iPhone 3GS help?

[user1690]

Hey guys!

So i got myself a 3GS from eBay (A guy in france to be exact)

So i wanted to jailbreak the device, all seemed to go well until the battery life was greatly diminished. (because i had to hacktivate the phone...).

So i went through the proccess of using SAM, and the Manual Carrier method... iTunes then activated the phone with no issues, and the battery life APPEARED to improve... When i leave the phone alone. (Idle/Standby mode) then the battery life is fine, but when i use ANY app whatsoever, the battery begins to drain at -3-5% every 10 or so minutes. I think thats not right at all and that something else is wrong.

Any suggestions?

My iPhone details

Phone: iPhone 3GS 32GB

Jailbroken with: Limera1n

Baseband: 05.13.04

Version: 4.0.1 (8A306)

Model: MC134NF

If anyone has a solution, or a suggestion, feel free. Heres what i've tried so far to no avail;

Re-Jailbreak - Leaves me in same situation as before.

Use another jailbreak tool - I cant find another jailbreak tool that is un-tethered and will jailbreak+hacktivate the device. (I can find ones that jailbreak 4.1 (not 4.0.1) but i dont know if they mess with the baseband.)

And YES, i backed up my SHSH blobs using tinyumbrella.

 

[awadeee]

Do a restore to get rid of everything and then create a jailbroken 4.1 ipsw with snowbreeze or pwnagetool and then use tinyumbrella or pwnagetool to upgrade to your custom firmware without updating your Baseband.

 

[gngan]

Hey guys!

So i got myself a 3GS from eBay (A guy in france to be exact)

So i wanted to jailbreak the device, all seemed to go well until the battery life was greatly diminished. (because i had to hacktivate the phone...).

So i went through the proccess of using SAM, and the Manual Carrier method... iTunes then activated the phone with no issues, and the battery life APPEARED to improve... When i leave the phone alone. (Idle/Standby mode) then the battery life is fine, but when i use ANY app whatsoever, the battery begins to drain at -3-5% every 10 or so minutes. I think thats not right at all and that something else is wrong.

Any suggestions?

My iPhone details

Phone: iPhone 3GS 32GB

Jailbroken with: Limera1n

Baseband: 05.13.04

Version: 4.0.1 (8A306)

Model: MC134NF

If anyone has a solution, or a suggestion, feel free. Heres what i've tried so far to no avail;

Re-Jailbreak - Leaves me in same situation as before.

Use another jailbreak tool - I cant find another jailbreak tool that is un-tethered and will jailbreak+hacktivate the device. (I can find ones that jailbreak 4.1 (not 4.0.1) but i dont know if they mess with the baseband.)

And YES, i backed up my SHSH blobs using tinyumbrella.

Maybe the battery is going bad? I'd say change it to a new battery.

 

[user1690]

Maybe the battery is going bad? I'd say change it to a new battery.

Oh god i hope it doesnt resort to that. Right now im trying Pwnagetool just to see if it makes any difference at all.

Edit: Stupid me didnt do his research properly. Updated to 4.1 using iTunes and TinyUmbrella and the baseband got updated. Stuck on an Orange France lock now which i dont want.

Guess im stuck with an iPod now seeing its phone functions are useless.

Anyone got any ideas except selling this thing?

 

[swanning-it]

Anyone got any ideas except selling this thing?

Depends how much you paid for it? You could re-jailbreak with redsn0w including an upgrade of the baseband again to the Ipad 06.15.00 and then unlock with ultrasn0w. Worked for me, but there is a warning that you can't ever change from that baseband.

 

[user1690]

Depends how much you paid for it? You could re-jailbreak with redsn0w including an upgrade of the baseband again to the Ipad 06.15.00 and then unlock with ultrasn0w. Worked for me, but there is a warning that you can't ever change from that baseband.

You know that did cross my mind but i dont want to end up screwing the iPhone up by never having official update functions.

I have been googling for HOURS now looking for one of those official IMEI unlock solutions, and so far i keep hitting scam sites.

If anyone can suggest any good sites that would offer a remote IMEI unlock service, please suggest one.

Im only going to use the iPad baseband as a last resort, or if someone can confirm (And proove) that it can be removed if nessecary.

 

[Kadin]

I used the iPad BB myself and while it's pretty much locked at this now, I've never seen a problem in the past with upgrading and using a custom .ipsw to bypass changing the BB. But I guess like you said, use it only as a last resort...