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iPhone 3GS with 4.01 firmware

  • 19-07-2010 9:30am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11


    Hi all,

    I'm seriously considering buying a used iPhone 3GS today (needs to be today!!) but it is locked to Vodafone. Now I know there are jailbreaking and unlocking programs around and these seem to be pretty easy to do with a bit of patience.

    But can someone please tell me is there currently a way of jailbreaking and unlocking an iphone running 4.01 firmware? Any links and tips would be much appreciated. I'm new to this whole iPhone unlocking concept by the way!

    Cheers! :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,002 ✭✭✭RobbieTheRobber


    extaste wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I'm seriously considering buying a used iPhone 3GS today (needs to be today!!) but it is locked to Vodafone. Now I know there are jailbreaking and unlocking programs around and these seem to be pretty easy to do with a bit of patience.

    But can someone please tell me is there currently a way of jailbreaking and unlocking an iphone running 4.01 firmware? Any links and tips would be much appreciated. I'm new to this whole iPhone unlocking concept by the way!

    Cheers! :)


    Simple answer is no!

    They group of people who develop unlocks http://blog.iphone-dev.org/
    have a potential tethered jailbreak for a 3gs but have not released it yet and as far as i am aware there is also no carrier unlock for 4.0.1 on a 3gs with the newer baseband.

    the link i provided or http://www.iclarified.com/ are 2 reliable source for information on Jailbreaking and unlocking

    Most self proclaimed free speech absolutists are giant big whiny snowflakes!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 extaste


    Ok Robbie, but is it only a matter of time before a jailbreak/unlock is made available? I don't mind having to wait to unlock the phone but I'd want to know that it can eventually be unlocked.

    Would you have any idea when there will be one made available?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,245 ✭✭✭Fat_Fingers


    Nobody can give you answer to that. Full jailbreak/unlock for 4.01 might happen soon or never.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 extaste


    Would it be possible to downgrade the iPhone's firmware to 3.1.3 and jailbreak/unlock it then..? This particular iPhone was bought 2 months ago (don't know if that makes a difference)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,002 ✭✭✭RobbieTheRobber


    extaste wrote: »
    Would it be possible to downgrade the iPhone's firmware to 3.1.3 and jailbreak/unlock it then..? This particular iPhone was bought 2 months ago (don't know if that makes a difference)

    has the phone ever been jailbroken?

    If it was jailbroken previously and has shsh blobs backed up for 3.1.3 or 3.1.2 then yes you can downgrade.

    If it was never jailbroken then no you wont be able to jailbreak and unlock until a 4.0.1 unlock and jailbreak is released!

    at present there is no scheduled release date for an unlock and JB.

    Most self proclaimed free speech absolutists are giant big whiny snowflakes!



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    Hi,

    I am having a similar problem, I have a jailbroken iphone 3 (8gb model) with 4.01 firmware.


    I would really like to downgrade the firmware, is there anyone in Cork or anywhere I can go to bet this done???

    PLZ help!!! The firmware is just too much for the device, it is way too slow :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Hi,

    I am having a similar problem, I have a jailbroken iphone 3 (8gb model) with 4.01 firmware.


    I would really like to downgrade the firmware, is there anyone in Cork or anywhere I can go to bet this done???

    PLZ help!!! The firmware is just too much for the device, it is way too slow :(
    have ya got SHSH saved with cydia or tinyumbrella


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    guil wrote: »
    have ya got SHSH saved with cydia or tinyumbrella


    Ah, you are back to save me once again :D


    Afraid to say, I don't know. I bought it with this firmware already installed, only want to do this because I heard it will improve performance greatly.


    Is it a long process or would I be better off forgetting about it or getting some phone crowd to do it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    no its easy, dont ever pay anyone to downgrade or jailbreak a device, non techs are under the impression its a hard thing to do, it's not, save your cash it couldn't be easier...


    when you open cydia, at the top of the page does it say.."SHSH: iOS 4.01...3.1.3...3.1.2..etc...if so these are the firmwares you can roll back to...

    come back with an answer !!


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 252 ✭✭viclemronny


    Was there not a quite an issue of 4.0.1 being very slow on iPhone 3GS but that an update to a later version, 4.1 perhaps, sorted it out easily enough?

    I could be wrong but something rings a bell with it.

    Failing that, guill is right, downgrading/jailbreaking is a relatively process and you should be able to do it yourself once you have instructions. Best of luck.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    the 3gs was grand on 4.0.1
    the 3g was slow though


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    isn't it possible to downgrade some 3g iphones without SHSH


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    iPwnage wrote: »
    no its easy, dont ever pay anyone to downgrade or jailbreak a device, non techs are under the impression its a hard thing to do, it's not, save your cash it couldn't be easier...


    when you open cydia, at the top of the page does it say.."SHSH: iOS 4.01...3.1.3...3.1.2..etc...if so these are the firmwares you can roll back to...

    come back with an answer !!

    I'm doing that now, mine is a 3g and it is quite slow in fairness compared to other iphones I've seen, so rolling back might be a good idea in my case


    I'm afraid not man, it just says.....

    "Your ECID is.....................

    Apple uses..... blah blah blah, you prob know the rest.


    Any suggestions?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Jakmeehan


    guil wrote: »
    isn't it possible to downgrade some 3g iphones without SHSH
    Correct.

    On newer devices the SHSH blobs are stored in hardware. The iPhone 3G SHSH blobs are stored in software and apple only started with it in iOS 4. Therefore you can restore your 3G to any iOS below 4.0 without any SHSH blobs needing to be saved.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭crazyderk


    Sorry lads I could be wrong but can't you jailbreak 4.01 with http://jailbreakme.com because it was susceptible to that pdf exploit
    then download ultrasnow to unlock?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Jakmeehan


    crazyderk wrote: »
    Sorry lads I could be wrong but can't you jailbreak 4.01 with http://jailbreakme.com because it was susceptible to that pdf exploit
    then download ultrasnow to unlock?

    That's true these days but look at the date of the original post.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    Jakmeehan wrote: »
    Correct.

    On newer devices the SHSH blobs are stored in hardware. The iPhone 3G SHSH blobs are stored in software and apple only started with it in iOS 4. Therefore you can restore your 3G to any iOS below 4.0 without any SHSH blobs needing to be saved.

    Hi,


    Can you advise me further on how to do this?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Just download an ipsw for whatever firmware ya want below 4.0 and then in iTunes press shift and click restore. Find and load the ipsw and it should restore to it
    Search clarified for ipsw's


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    I'll try that, I'm using a PC as opposed to a mac so is the process any different?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭JavaBeans


    I'll try that, I'm using a PC as opposed to a mac so is the process any different?

    hey, no difference pc/mac
    here's 3.1.3 firmware for a 3G phone, (you sure its 3g and not 3gs as the thread title says, there is a differnce in firmwares and downgrade procedure )

    if 3G, just download, open itunes, press shift and restore, and locate to the 3.1.3 fw you just downloaded ! job done

    then when activating phone, best set it up as a new phone, not from back up, for best performance
    then re-sync your stuff


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    JavaBeans wrote: »
    hey, no difference pc/mac
    here's 3.1.3 firmware for a 3G phone, (you sure its 3g and not 3gs as the thread title says, there is a differnce in firmwares and downgrade procedure )

    if 3G, just download, open itunes, press shift and restore, and locate to the 3.1.3 fw you just downloaded ! job done

    then when activating phone, best set it up as a new phone, not from back up, for best performance
    then re-sync your stuff

    Cheers for the help folks, really appreciate it, doing it now....

    Hope it goes well!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    When I installed the firmware 3.1.3 itunes said I needed to restore before iphone could be used with itunes????

    It also said it would download the latest firmware for it????


    Is this right or wrong?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    Nope....


    I'm in trouble, according to itunes I am stuck in recovery mode & I can't restore it either.


    When I tried to install the 3.1.3 firmware it brought me to the itunes menu and it would not recognize the device without restoring so any ideas lads???? :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭fox007


    Nope....


    I'm in trouble, according to itunes I am stuck in recovery mode & I can't restore it either.


    When I tried to install the 3.1.3 firmware it brought me to the itunes menu and it would not recognize the device without restoring so any ideas lads???? :confused:

    Download tinyumbrella you will see an option saying kick device out of recovery mode.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    Just did that now, clicked on 'Exit Recovery' and got the silver apple loading again and back to the same 'connect to itunes' screen :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    fox007 wrote: »
    Download tinyumbrella you will see an option saying kick device out of recovery mode.


    Ok, I managed to kick it out of recovery mode, but now it is locked in emergency calls only & itunes is saying that I am using a sim card that is not supported.....


    I'm guessing I must jailbreak it, am I right?

    If so, is it complicated?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭fox007


    Ok, I managed to kick it out of recovery mode, but now it is locked in emergency calls only & itunes is saying that I am using a sim card that is not supported.....


    I'm guessing I must jailbreak it, am I right?

    If so, is it complicated?


    jailbreak the phone with the new sim you want to use as you need to "hactivate" the phone try that lets know how you get on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    Can anyone tell me how to do this?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭fox007


    Can anyone tell me how to do this?

    put the meteor sim or what ever sim you want to use in the iphone and jailbrek it with red snow or what ever software your using, then the iphone should start back up with out the connect to itunes screen.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    fox007 wrote: »
    put the meteor sim or what ever sim you want to use in the iphone and jailbrek it with red snow or what ever software your using, then the iphone should start back up with out the connect to itunes screen.



    Just to update on this....

    I've jailbroken it (I think.... using Snowbreeze)
    I'm on a pay as you go SIM (Meteor)
    & the Iphone is from the states as far as I can tell.....


    It says: 'Insert a valid SIM with NO PIN to activate this iphone'


    If I got a pay as you go sim (on 02 lets say) then I should be able to access Cydia right?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    ya wont need an o2 sim for anything
    install 3.1.3
    jailbreak with redsn0w and it should hacktivate it for ya


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    guil wrote: »
    ya wont need an o2 sim for anything
    install 3.1.3
    jailbreak with redsn0w and it should hacktivate it for ya


    Ive tried processing the 'iPhone1,2_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.IPSW' firmware with redso0w and it will NOT recoginze it for me.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    ya sure its a 3g and not a 3gs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    3G 8GB model, the 3GS did not come in 8gb did it?

    Any idea where I could download a IPSW file that will work or will I restore the iPhone1,2_3.1.3_7E18_Restore file to my iphone?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    yeah ya can get a 8gb 3gs but only since july last year


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    guil wrote: »
    yeah ya can get a 8gb 3gs but only since july last year

    Oh really, did not know that :D



    I'm fairly sure as it has the faded writing on the back of it, I think that was specified as a difference between the models?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    OK, I've changed the firmware again to 'iPhone1,2_3.1.3_7E18_Restore' & tried to use redsn0w with again no luck :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    OK, I've changed the firmware again to 'iPhone1,2_3.1.3_7E18_Restore' & tried to use redsn0w with again no luck :(
    is that the same firmware ya used to restore the iphone


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    guil wrote: »
    is that the same firmware ya used to restore the iphone

    It sure is....


    Must be something simple I am not doing, if it works for ye and not for me like? Do I have to have the iphone connected/disconnected or maybe I must reboot the iphone first or something?

    There is no reason this should not be working like??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    where did ya download the ipsw from, maybe try here
    http://iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=750


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    guil wrote: »
    where did ya download the ipsw from, maybe try here
    http://iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=750



    Can't hurt I suppose, sure I'll download that, install it on my phone, try and process it using redsn0w and let you know what happens, thanks for the help :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭iggy


    Can't hurt I suppose, sure I'll download that, install it on my phone, try and process it using redsn0w and let you know what happens, thanks for the help :D

    Are u still on ' emergency calls only' screen?

    Where are u located? I have an Activation sim card that will allow u to connect to itunes and get past that screen


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    iggy wrote: »
    Are u still on ' emergency calls only' screen?

    Where are u located? I have an Activation sim card that will allow u to connect to itunes and get past that screen
    when was the last time ya used it, apple blocked all of them recently


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭iggy


    guil wrote: »
    when was the last time ya used it, apple blocked all of them recently

    I used mine a few months ago. Didnt realise Apple blocked them


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    iggy wrote: »
    I used mine a few months ago. Didnt realise Apple blocked them


    My sister is acutally home from the states and she has an at&t card with her :eek:

    Should work yeah??????


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    if its an AT&T phone yeah


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    Well, I used the sim card and the phone is back working.......


    but.....


    It is no longer unlocked or jailbroken, it is now running version 3.1.3 so nearly there, any other suggestions??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    jailbreak with spirit and unlock with ultrasn0w


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    I just bit the bullet and brought it to a shop to fix it, only cost 20e to jailbreak and unlock so happy enough with that & its still on 3.1.3 so happy out :D


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