Jailbreak experts... help a newb out :)

[g8orballboy]

Ok, so this is my first time jailbreaking. Iphone 3gs 3.1.3. I just wanted it for backgrounder and mywi. I used spirit and all went well. I downloaded backgrounder and all was still well. Before i did anything else, i decided i wanted to use umbrella to back up myh shsh files. I needed my ecid so i put my phone into recovery mode (held down home and sleep, once it went black i let go of sleep and continued to hold down home). At this time i was expecting to see the connect to itunes but no such luck... just blackness.

I gave it some more time and then pushed the power button. It booted up but got stuck at the apple logo for a good 15 minutes before it finally restarted.

What am i doing wrong? how do i get it into recovery mode so i can get the "connect to itunes" screen and connect using "usbview" so i can obtain my ECID.

Thanks all you experts out there!

 

[rwd hero]

I dont think you can back up 3.1.3, I think it was only for 3.1.2.

 

[g8orballboy]

I dont think you can back up 3.1.3, I think it was only for 3.1.2.

Thanks, that sucks. So when apple goes to 4.0 or 3.1.4 and I need to restore for some reason.... I'm hosed?

 

[iLeoMarc]

"I needed my ecid so i put my phone into recovery mode"

recovery mode is using this instruction:
1. Turn the device completely off
2. disconnect it from cable
3. Hold down the home button.
4. While holding down the home button connect to a computer with a cable
5. You should see connect to itunes screen

from there follow instructions from umbrella readme.txt
Remember this is just to get your ecid to be used in umbrella.

 

[pixelated]

I dont think you can back up 3.1.3, I think it was only for 3.1.2.

Wrong wrong wrong . Giving advice is not for you!

 

[spamdumpster]

The post quoted below is exactly right. Steps followed by OP put his phone in DFU mode, not recovery mode.

"I needed my ecid so i put my phone into recovery mode"

recovery mode is using this instruction:
1. Turn the device completely off
2. disconnect it from cable
3. Hold down the home button.
4. While holding down the home button connect to a computer with a cable
5. You should see connect to itunes screen

from there follow instructions from umbrella readme.txt
Remember this is just to get your ecid to be used in umbrella.