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Installing newer firmware on old jailbroken iPhones

The Mad Hatter · 2012-04-11 18:14:21

I have an old iPhone 3G, which I'm gonna pass on to my girlf once I get the home button fixed. Unfortunately (aside from my niggling security concerns), the main reason I'd want us both to have an iPhone - iMessage - isn't available on the 3G. Is there any way to trick Apple into thinking a jailbroken 3G is a later model…

11-04-2012 6:14pm

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The Mad Hatter

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I have an old iPhone 3G, which I'm gonna pass on to my girlf once I get the home button fixed.

Unfortunately (aside from my niggling security concerns), the main reason I'd want us both to have an iPhone - iMessage - isn't available on the 3G. Is there any way to trick Apple into thinking a jailbroken 3G is a later model phone? If not, are there any decent 3G-compatible free messaging systems?

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#2 12-04-2012 6:06am

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Can you not put ios5 on a 3G?
Edit: a quick google reveals you can't.

Have you tried What's App for messaging?

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#3 12-04-2012 7:44am

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Whatsapp is a great app.
Recommend it thoroughly.

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#4 12-04-2012 8:58am

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I don't know if whatsapp will work on a 3G.

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#5 12-04-2012 9:00am

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guil wrote: »

I don't know if whatsapp will work on a 3G.

it does of course.

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#6 12-04-2012 9:13am

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Thanks for the advice, folks!

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