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How to: Newbie’s Guide to iPhone 3G Jailbreak

Author: Andrew Robinowitz   |   Posted under: How-Tos
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We bring you the Newbie’s Guide to the iPhone 3G Jailbreak, a quick walk-through demonstration of how to jailbreak 2.0 firmware with PwnageTool 2.0.1.

We’ve provided a list of detailed steps accompanied with screen-shots to ensure your iPhone jailbreak pwnage experience runs smoothly, even if you’re new to the game:

1. download PwnageTool 2.0.1 HERE and 3.9 & 4.6 bootloaders HERE


2. open iTunes

3. connect iPhone to computer

4. initiate & click “Restore”

5. back-up iPhone

6. open PwnageTool 2.0
(leave default “Simple Mode” - “Expert Mode” supports more manual installation options)


7. choose if you would like PwnageTool to automatically update in the future


8. select iPhone model
(iPhone, iPod Touch, iPhone 3G)


9. select 2.0 firmware file used in step 4
(should auto-appear and display as “iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw” for 3G or “iPhone 1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw” for 1st generation)


10. answer “Are you a legit iPhone user?”
(if you have a carrier contract, i.e. AT&T in the United States, then select “yes”)

11. wait while the new custom .ipsw file is made
(noteyou should not need to select & browse for the downloaded bootloaders with v2.0.1 which should auto-find them)


12. answer “Haz been pwned before?”
(if you haven’t pwned the device before, or you’re unsure, select “no”)


13. upon completion of custom firmware creation you will be prompted to turn off your iPhone (holding down the power button and then “swiping”) to begin initiating DFU (device firmware upgrade) mode


14. after turning off your iPhone, you will be prompted to hold the “power” and “home” keys for 10 seconds


15. after 10 seconds, you will be prompted to let go of the “power” button and hold just “home” key for another 10 seconds


16. if you FAIL to get your iPhone into DFU mode you can retry and reconnect your iPhone via USB (by powering it back on) and repeat the instructions until you get it, otherwise you’ll receive a success message telling you to open iTunes



17. now you’ll need to open iTunes where you’ll receive a pop-up noting that your iPhone is in Recovery Mode and needs to be restored, so restore to the custom firmware that PwnageTool just created for you (the .ipsw on your desktop) — to do this hold down the “Alt(option)” button on your MAC’s keyboard while pressing the “Restore” button with your mouse, this will allow you to browse and select the new jailbroken firmware.




18. wait for the restore to take place and complete, note Cydia & App Store on your Springboard, and rejoice… congratulations, you’re iPhone has now been pwned!


Here’s some fun errors you might receive along the way. You can always go back and restart the process from the beginning of either opening PwnageTool or restoring your iPhone with 2.0 firmware.




thanks to w1kedZ for pointing out some corrections



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Comments

  1. 1

    Is this for Mac Only or can I use on my PC?


    Scott on July 21st, 2008 at 8:26 pm
  2. 2

    As of now PwnageTool 2.0 only supports Mac, though Windows support is on its way.


    Andrew Robinowitz on July 21st, 2008 at 11:01 pm
  3. 3

    Thanks! :) A very good guide who will be to me very useful


    elpincho on July 22nd, 2008 at 2:39 am
  4. 4

    can this unlock my 3G?


    daniel on July 22nd, 2008 at 10:45 am
  5. 5

    scott: good news, WinPwn 2.0 should be out soon.
    daniel: no, this will only jailbreak the 3G model.


    Andrew Robinowitz on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:57 am
  6. 6

    A few errors in this tutorial.

    1) For 3g iphones bootloaders are not necessary due to the fact that there is no unlock or upgrade/downgrade of them at this point. You only need the ipsw and the pwnage tool.

    2) On a mac in itunes it is ALT[option]+Restore to restore a custom firmware, not control as you have stated in the post.

    Otherwise great tutorial, with great picture walk-through.. thanks.


    w1kedZ on July 23rd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
  7. 7

    Thanks w1kedZ, duly noted and updated about the Alt/option button (oops!), but as for the bootloaders — PwnageTool definitely specified the need for them when we tried to run it on one of our 3Gs without downloading them first. I’ll try to look for some clarification and thanks for pointing this out…


    Andrew Robinowitz on July 23rd, 2008 at 2:47 pm
  8. 8

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    How to: Newbie’s Guide to WinPwn 2.0 Jailbreak on July 24th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
  9. 9

    Is there a turnback? Apparently jailbreaking worked, however the phone is locked now asking for a valid SIM card…


    gene on July 26th, 2008 at 4:50 am
  10. 10

    OK… I’m a Real Newbie. So I’m still unsure about where and how all my existing files (music, photos, AppStore purchased apps, mail) gets backed up and reinstalled.
    Is Step 5 “Back-Up Iphone (Ipod for me) part of the restore process and creates a back-up file or something I have to do manually?

    Does the restore from pwned file process automatically put my stuff back in from a back-up file so that all my old stuff is there as well as new stuff (Cydia, etc)?


    Jakester79 on July 26th, 2008 at 10:51 am
  11. 11

    Hi. Does someone know, would I be able to go back to the original (ATT locked and not jailbroken) version if I wanted to and how? Thank you.


    Zes on July 27th, 2008 at 10:40 am
  12. 12

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    How to Use Cydia: A Walkthrough on July 27th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
  13. 13

    This bricked my iPhone.

    I get the “The iPhone “” could not be restored. An unexpected error occured”

    There is no way to restore to 2.0 software… I try just updating to Apple’s 2.0 software and it says “No new software is available” I try restoring and I get the “unexpected error” message again.

    GAHH!

    What do i do now???


    Levi on July 29th, 2008 at 1:44 am
  14. 14

    13 - It is EXTREMELY difficult to permanently brick an iPhone. I would download the newest 2.0 .ipsw file, 347, for your iPhone (different for 1st gen & 3G models), getting your iPhone into DFU mode, and doing an option + restore to to the 2.0 .ipsw you just downloaded.


    jin on July 29th, 2008 at 2:01 am
  15. 15

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  16. 16

    i can’t download 3.9 & 4.6 bootloaders files


    ForeigN on July 30th, 2008 at 3:25 am
  17. 17

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  18. 18

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  19. 19

    Anyway of loading Cydia without the rigmarole?


    Chumpalump on August 7th, 2008 at 7:14 am
  20. 20

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  21. 21

    Hi, again. Used Pwnage 2.0.1 and all worked fine, except the SIM card is not recognised. Phone sees a signal and when you take SIM out it warns about the lack of SIM….any ideas? This is on 3g


    Chumpalump on August 9th, 2008 at 1:39 am
  22. 22

    I can’t seem to download jailbreak to my 3G iPhone what should I do ?


    chris on August 16th, 2008 at 7:24 am
  23. 23

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  24. 24

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  25. 25

    i successfully jailbreaked my iphone 3g but now my phone and text messaging does not work. i have no service. i followed the instructions for using pwnagetool on my mac, except that the bootloader option was not available.
    how do i get my phone and texting service back?


    corey on August 27th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
  26. 26

    quick question. how often can this harm an iphone, i have heard that apple has tried preventing this so once you jailbreak your iphone, they can disable the restore choice


    thomas on September 1st, 2008 at 7:47 am
  27. 27

    I’ve the 3G iphone & I had jail broken it, but I was unable to unlock it……Any idea how to unlock the 3G iphone? please no need to get into smart comments about different things the iphone can do….All I need is a simple done before procedure on how to unlock the 3G iphone.
    Thx, Gus


    Gus on September 3rd, 2008 at 10:01 pm
  28. 28

    I followed all steps and on my restore at the end i get an error. code 1600. it’s happened twice now. how do i get around it an fix it


    Chris on September 22nd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
  29. 29

    Has anyone tried this with version 2.1? just purchased a new iphone in September, any one do this successfully recently?

    Thanks,


    Thomas on September 25th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
  30. 30

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  31. 31

    I did everything u guys said,…. but when i try to restore it from the desktop i get the last error u show here as “funny”… how do i actually restore it? what am i doing wrong?


    chris on October 11th, 2008 at 8:32 am
  32. 32

    forgot to mention, i have the 2.1 and itunes 8 if that makes a difference..


    chris on October 11th, 2008 at 8:34 am
  33. 33

    I bought a 16gb 3g phone with pre installed cydia.. I can’t seem to sync it to my itunes on my ibook G4. Can someone help? I tried to restore… also can’t…


    Name... on November 10th, 2008 at 9:32 am
  34. 34

    with the new 2.2 update will this still work?


    Hank on November 22nd, 2008 at 10:54 am
  35. 35

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  36. 36

    Hey I live in Dominican Republic and I have my iphone 3g with Orange, which is a company like AT&T. If i jailbrake my iphone 3g will it block it from receiving my normal service? Please help. Thank you very much.


    Luis on December 19th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
  37. 37

    yes on the very last picture where it says it cannot be restored. well that happened to my ipod. what do i do!?


    spencer on December 20th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
  38. 38

    got iphone 3g with att contract, after jailbreak no service. any suggestions?
    thanks for the help in advace


    dan on December 24th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
  39. 39

    hahaha your fucked!


    poop on December 24th, 2008 at 9:41 pm

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