Comments on: iPhone OS 2.2.1 Jailbreak — Incredibly Complicated Instructions Edition

By: IEVLV8

IEVLV8 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:44:08 +0000

Hey Guys

i have found heaps of useful and useless info round the traps

i have 3 problems

i didn't know bout any of the baseband stuff so i have a iphone 3G running 2.2.1 with baseband 02.30.03 so what can i do?
I have a new mac (my first one) unibody running mac oxs 10.5.6 what do i need to do to use jail break
What is Yellowsn0w and all these terms i keep reading eg. Yellowsn0w, baseband and so on?

i have read bout and tried to jail break but quickpwn just hangs when it get to the stage "quickpwn is running on iphone" and i get the itunes error saying cant find iphone.

basically i don't really need to unlock my iphone to use other providers i like the one i got and they the only one in Australia that really supports the iphone stuff but

i want to jail break it how can i do this with stuffing up my mac or my iphone

By: ruben2647

ruben2647 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:18:51 +0000

hey maninder, have you found help??? Im having the exact same situation… I’ve tried restoring to all the previous version 2 firmwares and nothing. I cant seem to open any copy/version of Pwntool…

By: maninder

maninder — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:50:27 +0000

Hi I had Iphone 2g 8gb with 2.2 version....... i jailed breaked it before.. thnx for ur lovely softwares...

today i updated it with 2.2.1(unfortunately) then i tries to jail break it with ur given new softwares... but it was not successful ...showing error as..SIM CARD NOT DETECTED...

then again i RESTORED my phones software with ur technique( SHIFT+ restore) to 2.2 version from Itunes...

Now i tried to do the process of jailbreaking again as i did the very first time for 2.2... BUT after that it is showing the same error when i insert my own SIM...

pltz help..ASAP

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:32:22 +0000

I have Iphone 3G with 2.2.1 software. How to jailbreak and unlock this without losing any feature ?

I only have windows vista.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:16:55 +0000

Quickpwn doesn’t work in vista

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:03:18 +0000

I have a 2.2 3G jailbroken. i don`t use yellowsn0w. is there a problem if i upgrade it to 2.2.1 through iTunes?

By: Rahul

Rahul — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:23:47 +0000

I had used quick own 2.2.5 but as my iPhone goes into recovery mode byotself my vista doesn’t recognize it. And my iPhone gets locked and then I have to put it in DFU mode and restore it again. But each time my iPhone fails to tell quickpwn that it has gone onto the recovery mode what should I do??

By: Tone Def

Tone Def — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:32:49 +0000

@Kirin: here’s a forum that has the file you need to download and install, as well as instructions… http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/f146/60657.htm …now, here’s the catch: all of the blogs I’ve been on say you need to switch back to the 10.5.6 (you will be installing the 10.5.5) firmware after you jailbreak and/or unlock. You’re on your own for that.

By: Tone Def

Tone Def — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:04:15 +0000

@Kirin: your macbook will not recognize your iphone in DFU mode. You'll need to install a command line bundle from the earlier (10.5.5) OS. Google search "enabling DFU iphone macbook 10.5.6" to find the items that need to be downloaded and installed.

You should also read some other blogs about jailbreaking 2.2.1. Find the correct jailbreak process that will allow you to jailbreak AND unlock, because a few of them out there won't install a baseband that will allow unlocking. I think the new PNGage Tool for mac is the only one that does, but don't quote me on that.

By: Kirin Kirin

Kirin Kirin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:09:18 +0000

I have iPhone 3G. Running Leopard 10.5.6 on MacBook early 2008. Already upgraded to 2.2.1 via iTunes. Never jailbroke my phone before but now want to unlock it to use with different SIM card for a few months.

Can I just use Quickpwn 2.2.5 for Mac? Do I need to downgrade my 2.2.1 iPhone 3G to just 2.2 ? Will the baseband be good for the Quickpwn tool?

Would it work to jail break my iPhone 3G that I usually use from my Mac from a Windows Vista PC using Quickpwn for Windows?