These are step by step instructions on how to use QuickPwn 2.1 for Microsoft Windows to unlock & jailbreak your first generation iPhone 2.1 2G/EDGE.
REQUIRED:
- iTunes 8 installed (make sure to reboot). – Download iTunes
Note: If you have already upgraded your iPhone to firmware 2.1 skip step 2.
Step One
Create a folder on your desktop called Pwnage.
Download the following files and place them in this Pwnage folder you just created on your desktop:
- QuickPwn 2.1
- iPhone 2.1 ipsw Download
- bl39.bin 3.9 BootLoader Download
- bl46.bin 4.6 BootLoader Download
Unzip the QuickPwn21-1.zip file inside the Pwnage folder.
Step Two
Launch iTunes and connect your iPhone to the computer via USB cable.
Select your iPhone from the list of devices on the left side navigation bar. Now hold down shift while clicking the Restore button.
Navigate to the Pwnage folder you created on your desktop and select the 2.1 firmware ipsw file. Double click the ipsw file or select it and click the Open button to proceed.
Step Three
Once iTunes has finished upgrading your iPhone to the 2.1 firmware you may launch QuickPwn 2.1 from the Pwnage folder you created on your desktop.
Step Four
Make sure you iPhone is still connected to the computer via USB cable then click the blue arrow to proceed.
Step Five
Click the Browse button to locate your iPhone firmware.
Step Six
Select the 2.1 firmware ipsw file from the Pwnage folder you created on your desktop then double click the ipsw file or select it then click the Open button.
Step Seven
QuickPwn will check to verify that the ipsw file is valid. After completetion of the verification, click the blue arrow button to proceed.
Step Eight
You can now select whether to Add Cydia, Add Installer, or Replace Boot Logos. Select the ones you would like to perform then click the clue arrow button. Installing Cydia and Installer is highly recommended to enjoy the full jailbreak experience.
Step Nine
You will now be prompted to select your bootloader files. Click on the Browse button and select the 3.9 bootloader from the Pwnage folder you created on your desktop. Repeat this for the 4.6 bootloader file. Then click the blue arrow button to proceed.
Step Ten
QuickPwn will now ask you to confirm your iPhone is still connected via USB cable before it continues. Click the blue arrow button to proceed.
Step Eleven
QuickPwn will now automatically put your iPhone into recovery mode. Once its in recovery mode you will be prompted to: Hold the Home button for 5 seconds, Hold the Home and Power buttons for 10 seconds, then release the Power button and continuing holding the Home button until your iPhone is in DFU mode.
Note: Pay attention and do exactly as it says
Step Twelve
Once QuickPwn detects your iPhone in DFU mode it will begin the jailbreaking process.
Step Thirteen
Once jailbreaking is complete QuickPwn will inform you that it haz Pwned! Your iPhone will then reboot and run BootNeuter. Let BootNeuter do it’s thing, do not interupt it. This process will take about 5 minutes. Remember patience is a virtue. Your iPhone will reboot when it has completed.
updated an jailbroke unlocked.. success but
lost my phona app when i press phone to make a call it goes off back to springboard..
any ideas
I have the same problem, help us please…
Did you install some apps from Installer?
I had this problem too after I installed Kate from Installer.
I removed the app, then it works just fine after that.
It seems to work! Thanks WK!!!!!!
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hey there i cannot make calls after i uninstalled the kate…whats the reason behind that??
if anyone is having problems with jailbreaking(ie)- once you try and jailbreak and the screen with the pineapple it reloads w/black background and white apple. well what you need to do is restore the iphone(do not sync anything when it ask,(previouse date download) once restored jailbreak as usual, then load bosspref on the phone and make sure nothing is hidden then reconnect the phone to itunes and you should be jailbroken and fine.
Is this valid for iPhone 3G too? Can I unlock my iPhone 3G with this?
no
does it unlock activate and jailbreak for 2g 2.1 iphon
hi,
the procedure on this site is brilliantly easy along with the files being there required to unlock the latest 2.1 firmware, it took me 15 mins precisely to unlock my iphone 2g from 1.1.2 to 2.1… this is a site everyone must know who so ever owns an iphone…… thanks a ton.
My compliments on a very good procedure breakdown. Entire process, from start to finish, was just over 20 minutes, including the restoration of contact details, songs etc, from previous backup of the iPhone via iTunes.
Not even WinPwn can unlock iPhone 3G? Does this mean there aren’t any other ways to unlock iPhone 3G then something like TurboSim?
turbosim works on the 3G, soon a software unlock will work, but until the hackers do their thing you got TurboSim….keep in mind that the 3G on t-mobile will not with the iPhone (just in case you are in the US)
So, will this jailbrake the 3G model ?
This guide isn’t for 3G but the program will do it and the steps are pretty much identical except for no unlocking and use 3G files.
I should have the 3G jailbreak guide posted tomorrow.
Thanks pal!
it’s so easy and smoth,it’s like to be done,but after unlocking my iphone 2g 2.1,it keep saying that DIFFERENT SIM CARD DETECTED,PLEASE CONECT TO ITUNES, so it’s wirthless till now,pls help
hey ygawad . hi i have the same issue with my 2G ihpone. Would u tell me what did u do after the message : “New SIM card detected. Connect to I-tunes”
try doing the entire process again and then hitting set up as new phone, if you have winpwned a phone, it works differently on the phone then quickpwn, so try setting up as new phone instead of uploading backup, its a little more effort to put all your music and stuff back on but beats the hell out of having no phone doesn’t it?
i went through everythin perfectly but still getting the “different sim card detected” message
i’ve run quickpwn for 2.1 twice now and followed the steps.
it does the whole loading of the new firmware and even displays the Pwnapple but, when its finished and running, Cydia and Installer are MIA…
thoughts?
Did you scroll to the right?
Iphone 2G. downgraded to 2.0.2 unlocked and upgraded to 2.1… didn’t work
restored with 2.1 FW and used quickpwn 2.1… the phone is jailbroken but NOT unlocked.
Has anyone successfully unlocked their phone? I still get the different sim card inserted msg.
HELP? THANKS in advance!
Ok listen it took me sometime but I did it.Sign onto itunes 8 when the screen comes up and finds your iphone hit the Shift key and hold it than hit restore LET the RESTORE do its thing then when its completed open the PWNAGE folder on the desktop only after the restore then follow the directions too the END after everything is completed open the Cydia icon on your Iphone and let it sync with your phone restart the iphone and you should be able to use ANY sim Now/..Good luck..It worked for me after a number of times but I know can use ANY sim card..Take care.
I tried this and it did not work either, do you know of any other way to unlock the iphone with this firmware
^^thank you! worked perfect. ^^
I had the same problem but got it working. All you need to use is, prior to starting the entire pwnage process, make sure you do the following:
1. Remove the ATT sim from the iPhone and insert the sim from your other carrier into the phone.
2. Set your iPhone into DFU (recovery) mode. To do this, have the phone connected to PC and turned on. Hold home button for 5 seconds (don’t release it yet). Then hold both power+home buttons for 10 seconds. Then release the power button and hold the home button for 30s.
If this doesn’t work, follow these instructions to set phone into DFU mode: http://sleepers.net/blank/dfu-mode/
3. Once your iPhone has been set to recovery/DFU mode, itunes will tell you that phone is in recovery mode and will ask whether you want to restore your phone.
It is at this moment where you’ll continue with the rest of the pwnage process (restore from within itunes, running Quickpwn, etc.).
This should do the trick…Hope it helps.
Thanks for this insight! I tried unsuccessfully to unlock mine at 2.1 with quickpwn and NEVER was able to get past “Different SIM Please connect to Itunes”
I tried your steps and it worked perfectly.
Thanks a ton!
@Enciso
Great work dude…I was trying for couple of days to unlock my Iphone 2.1 but was getting the different sim error but after i followed your instructions it worked like successfully.
But i am facing some problems in connecting to my home Wi-Fi network. if anyone has any suggestions then let me know.
ciao
sunny
Hi. I used it but when i try to use the phone app it goes back to the springboard
Any thoughts y
Thanks
gracias desde españa funciona perfecto no puedo creerlo sois los 1 los mejores!!!!!!!!!!
I had my 1phone 2g with 2.0.2 and cyndia worked like champ no problems at all now i upgrade to 2.1 and installer and cyndia are not working cyndia it gives me errors when is loading and is not sources at all it says that i have to add them when i try to add IClarified url it says host not found but i can web browse just find and installer is doing the same any suggestions by the way i reload the phone same results….
this method can change the IMEI?
how?
I’m getting Application Error when I double click on QuickPwn.exe. am using win xp pro can anyone help???
me too any help?
u need microsoft runtime 2 i belive or the newest one on ur computer
Iphone 2G 1.1.4… this will unlock mi SIM or not???
yeah me too. i get the same application error for quickpwn.exe. please help
Problem:
@ step 13 after my iPhone (2G) restarts nothing happens. It only shows the “Connect to iTunes” logo
ABSOLUTELY no restore from than on. Nothing works. Itunes 8 – restore to 2.1
iTunes 7.7 – restore to 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
iTunes 7.5 – restore to 1.1.4
everytime I try to restore after my phone restarts during the restore process I get error 160?
nothing helps ! I think its totally bricked !
Best guide out there! thank you soooooooo much!
works like a charm!
just remember to be very patient that’s my advice
will this software unlock the sim card on the iphone ??? in order to use it with t-mobile and is it just for the 1st generation iphone
it will unlock and jailbrake your device if you’re having a first generation iPhone – so you can use your T-Mobile-card with it.
If you’re having an iPhone 3g the program will only jailbrake it and you cannot make telephone calls!
I’m getting Application Error when I double click on QuickPwn.exe. am using win xp pro can anyone help???
hi i had a jailbroken 2.0 iphone had my apps in categories and after upgrading to 2.1 and jailbreaking i can’t get to them! any ideas?! help please
Amazingly easy! With QuickPwn for Windows, it’s the first time I upgraded, jailbraked and unlocked my iPhone successfully at the first try (from 2.0.1 to 2.1) – and this inbetween of 10 minutes! Awesome work :-)
life saver…evrything worked perfectly
shift and restore does not work
I’m getting Application Error when I double click on QuickPwn.exe. am using win xp pro can anyone???
download .net framework 2
how do I download .net framework2?
Need to go to Microsoft.com and download them
Delete and re ad your quick pwn
worked perfect.
well done.
easy as pie.
As I mentioned here >
http://www.iphone-hacks.com/2008/09/25/how-to-jailbreak-iphone-3g-21-with-quickpwn-21-for-windows/#comment-5066
iTunes 8.0 is NOT required!
See postings for details.
i need help guys, im unlocking right now, im in the last step of the process but its been like 30 min and nothing!!! Quickpwn looks like workin but i dont know, what should i do? thanks
did it ever work?
did anyone ever respond?
Sunday a.m. and I’m stuck for 20 minutes in the “preparing device mode”. The prompt said in DUY mode or whatever for a split second and I followed the directions but not getting to next step. phone appears to be off.
help!
hi this is happening to me 2! its not going any further? have u got it to work yet?
Awsome! Everything went smoothly and is working for me.
it appears I have a $350 BRICK in my hands.
Just wanted to say Thank you. It took some paitents but I finally Figured it out and I now have a Open Iphone thanks to the excellent team out there where ever you may be.. Truely Greatful….
this was the easiest unlocking I have ever done thanks team
This is the easiest jailbrake!
I just did both my iPhone 3G & my wife iPhone 1st Gen.
Great job!!! –
WORKED as explained and loving it….
Wow works pro <3 it!
Hi guys, I have iphone 2G 1.1.4 upgraded to 2.1 tried to use the steps to jailbreak it and unlock it but I am stuck at “wait for your iphone to connect in recovery mode”. I have been lookcing for solution for the last week on the internet…but with no luck!
Please any one can help?
Thanks
It works but I’m getting very poor signal coverage and the camera shows an error of disk memory full? This will happen everytime a few hours after the iphone is being jailbroken. Anyone can hlep me on this?
And thx for this guide. Very impressive. =)
hey guys…i cannot make calls why????
i dont think its unlocked…only jailbroken…what to do next to make calls??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????/
At step eleven “QuickPwn will now automatically put your iPhone into recovery mode. Once its in recovery mode you will be prompted to: Hold the Home button for 5 seconds, Hold the Home and Power buttons for 10 seconds, then release the Power button and continuing holding the Home button until your iPhone is in DFU mode.” well, it sais preparing your device and i follow the directions and i put the phone in DFU mode and nothing happnes. Plz Help
after you hold the power and home button to shutdown the phone, just release the power button only and leave the home button pressed without releasing it. It will then put you in DFU mode. instructions is very straight forward, It took me a couple of tries to get it.
well i get the “Wait for your iphone to connect in recovery mode” and nothing then
Can someone tell me where i can get the nes roms for my iphone 2.1 unlocked and jailbroken. please email me thanks
eesandoval1@yahoo.com
to find the net frame work 2.0
just go to microsoft and search for it its a simple install
I’m really confused, HELP!!!
I successfully finish the whole Quickpwn thing, but once I insert my T-mobile SIM card, my iPhone showed that it detected the different SIM card and need to be contected to iTunes. After connecting to iTunes, it showed that “iTunes does not supprt this SIM card” kind of thing.
Somebody, please help!!!I’ve already tried two days, all the same results…..
Thanks
try to do what tino2u said….i havent tried it so i cant really say anything bout it but he said as soon as you restore and you get that itunes does not support this SIM card….run the quickpwn.2.1 and choose to unlock i believe but again i havent tried this yet and hope someone can post a better tut on how to unlock for use of tmobile sims
this did not work. I have been at this for 7 hours, tired some one please help. I tried what tino2u said twice did not work, tried with different simcard while runnning quickpwn 2.1 did not work. Need to be able to unlock to give to friend for bday. someone help!!!!!!
You need to restore your iPhone to factory first before you use QuickPwn.
Insert the sim from the provider you WISH to use first.
Clear down the folder where your iTunes restore files are Should be “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates” (where %username% is your PC’s profile name)
Open iTunes with the iPhone connected and hold down the ‘home’ button. iTunes should recognise an iPone is connecting in ‘restore mode’. iTunes will now download and install the latest 2.1 firmware. Let it complete this but when it is finished do nothing more than close iTunes. DO NOT ACTIVATE THE PHONE just close iTunes.
Now run QuickPwn select the newly downloaded firmware that iTunes just installed from the folder above, click on and tick all the required boxes, choose the boot file paths and click on, go through all the steps and once the phone reboots you will be active with no prompt to activate! :) Happy Dayzz :)
The crutial part is the iPhone firmware must never have been activated via iTunes in the first place otherwise it will always fail when you change SIM cards.
Hope this helps ricardo.
Ramps
now this is confirmed it worked on two iphones so far for me and it worked on the first try also
Can I restore from backup after it has been unlocked? Or will that cause the phone to lockup again?
This really does work!! After I read and followed Ramps’ suggestion, it totally worked!! I cannot tell you thank you enough… after countless hours trying to get it to work it finally unlocked.
The absolute key here is to shut down itunes prior to using the pwn tool after loading 2.1 firmware WITHOUT activation. Thank you!
Hi Ramps, The folder does not exist. I am using Windows Vista. Please help.
Hi Ramp, it really work! Thank you very very much. I will post at the end of the forum for those who skip the middle part of the forum. Great stuff ramp!!!
It works great, but now I can’t sync it with iTunes.
Do you know how to resolve this problem.
Does anyone know how unlock sim?
I hv unlocked my iphone, but it doesnt see sim and doesnt let me make call. Please, let me know how to ublock sim.
Hey, I found the solution for my previous problem.
First, you need to go AT&T to ask a NEW card without Activating in iTune. then do te whole thing with Quickpwn, after whole thing finished, use Cydia to sync your iPhone. when it finished, you can put you T-mobile SIM card in, it should workjust fine…..
I did all the steps the site said to do, and it said that my Iphone successfully jailbreaked and all that other stuff; when I go to put my T-Mobile sim card in, it says “different sim detected.”
I tried doing the program like 2-3 times and nothing happens. The Cydia and Installer programs installed just fine. I tried doing it once without the extras and once with.
Can someone please help?
See my comment above to Ricardo 2008-10-06 19:20:35
This will fix your problem for sure :)
woow…………..thanks yaar…
itz worked….. i jailbroken and unlocked my 2G iphone 1.1.4…..
itz great …..
Its Working, I have Phone, Music, Wi Fi, everithing and it was so simple, thanks
hi have the 8g iphone and im useing v2.1 and want to used my tmobile in my iphone can any one help me plz call me so u can walk me thru it thanks 2036067167 jay
I have just completed the process and I insert my Tmobile Sim Card and it saids, DIFFERENT SIM DETECTED, please connect to iTunes. I do that and iTunes saids “Sim Card does not seem to be supported.”
What do I do? Help.
Help Needed (URGENTLY)
I have upgrade my 2g iphone from 1.1.1 to 2.1 version using QuickPwn & Pwnage Tool to jailbreak firmware 2.1. It works successfully. But my WIFI icon does not activate and it state “No Wifi”. Can any buddies out there help to solve this problem i m facing.lion
I unlocked my phone but when I install my sim I can make call but only in emergency mode.
jailbricken but phone still locked. can someone help please?
keeps saying call forwarding active , when i try to switch it off same thing – when i try to phone someone cant get rid of it and keyboard sounds not working pls help, pawn 2.1 iphone 2g 8gb
sory forgot my vodaphone sim installed while jailbroken and unlocked
hey everyone successfully jailbroke and unlock my 1.1.4 1st gen iphone to 2.1 firmware using this method. Did it first by putting it into restore mode by holding down the home key and placing it in the dock, uploading the 2.1 firmware and then using quickpwn. ABSOLUTELY no problems. Thanks guys!
SHANE-
so my iphone is currently in restore mode,
NOW what. EXACTLY how do i upload 2.1 firmware!?
OKay done it. works! like magic!
ONE MORE QUESTION, can I connect it to itunes and upload my music without problems? or do i have to DL something to prevent that or..??
hey now no worries you can connect your iphone to itunes and manage your music without worrying. And for people still having problems, i’ll just share with you how i did it then maybe you could give it a go? cause i had absolutely no problems
My iphone was running 1.1.4, unlocked and jailbroken by ziphone 3.0
1. Put iphone into restore mode by holding down the home button and placing iphone into dock(connected to pc)
2. Hold down shift and click restore, load the 2.1 firmware that you can download from the quickpwn guide.
3. Once the restore was completed, ran quickpwn and followed the steps listed here on this guide
thats it! it was really easy. kinda wondering why others had a problem with it. been using it for a day, snyced all my music. Wifi, calls, smses work perfect.
wow. that was easier than i thought. took about ten mins all in all and not a single prob. thanks guys!
Hi Shane, I ve been running 1.1.4 for ages also unlocked with ziphone 3.0. (phone originally came with 1.1.2) Just wondering if your phone is still ok with 2.1? Any problems whatsoever? Still not sure if I wanna upgrade due all the “problems” people are reporting… Cheers!
hey roger, sounds like our iphones are really alike. Mine too came with 1.1.2 and i unlocked it with ziphone 3.0 to 1.1.4. Main reason i upgraded to 2.1 was cause 1.1.4 started getting buggy after i had too many apps on it. Truth be told, everything has been running smoothly. Little slower loading times here and there, and the apps i downloaded free from the app store crashed once(re-downloaded em and now they’re fine), but other than that no major problems and 2.1 is great. Hopefully the app problems with the app store were just a one-off thing. The apps i have now are running just fine. and the whole quickpwn process went really smoothly and easily. Hope that helps man
I too have also had absolutely no problems with this firmware upgrade, and was quick and easy to install. Buddy of mine also had no problems on his end. Both of us were upgrading from 1.1.4. I think those who are complaining with problems obviously can’t read directions properly, and screwed up something during the proccess. You’d be surpised how many stupid people are impatient and turn-off the iphone specifically when it states not to do so. ROFL!
I just got a replacement phone from Apple a few days ago. It’s a 2g phone. I do a restore through Itunes 8 to ver 2.1 successfully. When I run the Quickpwn it gets up to “Wait for Iphone to connect in Recovery Mode…” The 4 other steps are greyed out. The phone will reboot and shows the USB cable pointing to Itunes. I’ve tried completing the greyed out steps but nothing happens. I’ve also waited several minutes without doing anything once it gets to this point. Nothng happens. Any help is appreciated. I’m curious if they’ve implemented something with the most recent phones. Thanks.
You may not be able to restore if itune does not like your sim card. Here is what I do:
Take out the sim card; this will make iphone work without a sim.
Connect to itune, and setup as a new phone.
Do the shift-restore.
Jailbreak and unlock as the guide.
When done, insert any sim card. now you can connect with itune and it will not reject the sim card.
Backup from your “other iphone” setup.
Now you can change sim card without reboot.
Hope this help.
Guys,
Without knowing i first activated my iphone on a o2 pay as go sim before attempting this.
I did however attempt the unlock which did not work however the procedure went correctly, as i was reading the replys should i get a brand new pay as you go sim and not activate it via iphone and run the procedure to unlock it.
What should i do, thanks all.
Hey one question I have an unlocked iphone 3G, can i upgrade to the 2.1 firmware or will it relock itself?? Need help please
Heeeelp please, I need to know if i can do it if it came unlocked FROM FACTORY, the cellphone came unlocked by apple since the box was sealed and it was already unlocked, so can i upgrade or will it relock?
I tried to restore (holding shift key) and when selecting the restore file from the desktop, it shows an error and stops there. I read the comments and tried to download the .net framework2 and the computer tells me its already installed. I wanted to upgrade my son’s iphone to the ver2.0 but I already updated itunes to 8.0, so I’m stuck. Any help please?
Hector
Super Duper!!!! ^_^ 2 thumbs up for all the help from everyone using this source. If only i had 10 thumbs, i would give you guys all of them…
I have jailbreak and unlocked my 2G with 2.1 firmware via QuickPwn. Very succesfull indeed.
Trouble detecting wrong sim at the begining but with the help of RAMPS it turns my 2G successfully unlocked again. YEAH!!!
Quick question… when will quickPwn be available to unlock 3G? can’t wait!!!!!!!
I upgraded my iphone 2G from 1.1.4 to 2.1 yesterday and everything went ok. Thanks guys.
Hector, could be that you didnt download the restore firmware completely. redownload it and try again
I have a 2G iPhone that came with FW 1.1.4. I activated, jailbroke, and unlocked the phone using Ziphone…my wifi would never work. I recently upgraded FW to 2.1 with modem FW being 04.05.04_G, unlocked and jailbroken with QuickPwn…still no wifi. Am I supposed to have wifi on a jailbroken and unlocked iPhone? Please help I have spent a lot of hours researching it and still no answers….
Hi Nick
I m hving the same problem as you. My 2G iPhone, i have upgraded from 1.1.1 to 2.1 using QuickPwn. It succesfully unlocked and jailbroken. But no WIFI – grey out wifi. I find it strange, as i hv friends upgraded from 1.1.2 to 2.1 and hv no problem on their WIFI. If u come across a solution, please advise me too. As i m trying hard to fix it.
It’s documented everywhere that Ziphone is notorious for screwing up the Wifi on phones, which is why you should of never used it – should of used Liberty+. It’s most likely screwed on the hardware level if QuickPwn didn’t fix it.
Hi Nick
For the problem you faced previously on the NO WIFI, did u reboot the firmware 2.1 again and then jailbreak again using Liberty+. And able to solve the NO WIFI probem?
This process worked like a charm from 1.1.4 to 2.1. I had been up all night trying the other unlock methods using winpwn 2.5 with no success! This process took less than 12 min and I was back up and running. I am amazed!
am Francis from Ghana am typin to unkock my Iphone 3g with ur software but its not working.. so wat can i do ? is there any software to help me unlock my phone
Worked great on first try
Ty
I NEED HELP!!
I accidently upgraded my unlocked/jailbroken 8gb 1st generation 1.1.4 to the new 2.1. Now, I downloaded the quickpwn the firmware and the 2 bl files. In quickpwn I got stuck in the part where it says:
Hold the Home button for 5 seconds, Hold the Home and Power buttons for 10 seconds, then release the Power button and continuing holding the Home button.
Which I did and am getting a little frustrated because i know nothing about this sort of stuff. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong and Why is it getting stuck at the same spot everytime i try to jailbreak?
Does anyone know another way to do this?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
You aren’t following the directions correcty. Get someone who is compent with this stuff to do it for you.
i just did all the steps i have a 3g phone 16gig
it said everything thing is done sucessfully but it just shows the apple logo on the screen for a really long time it dopesent start up what should i do someone please help me?????
WTF? dude this fix is the the 2G iPhone, not the 3G. Download the 3G fix.
hey huys i just unloked my 3g 16 gig but i have no service how can i fix this?……. everyhting worked fine but it has not read my sim card
Hi steven i got the same problem
after jailbreak my 3g 8gig ,its has no network can you share with me if you have any soloution for this problem
Did you guys select the “unlock” option? The reason why it doesn’t connect to network when you insert your sim is because it is still locked! Read the directions properly, and do it again.
Hey everybody,
I have succesfuly restored and unlock my Iphone.
It’s alive again! :)
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Thanks for the suport and all the best for “iphone-hacks”!
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did this erase all of your contacts
if it did how do i get them back
will this erase all of my contacts?
Of course it will, but all you have to do is make a backup through iTunes and you can restore all your contacts after the upgrade.
This hack worked for me a couple of weeks ago. No problems at all. iTunes 8.01 was just released, does anyone know if it is safe to upgrade to that version?
working fine thanx for this tutorial and thanx Ramps 10 out of 10 loving this iphone now
When I swith my iPhone on I get a message reads :
Different SIM detected
Please connect to iTunes
I used the steps and unlocked my iphone. But, there is no signal. So, I am not able to place any calls or receive any. It is just showing …. in the top left corner. Any idea what might be going on? I inserted a working AT&T Sim. Any help is appreciated. All other things look good. Thanks!
Hello I am trying to download the bootloader 3.9 and 4.6 but wen opening the file it says that the file has been corrupted or deleted please send me a link to where I can download the file..
wow, wow, wow!!!! this is working!!!
I have already unlocked my iphone. Everything works fine. But, the only problem is that I can’t see the whole t-mobile logo next to the signal bars. All I can see is “T-…”. Can anyone help me with that?
big THANK YOU you!
can any one help, i doanload the bootloader, is need to be open or just doan load to my pc and then transfer to my iphone
mine worked too, but cannot synch the music from itunes, say need to restore the iphone. anyone?
Oh My God! After almost the whole day researching, and a number of applications tried, FINALLY!!! This really works! Wuhoo! I could not thank you enough. I even included this site on my bookmark for future tips. thanks a lot again!
WHEN I DOWNLOAD ,THE BOOTLOADER I CAN NOT OPEN IT, DO I NEED TO DO THAT , OR JUST TEANSFER IT TO MY IPHONE
uhhhhmm, just one problem… when i try to sync itunes (sync photos from pictures to iphone), it would state an error message: “THE IPHONE CANNOT BE SYNCED. YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH ACCESS PRIVILIGES FOR THIS ACTION.” please help. thanks a lot in advance!
how did you fix- THE IPHONE CANNOT BE SYNCED. YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH ACCESS PRIVILIGES FOR THIS ACTION
when syncing photos?
thanks
oooops. its now ok. thanks.
For those who have problem with “DIFFERENT SIM CARD DETECTED,PLEASE CONECT TO ITUNES” after unlocking please find (control/command F) “2008-10-06 19:20:35″ posted by ramp. It is really work. All credit is for him… The great ramp!!!
worked like a charm thanks fellows.
When trying to run quickpawn I’m getting a windows abend. any thoughts or suggestions?
Will I lose my phone book number?
I have done everything Correcltly RAMP!!! But there is no network on the fone. Everything else is working. People have mentioned this issue above and their is no reply???? Plz let me know how to get signals on this iphone
If there are any ladies in the dev team, i could kiss you right now. heck, i could even kiss the guys. i upgraded from 1.1.4 to 2.0 yesterday and ended up with a locked phone. spent the better part of 2 nights trying to fix this, restored my firmware up and down 14 times and finally found this app. great work guys. worked like a charm.. now got an iphone with latest firmware and fully unlocked. and everything works. no problems as stated above about phone app not working
PLEASE help! Tried Pwnage to unlock and jailbrake 1st generation phone, initially used with a Mac. First, I restored it on the Mac. Then moved to a Windows machine. Tried the program first with old, inactive ATT SIMs card. Got the message that “SIMs card not recognized – connect to itunes.” Then tried the “Shift-restore” with no SIMs and get error messages in itunes that there’s an error and it cannot be restored. Have tried holding Home-Power for 15 sec, then POwer for 2 seconds. Now all I get it a graphic of the USB cable with an arrow to itunes. iTunes cannot restore it. QuickPwn tells me to do the Home-Power 15 sec then Power 2 sec, then QuickPwn crashes. PLEASE HELP. I’m quite stuck now!
Hi
I was wondering why the pinapple logo showed on start up or reboot after a unlock/jailbreak with this app.? Is it possible to change back to the apple original logo? Any ppl in apple Dev. team, if you know please advise?
Very simple and easy to follow.
however, I had tones of fun with the old installer that I can’t find with the new one. Does anyone know how to use it?
Anyway… Good job guys!
Why is it that on STEP 5, i find the correct file, and the arrow does not light up and therefore i am STUCK at that step. What did I do wrong?
Well…
You need to download all the files the same folder.
Or if you did, you can click on browse to locate the file in your folder.
First time the phone came up with the error “DIFFERENT SIM DETECTED, please connect to iTunes”. I then inserted the new sim and did a complete restore using the IPHONE version included in Pwnage. WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!! Thanks!!
Excellent thread, made upgrading my phone easy. Many thanks
1.- Should I keep the SIM card in?
2.- Will I lose my contacts/notes/pictures/calendar markings?
I was following the tutorial, which looks great btw, but everytime I try to open the quickpwn.exe from the Pwnage folder I get this error:
“Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.”
I have tried everything with no luck, even checked if file was blocked but it is with full permissions. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
i have the same problems …
error msg said
“Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.”
some one help pls … thnx
I also have this Problem, I hope it’s not something that just came to surface after the 8th of November, I AM using windows vista 64bit with AVG anti virus, can these factor in the problem with “Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.” Can someone please help me and the two other folks above me with this problem, much appreciated.
when I try to open the quickpwn.exe a black box opens for a split second and then nothing. XP with all updates.
Hey Guys good news!
for those who were having problems with the QuickPwn.exe file giving them the “Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.” problem, well like I mentioned above I have a Vista 6b bit machine with AVG antivirus running and AVg was detecting the QuickPwn.exe file as a Torjan virus and it wuold not allow it to open no matter what. so I moved my Pwnage folder into my other computer that runs on XP and this computer also has AVG. I quit the AVG antivirus from running, but that was not enough I had to go to Task Manager and make sure any processes that started with “avg…” was ended and stopped, there were a few and I stopped them all, then I went back to run the QuickPwn.exe and voila! sure enough it worked, also it’s important to note that I have “.net framework 2″ installed on my machine, I’ve done this a while ago so I’m not sure where the link is but if you Google “Microsoft .net framework 2″ I am sure you will find it easily. SO i did this on my XP machien and sure enough everythign worked just fine, and I am pretty sure this will aslo work on the Vista OS’s as long as you quit your anti-virus program and all of it’s processes in the task manager, but yeah to break this down in simple point form, to run QuickPwn.exe you need
1- “.net framework 2″ installed
2- All of your Antivrus programs stopped (not running) along with all it’s Processes, that you have to “End Processes” via the Task Manager (Ctrl + Alt + Delete) if you follow these steps QuickPwn.exe should start up without a hitch! again I did this through XP not sure about Vista but Im 90% confident it will also work on Vista, I hope this helps the few frustrated people that recently posted just before me, CHEERS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS GREAT METHOD TO UPGRADE our old skool 1st gen iphones (1.1.4) to a shiny new 2.1 firmware
Thanks Soni, killing AVG did the trick… just finished the procedure and all looks great. Thanks again!
Hello,
How long does the “Wait while your iphone is preparing for jailbreaking” take. I waited 30 minutes now and the bars on the bottom are still the same.
Thanks,
Pat
i’m trying to unlock my iphone 3g. everything goes fine until i’m going from step 8 to 9. it just stops there, it doesn’t freeze. it just stops. am i doing something wrong? someone help me, please.
What can i say, 20 mins uploaded to 2.1 and unlocked phone so very easy to follow….
Thanks so much foir this it has saved me time and money..
Great Job
Excellent guide… 10mins proccess… Thanx… superb job..
Hi Guys, excellent software, only problem I have is that the caller display shows the number not the name……am I totally missing something? I tried the caller ID fix in Cydia but this has not helped. Any ideas would be really appreciated.
Thnx
Spand
hey guys, i have a problem after jailbreaking/unlocking the 2g iphone. it seems that i cant get my keyboard numbers to work or the space or return button to work. How can this be? did you do something wrong? and i have done the jailbreak/unlock for over 4 tiimes and the same problem occured. The phone is jailbroke and unlocked but its the keyboard that is the problem.
Hello there jus updated my iphone 2G to version 2.1 with iTunes 7.? can`t remember the actual version .Anywhere update went well without pressing shift button on itunes .iphone rebooted but was still jailbroken so there was no need for unlocking except l had to install Cydia again .Many thanks once again
hi everybody question i have a 2g iphone fw2.1 which i unlocked with ziphone a few weeks ago, but i then upgraded to the 3g software and i now have a bunch of 3g apps… is there a process i can use now to unlock the phone without losing my apps and games?
thanks guys if anyone can help…
i did jailbreak my iphone but can not use another sim. it still says sim locked.im using airtel.plzz help….
i cannot get to the point to restore the iphone. when i connect it to itunes it wants me to register with att and i dont want to do that. How to i get to the step or how do i update the phone to 2.1?? help please!!
Comment by Ramps
2008-10-06 19:20:35
You need to restore your iPhone to factory first before you use QuickPwn.
Insert the sim from the provider you WISH to use first.
Clear down the folder where your iTunes restore files are Should be “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates” (where %username% is your PC’s profile name)
Open iTunes with the iPhone connected and hold down the ‘home’ button. iTunes should recognise an iPone is connecting in ‘restore mode’. iTunes will now download and install the latest 2.1 firmware. Let it complete this but when it is finished do nothing more than close iTunes. DO NOT ACTIVATE THE PHONE just close iTunes.
Now run QuickPwn select the newly downloaded firmware that iTunes just installed from the folder above, click on and tick all the required boxes, choose the boot file paths and click on, go through all the steps and once the phone reboots you will be active with no prompt to activate! :) Happy Dayzz :)
The crutial part is the iPhone firmware must never have been activated via iTunes in the first place otherwise it will always fail when you change SIM cards.
Hope this helps ricardo.
Ramps
hey ramps this treed couldn’t be any better edited
it work just like if there were no tomorrow thanks a lot
GOOD DEED AND WELL DONE
I have to say, Ramps, your info helped so much! Ive been trying to unlock my old iphone 2G for my girlfriend, she’s on t-mobile, and it kept messing up with the sim card. But then I found your comment and focused on the ‘crucial part’ and it works now! Thanks so much.
I just have one question, and Im sorry if it is a stupid one. Now that it’s unlocked, can I still sync it with the songs and pics on my comp through itunes? And to add to that, I have my 3G iphone set up on this laptop as well. Will syncing them both on this comp affect either of them? Thanks for your response!
hi guys,
I have an iphone 2g 1.1.4, and I’m willing to upgrade it to 2.1. I previously upgraded it with ziphone. So now I have to download and install 2.1, and than quickpwn? Should I delete al music/apps first?
This worked perfectly for me! Didn’t work the first time, so had to re-do the whole thing using comments from Ramps (post from 2008-10-06 19:20:35). Works great now! :)
Worked fine!!! Took about 20 min…thx.
THANK YOU !! I have been trying so many things from the past 2 days. I tried this and it worked without any issues for my 1st generation iphone.
It is so easy and simple. Just follow the instructions given precisely.
its taking a very long time to reboot.. is sumthing wrong?
i’ve completed all the jailbreaking successfully and everything but its taking a long time to start up again
the apple logo on the screen stays on and it wont start up what should i doo??
Oh my god me too! I tried the quickpwn and I got i fine It did boot neuter and then it rebooted but it remains on the apple/pineapple logo and it will not go on. It’s been months now and I wanna try to fix it. and it resets itself every 5 minutes so It’s almost impossible to restore on itunes without getting an error message then iTunes shuts down. Any help?
unlock 1st g iphone, i put in the sim for t-mobile and it gets bars and signal but when i try to make phone call my screen locks when i try to dial out. any help will be much appreciated.
this process really works cool… i had accidentally upgraded my iphone 2g by version 2.1…and my unlocked phone got locked….and i just followed this procedure and it really worked out very well in 20 min….thanks a lot for this info… just a word of caution…in the step 12, if you feel nothing is happening, dont get tensed…you re-do that step alone by holding the home button properly and following the instructions given….
Thanks man, u r the best
hey i need help ”
i have try this about 5 times and can’t pass step 4
it gives me an error
please help
email me
anyone can help?
i did everything the instructions says but quickpwn still preparing my devise in step 11 for 5 min now
any help?
thanks
my iphone has been on the apple logo for the last 35min, what should i do? need help ASAP!!!!!
My iphone does not pick up my Tmobile network after jailbreaking it. It is unlocked and everything but the signal bar is depleted and Installer nor Cydia has any packages available. I cant even make calls. please help asap.
Its Stuck at the screen on quickpwn …its stays at the “Wait For Your Iphone To Connect In Recovery Mode” any ideas?
i was able to unlock and jailbreak my iphone 2.1 but when i insert my t-mobile sim card it will only let me receive calls and make sos call. can anyone help me with this.
I m not able to go to step 3 after firmware 2.1 is launched. It is asking me to activate the phone. I tried 4 times and its the same. Plz help.
I m not able to go to step 3 after i launch the firmware. It is coming up saying to activate the phone. plz help
hi i have a 1 st generation iphone running on 2.1 firmware and i did everything within this tutorial ( btw thanx for the help) and yes i ticked the unlock iphone box. the problem is that i get no service and says that my network has been lost and restricted hence i cant make or receive any calls. Any one can help me with this?
Hi, I downloaded all the files you asked… but when I try to make the restore, my Itunes ( version 8.0.2.20) doesnt understand the file iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Restore, as an restore file… So, iTunes cant see the file on my computer… I cant restore!
What should I do?
I was able to do about 10 phones succsefully. Now every time I try it wont detect the simcard after in done running quickpwn. I checked under settings, general, about and under carrier it says (null) (null).
Please help as I said it worked fine in the beggining.
thank you so mutch
works perfect
btw i got a 8gb iphone and t-mobile
again thank you so mutch
D:
Hi, I am having the same problem as Edward. I tunes 8.0 wont recognize the restore 2.1 no matter were I place it in the computer. Any suggestions?
I have an Ipod Touch 32gb.. it has 2.2 firmware.. i tried to use QuckPwn but it stopped at step 11.. It won’t get to the part where it says “press Home button for five seconds”..
Please Help me!!?
I was running version 2 which was already jailbroken/unlocked. Followed the instructions above and everything working 100%. thankyou.
HELP
my iphone was working last night after i unlocked it using quick pwn 2.1 then i put it to charge when i woke up the iphone would not come on and when it did it said something about this accesorie does not work then it ask to put the iphone in airplane mode then it just stop working
hi is this also applicable to ipod touch first generation but i do have 2.0 version already and my problem is that i cannot update to 2.1 even though i already pay $9.95 on apple. and can you tell me how cydia or installers works? because im not that familiar on those terms. thank you
i cannot restore my touch it says error 1403..help please thank you..
im browsing my iphone farmwr and nutthin happen….?????
I have used quickpwn on my iphone.
I have reset my iphone and now the pineapple comes up followed by a cartoon raising his hands saying “npebea!” i am struck on this screen.
i am unable to restore my phone.
after 5 minutes of restore process it says the iphone cannot be restored. An unknown error occured(1611)..
Please let me know how to restore my iphone.and jailbreak it again.
when u complete the jailbreak..is it unlocked automatically also? does any one know
will this jailbreak work for I-phone 3g 2.1 firmware? Thanks..
Wow, you guys Saved my life thank you very much i finnally could update my firmeware ! Ty vm !!! and everything works fine with my Fido Sim too Thank again !!!
I am with AT&T and I want to use an I phone with out siging a new 2 year aggrement. Can I unlock a 2g iphone and then put my sim card in it? If so are there any extra or different steps I should take?
Awesome!!!
it works
iPhone 2G Firmware 2.1
thanks guys!
After selecting the ipsw file in step 6, step 7 is supposed to automatically verify that the ipsw file is valid.
How long is step 7 supposed to take? It does not appear that anything is happening here and the blue arrow hasn’t appeared after 10 minutes.
Please let me kmow what could I be doing wrong.
my phone is in recovery mode(usb cord and itunes logo on screen) my tmobile sim is in and it says tmobile at the top left of the screen it also says “different sim detected please connect to itunes” if somebody can give me step by step instruction until my phone is capable of working with tmobile i will give them $20 thru paypal as soon as it is fully working. please write me at kevin_c33@yahoo.com. thank you. no bs i am desperate to get it wrking.
This worked perfect for me, i had an already jailbroken iphone (1st generation) and i followed the steps above, then open cydia and let it run and reboot and everything works fine now. when you connect to itunes for the 1st time, make sure u choose it as a “new iphone”, dont choose the restore option, and then you just have to sync you music,videos again and your done!!
it says,” No SIM card installed, Insert a valid SIM with no pin lock to activate the phone.” help me to unlock my iphone to use t-mobile SIM
I need help to make the vodafone mobile connect work on iphone in India
I have 8Gb iphone, (not 3G)updated to firmware 2.2, through Quickpwn, the vodafone mobile connect worked fine till now.
Few days back, i inserted another SIM and then put my SIM back.
Now, vodafone mobile connect is now working.
Can any one help me?
Thanks
I jailbroke my phone about 4 months ago and wifi just stoped working is that because of the software, or the phone, everything else works perfectly except for the wifi. Is there a fix or should I back up the phone and reload everything into the phone or not back up everything and reload software into phone.
By the way I have the first gen phone and everything worked perfectly for 4 months and I have 2.1
FYI Only. I recently installed a app called contact cover. It installed fine but when i went to use it, it wouldn’t show me the numbers for longer than like 2sec then went to black. I uninstalled it and it took off all my contact and force recovered. I had to do a restore to factory then reinstall QuickPwn. Like i stated earlier this is FYI and a warning.
Solution, Fixed for Wifi Greyed out after jailbreak (Iphone 2G)
If your wifi connection problem is not due to AP settings (i.e. icon greyed out), I have tried various methods and found this to be the working solution to my case. I have used all jailbreak programs (quickpwn, winpwn, ziphone and others) and found the solution fix for Wifi. Would like to share so that the rest can spend their quality time on something more productive rather than going through what i have been through.
Despite the facts of some saying downgrade and upgrade of firmware, or using different version of itune to solve the wifi greyed out, it does not matter in this process.
I am on the following env when wifi is greyed out: Vista, Itune 8.0.2.2, Firmware 2.2.1 jailbreak. tried also on a corrupted restored and it works in both cases.
Solution to the problem:
- Use Itune to shift restore your firmware back to 2.0.2
- Use winpwn to create custom firmware on 2.0.2 (if you are on ATT sim), do not need to select unlock
- Shift restore iphone using the custom firmware created by winpwn
note: if you PC does not recognize iphone, first when iphone is detected as an unknown device, delete root hub one by one and vista will redetect one of them as mobile apple device. To do restore, switch off your phone, unplug USB cable, plug it in again while holding the home button for 20secs, vista will detect it as mobile device.
Today my unlocked iPhone 2g crashed and the symptoms were a blank screen and would only vibrate when i received a call. I tried the usual turn on/off procedure to reset the phone, but that didn’t work. So i panicked and took it to the local Apple store, while there they restored my phone. And now i’m trying to unlock it myself for the first time since owning my 2g.
I downloaded the required files, but when i reach the Browse for Firmware screen and upload the firmware all it does is process and then stop and do nothing else. It says i need to have “The correct IPSW will have a name beginning with iPhone1,1_2.2.1″ so i tried uploading the one provided iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw. To no avail it doesn’t work, so i proceeded to download iPhone1,1_2.2.1_5H11_Restore. I then tried again and still nothing.
What am i doing wrong? Thanks in advance =)
Ummmmmm I can’t get past step 7, it takes me nowhere, please help
*The blue arrow is unclickable, nothing happens
For those with blacked out WIFI after the upgrade: I had that too. I turned off my iPhone, turned it on again, and it connected to WIFI.
(sorry for a repeat. Long thread and I just figured it out.)
hey, i got couple of easy questions
1-can u unlock and crack it if u r with vodafone
2-if ur firmware is already 1.1.4 can u crack it anyway?
3-if ur iphone locks afterwards can u just use this system again to unlock it?
please answer them
Thankss
I have tried using the steps as suggested but im stuck on step 7. the blue continue button does not come up…. ive tried re-doing it several times but still no joy,,,, any ideas please as i now have a fully locked iphone again :(
hi there
one quetion..
should i remove my sim card before i start the procedures?
When i download the iphone 2.1 ipsw i get alot of files but not the one that u have:S and when i try to find it when i press SHIFT when i restore there is no files in the iphone1,1_2.1….. folder? Help
I have a T-Mobile sim and also got the “different sim detected please connect to itunes”. Here’s how i got it to work.
Take the att sim out of the iphone and restore to 2.1 framework through itunes without any sim card in the iphone (i used the latest version of itunes). When the restore process is almost finished itunes will prompt you to insert a unlocked sim into the iphone. Ignore the prompt and insert your t-mobile sim into the iphone. Itunes will detect that you put the wrong sim into the iphone but that doesnt matter, ignore it. then run the quickpwn process like you normally would with the t-mobile sim in your phone and you should be fine.
I have a 2G iphone with version 3.0 installed on it. I have downloaded all the files above to jailbreak the phone, but when i unzip the file iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Restore it doesnt save it as a ipsw file. I also tried downloading the iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore and it still doesnst save as ipsw so when i open itunes and hold down shift and click restore, i cant select this file because it just tries to open it up as a folder instead of its own ipsw file…..any suggestions?
TIA!!
I can’t work quickpwn it said it cant work without another file
I am following the instructions here and QuickPwn gets stuck on Step 6, it never validates the file (iPhone1,1_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw).
What can I do? It has already been restored and I cant get into itunes to try another version like 2.1… Im stuck.