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My new pwned iPhone 3g got bricked.

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
 
ohhoe said:
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...
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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.
 
ntrigue said:
extract from https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/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.
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But I don't want it to be jailbroken anymore. I want the regular firmware back. :(

ntrigue said:
extract from https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/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.
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Also my phone is stuck on recovery mode, I'm unable to get it to start up or anything or turn it off normally.
 
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.
 
white89gt said:
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.
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This is something I'll try, thanks. I"ll report back with what happens.
 
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.
 
white89gt said:
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.
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tried this too.
 
white89gt said:
Were you able to get it out of DFU, and if so what happened?
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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.
 
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.
 
Jphillippe said:
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.
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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.
 
ohhoe said:
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.
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So are you able to get it in DFU mode or not? If so what happens when you run pwnage through it?
 
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.
 
ntrigue said:
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.
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I'm doing DFU mode correctly.
 
geeb said:
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 Guide for Windows.html
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Ahhh thank you, I'll try this right now.

geeb said:
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 Guide for Windows.html
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I don' tknow if I'm going to be able to figure out how to use this. haha.
 
ohhoe said:
I'm doing DFU mode correctly.
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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.
 
white89gt said:
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.
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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.
 
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.
 
Holla said:
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.
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Oh yeah no problem, let me grab that extra 600 dollars I have lying around.....



Oh wait.
 
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