My new pwned iPhone 3g got bricked.

[ohhoe]

Yup. Jailbroke it yesterday with Pwnage, and it was working fine.

I made a phone call around 2am, and halfway through the call the phone freaked out, the call dropped, and all of a sudden it said "This phone cannot make or receive calls" with a no service message on the top left.

I tried restoring original firmware, and I got the 1604 error. I tried the custom firmware, same error. Tried on both a PC and a MAC, i've put it into recovery mode successfully and DFU, and I've also tried reinstalling firmware without the SIM card in, but nothing has happened.


I don't know what to do, and I'm running out of ideas. I can't afford a new phone either...

Also, i'm aware there's another thread about this, but he's in a different situation than I am. He has the old iPhone and he's trying to upgrade the firmware and unlock, whereas I have the new iPhone...

[spinstorm]

Pwnage does not touch the "phone" part of the 3G as it doesn't unlock it.

Your problem may be a faulty 3G iPhone!

Does it still have the pwnage logo or the Apple logo when it boots?

If you can get the Apple logo back you can get Apple to swap it over - obviously if they saw the pineapple logo they would not replace it.

Having said that 1604 can be down to many different reasons and I suggest you try different USB ports on your PCs.

I myself had a similar issue where I could not restore on 2 PCs! as they both gave that error and when I tried it on my mac it was fine...

So you could simply be having an iTunes "strop" as iTunes does seem to have mood swings and sometimes restore and sometimes not. IT is a known issue with iTunes.

Just keep trying!

[ohhoe]

Pwnage does not touch the "phone" part of the 3G as it doesn't unlock it.

Your problem may be a faulty 3G iPhone!

Does it still have the pwnage logo or the Apple logo when it boots?

If you can get the Apple logo back you can get Apple to swap it over - obviously if they saw the pineapple logo they would not replace it.

Having said that 1604 can be down to many different reasons and I suggest you try different USB ports on your PCs.

I myself had a similar issue where I could not restore on 2 PCs! as they both gave that error and when I tried it on my mac it was fine...

So you could simply be having an iTunes "strop" as iTunes does seem to have mood swings and sometimes restore and sometimes not. IT is a known issue with iTunes.

Just keep trying!

It still ahs the pineapple logo, that's the thing! :(

Ive already tried it on two different PC's both front and back USB ports, and my Mac. I"ve tried reinstalling it to the custom firmware, as well as 2.0 firmware, AND a previous version.

Nothing is working.

[TheSpaz]

It still ahs the pineapple logo, that's the thing! :(

Ive already tried it on two different PC's both front and back USB ports, and my Mac. I"ve tried reinstalling it to the custom firmware, as well as 2.0 firmware, AND a previous version.

Nothing is working.

I'm not trying to be mean, but if you were smart enough, you would have turned off the custom graphics before you pwned your iPhone... it's a sure sign that it's jailbroken if you try to return it if it's messed up.

[ohhoe]

I'm not trying to be mean, but if you were smart enough, you would have turned off the custom graphics before you pwned your iPhone... it's a sure sign that it's jailbroken if you try to return it if it's messed up.

Well I would have, had I known there were custom graphics. I'm not computer illiterate at all, and I know my way around both a mac and a pc, but this is my first iPhone, so excuse me for not being an expert.

[iWantiPhone]

I'm not trying to be mean, but if you were smart enough, you would have turned off the custom graphics before you pwned your iPhone... it's a sure sign that it's jailbroken if you try to return it if it's messed up.

yes, but if you do it through windows you have no choice. isnt there a way to change the logo?

[ohhoe]

yes, but if you do it through windows you have no choice. isnt there a way to change the logo?

I'm sure there is, but not in my situation since I can't restore the firmware.

[stevepeck]

Your so so brave unlocking your 3GIphone.
Why risk it for a few apps etc that you cant be botherd to pay for?
You waited, you got the phone you wanted then you ****** it up.
Keep jailbreaking and Apple will carry on catching you all out, in the end there will be enough bricked Iphones to build a new Apple building.
I dont love Apple they are as bad as Microsoft, but they do make cool hardware, give it more time and the apps will be Brilliant (god they have only just been out over a week).

[ohhoe]

Your so so brave unlocking your 3GIphone.
Why risk it for a few apps etc that you cant be botherd to pay for?
You waited, you got the phone you wanted then you ****** it up.
Keep jailbreaking and Apple will carry on catching you all out, in the end there will be enough bricked Iphones to build a new Apple building.
I dont love Apple they are as bad as Microsoft, but they do make cool hardware, give it more time and the apps will be Brilliant (god they have only just been out over a week).

Excuse me? Do you know me? Do you know why I wanted to jailbreak my phone?

No you don't.

I've paid for half of the applications I have on my phone from the app store, the rest of the were free in the app store.

I wanted to jailbreak it for the skinning capabilities as well as the NES emulator which is not even available in the itunes store.

Go troll somewhere else.

[janey]

..give it more time and the apps will be Brilliant (god they have only just been out over a week).

Brilliant? With so many limitations? They've been out a week, but the SDK and 2.0 have been in the works for a long time. And I'm sure developer relations has gotten an earful from lots of unhappy developers about the way some things work on the phone.

Jailbreaking gives you a bit more freedom.

[ntrigue]

hackthatifone.com

Seems you may be able to Pwn at the DFU level. However, the phone freaking out is not related as the bootloader goes untouched.

[ohhoe]

hackthatifone.com

Seems you may be able to Pwn at the DFU level. However, the phone freaking out is not related as the bootloader goes untouched.

Yeah, but what would be the issue with me not being able to restore the regular firmware?

[stevepeck]

Anyone know were l can get a Iphone3G emulator for my nes from?

[dlamin517]

That seems wierd that you cannot restore it. try douing dfu mode again. make sure it is plugged into the computer while you hold the buttons down. try pwning it with the windows method. i think there is a link somewhere around here. i cannot belive it is bricked. i belive pwning doesnt actually touch the phone just the firmware. so you just have faulty firmware. keep trying dude. restart the computers, reinstall itunes/quicktime. youll get it eventually.

since there is still a pineapple logo then the custom firmware is still on. so the firmware is probably faulty. just keep trying a whole bunch of different combos.


that is the one quirk i had with custom logos. if something goes wrong, your screwed.

[TheSpaz]

Excuse me? Do you know me? Do you know why I wanted to jailbreak my phone?

No you don't.

I've paid for half of the applications I have on my phone from the app store, the rest of the were free in the app store.

I wanted to jailbreak it for the skinning capabilities as well as the NES emulator which is not even available in the itunes store.

Go troll somewhere else.

Emulators don't work on the 3G iPhone and neither do any skinning apps because those things are incompatible with the 2.0 update... so you did all of that for nothing... But, since you're a smart guy, you already read about all of that before you tried it, yes?

Also, make sure you are not restoring the 3G iPhone with the Original iPhone firmware. You MUST use the specific 3G firmware. I believe the 3G firmware starts with 1,2 instead of the usual 1,1 that the original iPhones had.

Have fun!

[WMuntean]

NES does work.

[ohhoe]

Emulators don't work on the 3G iPhone and neither do any skinning apps because those things are incompatible with the 2.0 update... so you did all of that for nothing... But, since you're a smart guy, you already read about all of that before you tried it, yes?

Also, make sure you are not restoring the 3G iPhone with the Original iPhone firmware. You MUST use the specific 3G firmware. I believe the 3G firmware starts with 1,2 instead of the usual 1,1 that the original iPhones had.

Have fun!

Actually, NES does work with the 2.0 update considering I was running it thanks to cydia yesterday on my phone. And I'm aware skinning isn't available yet, because summerboard and other various theme apps aren't available yet, but you can still go in through ssh and manually change the icons. So I actually didn't do it all for nothing, other than the fact that it crapped out.

And yes, since I am a smart girl, I did read all of that prior to installing. And I am using the specific 3G firmware "iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw".

If you're going to be a smart-ass, at least know what you're talking about before trying to talk down to other people.

[TheSpaz]

Actually, NES does work with the 2.0 update considering I was running it thanks to cydia yesterday on my phone. And I'm aware skinning isn't available yet, because summerboard and other various theme apps aren't available yet, but you can still go in through ssh and manually change the icons. So I actually didn't do it all for nothing, other than the fact that it crapped out.

And yes, since I am a smart girl, I did read all of that prior to installing. And I am using the specific 3G firmware "iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw".

If you're going to be a smart-ass, at least know what you're talking about before trying to talk down to other people.

Hey, hey. I'm sorry I called you "guy". Also, I don't have my iPhone yet (still got an iPod touch) and the last I knew, emulators weren't working yet and I knew that you can manually change graphics, but I figured you meant SummerBoard. Also, Thank you for clarifying that you're using the correct firmware.

Have a good day.

(I personally wouldn't've risked breaking my 3G iPhone to change icons or run old Nintendo games, but that's just me... just doesn't seem worth the price you paid).

[ohhoe]

Hey, hey. I'm sorry I called you "guy". Also, I don't have my iPhone yet (still got an iPod touch) and the last I knew, emulators weren't working yet and I knew that you can manually change graphics, but I figured you meant SummerBoard. Also, Thank you for clarifying that you're using the correct firmware.

Have a good day.

(I personally wouldn't've risked breaking my 3G iPhone to change icons or run old Nintendo games, but that's just me... just doesn't seem worth the price you paid).


Well if I thought I was going to break it, I wouldn't have done it, duh. But it's said and done, and now I'm trying to remedy it.

Luckily, a friend of mine is a mac genius and he's helping me when he gets out of work, so if that goes well I'll post the results here.

[M. Malone]

Your so so brave unlocking your 3GIphone.
Why risk it for a few apps etc that you cant be botherd to pay for?
You waited, you got the phone you wanted then you ****** it up.
Keep jailbreaking and Apple will carry on catching you all out, in the end there will be enough bricked Iphones to build a new Apple building.
I dont love Apple they are as bad as Microsoft, but they do make cool hardware, give it more time and the apps will be Brilliant (god they have only just been out over a week).

LOL! Why are you even on this part of the forums if you disagree with iPhone Hacks. It's like you're going out of your way to be hostile. Just stay in the regular iPhone section.

[Van Wildonher]

Are you using pwnage tool 2.0.1?

[markgamber]

LOL! Why are you even on this part of the forums if you disagree with iPhone Hacks. It's like you're going out of your way to be hostile. Just stay in the regular iPhone section.

I was kind of wondering that myself. Guy tries something new and different, the phone goes ballistic, everyone takes that as their cue to line up and kick him in the balls. Way to go, what men you are.

[ohhoe]

Are you using pwnage tool 2.0.1?

That's what I used to jailbreak it yes.

I was kind of wondering that myself. Guy tries something new and different, the phone goes ballistic, everyone takes that as their cue to line up and kick him in the balls. Way to go, what men you are.

im a girl, so proverbial balls.

[yoavcs]

1. Ignore the schaudenfraude
2. Number one reason for this is failure to enter true DFU mode. Make sure you press both home and sleep until the screen goes black then BEFORE the apple logo appears release sleep and keep pressing home till iTunes claims it sees a phone in recovery mode but your phone screen is BLANK.
3. It's tricky. Try a few times.
4. Restore using a stock firmware and let iTunes download it from Apple.
5. Send me a thank you note :-)

[ohhoe]

1. Ignore the schaudenfraude
2. Number one reason for this is failure to enter true DFU mode. Make sure you press both home and sleep until the screen goes black then BEFORE the apple logo appears release sleep and keep pressing home till iTunes claims it sees a phone in recovery mode but your phone screen is BLANK.
3. It's tricky. Try a few times.
4. Restore using a stock firmware and let iTunes download it from Apple.
5. Send me a thank you note :-)

I've done this about 10 times. On a Mac, AND a PC. I know I'm in the proper DFU mode each time also.

Still, 1604 error.

[yoavcs]

in that case panic :-(

At this point try it all: diff cable diff USB port. Might sadly be a case of a bad phone at a very inoppurtune moment.

My heart goes out to you

[sagittaru]

maybe u need to reinstall itunes?

[ohhoe]

maybe u need to reinstall itunes?

Did that too.

[ntrigue]

Yup. Jailbroke it yesterday with Pwnage, and it was working fine.

I made a phone call around 2am, and halfway through the call the phone freaked out, the call dropped, and all of a sudden it said "This phone cannot make or receive calls" with a no service message on the top left.

I tried restoring original firmware, and I got the 1604 error. I tried the custom firmware, same error. Tried on both a PC and a MAC, i've put it into recovery mode successfully and DFU, and I've also tried reinstalling firmware without the SIM card in, but nothing has happened.


I don't know what to do, and I'm running out of ideas. I can't afford a new phone either...

extract from http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=462648

If you get Error 1600 from iTunes (or if you see in your log a failure to prepare x12220000_4_Recovery.ipsw), try: mkdir “~/Library/iTunes/Device Support”
if that directory already exists, remove any files in it. Then re-run PwnageTool.

[DN7335]

Hey, hey. I'm sorry I called you "guy".

"I'm not your guy, buddy!"

"I'm not your buddy, friend!"

"I'm not your friend, guy!"

South Park...anyone..? :)

[ohhoe]

extract from http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=462648

If you get Error 1600 from iTunes (or if you see in your log a failure to prepare x12220000_4_Recovery.ipsw), try: mkdir “~/Library/iTunes/Device Support”
if that directory already exists, remove any files in it. Then re-run PwnageTool.

But I don't want it to be jailbroken anymore. I want the regular firmware back. :(

extract from http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=462648

If you get Error 1600 from iTunes (or if you see in your log a failure to prepare x12220000_4_Recovery.ipsw), try: mkdir “~/Library/iTunes/Device Support”
if that directory already exists, remove any files in it. Then re-run PwnageTool.

Also my phone is stuck on recovery mode, I'm unable to get it to start up or anything or turn it off normally.

[white89gt]

If it doesn't do anything at all, and you're confident that it's borked to hell and back, take it back to ATT or Apple and exchange it. However, if they're able to get it working and see the custom boot icons, you're boned.

Another thing you might be able to try if it's stuck in DFU mode is downloading one of the older jailbreaking tools (Ziphone or iLiberty+) and seeing if either of them can boot it out of DFU. Whatever you do, don't try to use them to reinstall any firmware on your 3g....just boot out of DFU.

[Minimoose 360]

Wow spaz is a n00b!

:3

[ohhoe]

If it doesn't do anything at all, and you're confident that it's borked to hell and back, take it back to ATT or Apple and exchange it. However, if they're able to get it working and see the custom boot icons, you're boned.

Another thing you might be able to try if it's stuck in DFU mode is downloading one of the older jailbreaking tools (Ziphone or iLiberty+) and seeing if either of them can boot it out of DFU. Whatever you do, don't try to use them to reinstall any firmware on your 3g....just boot out of DFU.

This is something I'll try, thanks. I"ll report back with what happens.

[white89gt]

I was reading over at modmyifone.com where some people stated that removing the SIM card before doing a restore fixed the 1604 error. I don't know if the SIM is accessible on the 3G, but if it is, you might try removing it before the restore. If it works, then you should be able to pop the SIM back in once it's done.

[ohhoe]

I was reading over at modmyifone.com where some people stated that removing the SIM card before doing a restore fixed the 1604 error. I don't know if the SIM is accessible on the 3G, but if it is, you might try removing it before the restore. If it works, then you should be able to pop the SIM back in once it's done.

tried this too.

[white89gt]

tried this too.

Were you able to get it out of DFU, and if so what happened?

[ohhoe]

Were you able to get it out of DFU, and if so what happened?

It's stuck in recovery mode, not DFU. only thing that happens when i hold power down is the pineapple comes up and then the preved steve jobs.

And the only way to get tthat off is to hold off power and home.

[Jphillippe]

we'll first of all try to restore to different firmwares. or better enough go back to itunes 7.5, delete in windows since its easier to go back to 7.5 and try restoring there, once you get another error, which I'm sure you will Install iliberty or ibrickr, and try to load up the phone when the itunes logo pops up, even if its the damn pineapple. Let me know what happens.

[ohhoe]

we'll first of all try to restore to different firmwares. or better enough go back to itunes 7.5, delete in windows since its easier to go back to 7.5 and try restoring there, once you get another error, which I'm sure you will Install iliberty or ibrickr, and try to load up the phone when the itunes logo pops up, even if its the damn pineapple. Let me know what happens.

But I have the 3g. Not the old iPhone which was upgraded to the 2.0 software, I can't even restore different firmware, I tried.

I can try doing 7.5 at work tomorrow I guess. I have to go to sleep now though, and be ready for tomorrow .. hours 24 - 48 of my iPhone paperweight.

[Van Wildonher]

It's stuck in recovery mode, not DFU. only thing that happens when i hold power down is the pineapple comes up and then the preved steve jobs.

And the only way to get tthat off is to hold off power and home.

So are you able to get it in DFU mode or not? If so what happens when you run pwnage through it?

[ntrigue]

PLEASE ensure you are performing DFU correctly.

Force Quit "iTunes Helper"
Delete files in "~/Library/iTunes/Device Support”

Open iTunes. Does your iPhone appear under devices? Hold both Power and Home for 10 seconds...release Power count 10 seconds...release Home. Should appear under Devices and say it has discovered an iPhone in recovery mode.

[ohhoe]

PLEASE ensure you are performing DFU correctly.

Force Quit "iTunes Helper"
Delete files in "~/Library/iTunes/Device Support”

Open iTunes. Does your iPhone appear under devices? Hold both Power and Home for 10 seconds...release Power count 10 seconds...release Home. Should appear under Devices and say it has discovered an iPhone in recovery mode.

I'm doing DFU mode correctly.

[geeb]

Try Xpwn.

Its a cross platform Pwnage, working on Windows and Linux at the moment

http://geeb.zifnet.us/xpwnpack-geeb-v0.9.2.zip ---> Join irc.osx86.hu #xpwn


Its by the dev team and may solve your problems.

Heres the online guide if you dont want to download the whole pack:

http://geeb.zifnet.us/XPWN%20Guide%20for%20Windows.html

[ohhoe]

Try Xpwn.

Its a cross platform Pwnage, working on Windows and Linux at the moment

http://geeb.zifnet.us/xpwnpack-geeb-v0.9.2.zip ---> Join irc.osx86.hu #xpwn


Its by the dev team and may solve your problems.

Heres the online guide if you dont want to download the whole pack:

http://geeb.zifnet.us/XPWN%20Guide%20for%20Windows.html

Ahhh thank you, I'll try this right now.

Try Xpwn.

Its a cross platform Pwnage, working on Windows and Linux at the moment

http://geeb.zifnet.us/xpwnpack-geeb-v0.9.2.zip ---> Join irc.osx86.hu #xpwn


Its by the dev team and may solve your problems.

Heres the online guide if you dont want to download the whole pack:

http://geeb.zifnet.us/XPWN%20Guide%20for%20Windows.html

I don' tknow if I'm going to be able to figure out how to use this. haha.

[white89gt]

I'm doing DFU mode correctly.

I know that you probably are doing DFU correctly, but I just want to drive home the point that when you're in DFU mode there is NOTHING displaying on the screen of the phone. It should look like it is off. If you're seeing ANYTHING on the screen when you're trying to restore, then you aren't in DFU.

[ohhoe]

I know that you probably are doing DFU correctly, but I just want to drive home the point that when you're in DFU mode there is NOTHING displaying on the screen of the phone. It should look like it is off. If you're seeing ANYTHING on the screen when you're trying to restore, then you aren't in DFU.

It is in DFU mode when I was trying to do the things people were telling me to do in DFU mode.

That is worded poorly, but I meant to say I know the difference when it's in recovery mode vs DFU. When I was saying it's stuck in recovery mode I meant the "apple logo and the cable" but since my phone is pwned, it's the stupid steve jobs thing.

And yes when I say I had it in DFU the screen was blank, I did the 10 sec home / power, and 10 seconds home.

[Holla]

Just buy a new one. Use the bricked iPhone as tester and then resell it in the future once all hack programs to be near flawless.

[ohhoe]

Just buy a new one. Use the bricked iPhone as tester and then resell it in the future once all hack programs to be near flawless.


Oh yeah no problem, let me grab that extra 600 dollars I have lying around.....



Oh wait.

[stevepeck]

But I don't want it to be jailbroken anymore. I want the regular firmware back. :(

Reminds me of when were young: Sorry Mr Police man i wont do it again honest, until next time and i will get burned again.

[ohhoe]

Reminds me of when were young: Sorry Mr Police man i wont do it again honest, until next time and i will get burned again.

Ironically I was in the middle of a phone call telling my friend it wasn't worth it to jailbreak his phone and I was going to switch it back. ha.

[ViViDboarder]

This is sad. I'm sorry that happend to you. I am getting a little worried about mine, but I left the stock boot logo on for that exact reason. :D So just in case, nobody will be able to tell.

[ohhoe]

This is sad. I'm sorry that happend to you. I am getting a little worried about mine, but I left the stock boot logo on for that exact reason. :D So just in case, nobody will be able to tell.

Lets just hope my friend can fix it. :(

[Holla]

Oh yeah no problem, let me grab that extra 600 dollars I have lying around.....



Oh wait.

If you took the risk of jailbreaking/unlocking the iPhone 3G then you must have extra money to buy another iPhone.

It also looks as though you took a lot of time to research on how to fix your iPhone in this forum. You should've taken the time to reseach if the unlocking/jailbreaking software was 100% reliable on your iPhone.

Like I mentioned before, you should just another one and if you can fix the bricked phone, then sell that one eBay. I'm sure you'll be able to break even or even make a profit.

[ohhoe]

If you took the risk of jailbreaking/unlocking the iPhone 3G then you must have extra money to buy another iPhone.

It also looks as though you took a lot of time to research on how to fix your iPhone in this forum. You should've taken the time to reseach if the unlocking/jailbreaking software was 100% reliable on your iPhone.

Like I mentioned before, you should just another one and if you can fix the bricked phone, then sell that one eBay. I'm sure you'll be able to break even or even make a profit.


I don't see how me taking the risk of jailbreaking my phone correlates with the amount of money that I have.

I saved up for the iPhone, the pwnage tool is reliable on the 3g phone, because on all of the iphone forums that I've posted on looking for help now that it's actually ****ed, I seem to be the only one having this problem.

I can't afford to buy another phone.

[TheSpaz]

I don't see how me taking the risk of jailbreaking my phone correlates with the amount of money that I have.

I saved up for the iPhone, the pwnage tool is reliable on the 3g phone, because on all of the iphone forums that I've posted on looking for help now that it's actually ****ed, I seem to be the only one having this problem.

I can't afford to buy another phone.

This is exactly why Apple doesn't want people hacking their iPhones. Just because you're the only one (you know of) with this problem, doesn't mean that it's safe to jailbreak your iPhone. I don't really feel bad for you because you took the risk on your own KNOWING that you couldn't afford a new phone. If I could help you fix it, I would. I still don't see the advantage of skinning and NES, but that's just me. I personally think that your iPhone crapped out on it's own (regardless of the jailbreak) and now you're stuck with the custom images that points out that the warranty is void, but who can really say?

The reason why I came to this iPhone hacking forum is because I was *thinking* about hacking my iPhone when it comes, but after seeing your thread, I think I'll just keep it stock. Thanks for your story.

[ohhoe]

This is exactly why Apple doesn't want people hacking their iPhones. Just because you're the only one (you know of) with this problem, doesn't mean that it's safe to jailbreak your iPhone. I don't really feel bad for you because you took the risk on your own KNOWING that you couldn't afford a new phone. If I could help you fix it, I would. I still don't see the advantage of skinning and NES, but that's just me. I personally think that your iPhone crapped out on it's own (regardless of the jailbreak) and now you're stuck with the custom images that points out that the warranty is void, but who can really say?

The reason why I came to this iPhone hacking forum is because I was *thinking* about hacking my iPhone when it comes, but after seeing your thread, I think I'll just keep it stock. Thanks for your story.

I'm not asking for people to feel sorry for me, I'm just asking for possibly solutions and suggestions to my problem.

And I'm glad people might decide not to jailbreak after reading this thread.

[BOSS10L]

I didn't read the whole thread, but just to make sure, you cycled the power on both the phone and the computers you are trying to restore the iPhone with, right?

I hope it works out for you, but as someone else said, it sounds like it might be a service issue causing this, and not you jailbreaking the 3G. Good luck.

[ohhoe]

I didn't read the whole thread, but just to make sure, you cycled the power on both the phone and the computers you are trying to restore the iPhone with, right?

I hope it works out for you, but as someone else said, it sounds like it might be a service issue causing this, and not you jailbreaking the 3G. Good luck.

yeah i did. :(

thanks

[dlamin517]

yeah i did. :(

thanks

OK try this. just bear with me

1. Plug the iphone into the computer and open up itunes
2. Click restore. if you get an error go to step 3
3. Keep itunes open and the phone plugged in
4. Hold down the power button and the home button for 10 seconds. When you see the apple logo/pineapple logo take your finger off of the power button for 10 seconds

Tell me what happens after that. hey if you have aim tell me your screen name and i can try to help you.

Edit: i found a fix for the 1604 error. Try this

I had the same error when I was restoring my iphone but I found a method that worked for me.

fixed it! All I had to do to get iTunes to finish the reformat without getting that pain in the *** error 1604 was:
1.) turn off the iphone and pull the chord from the computer

2.) uninstall itunes and ALL apple products that installed with itunes 7-4

3.) re-install itunes and ALL apple products that installed with itunes 7-4

4.) Pull the SIM card out of the top of the iphone
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLR,GGLR:2006-03,GGLR:en&q=iphone+SIM&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

5.) reboot the iphone and get the dammed yellow triangle of death

6.) Turn on iTunes if it did not come on already to get itunes to see the iphone

7.) reformat the phone--(it should work by now)

8.) reinsert the SIM card in the iphone

9.) reactivate the phone

10.) Restore your data from the last back up

Taken form the help forums on apple. All I did was uninstall all the itunes stuff off in windows xp and took out the sim card on the iphone. did a fresh reinstall and attempted to restore again and it worked. Hopefully this might help you.

[ohhoe]

OK try this. just bear with me

1. Plug the iphone into the computer and open up itunes
2. Click restore. if you get an error go to step 3
3. Keep itunes open and the phone plugged in
4. Hold down the power button and the home button for 10 seconds. When you see the apple logo/pineapple logo take your finger off of the power button for 10 seconds

Tell me what happens after that. hey if you have aim tell me your screen name and i can try to help you.

Edit: i found a fix for the 1604 error. Try this

There is no "yellow triangle" with the 3g phones. That's the fix for the 1st gen iphones.

[Elven]

OUCH!, best of luck honestly :( best I can suggest if your totally snookered, is to shove it up on Ebay :( and begin saving :(

[ohhoe]

Here's a video of me putting it in DFU mode and trying to restore to prove I'm doing it right and it's not working. :(


http://vimeo.com/1397331

[TheSpaz]

Here's a video of me putting it in DFU mode and trying to restore to prove I'm doing it right and it's not working. :(


http://vimeo.com/1397331

I love your voice!

Anyways... I do feel bad for you. I can hear a little bit of desperateness in your voice and I wouldn't want to be in your situation. I think the reason so many people were making sure you're doing DFU correctly is because a lot of of people do it wrong. They don't count, and they just don't know what they're doing. You certainly sound like you know exactly what you are doing and it appears that you are quite knowledgeable about the iPhone and the restore process. So, with that said, I truly am sorry for bashing you. You're a nice person and with good intentions... and my heart goes out to you.

extract from http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=462648

If you get Error 1600 from iTunes (or if you see in your log a failure to prepare x12220000_4_Recovery.ipsw), try: mkdir “~/Library/iTunes/Device Support”
if that directory already exists, remove any files in it.

Original Poster: Have you tried this yet? Just run the official firmware again after making that directory or removing any files in it.

[ohhoe]

I love your voice!

Anyways... I do feel bad for you. I can hear a little bit of desperateness in your voice and I wouldn't want to be in your situation. I think the reason so many people were making sure you're doing DFU correctly is because a lot of of people do it wrong. They don't count, and they just don't know what they're doing. You certainly sound like you know exactly what you are doing and it appears that you are quite knowledgeable about the iPhone and the restore process. So, with that said, I truly am sorry for bashing you. You're a nice person and with good intentions... and my heart goes out to you.


yeahhh. Every time I try something new, I hold my breath and think "This is going to be it it's going to work again!" and it doesn't. :(

I won't get to see my friend thats a genius until the weekend and he hasn't been online to help me either. It's just sad having it with me all the time and staring at stupid steve jobs cartoon.

Original Poster: Have you tried this yet? Just run the official firmware again after making that directory or removing any files in it.

I've tried it with removing the files from that folder and restoring, and I've also tried deleting the file, and replacing it with another one. :/

[TheSpaz]

I've tried it with removing the files from that folder and restoring, and I've also tried deleting the file, and replacing it with another one. :/

Do you use AIM? My screen name is "justspaztik" I'd like to talk to you. Also, I have another idea. What if you got it to the point where it shows the Apple logo, then quickly unplug it and bring it to a store to return it?

[Erwan]

I love your voice!

Do you use AIM? My screen name is "justspaztik" I'd like to talk to you.

CREEPER ALERT!!

jk :P

I thought the name seemed familiar, I see you post on the rev3 forums too ohhoe :D

[ohhoe]

Do you use AIM? My screen name is "justspaztik" I'd like to talk to you. Also, I have another idea. What if you got it to the point where it shows the Apple logo, then quickly unplug it and bring it to a store to return it?

If I quickly unplug it, I can still hold home and power to turn it off, then once I hit power again the pineapple comes back and it goes into recovery / restore mode whatever it's called.


And yes my screen name is, "quick romances"

CREEPER ALERT!!

jk :P

I thought the name seemed familiar, I see you post on the rev3 forums too ohhoe :D

Yeah I do. Somebody over on the modmyifone forums accused me of being a covert apple employee, I think it's because I said the word "girl" and mentioned something technical in the same paragraph.

[TheSpaz]

Yeah I do. Somebody over on the modmyifone forums accused me of being a covert apple employee, I think it's because I said the word "girl" and mentioned something technical in the same paragraph.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1594614&tstart=90

Looks like you're not alone afterall

[dlamin517]

ok try doing exactly what you did in the video but instead of hitting shift when you click the restore button just hit the restore button.
if that doesnt work do what you did again,and at the end when you get the error go into dfu mode again right when the error appears.

[ohhoe]

ok try doing exactly what you did in the video but instead of hitting shift when you click the restore button just hit the restore button.
if that doesnt work do what you did again,and at the end when you get the error go into dfu mode again right when the error appears.

I've done this. :/

[ubercool]

And yes my screen name is, "quick romances"

Haha, well glad to see you haven't lost your sense of humor. Truly sorry to hear about your nightmare. I hope someone finds a solution soon. Maybe one of those SIM-based hacks from Brazil may be able to bring your iPhone back. Hang tough! :)

[dlamin517]

I've done this. :/

try pwning it again then

[ohhoe]

Haha, well glad to see you haven't lost your sense of humor. Truly sorry to hear about your nightmare. I hope someone finds a solution soon. Maybe one of those SIM-based hacks from Brazil may be able to bring your iPhone back. Hang tough! :)

That wasn't a joke, it's really my screen name. haha.

[rmoan]

Judging from the nature of the error, its likely to be a USB fault not a device fault. Do you have access to a USB 1.0 PC? Have you tried new USB drivers? Try motherboard specific usb drivers, i've had issues with my usb ports until i installed original drivers.

Hope it helps, I really doubt its a device fault.

[ohhoe]

Judging from the nature of the error, its likely to be a USB fault not a device fault. Do you have access to a USB 1.0 PC? Have you tried new USB drivers? Try motherboard specific usb drivers, i've had issues with my usb ports until i installed original drivers.

Hope it helps, I really doubt its a device fault.

I've tried it on three different PC's as well as my Macbook, I know it's not a usb fault. :(

[dlamin517]

Judging from the nature of the error, its likely to be a USB fault not a device fault. Do you have access to a USB 1.0 PC? Have you tried new USB drivers? Try motherboard specific usb drivers, i've had issues with my usb ports until i installed original drivers.

Hope it helps, I really doubt its a device fault.

ya i would try as many different computers as possible. its unlikely that the device is broken

[rmoan]

May I suggest also a thread on hackintosh?

[ubercool]

That wasn't a joke, it's really my screen name. haha.

So much the better! :D

[dlamin517]

here try using winpwn:
http://winpwn.com/index.php/Main_Page

[yoavcs]

Rachel,

If the phone won't restore from DFU mode (and yeah, you are doing it properly from the vid), and it isn't a USB/computer error (since you tried multiple machines), then the phone is simply fubared. Sadly, you are unlucky enough to have it fubared with the custom graphics on it...

Last resort is trying an iTunes 7.5 install which some claim helps, but otherwise the phone is dead.

Probably not even pwnage related since it just happened out of nowhere a couple of days after you pwned, right?

Bad luck, it happens to us all.

As for money for a new phone: you are a girl. You have a sweet voice. Just put up a video or website asking for 1$ donations and tell your sad sad story and how it broke your heart. You'll have the money towards a new phone in 1 day...

Leah Culver did that and got a new MacBook.

I am serious. You are woman in a sea of male geeks. Use it to your advantage :)

"Please help me buy a new phone, this is me crying over my broken one... send 1$ to this PayPal account."

[ohhoe]

Rachel,

If the phone won't restore from DFU mode (and yeah, you are doing it properly from the vid), and it isn't a USB/computer error (since you tried multiple machines), then the phone is simply fubared. Sadly, you are unlucky enough to have it fubared with the custom graphics on it...

Last resort is trying an iTunes 7.5 install which some claim helps, but otherwise the phone is dead.

Probably not even pwnage related since it just happened out of nowhere a couple of days after you pwned, right?

Bad luck, it happens to us all.

As for money for a new phone: you are a girl. You have a sweet voice. Just put up a video or website asking for 1$ donations and tell your sad sad story and how it broke your heart. You'll have the money towards a new phone in 1 day...

Leah Culver did that and got a new MacBook.

I am serious. You are woman in a sea of male geeks. Use it to your advantage :)

"Please help me buy a new phone, this is me crying over my broken one... send 1$ to this PayPal account."

Yeah but Leah Culver did it to "sell advertising" on her macbook.

I'm just someone with the ********* luck ever. haha.

A week after I got my xbox 360 it RROD'd itself. ;_;

I should just demand the next 599 people that read this thread paypal me a dollar. hahaha.

[hamz01]

I don't know if this will help you in any way, but sometimes on my 1st gen iPhone running 1.1.4 jailbroken, it would get stuck at the Apple boot logo. Nothing would make it go away, but I could ssh into my phone and run the reboot command. It would reboot and startup normally.

I have not yet had this happen to me on my jailbroken iPhone 3G, but maybe you should try it, if you have ssh installed. You gotta know the IP address of your phone already.. if you don't, you may be able to find it in your router's configuration pages somewhere because routers usually keep a list of IP addresses they give out via DHCP.

Just a thought.

[ntrigue]

Have you contacted the Dev Team? They have probably seen all possible scenarios and could learn from your own experience. You tried restoring from the Custom Firmware? Find the Vanilla 2.0 Custom and use that for Restore.

[jackjason]

you did not turn off the iphone right..

this is cuasing all 160X error msgs

[ohhoe]

I don't know if this will help you in any way, but sometimes on my 1st gen iPhone running 1.1.4 jailbroken, it would get stuck at the Apple boot logo. Nothing would make it go away, but I could ssh into my phone and run the reboot command. It would reboot and startup normally.

I have not yet had this happen to me on my jailbroken iPhone 3G, but maybe you should try it, if you have ssh installed. You gotta know the IP address of your phone already.. if you don't, you may be able to find it in your router's configuration pages somewhere because routers usually keep a list of IP addresses they give out via DHCP.

Just a thought.

I can't do SSH without a wireless connection, I can't even get to the main screen.

Have you contacted the Dev Team? They have probably seen all possible scenarios and could learn from your own experience. You tried restoring from the Custom Firmware? Find the Vanilla 2.0 Custom and use that for Restore.

Yeah I went into the irc chat the night it happened. I can try again though.

I tried restoring using the custom firmware, yes.

What is the vanilla 2.0 custom?

[Forkaster]

I think he meant Vanilla 2.0 which is what you've been using. Original firmware.

If you PWN your phone again with Pwnage or WinPwn did that helped?

[jg75996]

Hi everyone, I'm new here and have been reading the thread. Sorry to hear about the troubles...

I've recently found a site that details how to pwn the iphone (not sure about 3G) with 2.0 firmware on a Windows based machine.

It's called XPWN Guide for Windows http://geeb.zifnet.us/XPWN%20Guide%20for%20Windows.html

Reading through it, the procedure requires the use of command line-based utilities.

What caught my eye is the following:

Part 2 : dfu-util

dfu-util is an utility that allows the execution of our unsigned code.

YOU MUST COMPLETELY DISABLE iTUNES WITH TASK MANAGER OR EQUIVALENT BEFORE PROCEEDING.

Only AFTERWARDS do you put your device into DFU mode. If you switch the order of these steps, iTunes will be able to load software onto your device without this vulnerability, rendering dfu-util useless.

Start Task Manager (Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete) and right click on ANY task with Apple, Ipod, or iTunes in the name and end the process:

AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe

AppleSyncNotifier.exe

iPodService.exe

iTunes.exe

iTunesHelper.exe


Plug your iPhone/iPod into the computer.

Shut down the device in the normal way if necessary (Slide to shutdown).

I don't know if this will help or not, but it seeing as how everything else has been tried with no luck, I thought this won't hurt either.

Good luck!

... I just read through the page again and it looks like 3G iPhones are supported. :)

[dlamin517]

Good luck!

ya i head about this. give this a go ohoe

[Springer23]

The steps above do work,

so good luck!!

[white89gt]

Have you tried another iPod cable? Maybe the one you've got is messed up.

I know that this is probably the dumbest suggestion yet, but considering the situation, we're all running out of ideas.

[JPIndustrie]

I should just demand the next 599 people that read this thread paypal me a dollar. hahaha.

Nah, it's ok. I can hear inane ramblings from other females for free, thanks. ;)

[ohhoe]

Have you tried another iPod cable? Maybe the one you've got is messed up.

I know that this is probably the dumbest suggestion yet, but considering the situation, we're all running out of ideas.


Yeah I tried my roommate's iPhone cable and same thing.

Nah, it's ok. I can hear inane ramblings from other females for free, thanks. ;)

yes because I am being totally inane.

[JPIndustrie]

yes because I am being totally inane.

Yeah. You're being so inane you gave me juvenile diabetes. :p

[stevepeck]

If you take your faulty Iphone back to where you bought it, they will know you Jailbroke it when they turn it on, so no refund etc.
Remove or reverse the battery, they turn it on, no power, new phone.
Apple can afford for one or two to get through the system lol.
Only a thought better than a brick.

[Reefbone]

If you take your faulty Iphone back to where you bought it, they will know you Jailbroke it when they turn it on, so no refund etc.
Remove or reverse the battery, they turn it on, no power, new phone.
Apple can afford for one or two to get through the system lol.
Only a thought better than a brick.

While the removing the battery idea is dumb ( sorry )... I kind of thought that a good electrical overload might not be a bad idea.. try to fry it if you can.

[distantstorm]

I feel really bad for you in your situation. I think that could easily have happened to a lot of us. Because of your story I have now restored my iphone and jailbroken it again unchecking the custom logos. So I at least thank you for sharing. It really is sounding like it's a bad phone you got so it probably is worth looking at the other options... Have you any insurance policies, either home contents or phone specific that would cover accidental damage if, heaven forbid, your phone got accidentally put in the washing machine or similar?

[ohhoe]

I feel really bad for you in your situation. I think that could easily have happened to a lot of us. Because of your story I have now restored my iphone and jailbroken it again unchecking the custom logos. So I at least thank you for sharing. It really is sounding like it's a bad phone you got so it probably is worth looking at the other options... Have you any insurance policies, either home contents or phone specific that would cover accidental damage if, heaven forbid, your phone got accidentally put in the washing machine or similar?

Im glad my story could help someone out! Yeah, it does sound like I have a bad phone, it really sucks. When I get another one I definitely won't be jailbreaking it.

Luckily, I have friends in high enough places that the jailbroke phone isn't an issue... and I'm going into an apple store tonight and a friend is going go "fix" everything for me.... hopefully.

I'll be back later on tonight to let you all know how this ridiculous saga is going to end.

Thanks to everyone that's been seriously nice and helpful.

While the removing the battery idea is dumb ( sorry )... I kind of thought that a good electrical overload might not be a bad idea.. try to fry it if you can.

I already thought of magnetizing and microwaving.

I am not going to do it though haha

[james948]

Hey there,

Just a word of warning; your vimeo link had your name on it. If Apple were so inclined they could very easily look up your account and find out what genius served you at the Apple store; it's likely he or she would get into trouble.

Perhaps I'm being paranoid but beware your online presence!

Incidentally, I'm sure there must be a way to completely format the iphone, wipe it clean.

[cheeseadiddle]

But I don't want it to be jailbroken anymore. I want the regular firmware back. :(

Please Mr. Wizard... I don't want to be a hacker no more!

http://www.toonopedia.com/uimages/toons/t/tooter-t.jpg

[ohhoe]

Everything's fixed.

:)

I have an iPhone again.


A moderator can delete this post if they want.

[Erwan]

Everything's fixed.

:)

I have an iPhone again.


A moderator can delete this post if they want.

How did you fix it?

[dlamin517]

ya hwo did you fix it. enlighten us incase this happens to us

[ohhoe]

ya hwo did you fix it. enlighten us incase this happens to us

it wasn't able to be fixed, so he got me a new one.

[PNutts]

it wasn't able to be fixed, so he got me a new one.

Personally, I don't believe your posts. If they are true, then shame on you. In what world do you think what you did was right? Perhaps the phones wouldn't be so expensive if the return rate was lower. You and your friend have no ethics. If you can't pay, then don't play.

[ohhoe]

Personally, I don't believe your posts. If they are true, then shame on you. In what world do you think what you did was right? Perhaps the phones wouldn't be so expensive if the return rate was lower. You and your friend have no ethics. If you can't pay, then don't play.

Wah wah wah. I don't care if you don't believe me, I wouldn't waste my time making up a story.

In what world do I think what I did was right? This world.

[dlamin517]

Wah wah wah. I don't care if you don't believe me, I wouldn't waste my time making up a story.

In what world do I think what I did was right? This world.

glad you got it resolved. dont listen to that guy. nothing morally wrong. a simple software restore by apple will get that phone back on the refurb market.

[ohhoe]

glad you got it resolved. dont listen to that guy. nothing morally wrong. a simple software restore by apple will get that phone back on the refurb market.

And if not it'll get parted out and they'll make the same amount of money off of it as they would otherwise, if not more.

[robgendreau]

Personally, I don't believe your posts. If they are true, then shame on you. In what world do you think what you did was right? Perhaps the phones wouldn't be so expensive if the return rate was lower. You and your friend have no ethics. If you can't pay, then don't play.

I think this thread has adequately demonstrated that she had a defective phone. There is nothing here that indicates that what she did to the phone caused it to be defective, so the cause of the defect, while unknown, is Apple’s fault. So it is only right she get a new phone.

You may say that jailbreaking a phone is wrong; if so, it doesn’t necessarily follow that Apple’s warranty is void, especially where there is no proof her modifications bricked the phone. That’s just common warranty law.

[ntrigue]

Although I'd like to hear more details on how this was handled...

It's great you have a working device again! You did nothing wrong. The iPhone failed during the phone call not the Custom Firmware.

[Van Wildonher]

Although I'd like to hear more details on how this was handled...

It's great you have a working device again! You did nothing wrong. The iPhone failed during the phone call not the Custom Firmware.

This is the truth. The only thing that messed you up is you had the wrong logos.

[Moi un Mouton]

It's always nice to read a story with a happy ending.

Hope your romance with the iPhone is long-lasting and not quick :)

[neverownedapc]

here's some advise:

3g: $200 plus a 2 year ball & chain

phone insurance: $5 a month

hacking your phone & bricking it: -$600

saying you lost your phone and having it covered with $5 insurance: PRICELESS

[ohhoe]

here's some advise:

3g: $200 plus a 2 year ball & chain

phone insurance: $5 a month

hacking your phone & bricking it: -$600

saying you lost your phone and having it covered with $5 insurance: PRICELESS


They don't offer insurance for the iPhone. If you say you lost it they'd still make you buy another one.

[Reefbone]

So I thought the phone had the Pineapple logo? How did the store return go? Give us the story.. "I said.." "They said.." and so forth. Come on ! After 5 pages and three days you owe us something.

[ohhoe]

So I thought the phone had the Pineapple logo? How did the store return go? Give us the story.. "I said.." "They said.." and so forth. Come on ! After 5 pages and three days you owe us something.

The phone did have the pineapple logo.

My friend is a genius at an Apple store, and I went in when they were closing and he agreed that it would have happened whether or not I jailbroke it. He replaced the phone for me, and my broken one is being sent back to the company where it'll most likely be parted out or something.

[kidwithdimples]

The phone did have the pineapple logo.

My friend is a genius at an Apple store, and I went in when they were closing and he agreed that it would have happened whether or not I jailbroke it. He replaced the phone for me, and my broken one is being sent back to the company where it'll most likely be parted out or something.
WOW! You are one lucky girl.. +1 for the HAWT voice ;]

I wish I had a friend who worked at the Genius Bar.

[Paix247]

Just read this whole thread... congrats! Good for you.
there are a lot of rude people around here, goodness!

[cualexander]

Just out of curiosity, you did try just connecting it to itunes and clicking Restore without the DFU mode right? After a phone is pwned it is no longer necessary to put it in DFU mode to put a new firmware on it and in fact, my pwned phone wasn't recognized at all by itunes while in DFU mode.

I've since restored my 3g iphone to normal state. The jailbreak at this point doesn't really have much going for it and the 2.0 firmware by itself is buggy enough. Something is still odd about the whole scenario. I hacked my 2g iphone to hell and back and I never got it to the point where it was unrestorable.

[cleanflix]

I wished I would have read this thread before I jailbroke my 3G. I thought since macrumors was showing that it had been done successfully that I was safe. I havent gotten any errors yet. my phone just doesnt have service. If you got yours fixed let me know how. If not I thought of taking it back to Att and paying the 10% restocking fee.

[adamerr]

breathe.
i jailbroke my 3G successfully.

30minutes of being tense, hoping it would work, dreading if it didnt, and SUCCESS.

epic amazing. :P

now i just have to restore all of the music
:(

1hr to go.

[PNutts]

I think this thread has adequately demonstrated that she had a defective phone.

No.

There is nothing here that indicates that what she did to the phone caused it to be defective...

Yes.

[PNutts]

glad you got it resolved. dont listen to that guy. nothing morally wrong. a simple software restore by apple will get that phone back on the refurb market.

And who do you think pays for Apple's costs of the return, restore, and resell? Here's hint: It's not Apple.

[PNutts]

The phone did have the pineapple logo.

My friend is a genius at an Apple store, and I went in when they were closing and he agreed that it would have happened whether or not I jailbroke it. He replaced the phone for me, and my broken one is being sent back to the company where it'll most likely be parted out or something.


Again the story changes. Go away troll.

[urrl78]

Delete this thread -no way; they should make it a sticky.
Incidently I am posting this from a Macbook Pro tethered by wi-fi to my jailbroken iPhone 3G.
Look Ma; no wires!
The net speed tethered is averaging TWICE that I get from my Sprint Expresscard in my MBP at the same location, at 1619 Kbps.

Just one word: WOO-HOO!

Tether link:

http://cre.ations.net/blog/post/how-to-tether-your-iphone-3g-and-browse-the-web-using-your-3g-co

...think I'll check into getting that pineapple logo removed tho.

Glad it worked out for you ohhoe.

[PNutts]

After a cup of coffee I realize my answers are too glib. But this is a discussion and my opinions are as valid or not as anyone else's. I'm not trying to get agreement. Personally, I think this is iPhone Munchausen syndrome.

I had a defective iPhone and went in for service The Genius did a hardware dianostic and because the phone passed, it was a software issue and they re-flashed. That simple (hardware or software). When the OP stated the friend could not "fix" it, s/he didn't say there was a hardware defect, so it probably is a software issue that couldn't be fixed with a flash. A hardware issue is a hardware issue and a no brainer to replace by any employee, regardless of the startup fruit. (I expect the story to change again to accomodate these comments.)

The fact that s/he waited until the friend was working indicates to me that the friend provided a service that someone else would not have and the OP knew this. No different than going to a movie when a friend is working to get in free, restaurant to get a free meal, modding a cable box to get free cable and returning it broken to a friend to replace. (Analogies are bad... I'm not suggesting theft of service or food. The point is that friends provide unauthorized services, bless their hearts.)

Flame away. Love me or hate me. I have nothing against hackers. The OP is not a hacker, s/he downloaded a hacking tool and fried the OS. Happens all the time. Given time, the people here with the real talent would have provided a fix that the OP could simply click with a mouse and fix the phone, the same way s/he broke it. Once fixed, s/he was not going to jailbreak again. What??? If you didn't break it, do it again! With a Genius friend why stop at one?

BTW: I really appreciate the term "bricked" being used appropriately.

[ohhoe]

Again the story changes. Go away troll.

The story didn't change at all, I'm sorry that I'm fortunate enough to have a friend that would help me out and apparently the story got your man panties in a bunch.

The only one trolling is you.

After a cup of coffee I realize my answers are too glib. But this is a discussion and my opinions are as valid or not as anyone else's. I'm not trying to get agreement. Personally, I think this is iPhone Munchausen syndrome.

I had a defective iPhone and went in for service The Genius did a hardware dianostic and because the phone passed, it was a software issue and they re-flashed. That simple (hardware or software). When the OP stated the friend could not "fix" it, s/he didn't say there was a hardware defect, so it probably is a software issue that couldn't be fixed with a flash. A hardware issue is a hardware issue and a no brainer to replace by any employee, regardless of the startup fruit. (I expect the story to change again to accomodate these comments.)

The fact that s/he waited until the friend was working indicates to me that the friend provided a service that someone else would not have and the OP knew this. No different than going to a movie when a friend is working to get in free, restaurant to get a free meal, modding a cable box to get free cable and returning it broken to a friend to replace. (Analogies are bad... I'm not suggesting theft of service or food. The point is that friends provide unauthorized services, bless their hearts.)

Flame away. Love me or hate me. I have nothing against hackers. The OP is not a hacker, s/he downloaded a hacking tool and fried the OS. Happens all the time. Given time, the people here with the real talent would have provided a fix that the OP could simply click with a mouse and fix the phone, the same way s/he broke it. Once fixed, s/he was not going to jailbreak again. What??? If you didn't break it, do it again! With a Genius friend why stop at one?

BTW: I really appreciate the term "bricked" being used appropriately.

And I didn't fry the operating system by using pwnage tool, I clearly stated the phone was in perfect working condition and then all of a sudden boom, it didn't work. I have a 11 page thread over at modmyiphone with a bunch of other suggestions that I tried out that weren't provided here if you would like to go take a look. The "real talent" had no solution for the problem, neither did my genius friend. Yes he ran diagnostics, and tried the same things I did, the phone was not fixable.

Of course I'm going to use the advantages of having friends that work at certain places offers. Free movies from movie theater working friends, free food from friends who work at restaurants, YUP. I'll gladly reap the benefits of all of these things, and you know what? Whatever benefits my job at any certain point of time can be passed onto people that I consider friends, you better believe I share it.

breathe.
i jailbroke my 3G successfully.

30minutes of being tense, hoping it would work, dreading if it didnt, and SUCCESS.

epic amazing. :P

now i just have to restore all of the music
:(

1hr to go.

I jailbroke mine successfully also, only later on did it freak out.

[FLKat]

I think it's because I said the word "girl" and mentioned something technical in the same paragraph.


LOL! Love that!

Ohhoe, I'm glad you were able to get a new phone. :) And no offense to all the guys, but it's really nice to see some fellow gals here, too.

[Reefbone]

If you don't understand that often "It's not what you know but it's who you know" then you living in a dream world. The whole world works on some level of the old boy system. There are almost no exceptions.

I'm happy you got a new phone.

:)

[lavrishevo]

Do you all think it is worth waiting for a new version of Pwnage to come out? I am traveling back to the continental U.S. for vacation Thursday and picking up my 3G from AT&T DF order. Since I live in Puerto Rico where they do not sell them or have Apple stores I will be SOL if it bricks and I cannot restore.

Really I just want the tethering feature via the jailbreak and don't care about much else.

Is there any other disadvantages to jailbreaking at this point? The one I can think of is waiting till 2.0.1 comes for a more stable operating system and then jailbreak after that. Besides that does all the regular features work on a jailbroken 3G phone?

[VenomousSVT]

i hate when the term bricked is misused by someone that knows nothing about what they are talking about

[JPIndustrie]

l love this thread. If only we had one of those 'best-of' sections or junkyard sections where mods move threads like these to die and/or for other people to enjoy many years from now.

You know what, I hate to point this out, but this is nothing more than a "boohoo I was an early bird/adopter, and now I'm crying because I didn't realize I had to pay to play but now everything is fine because I lucked out" thread. It happens all the time. The only reason why its what, 7 pages longer than it should be is because the OP is a girl.

And it's funny because every post is either "you're a n00b and a girl so it sucks for you" or it's "congratulations on the phone! I heard you have a hot voice!"

Flame me. I don't ******** care. But goddamnit, it's the truth.

[lavrishevo]

What about my question two above you? Has nothing to do with her or her situation / outcome? :D

[entwife]

Im pleased its all sorted, it was also really good of your buddy to help out, there is nothing wrong with a mate doing you a favor. Buy him/her a beer to say thanks!

[greenlightracer]

This is exactly why Apple doesn't want people hacking their iPhones. Just because you're the only one (you know of) with this problem, doesn't mean that it's safe to jailbreak your iPhone. I don't really feel bad for you because you took the risk on your own KNOWING that you couldn't afford a new phone. If I could help you fix it, I would. I still don't see the advantage of skinning and NES, but that's just me. I personally think that your iPhone crapped out on it's own (regardless of the jailbreak) and now you're stuck with the custom images that points out that the warranty is void, but who can really say?

The reason why I came to this iPhone hacking forum is because I was *thinking* about hacking my iPhone when it comes, but after seeing your thread, I think I'll just keep it stock. Thanks for your story.

This dude has the most accurate forum handle I have ever seen. Get a grip.

[BigD58]

Hmm here is an idea. STOP TRYING TO JAILBREAK YOUR IPHONE!

[VenomousSVT]

This dude has the most accurate forum handle I have ever seen. Get a grip.

also giving advice about a device he doesnt even own... i cant say I disagree with im, however if you dont have the grounds to advise on the subject, just keep your mouth shut.

Why would anyone attempt to give advice on something they don't even own themselves?? I don't give advice about surfboards.... i don't own one.

[VenomousSVT]

Hmm here is an idea. STOP TRYING TO JAILBREAK YOUR IPHONE!

take it from me, the guys WITH a jailbroken 2.0... where is the point of jailbreaking one now? There isnt one! We have practically no apps that support 2.0 and 99.99% of the apps on my phone came from the apple store anyways! I am borderline of just restoring mine to the official unmodified 2.0.

[planetbeing]

There is nothing inherently risky about jailbreaking your phone. It's a lot riskier for the iPhone to take it out of your pocket: after all, you might drop it onto the ground!

As the Genius verified, the same thing would have happened had OP not jailbroken. I'm assuming that they at least would be able to perform DFU mode correctly and they did try that. In that mode, the only code that is running is code that is burned into read-only memory.

It's possible to brick the baseband with a specially crafted payload or if information unique to each phone gets accidentally erased or overwritten. But trust me, I have overwritten the entire NOR and NAND with garbage before and it still wasn't "bricked".

[PNutts]

i hate when the term bricked is misused by someone that knows nothing about what they are talking about

Agreed. But I'm not sure how your comment applies to this thread.

[sdsvtdriver]

A week after I got my xbox 360 it RROD'd itself. ;_;


This happened to me the other day and lucky is an easier fix. Did you fix this with the $10 worth of screws and washers at HomeDepot? Beats sending it into MS.

[ohhoe]

This happened to me the other day and lucky is an easier fix. Did you fix this with the $10 worth of screws and washers at HomeDepot? Beats sending it into MS.

Nah, I sent it to MS. I'm too busy to play it for the next two weeks and the turnaround time is less than a Month right now.

[VenomousSVT]

Agreed. But I'm not sure how your comment applies to this thread.

it applies because the OP's phone wasnt bricked... they were unable to repair it, but only because the software conflict wasnt figured out. If it were a real brick, it would have done nothing other than a black screen.

[PNutts]

it applies because the OP's phone wasnt bricked... they were unable to repair it, but only because the software conflict wasnt figured out. If it were a real brick, it would have done nothing other than a black screen.

Ah, I see. There are a few definitions of "brick" floating around and that is certainly the strictest. There is nothing wrong with your interpretation, but I prefer the softer definition because it is applicable in more situations and fun to discuss. :)

With that said, the OP modded her phone, it broke, she could not fix it, and it could not be fixed at the store and needed replaced. The phone went back to Apple to fix/crush/eBay. For all practical purposes, it was a brick with a beautiful pineapple logo. Had her genius friend flashed it back to life it wouldn't fit my definition, either.

[VenomousSVT]

Ah, I see. There are a few definitions of "brick" floating around and that is certainly the strictest. There is nothing wrong with your interpretation, but I prefer the softer definition because it is applicable in more situations and fun to discuss. :)

With that said, the OP modded her phone, it broke, she could not fix it, and it could not be fixed at the store and needed replaced. The phone went back to Apple to fix/crush/eBay. For all practical purposes, it was a brick with a beautiful pineapple logo. Had her genius friend flashed it back to life it wouldn't fit my definition, either.

well the term "bricked" was first spoken by the PSP world. As a big contributor to the custom firmware/downgrading PSP world back in the day we heard the term a LOT!..Originally it was used when you made your PSP as useful as a brick! There were several ways to do this back in the day but essentially on the original PSP's (before all the advnacments on them today) if you erased your flash0 you had a brick. The unit would power up to a black screen but nothing else. the only way to fix it back then was to replace the mobo which has a new flash0 on it.

[30four]

The phone did have the pineapple logo.

My friend is a genius at an Apple store, and I went in when they were closing and he agreed that it would have happened whether or not I jailbroke it. He replaced the phone for me, and my broken one is being sent back to the company where it'll most likely be parted out or something.

so i just found this thread.. and it seems as if im now in the same boat that you were in. are you to say that someone at the apple store will replace my iphone regardless if i have the pineapple logo on my screen? or is it that you got hooked up cuz he's your friend?

im freakin out. i don't have money for a new phone!

[VenomousSVT]

dont modify something that you cant afford to replace

[30four]

dont modify something that you cant afford to replace

yeah, you're a lot of help. thanks man. why even bother?

[VenomousSVT]

yeah, you're a lot of help. thanks man. why even bother?

sorry you took offense to it, but its probably the BEST advice you'll get on this forum.

If you had educated yourself on the "hacking" of your cellphone you would KNOW that at&t and apple voids your warranty for modifying your cell phone. If you software unlock or hardware unlock your phone your waranty is technically void. Fortunately, in the past you could restore the locks on the phone and no one would be the wiser.

Here-in lies your problem.... you voided your warranty.. PERIOD The bad thing is, you have locked yourself out of your phone and cant restore it back to default either to restore the software mods back to default. I fyou take your phone to apple, they are going to tell you to buy a different phone. The OP got their phone swapped ONLY because they had a "hook up" in the company that did it for them.

There are a decent amount of options in this thread on advice to get your phone out of the loop its stuck in at the moment. I urge you try as many different ways that you can.... if you dont understand the "lingo" or the methods of restoring it, then you were not educated enough to start the process in the first place.

I do hope that you stumble across a way to fix your phone so that your stupid mistake and uneducated decision doesnt cost you a lot of money... but i hope that in the process you at least learn 2 things... 1 you learn your lesson about modding things that you cant afford to replace when you screw them up. 2 you learn your lesson about modding things before you educate yourself more about the software unlocking precess.

[DravenGSX]

well the term "bricked" was first spoken by the PSP world. As a big contributor to the custom firmware/downgrading PSP world back in the day we heard the term a LOT!..Originally it was used when you made your PSP as useful as a brick! There were several ways to do this back in the day but essentially on the original PSP's (before all the advnacments on them today) if you erased your flash0 you had a brick. The unit would power up to a black screen but nothing else. the only way to fix it back then was to replace the mobo which has a new flash0 on it.

lol. "Brick" was around long before the PSP. Nice try though.

[VenomousSVT]

lol. "Brick" was around long before the PSP. Nice try though.

youre the man!

[jonbonjohnny]

Historically, the oldest reference known is from fall 1990 at Ramstein AFB, where the term was used by the 1856 Comm Squadron there to describe what happened when you over-drove the flyback mechanism on a CRT, which on a particular model of IBM monitor could be done through firmware. The resultant destruction of the internal electronics resulted in the release of magic smoke and the square monitor being called a "brick", "doorstop", "boat anchor", or a "paperweight", depending on which NCO was describing the incident.

[VenomousSVT]

Historically, the oldest reference known is from fall 1990 at Ramstein AFB, where the term was used by the 1856 Comm Squadron there to describe what happened when you over-drove the flyback mechanism on a CRT, which on a particular model of IBM monitor could be done through firmware. The resultant destruction of the internal electronics resulted in the release of magic smoke and the square monitor being called a "brick", "doorstop", "boat anchor", or a "paperweight", depending on which NCO was describing the incident.

wow, youre a wikipedia text stealer :p
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_(electronics)

[VenomousSVT]

and fwiw.... the term got popular in the software modding world by the PSP community and the linksys custom firmware community

[TheConfuzed1]

Wow...

I'm about to jailbreak for the first time, and I have been reading everything that I can, in order to be as safe as possible.

I only made the final decision after not being able to find a valid reason not to.

I've just been waiting for the new Pwnage Tool to be tested before moving forward.

I even created my own custom boot logo, that I had originally planned to install.

Now I know, to stick with the factory logo! Thank you very much for sharing your story! :)

[lazyboy922]

Wow, I just wasted 20 minutes of my life reading through this thread. I wish you would have just taken it to your friend on page 1. That would have saved me some time.

[30four]

So just to let you all know, I did in fact fix my iPhone. I'm actually on it right now :)

[VenomousSVT]

So just to let you all know, I did in fact fix my iPhone. I'm actually on it right now :)

thats good news... it would great to hear the steps you took so that people in the future that search this thread might find a possible solution.

[DravenGSX]

youre the man!

Hey, thanks!

fwiw, I've been hearing the term thrown around since the days of modding PS1s. It's all good though.

Nice ride, btw. I have a '99 vert.

[michaelsviews]

This is sad. I'm sorry that happend to you. I am getting a little worried about mine, but I left the stock boot logo on for that exact reason. :D So just in case, nobody will be able to tell.


Maybe I missed this somewhere but how do you leave the stock image on during pwnage is this by going into pwnage and expert mode and unchecking the pinapple and the other recovery mode picture also?

[DravenGSX]

Maybe I missed this somewhere but how do you leave the stock image on during pwnage is this by going into pwnage and expert mode and unchecking the pinapple and the other recovery mode picture also?

I used the QuickPwn GUI and simply unchecked the boot logos option. The logo changed during the process, but after the process was complete the apple logo was back.

[JPIndustrie]

Daammmnn, this thread is still going?

[VenomousSVT]

Daammmnn, this thread is still going?

yeah, now we are waiting for the one guy that fixed the problem and came looking for help, to actually share some help on how he got it fixed.

[SandersHokie]

I used the QuickPwn GUI and simply unchecked the boot logos option. The logo changed during the process, but after the process was complete the apple logo was back.

how can i fix it after i have jailbroken my iphone?

[VenomousSVT]

how can i fix it after i have jailbroken my iphone?

run winpwn again and deselect the icons and create a new custom firmware.. then restore it with that firmware.

[SandersHokie]

run winpwn again and deselect the icons and create a new custom firmware.. then restore it with that firmware.

is that really necessary? nothing has happened to mine and i have the pineapple logo.

[VenomousSVT]

is that really necessary? nothing has happened to mine and i have the pineapple logo.

if you want the apple icons to be back.. yes

honesty though, if its running fine then just leave it alone..i love the appstore but i hate firmware 2+ i have the same problems with connection that i do the 3g guys fo ans NEVER had them until upgrading to 2+

[ninethirty]

My favorite part of this thread by far was how mean everyone was being to this person UNTIL they realized it was a girl. Then that one creep changed his tune from "you're an idiot and you got what you deserved" to "my heart goes out to you - give me your AIM handle.. i want to help you". I bet you wanted to help her... with a hot beef injection.

Nerds... gotta love em.

[Dr. Cabrera]

yeah, you're a lot of help. thanks man. why even bother?

mods can we get a thread lock/close

30four is clearly bs-ing when he/she said they had "fixed" their iPhone

Let's see 3 posts and zero credibility.... You people are way to gullible

The best advice was already given, do not jailbreak your phone if you xannit afford to replace it

To the OP, I'm glad you got your iPhone fixed by your friend...and women still complain that they want to be treated as equals :rolls eyes:

[VenomousSVT]

mods can we get a thread lock/close

30four is clearly bs-ing when he/she said they had "fixed" their iPhone

Let's see 3 posts and zero credibility.... You people are way to gullible

The best advice was already given, do not jailbreak your phone if you xannit afford to replace it

To the OP, I'm glad you got your iPhone fixed by your friend...and women still complain that they want to be treated as equals :rolls eyes:

i told them it was the best advice, they just cant handle the truth

[Quantumd0tz]

This is definitely the id10T error :apple:

[JPIndustrie]

My favorite part of this thread by far was how mean everyone was being to this person UNTIL they realized it was a girl. Then that one creep changed his tune from "you're an idiot and you got what you deserved" to "my heart goes out to you - give me your AIM handle.. i want to help you". I bet you wanted to help her... with a hot beef injection.

Nerds... gotta love em.

I know! It was awesome. Leg-humpers galore!

The thing is, I was on twinkle one day, and I GPS'ed nearest twitters in a 10 mile radius and 'ohhoe' came up. So i asked her if she ever fixed her bricked pwned iPhone 3G. No response. :D

[ohhoe]

I know! It was awesome. Leg-humpers galore!

The thing is, I was on twinkle one day, and I GPS'ed nearest twitters in a 10 mile radius and 'ohhoe' came up. So i asked her if she ever fixed her bricked pwned iPhone 3G. No response. :D

Really? Because I've never gotten any messages like that on Twinkle. And obviously it's fixed since I was on it.

[ohhoe]

To the OP, I'm glad you got your iPhone fixed by your friend...and women still complain that they want to be treated as equals :rolls eyes:

Seriously? hahahahahahaha

[lonnielove]

[QUOTE=ohhoe;5905820]The phone did have the pineapple logo.

My friend is a genius at an Apple store, and I went in when they were closing and he agreed that it would have happened whether or not I jailbroke it. He replaced the phone for me, and my broken one is being sent back to the company where it'll most likely be parted out or something.[
wrong thread

[complexs]

My god I wasted my time reading this crap, but you know its so true everyone got a hard-on when they found out it was a girl and stopped flaming her and began to cry along with her.

[30four]

mods can we get a thread lock/close

30four is clearly bs-ing when he/she said they had "fixed" their iPhone

Let's see 3 posts and zero credibility.... You people are way to gullible

The best advice was already given, do not jailbreak your phone if you xannit afford to replace it

To the OP, I'm glad you got your iPhone fixed by your friend...and women still complain that they want to be treated as equals :rolls eyes:

Uhhh actually I wasn't bs-ing.. Ya jerk.

I thought my reply to the thread had gone through last week, but I guess it didn't after all.

Honestly, I did nothing fancy at all. I originally synced my iPhone to my pc. iTunes kept giving me a 1619 error. Finally got fed up and decided to try my girlfriends macbook. Plugged it in and it automatically started to restore.

Sorry, I wish I couldve been more help of those in need.

[dubs1856]

This is a good piece of knowledge to be aware of. I was getting the 1600 error after I erased settings and data on my jailbroken 3gs 3.1.2 and it was stuck with the pineapple on the screen. I didn't want to factory update to 3.1.3 and loose the ability to unlock the phone. Itunes wouldn't allow me to restore to factory 3.1.2 and would fail verification with apples servers. The following link gave me the necessary information to allow me to restore my phone to the factory 3.1.2 firmware and now I'm off to jailbreak and unlock again!!! Hope that this is helpfull.

http://modmyi.com/forums/3g-s-downgrading/685331-howto-setup-local-3gs-restore-verification-server-ecid-shsh.html

[ngenerator]

This is a good piece of knowledge to be aware of. I was getting the 1600 error after I erased settings and data on my jailbroken 3gs 3.1.2 and it was stuck with the pineapple on the screen. I didn't want to factory update to 3.1.3 and loose the ability to unlock the phone. Itunes wouldn't allow me to restore to factory 3.1.2 and would fail verification with apples servers. The following link gave me the necessary information to allow me to restore my phone to the factory 3.1.2 firmware and now I'm off to jailbreak and unlock again!!! Hope that this is helpfull.

http://modmyi.com/forums/3g-s-downgrading/685331-howto-setup-local-3gs-restore-verification-server-ecid-shsh.html

Dude, good job for searching, but you didn't have to resurrect such an old thread. These issues were before the 3GS was released, so nothing that the previous posters wrote would be related to your fix.

[dhlizard]

This is a good piece of knowledge to be aware of. I was getting the 1600 error after I erased settings and data on my jailbroken 3gs 3.1.2 and it was stuck with the pineapple on the screen. I didn't want to factory update to 3.1.3 and loose the ability to unlock the phone. Itunes wouldn't allow me to restore to factory 3.1.2 and would fail verification with apples servers. The following link gave me the necessary information to allow me to restore my phone to the factory 3.1.2 firmware and now I'm off to jailbreak and unlock again!!! Hope that this is helpfull.

http://modmyi.com/forums/3g-s-downgrading/685331-howto-setup-local-3gs-restore-verification-server-ecid-shsh.html

Yea, this is just Saurik's method to restore when SHSH are saved, well known here and regularly posted here.

[4evaMacnLinux]

Your so so brave unlocking your 3GIphone.
Why risk it for a few apps etc that you cant be botherd to pay for?
You waited, you got the phone you wanted then you ****** it up.
Keep jailbreaking and Apple will carry on catching you all out, in the end there will be enough bricked Iphones to build a new Apple building.
I dont love Apple they are as bad as Microsoft, but they do make cool hardware, give it more time and the apps will be Brilliant (god they have only just been out over a week).

I successfully jailbreak my iphone 4 with firmware 4.3.3 and baseband 4.10.01 and still waiting for ultrasn0w 1.3 to unlock. Steve Jobs can suck my fat C for not making any player for commercial blu ray playback. Though I've already found a solution to that, I use makemkv and then tsmuxer to create an bdmv folder and use VLC to watch the m2ts file. I have an LG WH10LS30 to burn my lossless rip blu ray video :) Toast pro 11 with HD-BD plug-in all for free :D Although I use apple but steve need to make his apple display to be 30" 1080p then I'll be really happy. But for now he die in hell LOL
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2011 Mac Pro 5.1/ 16gb ram/ Ati 5870/ 4x MEP RE 400gb/ 10.6.7/ 27" apple display
Bose companion 5/ Windows 7 ultimate 64bit/ Macbuntu 64bit
Iphone 4 32gb black 2011
Ipod Classic 160gb 2011

[TC25]

What a valuable addition to this thread that ended almost 2 months ago.

[Jmouse]

When a voice mail ( Your phone has been blocked or not able to make anycalls) comes up when you tries to make a call. Phone could be a stolen / lost property that has just been reported to carriers, and it could be imei blocked.

[scubagirl65]

I tried to jailbreak it and unlock it and now it will not restore.
I have tried everything. I have tried to run different firmware back from 3.0 and up. It looks like it starts to restore but then I get the 1015 error. I have tried restoring on a different computer. I have used the tool Ireb and nothing works. It stays on the itunes logo wanting me to plug it in for a restore. I don't even care if I can not get all my settings back I just want the phone to work!!
Have I wrecked the phone??

[labman]

I tried to jailbreak it and unlock it and now it will not restore.
I have tried everything. I have tried to run different firmware back from 3.0 and up. It looks like it starts to restore but then I get the 1015 error. I have tried restoring on a different computer. I have used the tool Ireb and nothing works. It stays on the itunes logo wanting me to plug it in for a restore. I don't even care if I can not get all my settings back I just want the phone to work!!
Have I wrecked the phone??

http://modmyi.com/forums/3g-s-downgrading/714717-ultimate-downgrade-tutorial.html

[michellemixue]

where can i find that?