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Re: Oh My!

MuscleNerd — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:38:34 -0000

Hah well let's just say that this particular post was done (a) *with* team consent; and (b) by someone who *knew* what they were talking about :)

Re: Oh My!

MuscleNerd — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:25:02 -0000

A DFU-restore to any stock Apple IPSW will re-virginize the s5l firmware. The BootNeuter.app GUI program can re-virginize your S-GOLD firmware and bootloader. So all of Pwnage is completely reversible.

(But if your seczone or wifi calibration tables were lost due to other unnamed software, they're pretty much irrecoverable).

Re: blog.iphone-dev.org | Flash!

MuscleNerd — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:12:58 -0000

That empty red dot turns out to be a nice visual indicator that CommCenter is unloaded. It's probably not done intentionally by Apple but it's useful anyway:) Once CommCenter gets relaunched the empty red dot disappears.

Re: blog.iphone-dev.org | Flash!

MuscleNerd — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:56:37 -0000

Happily, the unlock remains as simple as it ever was: http://wikee.iphwn.org/sgol...

The continued success of the pwnage technique is what makes it all possible in 2.0

Re: blog.iphone-dev.org | Flash!

MuscleNerd — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:35:49 -0000

"All other videos show already unlocked phones"

That's why the phone above was relocked first :) To show the transition to unlocked.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:36:13 -0000

Same advice.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:39:31 -0000

Be sure you're running "iTunes 7.7 (43)" in iTunes->About iTunes

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:54:37 -0000

If you are legit 3g subscriber but you tell PwnageTool otherwise, you won't get your carrier signal. Just prepare another ipsw with the proper selection.

A quicker way if you are good at the shell prompt is to use Cydia to install openssh, log into your iPhone, and do "rm -rf /var/root/Library/Lockdown" and then reboot your iPhone.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:55:15 -0000

Error 1 is usually caused by not being at iTunes v7.7.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:19:44 -0000

Yes if you are legitimate subscriber and go through the "advanced" options, do not select "Activate". Only those who aren't legit should use that option.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:31:58 -0000

If you are *sure* it's on the baseband part and *not* the bootloader part (a very important difference) then you can power down your iphone and try the dfu restore again (you won't need to re-run pwnage if you are good at getting into dfu mode using keypresses). Please please do not turn off your phone if you're in the "flashing bootloader -- do not interrupt!" screen though.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:43:05 -0000

The "flashing baseband" screen of BootNeuter can take several minutes. As long as you got past the "flashing baseband -- do not interrupt!" screen then you are 100% recoverable. Please visit irc for more interactive help, or visit some of the FAQs and guides that are coming out.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:47:10 -0000

Please be sure you're using the double quotes, that directory name has a space in it. Also please be sure there's nothing in ~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates/. If both of those directories are empty before you start pwnagetool, and if the x1222 file exists in the ~/Library/iTunes/Device Support/ directory after running PwnageTool (but before running iTunes), then you should be good to go.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:49:59 -0000

The x1222 file should be there after running PwnageTool. It's a modified version of what Apple would rather have there. Can you re-run PwnageTool and be sure the log panel doesn't show any errors related to that file?

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:53:40 -0000

As long as you didn't turn off the iphone during the critical "flashing bootloader -- do not interrupt!" stage of BootNeuter, then you are not permanently bricked. 1604 is recoverable but it's easier to help you on irc.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:56:36 -0000

In your case you need to be unlocked. In simple mode, tell PwnageTool you are "not legit". In advanced mode, select the "Activate" and "Unlock" checkboxes.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:33:00 -0000

I know the feeling but I know by your description of events that you are nowhere near bricked. Please visit irc if you can for interactive help.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:02:31 -0000

You didn't do permanent damage. DFU is a very powerful mechanism that can recover from everything you throw at the main CPU. Some of us during development have recovered from *completely erased* iPhones with literally nothing on there to boot, and DFU was able to recover. So, don't panic :) Visit the forums or IRC for help on how to unjam yourself.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:03:47 -0000

Thanks for noticing that! Just corrected it.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:03:53 -0000

Whatever you're currently choosing for the "Activate" checkbox in advanced mode, choose the opposite :)

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:05:36 -0000

When iTunes recognizes your iPhone after the restore, create it as a new iPhone (not from a backup). On your first sync you'll get back all your stuff anyway.

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:31:58 -0000

Catch your iPhone just after you see the pineapple and put it into recovery mode (if you see pineapple then recovery mode is sufficient for this). You can get into recovery mode by having iPhone connected via usb and then holding down both power and home buttons until you see steved cartoon. Once you are there, do a normal recovery mode restore of your custom ipsw (or, if you like, Apple's ipsw).

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:33:14 -0000

please see response below :)

Re: Thanks for waiting :)

MuscleNerd — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:36:23 -0000

dev team doesn't get mad at questions :)

There are currently no other methods to jailbreak iPhone 3G other than PwnageTool. And there are no methods at all to unlock iPhone 3G to other than official carriers. People are working on that second one:)

Re: One member's rant

MuscleNerd — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:15:05 -0000

If such an app were to be deployed by Apple, it should be possible to install a countermeasure to trick it into thinking everything's the way Apple wants it (since we have full control over both user and kernel space).