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My new pwned iPhone 3g got bricked.
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The term "Brick"
Historically, the oldest reference known is from fall 1990 at Ramstein AFB, where the term was used by the 1856 Comm Squadron there to describe what happened when you over-drove the flyback mechanism on a CRT, which on a particular model of IBM monitor could be done through firmware. The resultant destruction of the internal electronics resulted in the release of magic smoke and the square monitor being called a "brick", "doorstop", "boat anchor", or a "paperweight", depending on which NCO was describing the incident.
Historically, the oldest reference known is from fall 1990 at Ramstein AFB, where the term was used by the 1856 Comm Squadron there to describe what happened when you over-drove the flyback mechanism on a CRT, which on a particular model of IBM monitor could be done through firmware. The resultant destruction of the internal electronics resulted in the release of magic smoke and the square monitor being called a "brick", "doorstop", "boat anchor", or a "paperweight", depending on which NCO was describing the incident.
and fwiw.... the term got popular in the software modding world by the PSP community and the linksys custom firmware community
Wow...
I'm about to jailbreak for the first time, and I have been reading everything that I can, in order to be as safe as possible.
I only made the final decision after not being able to find a valid reason not to.
I've just been waiting for the new Pwnage Tool to be tested before moving forward.
I even created my own custom boot logo, that I had originally planned to install.
Now I know, to stick with the factory logo! Thank you very much for sharing your story!
I'm about to jailbreak for the first time, and I have been reading everything that I can, in order to be as safe as possible.
I only made the final decision after not being able to find a valid reason not to.
I've just been waiting for the new Pwnage Tool to be tested before moving forward.
I even created my own custom boot logo, that I had originally planned to install.
Now I know, to stick with the factory logo! Thank you very much for sharing your story!
So just to let you all know, I did in fact fix my iPhone. I'm actually on it right now
thats good news... it would great to hear the steps you took so that people in the future that search this thread might find a possible solution.
Hey, thanks!
fwiw, I've been hearing the term thrown around since the days of modding PS1s. It's all good though.
Nice ride, btw. I have a '99 vert.
This is sad. I'm sorry that happend to you. I am getting a little worried about mine, but I left the stock boot logo on for that exact reason.
Maybe I missed this somewhere but how do you leave the stock image on during pwnage is this by going into pwnage and expert mode and unchecking the pinapple and the other recovery mode picture also?
I used the QuickPwn GUI and simply unchecked the boot logos option. The logo changed during the process, but after the process was complete the apple logo was back.
yeah, now we are waiting for the one guy that fixed the problem and came looking for help, to actually share some help on how he got it fixed.
run winpwn again and deselect the icons and create a new custom firmware.. then restore it with that firmware.
is that really necessary? nothing has happened to mine and i have the pineapple logo.
if you want the apple icons to be back.. yes
honesty though, if its running fine then just leave it alone..i love the appstore but i hate firmware 2+ i have the same problems with connection that i do the 3g guys fo ans NEVER had them until upgrading to 2+
My favorite part of this thread by far was how mean everyone was being to this person UNTIL they realized it was a girl. Then that one creep changed his tune from "you're an idiot and you got what you deserved" to "my heart goes out to you - give me your AIM handle.. i want to help you". I bet you wanted to help her... with a hot beef injection.
Nerds... gotta love em.
Nerds... gotta love em.
mods can we get a thread lock/close
30four is clearly bs-ing when he/she said they had "fixed" their iPhone
Let's see 3 posts and zero credibility.... You people are way to gullible
The best advice was already given, do not jailbreak your phone if you xannit afford to replace it
To the OP, I'm glad you got your iPhone fixed by your friend...and women still complain that they want to be treated as equals :rolls eyes:
I know! It was awesome. Leg-humpers galore!
The thing is, I was on twinkle one day, and I GPS'ed nearest twitters in a 10 mile radius and 'ohhoe' came up. So i asked her if she ever fixed her bricked pwned iPhone 3G. No response.
I know! It was awesome. Leg-humpers galore!
The thing is, I was on twinkle one day, and I GPS'ed nearest twitters in a 10 mile radius and 'ohhoe' came up. So i asked her if she ever fixed her bricked pwned iPhone 3G. No response.
Really? Because I've never gotten any messages like that on Twinkle. And obviously it's fixed since I was on it.