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Jailbroken with jailbreakme, want to go through Pwnagetool

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Leafs

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Jul 12, 2009
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Hi I have a 3Gs running 4.1 and jailbroken with jailbreakme. It seems to be crashing a few times and also I've noticed that since the boot screen with the "stuck" pixels, i've had this one pixel that is barely visible but there and noticeable on light backgrounds only. The pixel is just a bit lighter than all the other. Like i said it is barely visible but the fact that I know it is there bothers me.

So I want to try to jailbreak through pwnagetool. I have windows vista though so I'm assuming there is a windows version? I heard people don't use sn0wbreeze just from reading this forum. What should I do?

I also have my SHSHs on file through Cydia and have used tinyumbrella to store my SHSH to my computer. Just wondering what version I should restore to and basically is it worth it to go through all this trouble.

Thanks
 
To use pwnagetool for 3GS, you will have old bootrom and downgrade to official 3.1.2 OS, use pwnagetool to create custom OS 4.0 or below, and then, restore through iTunes with that file.
 
Applejuiced said:
Only if u have shsh saved for as back as 3.1.2 and the old bootrom 3GS.
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3.1.2 i have stored. I believe I have the old bootrom though as my seriel number is ***29******. Can anyone confirm this?

Myzhi said:
To use pwnagetool for 3GS, you will have old bootrom and downgrade to official 3.1.2 OS, use pwnagetool to create custom OS 4.0 or below, and then, restore through iTunes with that file.
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By any chance is there a tutorial for this? I've never used pwnagetool and can anyone confirm it works for windows? thanks
 
Leafs said:
3.1.2 i have stored. I believe I have the old bootrom though as my seriel number is ***29******. Can anyone confirm this?



By any chance is there a tutorial for this? I've never used pwnagetool and can anyone confirm it works for windows? thanks
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Believe, week 29 old bottom. Were you ever on 3.1.2 JB? If yes, could you restart the phone without needing a computer (tethered)? If you could, you definitley have the old bootrom.

Pwnagetool only works on Mac. Instead, google for one people already made with pwnagetool. Look for 3GS custom firmware 3.1.2. Or, use Redsn0w on the official 3.1.2 firmware. Afterward, continue to use custom firmware to stay pwned = accept unsigned code.
 
Myzhi said:
To use pwnagetool for 3GS, you will have old bootrom and downgrade to official 3.1.2 OS, use pwnagetool to create custom OS 4.0 or below, and then, restore through iTunes with that file.
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No you have to be pwned on 3.1.2 to restore the custom 4.0 ipsw..
 
Leafs said:
isn't it better to jailbreak through pwnage over jailbreakme?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/986890/
like when 4.0 first came out wasnt there a jailbreak right away for people who pwn'd their phones? while others had to wait for jailbreakme to come out?
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The main reason to stay on the train is to preserve the baseband which you've already updated but also allows for future non-userland jailbreaks.
 
TMar said:
No you have to be pwned on 3.1.2 to restore the custom 4.0 ipsw..
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You are correct. Then, OP should use Redsn0w at official 3.1.2, and then, restore with 3.1.3 - 4.0 custom firmware (google).
 
Applejuiced said:
Better?
It accomplishes the same thru a different exploit.
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Because once your on the boot exploit train it's no problem upgrading to future custom firmwares where otherwise you will have to wait and hope they find another userland exploit? One Apple is capable of fixing while the other they're not.
 
Applejuiced said:
Better?
It accomplishes the same thru a different exploit.
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TMar said:
Because once your on the boot exploit train it's no problem upgrading to future custom firmwares where otherwise you will have to wait and hope they find another userland exploit? One Apple is capable of fixing while the other they're not.
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So who's right? lol

Should I be wasting my time going through this process???
 
It really depends on what the dev team does and how future iOS versions work with older models. Pwnage is long term solution but who keeps their iPhone that long before upgrading, right? Here's a little more information about it.



thelatinist said:
Redsn0w and PwnageTool use a bootrom exploit which allows "pwns" the firmware. This allows the a phone can be activated without an official SIM, to have custom boot logos, etc. More importantly, such a phone can always be upgraded to a custom firmware which will preserve this exploit, guaranteeing your ability to every future version of the iPhone OS. People with pwned phones already know that they will be able to jailbreak iOS 5.0, because they are preserving the 24kpwn exploit on their phones, and Apple can do nothing about it.

JailbreakMe uses a userland exploit which does not pwn the bootrom. This exploit will certainly be patched in iOS 4.1, making it impossible to jailbreak 4.1 with JailbreakMe.com -- but those "on the jailbreak train" will be able to jailbreak 4.1 almost immediately. When 4.0 came out, for instance, people with pwned 3GS's were able to jailbreak the very next day; those not pwned were not able to until Sunday.

Finally, there is another very important reason to prefer pwnage to a userland jailbreak: custom firmwares can be created that do not upgrade the phone's baseband. This means that, when 4.1 (and 5.0, and 6.0...) are released with upgraded basebands that break the ultrasn0w unlock, those of us with pwned phones will be able to preserve our ability to unlock...and significantly increased residual values for our phones.

In sum, redsn0w/PwnageTool have the following benefits over JailbreakMe:

1) Ability to hacktivate the phone and create custom bootlogos.

2) Guaranteed almost immediate jailbreak for all future iOS versions.

3) Ability to unlock future versions by preserving baseband.
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TMar said:
Because once your on the boot exploit train it's no problem upgrading to future custom firmwares where otherwise you will have to wait and hope they find another userland exploit? One Apple is capable of fixing while the other they're not.
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I agree but those with a 3GS pawnage ipsw that didn't upgrade are very few. I'm sure they got more exploits saved. Not sure if they will use userland or deeper exploits.

Leafs said:
So who's right? lol

Should I be wasting my time going through this process???
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I wouldn't.
 
wenglish said:
Does anyone know why this is?
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In essence, the author of Snowbreeze takes Pwnagetool and makes it work on Windows. It doesn't always work correctly and custom firmware created through Snowbreeze could cause problems.
 
Good to know, thanks. Based on this I talked a friend with a Mac to run pwnage to create me a 3.1.3 IPSW instead of using Sn0wbreeze.

Mike
 
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