken iPhone. It’s your choice but again, I recommend restoring. To restore, simply hit SHIFT + Restore. A window will pop up asking you to choose what firmware you want to use to restore. Use the firmware 2.2.1 you downloaded in step 1.

5. After restoring (or updating), launch QuickPWN. QuickPWN should recognize your device automatically.

6. Click “Browse” to select the firmware 2.2.1 you downloaded in step 1.

7. QuickPWN will display a green checkmark if the firmware is correct. In this case, click the blue arrow to continue. If it’s not, it means that you have downloaded the wrong firmware.

8. Now QuickPWN will let you install Cydia, Installer, and custom boot logos. Note that you HAVE TO install Cydia but Installer and custom boot logos are optional. So make sure you select at least Cydia, then click the blue arrow to continue.

9. QuickPWN will now ask you to “please make sure your device is connected via USB before continuing”. Click the blue arrow to continue.

10. This is the most important step! QuickPwn will now automatically put your iPhone into recovery mode. Once it is 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 while continuing holding the Home button until your iPhone is in DFU mode.

Watch the prompts carefully and follow along!

11. If you did this correctly, QuickPWN will detect your iPhone in recovery mode and will ask you to “wait while your iPhone is prepared for jailbreaking”.

12. As a final step, QuickPWN will tell you that “the pwnage process appears to have completed successfully. Please wait for your device to reboot in its newly modified state”.

13. Voila!

If you have any question, please ask in the forum.

 
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  • Steve’s iPhone

    @ Jay, My only suggestion for you is to do a hard restore to get the phone back in to working order.

    @ Jayna, I hate to put it this way but are you following the instructions word for word? When you downloaded the quickpwn file, did you grab the right one for your phone? There is the 3G file and 1st gen. file? You are looking for the prompts on the program not on your phone right? Have to ask, sorry, not trying to be an ass.

  • Jayna

    Hi Steve,

    It’s ok. Yes I am reading the directions word for word and yes I am looking for the prompts on the Quickpwn software. When I get to step #10 it just sits on the same screen and only “wait for you iPhone to connect in Recovery Mode” is in BOLD letters. Then my iPhone goes to the screen with the USB connecting to itunes picture. Quickpwn still doesn’t prompt me to hold down the Home key.

    I am pretty sure that I DL the correct Quickpwn version since it doesn’t specify whether it’s for 2g or 3g. I DL the 2g 2.2.1 firmware & the Quickpwn version 2.2.1. I’m going to delete the version I DL and do it over. Hopefully that works.

    I do have a question though. I recently updated my itunes to version 8.0.2. Should I have Itunes 8? Or is 8.0.2 okay? Thanks!

  • Bob

    WOW! I just did a Jailbreak and Unlock on my 1st-Gen iPhone and so far everything is working as advertised. A couple of notes since so many seem to have problems…

    1. RTFM! The unlocker is NOT for the 3G iPhone. A little patience, people.
    2. You need BitTorrent to d/l from torrent sites. Google it.
    3. Back-up (sync) your phone before you start.
    4. If you’ve already upgraded to 2.2.1 the file is still on your computer and the QuickPwn app will find it.
    5. Follow the directions above to Restore a fresh copy of 2.2.1, but DO NOT Restore from Backup until after you complete this procedure. This got all my contacts and settings back.
    6. After the Restore was complete I had to Sync to get all my AppStore apps back. I can’t comment on HomeBrew apps since I don’t have any… Yet.

    Good Luck to all and THANK YOU iPhone Dev Team!!

  • glimer

    question.thinking about jailbreaking my phone doesnt sound to terribly difficult and i’m pretty sure i wont have trouble following instructions my question is this what damage risk do i have envolved. ie what are the chances my phone will cease to function and two if i do this will i be able to text message someone a freakin picture

  • http://www.google.com matt

    The QuickPwn doesnt detect my IPhone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    What should I do?

  • Steve’s iPhone

    @ Jayna, sorry about that, you need to have the most up to date version on iTunes which is 8.0.2.20 (i think). Also at the top of this page there are links to download the correct quickpwm file for the right generation phone. When you click that link there are 2 sets of links for iphone 2g and 3g.

  • sam

    hi it says firmware error string
    but im 100% sure that its the right firmware?
    what do i do?

  • mark

    I already have the 2.2.1 firmware updated on my phone. Can I still use this process to unlock my phone? I’m moving from Canada to the US and want to bring my phone with me. Will this work?
    Thanks in advance.

  • mark

    Oh yea. I was told that unlocking my iPhone will disable my GPS. Is that true? Or was that someone that didn’t know what they were talking about?

  • http://Redandwhitepolka.com Stemcell

    I’ve tried this exactly per instructions. I got the I has success but my iPhone reboots with the apple logo still or with the connect to USB and needs a restore. . I am now offline and don’t want to risk it having to be “unlocked” by the iTunes store confirming my phones # this is just nasty as I no longer have a # although it does unlock. I just want to install an FTP app that I have a deb file for and can’t install it from terminal ….. That’s all just 1 $10 app. Apple actually cut my app store account over $1 after the card was somehow denied although it had cash on it…. Possibly apple does not allow prepaid cc LOL.

  • Tyler

    Hello I correctly followed through the steps to Jailbreak my ipod touch 1st gen 2.2.1 everything went through and it said it completed and to wait for it to reboot but its just stuck at the boot up screen apple logo. Its not loading up. what is the cause of this and how can I fix it?

  • mnshahid

    haya!!
    i did the same but it is rebooting from 6 hours and screen is not comming up.only a sighn of pine apple is comming up

  • jchan

    great tutorial! thanks for that sebastien.
    here’s my only problem :)
    i’ve got a 1G ipod touch 8gig. never been jailbroken.
    i bought firmware 2.0 then updated it to 2.2.1
    using a mac osx 10.4.11
    i’ve found all the ipsws in the itunes folder (sweet)

    now the problem, when i start quickpwn, it detects the ipod but not the firmware :(
    and i don’t have the option to search for it….sigh
    what should i do?
    thanks in advance mate!

    hope to hear from ya soon :)

  • Paul

    Hi I’ve downloaded quickpwn 2.2.1 on my laptop running vista however when I run the application on the first step from connecting my iPhone and click the blue arrow I get a pop up which says access is denied, when I click details it goes on at the bottom something about JIT bugging and I get ant further! Has this happened to anyone else and if so how did you get past this? Thanks!

  • Tony P

    Try and try again using the same instruction, the windows always report quickpwn needs to close, sorry for ..blahh3.
    Then try to just proceed by ignoring the Windows message, but always stuck in “wait while your iphone is prepared”
    What should I do ?
    Thanks

  • nick

    Paul the same thing is happening to me did u get an answer

  • mandil

    worked like a charm. great tutorial!!

  • Barr

    Had abit of a scare… when loading the firmware said unrecognized.. almost crapped myself… but tried it again… worked like a beauty..

    Thanks guys…

  • mark

    The qwkpon file isn’t zipped, it’s a torrent file. is that right? it won’t open on my computer, it’s not a recognized file extension etc… HELP!! PLEASE!!! Someone please respond.

  • mark

    Ok. seriously we are all a bunch of tools. because of that it would have been good to mention that you hold the home button for 5 seconds AND DON”T let it go after that, but continue to hold it while procedding to step two.
    It did work out in the end though.
    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

    But Where are my APPS that I bought? just redownload them?

  • mark

    hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    my phone numbers are ALL gone, but worth it. Just make sure you back them up people, maybe with a pen and paper! lol!

  • Jacque

    Sebastien, I am interested in this comment: “It means that you can only use this method if you don’t care about unlocking your iPhone in the future with YellowSn0w”

    Does it mean that for now, if I go through these steps, I will not be able to unlock my phone in the NEAR future, or does it mean that my iphone will be NEVER be unlockable if I do this?

    Because I’d like to keep att for now, but that may change down the road.

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

    Hello Jacque,

    It means that until the Dev Team finds a way to unlock baseband 2.30.03 (from firmware 2.2.1 update) you will not be able to unlock your iPhone. Once the Dev Team finds a way, and I’m sure they will, you will be able to use YellowSn0w to unlock.

    It might take a while, or it might just take a few days. I don’t think anyone outside of the Dev Team really knows.

    Hope that helps.

    Sebastien

  • http://youtube rodo

    hola soy de españa y tengo iphone 3g con version 2.2.1 y yellowsn0w instalado pero la sim no me coge covertura,necesito ayuda.gracias

  • melody

    Hi Sebastien and everyone

    I am stuck at “wait for ur iphone to connect in recovery mode” before doing the pressing of buttons. its been there for 20mins-30mins (and this is after restoring my phone 3 times)
    Any advice? I am doing a 8GB Iphone with 2.2.1 version
    Thanks
    Marilyn

  • Ken HKG

    Hi, i got a locked Iphone 3G, with a version 2.2.1 ( 5H11 ), modem Firmware: 02.30.03, i read a lot this version is a bit tricky to unlock, and a bit confuse as where did i start, Pwnage tools, Yellow0w, jailbreak, i don’t want to change the baseband at this stage yet, please help in this, a million , thanks.

  • bj

    hey just wanted to say thanks a ton for the tutorial ive been starring at it for a month wondering if i should or not sense so many people seem to be having trouble and was reallly worried about it. but sense the phone is about useless to me without some of the features i can get via jailbreak i gave it a shot. and after all of about 8 minutes of my time i gotta say thats the easiest thing i’ve ever hacked. i have no idea why everyones having trouble the program does it all for you .

    follow the instructions and make sure you have the right software wich the program will tell you if you do not. love it. thanks again!

  • bj

    oops forgot. i had a question what is a legit or non legit att user? and why would i need to unlock my iphone?

    just curious i have att and i pay for it lol

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

    By “legit AT&T user”, I mean someone who did buy his iPhone at the AT&T store and pay a monthly fee to AT&T. By “non legit”, I mean people who bought an iPhone from a third party with no phone plan attached, or someone who stopped his contract with AT&T to unlock the iPhone and use it with a different carrier (ie T Mobile).

  • bj

    ahh gottcha. ummm question i went thru all this in a hope to be able to send mms messages and i still cant,..i tried swirly att hates me..what do i do? am i missing something or am i just sol
    lol

  • Some Beach

    If you get stuck on “Recovery Mode”, plug your iPhone into a USB Hub port, and then plug the port into your computer.

    [I've got an iPhone 3G 2.2.1. I'm using a Mac Pro with OS X 10.5.6.]
    The Pwnage tool would stall in DFU mode. Something is glitch-y without the USB hub. Pwnage tool locked up my iPhone, then on the 2nd try- locked down my computer by disabling all USB and bluetooth capabilities. This has to do with the DFU mode and how it interacts with my computer’s operating system.)

    It worked perfect after connecting the USB HUB, though!

    Just dont try this without a USB HUB. It wont hurt anything, and it will save you lots of frustration and trouble!

    BJ: To get Copy/Paste functionality once you’ve jailbroken, download CLIPPY OR OPENCLIP from Cydia. :)

  • http://N/A Haider

    Hi,

    ill start by describing the status of my iphone 3G…I have just purchased it yesterday and its one of those devices that i can update via itunes without locking it….after i have restored nad updated it to the new firmware 2.2.1 5H11
    So far everything went sweftly…now i had to jailbreak it to use installer and Cydia….so i used the qwk-pwn software and also successfully completed the task with no issues….when i had my old iphone 2G, i used to transfer everything i need from photos to videos to music using “Im TOO ipod file transfer” which used to work amazingly well…I hooked my updated iphone 3G to it and managed to move one video for testing…it was copied with no issues..when i try to view the video file on the phone, the list is empty, and when i head back to itunes it says that my iphone needs to be restored to its factory defaults for itunes to access it…DO YOU WISH TO RESTORE….and so i click yes, erase everything and do the QWK PWN thingy all over again…does anyone have any idea what is going on….am desperate

  • Kristy

    Hi – I ran the quickpwn successfully on my 2g phone. But quickpwn didn’t display the option to check a box for unlocking the phone – it just went straight to running the program… Did quickpwn unlock the phone automatically? Is there a way to know it is now unlocked and jailbroken? Sorry such a lame question – I’m a beginner. – k

  • Tim

    i downloaded quickpwn but everytime i click on it i get a erro saying :

    c:\windows\Microsoft.net\Framework\v2.0.5072\mscorwks.dll could not be loaded.

    i also had tried replacing the mscorwks.dll file but it wont load. can anyone help?

  • travisD

    So smooth, works as described, thanks!

  • hafiz

    how long does the apple logo will appear after I jailbroke my iPhone, because i’ve just try to jailbreak my iphone but , it appeared that my iphone was unable to boot. So now, i am restoring my iphone, that will take up to 4 hours because iTunes have to download the firmware from the apple website. Is there any other way to restore my iPhone without using iTunes?

  • hafiz

    sorry, I missed the “SHIFT” part, restoring my iPhone from the file downloaded before. I’m gonna try to jailbreak my iPhone one more time. Wish me luck.

  • addee

    hey all…
    i am having a problem with Quickpwn.
    when ever i try to open it there is an application error that application failed to initialize properly..
    plz help me out

  • hafiz

    awesome, my iPhone officially jailbroken, btw i’ve just figured out that USB charging is unstable, about first 3 minutes after I connect my iphone to my laptop, it charges my iPhone, but then it turns to only connecting, not charging. Is this bug, or I miss some guidance in the cloud about this problem.

  • Tim

    my itouch is stuck on the pineapple logo and idk wat to do now

  • Dundy

    I tried the steps for QuickPwn for my iPhone 3G. My phone is stuck with the pineapple symbol on the front. It will not restart. The pineapple stays on the front. How can I restore the iPhone to version 2.2.1 and try again? I have no phone! iTunes does not recognize it either. Help!

  • Balam

    I’ve also had the problem of getting stuck post-jailbreak with the Pineapple of Death. To restore your phone, this is what you have to do…

    * Connect it to your computer with iTunes open.
    * Hold down the home key for 5 seconds. Don’t let go of it.
    * Hold down your power key in addition to the home key for 20 seconds, your phone will reboot, and then show the Russian guy.
    * iTunes should recognize that you’ve connected an iPhone that’s in recovery mode. Select your iPhone, then click ‘recover’; on the summary screen.
    * When your phone is done with the recovery, restore from your backup.

  • ariben

    how can I solve the error massage when unzipping quickpwn it tells me that its not a Win32 application…..

  • http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com Missy

    Hello,

    I am confused, if I have an Iphone 2G and i use TM can i download firmware 2.2.1 and still continue to use TM or will it no longer work??

    thank you

  • Muz

    I used the QwkPwn tool to jail break my iphone 3g which i had upgraded to 2.2.1 from Itunes. I am not a ‘legit’ user. The jail break was successfull, i got all my data back, the contacts, the apps etc however it doesnt show the signal from the SIM card. It detects the SIMcard but doesnt show the signals on the top left hand side.

  • Muz

    Please help. It seems Rob had the same problem a month or so ago but he has fixed i will really appreciate if you can tell me how you did it rob.

  • will womack

    How do I get my contacts and notes back

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  • macutan

    Hi guys, i have been trying this over 10 times now… (i have an original ATT card (which will activate the phone) and another ATT card (separate number) ). The reason why i would like to unlock this phone is so that when i travel i can use the separate number and charge the roaming data to that separate number…

    I have done several combinations switching the cards and doing quickpwn without any sims etc and I seem to always get stuck at the process of the DFU… quickpwn will stay on the last step of the DFU screen and eventually will say (Not Responding)…

    I have upgraded iTunes and rebooted after that,… i am at a loss… i used to have 2.2 (and cracked it with the previous version of quickpwn without trouble)…

    Can anyone reply with what am i doing wrong?

    my email is: macutan@hotmail.com

    thx
    macuatan

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