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Jailbreak iPhone 2.1

Sébastien Page ∙ September 14, 2008

A lot of things happened with the last 48 hours in the iPhone jailbreak community; this is due to the release of QuickPwn and PwnageTool 2.1 by the DevTeam. I have been posting quite a few tutorials since yesterday on how to jailbreak the iPhone 2.1 firmware and I understand some of you might be a little overwhelmed by the amount of information.

To make it easier for you, I am writing this post to sum up all the iPhone 2.1 jailbreak tutorials that I posted so you can find your QuickPwn guide or PwnageTool tutorial in one place.

PwnageTool 2.1 Guide QuickPwn Tutorial iPhone 2.1 Jailbreak guide

PwnageTool 2.1 Tutorial for Mac OS X

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated September 29, 2008

[digg-me]That's a lot of work for me this morning with all these news falling... I just posted about a tutorial for QuickPwn 1.1 for Mac OS X and now I'm gonna show you how to jailbreak your iPhone 3G with PwnageTool. This tutorial (or guide) will show you how to use PwnageTool 2.1 and how to update your iPhone to 2.1.

Before we start, make sure you backup your iPhone in iTunes and also download your iPhone firmware from here and save it to your desktop.

Download PwnageTool 2.1 from here. in iTunes, go to the summary tab and download (do not update!) the latest iPhone firmware 2.1 Launch PwnageTool 2.1 Select your device and click "Next" Select the right iPhone firmware You will then get a message that says "We will now create an .ispw file that you can use to restore your iPhone with iTunes. This file will be placed on your desktop. Do you want to continue?". Click YES The it will ask "Do you have an iPhone contract that would normally activate with iTunes?". If you are a legit AT&T customer, click YES, if not, click NO Then wait while PwnageTool 2.1 builds the custom .ispw file. It could take a few minutes. Enter your password when asked to. Then wait for the custom .ipsw to be built The it will ask if your iPhone has been Pwned before. Click YES or NO Turn off your iPhone You will then get a message saying: "Close the PwnageTool application, put your iPhone into recovery mode, start iTunes and restore with your custom firmware bundle". Close PwnageTool Put your iPhone into recovery mode (Google it or go to YouTube to see how to do this) Start iTunes. iTunes will say "iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes." Click OK Do NOT just click "Restore". Hold the OPTION key + click "Restore" With Finder, select the Custom .ipsw file PwnageTool created on your desktop Select whether to set up as a new iPhone or restore your it from a backup. I recommend setting it up as a new phone. You will lose all your contacts and everything but these can be synced again later on. Restoring from a backup sometimes created problems. You're done!

How was this PwnageTool 2.1 guide? Hope that helped!

QuickPwn tutorial for Mac OS X

Sébastien Page ∙ September 13, 2008

Ok, now that a new version of QuickPwn is out for Mac OS X, you don't have any excuse for not jailbreaking your iPhone 3G. I already posted a QuickPwn guide a couple weeks ago called QuickPwn Mac OS X Tutorial. The method is exactly the same so instead of doing it all over again, I'll just put the link to the QuickPwn for Mac tutorial.

Here it is: QuickPwn Mac OS X Tutorial

And here is the PwnageTool 2.1 for Mac OS X Guide

PwnageTool and QuickPwn for 2.1 Firmware

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated November 15, 2017

It's official. It's clean. It's easy and it works without having to pull your hair out! That, my friends, is the new releases of PwnageTool 2.1 for Mac OS X and QuickPwn 1.1 for Mac OS X. The DevTeam worked all day and all night to bring you an easy way to jailbreak your iPhone 3G.

Yesterday, we were presented a way to jailbreak the iPod Touch is a couple shady QuickPwn that turned out to be "fake" tools that were not developed by the DevTeam but used their name anyway. Then, BigBoss released a tutorial on how to jailbreak the iPhone 3G but that was still kinda hard for non geekie guys to use.

I don't like copy/pasting large parts of other people's posts but I think it is very relevant to do this in the case of the latest post on the DevTeam blog:

Some of the popular press and blogs have been backing the opposition. :-)

While criticism and competition is fine it should be reported correctly, with all the facts. and certainly minus the FUD. Do you guys think we are “less and less relevant with each passing day” ? We don’t think so, and we certainly prefer our hacks to theirs. ;-) Though even if the world deems us irrelevant, the iPhone family of devices is still fun to hack!

By the way we figured out a way to combat iTunes 8 without patches…and we’re waiting to see what Apple tries next. But we think they might want to rethink their priorities. They probably won’t though, and so we get back to the “cat and mouse” game between Apple and the Dev Team and third-party communities.

Whatever this guy at Engadget says, I still think jailbreaking your iPhone is more relevant than ever. Do you really want to rely on Apple? I don't! Anyways, this is not the point of this post...

Downloads:

PwnageTool 2.1 for Mac OS X QuickPwn 1.1 for Mac OS X

These can be downloaded from the iPhone Downloads section of my blog.

SHA1 Sums:

PwnageTool_2.1.dmg = 0b2dcb51e224b12590793e8a758dd80c450e5b64 QuickPwn_1.1.dmg = 92487230c66296ec1e414260b5f107e5d351923f

Hey, this is for iPhone 3G only and as you can notice, it is for Mac only. A Windows version is coming out pretty soon. A QuickPwn tutorial can be found here and a PwnageTool Guide can be found here.

Apple posts fix for iTunes 8 Windows blue screen of death issue

Sébastien Page ∙ September 12, 2008

Apple was quick to post a fix for iTunes 8 issue that caused Windows Vista users to see the BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) when plugin an iPod Touch or iPhone.

From Apple:

After installing iTunes 8 for Windows, some users may see a blue screen error message when connecting iPhone or iPod to a Windows Vista computer.

The fix involves uninstalling Apple Mobile Device Support then reinstalling the updated iTunes 8 package. One of my previous posts involved uninstalling Apple Mobile Device Support then reinstalling iTunes 7.7.

How to jailbreak your iPhone 3G 2.1 firmware

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated November 13, 2019

Wow, again, it didn't take long for BigBoss to come up with a not-so-easy way to jailbreak your iPhone 3G.

Download the 2.1 firmware for iPhone 3G from the iPhone Downloads section and save it to your desktop Install iTunes 8 Update your iPhone to firmware 2.1 with iTunes and make sure it is activated Uninstall iTunes 8 Uninstall Apple Mobile Device Support (From Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel) Install itunes v7.7. - you can find it here Download QuickPwn with the correct 2.1 bundle inside it here Run QuickPwn. Select the iPhone 3G 2.1 firmware that you downloaded in Step 1 Select at least Cydia. You may also select Installer Once finished, your iPhone will reboot, which may take a few minutes. Cydia and Installer will not be visible on your springboard. Don't panik! This is ok. Download TotalCommander and t-pot addon Install TotalCommander and in the left pane navigate to T-PoT.1.1.zip and click on it. It will install t-pot automatically Download the mobileinstallation patch Use Totalcommander to install the patched mobileinstallation file to /System/Library/PrivateFrameWorks/MobileInstallation.framework. Click on the dropdown box [-\-] top left and select network neighborhood then t-pot. Remember to back up your original mobileinstallation first! Still in TotalCommander delete /private/var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installation.plist Reboot your iPhone Done!

This is not the most straightforward method to jailbreak your iPhone 3G but it is the only one so far! As usual, use it at your own risks...

Thank BigBoss

How to fix iPhone Blue Screen Of Death due to iTunes 8

Sébastien Page ∙ September 11, 2008

Disconnect your iPhone/iPod touch from the computer In Vista Programs and Features (Control Panel), Uninstall the Apple Mobile Device Support Restart your computer Download the iTunes 7.7 installer Open the iTunes 7.7 installation exe with Winzip or WinRAR, and reinstall only the AppleMobileDeviceSupport.MSI Reboot your system Reconnect your iPhone/iPod touch

Thanks iPhone Atlas

iPhone fix to “Unable to Download Application” error

Sébastien Page ∙ September 3, 2008

Have you ever had this error message on your iPhone while trying to download an application or a game: Unable to download application.

There is a pretty easy fix for this and here is how it works:

Simply double tap the icon of the application that gives you trouble and wait for a few seconds. It should then be available.

If it does not work, the problem may also be that the app didn't get downloaded completely. So, remove it and try downloading it again. I found it much better to download app over wifi, rather than 3G.

QuickPwn Mac OS X Tutorial

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 23, 2016

[digg-me]How to use QuickPwn Mac OS X to jailbreak the iPhone? This is a very good question that will find answer in the new few paragraphs. Before we start, I want to make it clear that QuickPwn for Mac OS X does not activate; it just pawns firmware 2.0.2 (at least to this date).

Another thing I would like to add is that you are pawning your iPhone at your own risk and it will void Apple's warranty. It is also worth noting that pawning your iPhone is illegal. I know, it's your phone, you should be able to do whatever you do with it but it still illegal. Ok, let's go.

QuickPwn Mac OS X Guide:

Before starting: your iPhone must be on firmware 2.0.2.

Download QuickPwn Mac OS X from here or from our iPhone Downloads section. Also download the 2.0.2 firmware for your iPhone and place it in your DOCUMENTS folder. It is very important you put it there as QuickPwn will automatically look for it at this location. Open QuickPwn and click OK to the warning. The next few steps are all automated, you pretty much have nothing to do but sit and relax. QuickPwn will ask you to connect your iPhone. Do so and click OK. QuickPwn will then automatically detect your device. Then QuickPwn will automatically build the custom firmware for you. It should say "Building IPSW". It will then ask for your password. Enter it. OK, now is the part where you actually work a little bit... Follow the onscreen instructions to put your iPhone into DFU mode. Wait for QuickPwn to pawn your iPhone. Then you will get a message telling you that "QuickPwn is modifying your device". Click OK and you will get a cute success message (you'll see what I mean). This process may take a few minutes and your iPhone will reboot automatically. Done!

So, wasn't that hard, was it? Please leave comments.

QuickPwn for Mac OS X is out

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 23, 2016

A lot is going on today. First, the release of WinPwn 2.5 (see tutorial here) and now the DevTeam informs us on their blog that they have released the long-awaited QuickPwn for Mac.

From the DevTeam:

QuickPwn is not a replacement for PwnageTool, they are different tools and provide different features, QuickPwn is for quickly pwning a device, whereas PwnageTool is designed to custom build and tailor the ipsw production process, both tools will be actively developed in the future.

To use QuickPwn 1.0 Mac OS X your device should be running 2.0.2, if it isn’t then you can upgrade it to 2.0.2 using iTunes and then use the QuickPwn tool, we repeat, it’ll only work on version 2.0.2 of the iPhone or iPod touch firmware.

If you don’t want specific things to happen such as baseband updates then PwnageTool should be used to create a custom .ipsw with your specifics.

QuickPwn for Mac can be downloaded from here (Bittorent) or from our iPhone Downloads section.

SHA1(QuickPwn_1.0.0.tbz)= 22ee0d6814a6bac9b1b9a8c7715dd714bd6bb449

Thanks DevTeam

How to jailbreak your iPhone using WinPwn 2.5

Sébastien Page ∙ August 29, 2008

We've been waiting for WinPwn 2.5 for quite a bit now (see my previous posts on the topic) but it is finally out!

WinPwn 2.5 makes it stupid simple to jailbreak or unlock your iPhone. Note that so far, you can only jailbreak the iPhone 2G. An unlock method for the iPhone 3G is not available yet but check out my blog every once in a while as I will be staying on top of that and I will be informing you.

So, how to jailbreak the iPhone? Pretty simple. I just created a guide that will show you every step of the process: jailbreak your iPhone with WinPwn 2.5.

This tutorial works for iPhone 2G and 3G. Only a few steps slightly change. Read the tutorial and leave comments.

How to unlock the iPhone using WinPwn

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated September 7, 2008

WinPwn 2.5 is out and it is making it even easier to unlock or jailbreak your iPhone 2G. So far, it doesn't allow you to unlock the iPhone 3G but the DevTeam is working day and night on it.

I just created and published a tutorial on how to use WinPwn 2.5. This tutorial works whether you have an iPhone 3G or an iPhone 2G. It also works whether you simply want to jailbreak or unlock your iPhone.

Enough talk: use this WinPwn tutorial to unlock your iPhone 2G.