4.3.1 Jailbreak Untethered by The iPhone Dev Team Released!

[Phil A.]

I haven't run a jailbreak since the original all manual days of the original iPhone (apart from a brief foray into tethered jailbreaking on my iPad), but thought I'd give it a go again with this (mainly to get facetime over 3g). The actual jailbreak was very painless, but I thought cydia has turned into a real mess with adverts everywhere and people wanting $3+ for minor tweaks. I realised then that I don't want to facetime over 3g badly enough to put up with it, so I'm currently restoring back to stock 4.3.1
I'm sure jailbreaking is great for some (most?) people, but it just isn't for me

 

[Kadman]

I haven't run a jailbreak since the original all manual days of the original iPhone (apart from a brief foray into tethered jailbreaking on my iPad), but thought I'd give it a go again with this (mainly to get facetime over 3g). The actual jailbreak was very painless, but I thought cydia has turned into a real mess with adverts everywhere and people wanting $3+ for minor tweaks. I realised then that I don't want to facetime over 3g badly enough to put up with it, so I'm currently restoring back to stock 4.3.1
I'm sure jailbreaking is great for some (most?) people, but it just isn't for me

I'm curious as to why it would bother you so much as to skip the functionality you were looking for when, beyond installation, you'd never have to open Cydia and see the adverts again? Of course, if you re-jailbreak at some future version you'd see it again. There are updates to various files periodically but if you install and everything works, you don't need to open Cydia ever again.

 

[kuhroo25]

Fix to this problem

The pwnage went fine. I did receive an error when I tried to restore my backups - one time.

Thanks - I have 04.10.01 modem firmware.

I was having this same exact issue until I found a fix. Unfortunately, you will have to run Pwnage Tool again and in expert mode. When you get to the screen where you can edit different setting (General, Cydia, etc), click on the "General" one and uncheck the box that says "Activate Phone." Then let it create the custom file and restore as before through iTunes. It will work after that.

 

[argyleuk]

Question: Anyone successfully jailbroken to 4.3.1 with 1.59.00 baseband while keeping service? I have yet to see a comment about this. I want to preserve my baseband so I can sell it come this summer.

Yeah i've managed it, though with a few problems, my signal is showing as 1 bar but can make and receive calls no problem.

 

[WeegieMac]

I haven't run a jailbreak since the original all manual days of the original iPhone (apart from a brief foray into tethered jailbreaking on my iPad), but thought I'd give it a go again with this (mainly to get facetime over 3g). The actual jailbreak was very painless, but I thought cydia has turned into a real mess with adverts everywhere and people wanting $3+ for minor tweaks. I realised then that I don't want to facetime over 3g badly enough to put up with it, so I'm currently restoring back to stock 4.3.1
I'm sure jailbreaking is great for some (most?) people, but it just isn't for me

That pretty much sums up how I feel about Jailbreaking.

I'm still convinced that people who Jailbreak would, in the main, be more likely to buy an Android device, because they are searching for the "openness" associated with what comes with "open source".

I jailbroke my iPhone 4 on 4.2 and set the phone up with the animation speed up tweak (it's name escapes me right now), as well as the barrel home screen animation, etc. Sure, it looked "cool", but I bought an iPhone because I wanted an iPhone, and for some reason I'm one of those people who likes to do things "officially".

My iMac runs on Snow Leopard with the default wallpaper. I've ran Onyx to lock the Dock size so no-one can change it from the default. My iPhone 4 is on 4.3.1 and uses a self edited default wallpaper, because the teal colour at the top isn't as rich as it is in the promo shots Apple use.

Maybe it's just that, for me, Apple does things so well out the box that anything else, again to me, feels "wrong".

Each to their own though.

 

[Phil A.]

I'm curious as to why it would bother you so much as to skip the functionality you were looking for when, beyond installation, you'd never have to open Cydia and see the adverts again? Of course, if you re-jailbreak at some future version you'd see it again. There are updates to various files periodically but if you install and everything works, you don't need to open Cydia ever again.

When jailbreaking first started, it came with a real sense of community spirit and reminded me of the pioneer days of computing.

Cydia now looks more like the sort of websites that sell dodgy diet pills and "cures" for male impotence and was crammed full of questionable utilities with each of them wanting a few dollars.

I guess it just felt "cheap and nasty" to be honest and felt more like a place that was trying to separate me from my money than anything else. It also left me wondering what the apps would be like when the distribution mechanism looks like it did.

I fully appreciate that I'm not being completely rational about it, but the overall feeling I had was that by jailbreaking my phone I'd somehow tainted it

I've never had a compelling reason to jailbreak and did it more out of curiousity than anything (and so I could facetime over 3G, but it's really no more than a minor irritation that I can't), so I don't feel I'm losing out much by going back to stock, and I feel much more comfortable that way.

If people enjoy jailbreaking, then that's great for them, but it's just not for me I guess

 

[chiefpavvy]

I couldn't do without SBSettings, and my GV extensions. And BiteSMS. Then there's the free personal hotspot. Sure there's been a bum rush of minor tweaks which should be free, but that was bound to happen with the increasing popularity of Cydia. To each their own...

 

[Kadman]

When jailbreaking first started, it came with a real sense of community spirit and reminded me of the pioneer days of computing.

Cydia now looks more like the sort of websites that sell dodgy diet pills and "cures" for male impotence and was crammed full of questionable utilities with each of them wanting a few dollars.

I guess it just felt "cheap and nasty" to be honest and felt more like a place that was trying to separate me from my money than anything else. It also left me wondering what the apps would be like when the distribution mechanism looks like it did.

I fully appreciate that I'm not being completely rational about it, but the overall feeling I had was that by jailbreaking my phone I'd somehow tainted it

I've never had a compelling reason to jailbreak and did it more out of curiousity than anything (and so I could facetime over 3G, but it's really no more than a minor irritation that I can't), so I don't feel I'm losing out much by going back to stock, and I feel much more comfortable that way.

If people enjoy jailbreaking, then that's great for them, but it's just not for me I guess

I think I get where you're coming from. I had thought it was just a matter of you not wanting to be forced to look at the gaudy adverts, etc. In that case, yeah, the true sense of pioneering is gone and it's big business now. Those who are hacking for fun are likely bored by now anyway. For me it's also not about j/b'ing to install tons of themes with rotating icons, annoying sounds, etc. In fact, I feel I'm in the "odd" category in that I j/b for one thing, MyWi. I did use My3G but now use Skype for video calls (better for me due to kids on Win7 notebooks). Maybe I'll use a couple of more apps in the future but for now I simply j/b so I can share data access during long soccer (sorry, football) driving trips, etc.

 

[The Highlander]

I'm having the exact same problem. Tried it 4 or 5 times and it always hangs at "Uploading ramdisk". The phone is displaying "Downloading Jailbreak Data". If given enough time (say 20 minutes) the phone eventually reboots and everything is back to normal (no jailbreak). I can't seem to get past this step with redsn0w on Windows 7 (3GS).

Run it in compatibility mode!

 

[Kadman]

I'm still convinced that people who Jailbreak would, in the main, be more likely to buy an Android device, because they are searching for the "openness" associated with what comes with "open source".

You may be surprised by the number of people who jailbreak for just "one or two" restrictions they don't agree with. My guess is that the most popular showstoppers are:

Unlocking
WiFi sharing (MyWi, other tethering apps)
Restrictions to some apps while on 3G (Facetime, Apps store, etc.)

For others, I agree...particularly those who install Android themes on their iPhones.

 

[aandf1978]

I just did a jailbreak with Pwange Tool TWICE and both times I get only one bar of reception and the gauge never increases or moves. Is anyone else seeing this?? What is the fix?

Thanks!!

 

[Kadman]

I just did a jailbreak with Pwange Tool TWICE and both times I get only one bar of reception and the gauge never increases or moves. Is anyone else seeing this?? What is the fix?

Thanks!!

The answer is in this thread. I'm not being a smarty pants about it, I just didn't read the answer thoroughly because I wasn't having the issue. read the past few pages.

 

[iPhone Addict]

I just did a jailbreak with Pwange Tool TWICE and both times I get only one bar of reception and the gauge never increases or moves. Is anyone else seeing this?? What is the fix?

Thanks!!

If you preserved your baseband, there is a cosmetic bug in the 4.3.1 Jailbreak which will always show your cell reception signal as being one bar. It is only a cosmetic defect.

In conclusion, you will still have proper reception and you can still call your babymama all you want!

 

[bw1128]

what should i do?? i have a ip4 on 4.1 using limera1n. i dont care about my baseband as im at&t, but i do care of not being able to unlock in future as i plan to sell this ip4 when the newer one comes out. what should i do? just update in itunes to 4.3.1 and use either jb?
thanks in advance!

 

[QuarterSwede]

That pretty much sums up how I feel about Jailbreaking.

I'm still convinced that people who Jailbreak would, in the main, be more likely to buy an Android device, because they are searching for the "openness" associated with what comes with "open source".

I'm using an iPhone because of it's wonderful integration with my Macs, Airport Express and Pioneer car headunit.

I want it jailbroken so I can get rid of the naggy "This accessory is not compatible screen," Hide the alarm notification that I always have set for work, auto turn the autolock on/off when I plug and unplug the phone, get notifications in the menubar (OpenNotifier), temp in the menubar, close my folders for me, allow me to see which apps aren't in the background in the multitasking bar, and so on but retain the iOS feel and look and have access to the excellent app store. Android Marketplace, while revamped, is still not that great.

Android simply doesn't appeal to me yet.

 

[JPark]

I'm using an iPhone because of it's wonderful integration with my Macs, Airport Express and Pioneer car headunit.

I want it jailbroken so I can get rid of the naggy "This accessory is not compatible screen," Hide the alarm notification that I always have set for work, auto turn the autolock on/off when I plug and unplug the phone, get notifications in the menubar (OpenNotifier), temp in the menubar, close my folders for me, allow me to see which apps aren't in the background in the multitasking bar, and so on but retain the iOS feel and look and have access to the excellent app store. Android Marketplace, while revamped, is still not that great.

Android simply doesn't appeal to me yet.

I'm curious. Which tools allow you to do all those things?

 

[QuarterSwede]

I'm curious. Which tools allow you to do all those things?

Get rid of the naggy "This accessory is not compatible screen" - NoAccessorySplash iOS4
Hide the alarm notification - No Clock Status
Auto turn the autolock on/off when I plug and unplug the phone - Activator (comes with JB)
Get notifications in the menubar - OpenNotifier
Temp in the menubar - WeatherIcon
Close my folders for me - FolderCloser
Allow me to see which apps aren't in the background in the multitasking bar - SwitcherMod

 

[Compile 'em all]

what should i do?? i have a ip4 on 4.1 using limera1n. i dont care about my baseband as im at&t, but i do care of not being able to unlock in future as i plan to sell this ip4 when the newer one comes out. what should i do? just update in itunes to 4.3.1 and use either jb?
thanks in advance!

Update to 4.3.1 then use redsn0w.

 

[QuarterSwede]

Update to 4.3.1 then use redsn0w.

He needs to preserve the baseband just in case if he ever wants to be able to sell it unlocked (the more you update the baseband the less likely you are to be able to unlock it).
He ought to use PwnageTool (Mac) or Sn0wbreeze (Windows) to preserve the baseband.

 

[xonbugeja]

what should i do?? i have a ip4 on 4.1 using limera1n. i dont care about my baseband as im at&t, but i do care of not being able to unlock in future as i plan to sell this ip4 when the newer one comes out. what should i do? just update in itunes to 4.3.1 and use either jb?
thanks in advance!

i'm in the same situation but my phone is factory unlocked, do i just restore the iphone 4, so that itunes installs the latest iOS then run the JB?

will i be able to re-install tweaks i bought from cydia after doing so?

 

[bw1128]

He needs to preserve the baseband just in case if he ever wants to be able to sell it unlocked (the more you update the baseband the less likely you are to be able to unlock it).
He ought to use PwnageTool (Mac) or Sn0wbreeze (Windows) to preserve the baseband.

thats what i was thinking. do i need to use tu to preserve the baseband with this update? or will using pwnagetool do this for me?

by the way im on 1.59.00, so i guess i will get the rumored 1 signal problem?

 

[HDJulie]

Run it in compatibility mode!

That worked for me on Windows 7 64-bit. I ran it as Windows XP SP3.

 

[vanillagorilla]

How long to Restore?

Following iClarified's instructions, and upgrading from firmware 4.1 (JB'd-Greenpoison), I connected my phone to iTunes, did Option + Restore, pointed it to 4.3.1 that I previously downloaded.

The restore started, and quickly progressed to the halfway point on the status/progress bar displayed on the phone, and has been stalled (seemingly) there for the past 15-20 minutes. Is this normal? If not, any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

 

[johnnyturbouk]

updated using pwnagetool to preserve my baseband

but had no cydia.....

so then used redsnow and re-JB... and bingo

apt back-up and cydia purchases was all there!!

woohoo

JB 4.3.1

now i need to remember all the themes and other things i had... wish i got pkgbackup

 

[QuarterSwede]

thats what i was thinking. do i need to use tu to preserve the baseband with this update? or will using pwnagetool do this for me?

by the way im on 1.59.00, so i guess i will get the rumored 1 signal problem?

PwnageTool should preserve your baseband (I'm in the middle of updating myself so I can't completely confirm) as it always has in the past. I would guess you'll get the infamous 1 signal problem because it's an issue with the iPhone 4 and this exploit.