Jailbreaking iPhone 2.1 3G & 2G – Updated
Here’s the most recent and updated version of Jailbreaking your iPhone Firmware 2.1 3G & 2G in Mac. Please follow the steps carefully and you wouldn’t have any trouble at all. Please make sure to backup your iPhone before you start doing anything.
Note: Please do it at your own risk. We’ve done it successfully without any trouble but if anything goes wrong with yours then we’re not responsible for it.
Jailbreaking iPhone 2.1 3G & 2G in Mac
- Download iTunes 8 and upgrade if you haven’t already.
- Download the PwnageTool from here.
- Download the Restored IPSW for 3G Firmware or 2G Firmware.
- Make sure both PwnageTool and Restored IPSW is in the same location
- Run the PwnageTool.app click on Expert Mode from the top menu
- Then select your iPhone type and click the next arrow at the bottom right
- The PwnageTool will find the Restored IPSW
- Select it and click the next arrow at the bottom right
- On the next page, select “General” and click the next arrow at the bottom right
- Untick “Activate the Phone” and leave the rest as it is and click the next arrow at the bottom right
- Keep clicking next until you see two images
- Once you see the images, untick both of them – Boot Logo & Recovery Logo and click the next arrow
- This will bring you back to the home screen
- Select “Build” and click next arrow
- This will ask you to select a location to create the Custom Restore IPSW file (iPhone1,2_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw)
- Save it on the same location (you can save this file anywhere you want)
- This will take a few minutes to create the Custom IPSW file
- Once created please follow the instruction on the screen to put your iPhone on DFU
- Once the iPhone is on DFU you mode, iTune will automatically open up and will be ready to restore your iPhone
- Press alt/option and click on restore at the same time to select the custom IPSW you’ve just created
- And you’re done
- Once the restore is completed please follow the SIM card instruction I explained here
- And finally Sync with your iTune to get all your data from the backup
Update: Here’s the step by step procedure of Jailbreaking/Unlocking iPhone 2.1 in Windows.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Yes its working.
September 15th, 2008 at 3:08 am
Will this work with the iPod touch as well?
Also – just to clarify – does it enable the iPhone to use any Cellphone carrier too?
Thanks
September 15th, 2008 at 3:30 am
We have only tested for iPhone. Not sure about iPod Touch. You may give that a try using QuickPwn (let us know if you did).
And this procedure will unlock first gen iPhone to use any carrier not iPhone 3G.
September 15th, 2008 at 9:36 am
When will we be able to unlock the iphone 3G. The wait is long now ! And Winpwn updated too ?
Thanx
September 15th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
THANKS A LOT
HAVE A NICE DAY
WELL DONE !!!
September 16th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Worked first time without any hassle. Thanks for the clear instructions.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
I have downloaded the pwnagetool and 5f136. ipsw from above and when I run the pwnage the tool did not recognize the ipsw. What do I do? I have a iphone 3g with 2.0.2 and want to upgrade to 2.1
September 17th, 2008 at 2:07 am
That link only gives a .zip file?
September 17th, 2008 at 2:30 am
nimis, what do you mean by didn’t recognize? can’t find .ipsq file? please keep both files in the same folder. Also, if you haven’t updated to 2.1 then please do so before following the instruction.
and looks like the PwnageTool was moved from the location we were pointing before. I’ve updated the link now.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Great user friendly step by step guide.
Presume you need to have iTunes 8 for the restore. Should this be step 1?: “Upgrade to iTunes 8″
September 17th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Point taken and updated. Thank you.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
What I mean by it didn’t recognize is, in simple mode it couldn’t find the ipsw file. So, I tried expert mode it and it finds the folder, but nothing is colored in that I can click on. Keep in mind both the pwnage tool and ipsw file are on my desktop. In the past It would find ipsw on its own.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
which step are you stuck at? create a folder on your desktop and put both the files in that folder and try again.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
doese this work on windows xp??
September 18th, 2008 at 2:24 am
I own a iphone 3g 16g and my itunes is 8 and I have the 2.1 firmware. I download the new ispw address very well, I use pwnage and then I put my phone into DFU mode. The problem arises with restoring my phone. I get an error 6. I have done this multiple times, following the instructions to the T, and still I get the error message. What could possibly be going wrong?
September 18th, 2008 at 2:35 am
most likely and I think it is because your phone isn’t in DFU mode even though it may seem like it is. You may still be in recovery mode not DFU mode. watch the video here to see how to put your iPhone in DFU mode (at the bottom of the post).
September 18th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I’ve got the same issue as nimis, its a zipped file and doesnt recognize it when you choose it, any suggestions?
September 18th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Please use Firefox to download the ipsw file. Or try unzipping the file after downloading it to see if it works. Safari seems to have been downloading in zip format.
September 19th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Noobie for jailbreaking my iPhone…
I have been reading several websites on the Quickpwn and Pwnage tool.
Still haven’t clearly understood which to use.
I am an AT&T customer, so I do not want to “unlock” my phone for use with another carrier.
Quickpwn, as I understand, just “jailbreaks” my phone so I can put what I want on my phone. Does Quickpwn install Cydia and Installer (which I understand I will need to load 3rd party software)? It appears that only Pwnage Tool allows for checking or unchecking of these two options to be installed.
I would prefer to use Pwnage Tool as it has an expert mode I can set to my preferences. However, I am unclear as to the General tab and unchecking “activate my phone”. If this is unchecked will by phone activiate with AT&T somewhere in the process? Also, is there somewhere in Pwnage process I should tell it NOT to “unlock” my phone for use on other carrier, like uncheck Bootneuter or something?
Thanks in advance
September 19th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
zippidty, use PwnageTool as it’s flawless and much easier. Next, you can unlock only first gen iPhone not iPhone 3G. Jailbreak only for iPhone 3G. You don’t have to worry about activating your phone so don’t tick that. And finally, there’s no option for unlock. This process will unlock first gen iPhone automatically but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to use AT&T service.
September 19th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Downloaded from Firefox, still doesnt work
September 20th, 2008 at 12:16 am
Ok, got it up to the point where i restore the iphone after it gives you that picture of steve jobs or whoever speaking hebrew, and then it gives me and error 9. very very confused.
September 20th, 2008 at 12:31 am
I’d suggest you to recreate the custom IPSW file again properly and restore iPhone again. something might have been missed during creation of the custom IPSW.
September 20th, 2008 at 1:58 am
I’m getting to step 14. When I click on build I get the message
“No Bootloader v3.9 file found.
Would you like to search the web for this file
Yes/No”
I have searched the web and downloaded the bl39.bin file several times but each time I ask pwnage to proceed it rejects the Bootloader file with the message
“Sorry this does not appear to be the proper file. Do you want to browe for Bootloader v3.9 again”
Help wanted!
Any tips to get over this issue much appreciated.
Thanks
September 20th, 2008 at 5:01 am
Hi,
on STEP 14, when I click BUILD, it pops up a message stating:
“No Bootloader v3.9 file found! Would you like to search the web for this file? ”
What do you suggest I do?
September 20th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
thanks for instructions, my concern is that i am still using frame 2.0 on 3G iphone and i didnt upgrade it since then, Q is if i can follow the same instructions to upgrade and jailbreak to 2.1 frame?
thanks alot for your help
Majd
September 20th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Majd, the answer is Yes mate.
September 21st, 2008 at 6:10 am
I followed a suggestion I found on another forum.
I had already used Pwnage to upgrade to 2.0. I just installed iTunes 8 and updated to the 2.1 iPhone firmware using the iTunes update
button. No problems.
The Pinapple logo not longer appears when starting up, just the regular apple logo.
I have checked my iPhone. It has been upgraded to 2.1.
Too easy!
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Hello,
I followed all your procedures and it went perfect. However after putting my SIM card in it states “the SIM Card inserted in this iPhone does not seem to be supported” in iTunes. Can you please tell me what to do next?
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Harsh,
Try updating your carrier pack through iTunes.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Hi, I just jailbroke my phone and it went fine but no cydia icon ever popped up and I'm not sure what to do. Any suggestions?
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:28 am
Hi,
I am in australia and i bought an iPhone locked to Telstra
and i paid to have it legally unlocked so that i could use it on another network (eg. Optus)
and i am considering jailbreaking my phone,
first i want to know if by jailbreaking my phone, will it have any effect on my phone beng unlocked?
like will it somehow become locked again?
please let me know asap
Cheers
November 19th, 2008 at 1:38 am
I get the same message in a red box. Any suggestion please? Im still here trying to follow the procedure, any help is welcome!
November 19th, 2008 at 2:39 am
Hi, just me having a little big problem. When I'm trying step 14 i receive the message “No bootloader V3.9 file found” I've been trying to download it and I receive a file called bl39.bin. I try to select it when Pwnage asks me if I want to browse this file i click in yes but says that this is not the proper file.
Any idea if this is the correct file? Or do you know from where should I download the correct Bootloader V3.9 file please? Thanks a bunch.
November 19th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Please keep the files on the same folder and try to re create the custom IPSW and see if that works.
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:25 am
Hello,
I have a UNLOCKED 2g iphone I purchase about 1 year ago from Kula Lumpur. It works fine and updates in itunes 8 fine just as long as I do NOT update the firmware/handset software.
I need to update the firmware/handset software so I can sync applications from my itunes to my iphone.
My sister updated the software on her unlocked iphone (purchased with mine) and it disabled her whole iphone and she lost everything (completely died) and had to go through the steps of jail breaking her phone and reloading everything back on it with itunes.
How can I update the software without my iphone dying in the process?
Thank you.
September 19th, 2009 at 6:15 am
the PwnageTool_2.1.dmg url didn't work, i click on the second procedure where it says download the PwnageTool from here* (high lighted)
September 19th, 2009 at 7:15 am
the PwnageTool_2.1.dmg url didn't work, i click on the second procedure where it says download the PwnageTool from here* (high lighted)