Comments on: Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3GS with Redsn0w 0.8

By: rae

rae — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:12:49 +0000

after i jailbreak with redsn0w and i’ve got everything all set up, the plug in to itunes still appears and i cant do anything! it only lets me make emergency calls.. any ideas on how to make that go away?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:19:55 +0000

I have now managed to build a custom ipsw 3.12 with PwnageTool 3.1.4 and restore it successfully with iTunes. However my pay-as-you-go MTN (RSA) sim card does not seem to be recognized. On top left there is only … and network and carrier is not available.
Should I do something else?

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:39:14 +0000

Me again…
My phone was originally on 3.0.1. So I decided to try to restore the system. I downloaded the firmware 3.0.1 for 3 GS (iPhone2,1_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw) then alt click on restore in iTunes 9.0.1 but at the end of the process I get the error that the phone is not eligible for that firmware… weird?
Here is the log
2009-10-30 00:28:46.000 iTunes[30573:20b]: restore library built Sep 3 2009 14:39:53
2009-10-30 00:28:46.000 iTunes[30573:20b]: iTunes: iTunes 9.0.1
2009-10-30 00:28:46.000 iTunes[30573:20b]: iTunes: Software payload version: 7A400 (option key)
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:1151b]: iTunes: Specifying UOI boot image
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:1151b]: AMRAuthInstallAttemptSimpleHttpRequest: attempting to connect to http://gs.apple.com:80/
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:1151b]: AMRSendHttpRequestSync: httpRequest={url = http://gs.apple.com:80/; request = GET / HTTP/1.1}
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: : operation 44 progress -1
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: phoning home to gs.apple.com:80
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: tss_add_entry: ApECID
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: tss_add_entry: ApChipID
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: tss_add_entry: ApBoardID
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: tss_add_entry: ApProductionMode
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: tss_add_entry: ApSecurityDomain
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: _AmrCreateStandardSessionAndSubmit: this build lacks UniqueBuildID
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: tss_add_entry: @Locality
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: tss_add_entry: iBSS
2009-10-30 00:28:47.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: tss_add_entry: iBEC
2009-10-30 00:28:48.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: AMRSendHttpRequestSync: httpRequest={url = http://gs.apple.com:80/TSS/controller?action=2; request = POST /TSS/controller?action=2 HTTP/1.1}
2009-10-30 00:29:10.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: [tss] error from server=94 (This device isn’t eligible for the requested build.)
2009-10-30 00:29:10.000 iTunes[30573:147df]: server error (94): This device isn’t eligible for the requested build.
2009-10-30 00:29:23.000 iTunes[30573:20b]: iTunes: Restore error 3194

Now I am lost… and I really need some help…

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:03:29 +0000

Hi
I received a brand new 3GS from US via a friend today. I know nothing about iPhone. This phone seems to be locked as it has AT&T for the carrier. So I bravely try this jailbrake/unlock via redsn)w 0.8.
1/ I downloaded the files : BL-39.bin, BL-46.bin & redsn0w (0.8) that I put into one folder on my Mac Book Pro, then copy the file iPhone1,2_3.0_7A341_Restore into the Librairy/iTunes/iTunes Software Updates
2/ I quit iTunes, launched redsn0w and followed the instructions.
3/ After holding on/off then with home then release on/off buttons, the screen keeps indicating ‘Please wait while your device is being jailbroken. Waiting for reboot’ and nothing happened after one hour or so!
4/ The phone does not want to boot anymore… nothing happen at all and when I launch iTunes it says that the iphone is in recovery mode and needs to be restore… to the latest system
What should I do and what went wrong???
I am suppose to use my phone with MTN pay-as-you-go in RSA.
Help please… Is there anyone close to Cape Town who can help me?

By: Simon Ng

Simon Ng — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:35:56 +0000

@puneet, they are different. The first one is for 2G iPhone and the other is for 3G. Make sure you download the correct firmware file. Otherwise, you can’t complete the jailbreak process.

By: puneet

puneet — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:44:23 +0000

iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw r they same
iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw

By: Simon Ng

Simon Ng — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:13:22 +0000

@Ruben, please do not upgrade to iPhone 3.1. You'll lose the jailbreak. For the wifi problem, did you try to reset your network setting? You can further refer to this post for Wifi-related issue.

By: Ruben

Ruben — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:11:18 +0000

Just jailbraked my 3GS 3.01 with this tutorial. Everything went right, except for my wifi which isn’t working anymore . It finds ssid’s can connect but within a few seconds the connection drops.

Anyone has the same problem.. ? I wonder if an update to 3.1 will fix my wifi.

By: Ruben

Ruben — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:07:40 +0000

@Muhammad Nur:

Downgrading is not possible anymore.. Apple has made it impossible to do that.
At the moment, the only way to restore is with iTunes. iTunes needs an internet connection to do that. It will ask Apple to sign the firmware package and apple recently stopped signing older firmware’s.

By: Muhammad Nur

Muhammad Nur — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:38:38 +0000

Simon please help, I upgraded my 3GS to 3.1 how do I downgrade it to 3.0.1. I cant use any sim card now.

Thanks

By: Simon Ng

Simon Ng — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:07:53 +0000

@Sam, correct. You can follow the same guide to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3.0.1. But please do not upgrade to iPhone 3.1, which is currently unlockable.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:03:34 +0000

Can we unlock i-phone 3gs with 3.01 OS ?? If so .. do i need to follow the same procedure ??