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Redsnow 0.8 + Iphone 3GS help

fox777

fox777

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Hey guys.. I am trying to JB my brand new Iphone 3GS.. I do everything it says in instructions(turn the phone off and have it plugged in, hold power button for 3 sec, power+home, then just home button) and it seems like i do everything right but after saying: "Uploading first stage" then "Uploading second stage" it says "Waiting for reboot" and nothing happens...It does not make the phone reboot and when i try to turn it on by holding power button nothing happens. Then when i hold power+home it turns on normally and is not jailbroken...

Does anyone know why i get stuck on "Waiting for reboot" and nothing ever happens? I successfully JBen Iphone 3G running 3.0 with Redsnow 0.7.2 but having trouble with new redsnow and 3GS...

Any help is appreciated
 
Are you doing it on a Mac or a PC? Maybe you should try rebooting the computer, or using a different USB port.
 
fox777 said:
Hey guys.. I am trying to JB my brand new Iphone 3GS.. I do everything it says in instructions(turn the phone off and have it plugged in, hold power button for 3 sec, power+home, then just home button) and it seems like i do everything right but after saying: "Uploading first stage" then "Uploading second stage" it says "Waiting for reboot" and nothing happens...It does not make the phone reboot and when i try to turn it on by holding power button nothing happens. Then when i hold power+home it turns on normally and is not jailbroken...

Does anyone know why i get stuck on "Waiting for reboot" and nothing ever happens? I successfully JBen Iphone 3G running 3.0 with Redsnow 0.7.2 but having trouble with new redsnow and 3GS...

Any help is appreciated
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I had this problem too-I was trying to use old version of iTunes. Do you have 8.2 installed?

Sorry if this is obvious-just trying to share my experience.
 
Gix1k said:
Make sure you have the right firmware. Update to 3.0.1 and then download 3.0 firmware.
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I had the same issue, with the waiting on re-boot - turns out I was using the 3.0 firmware for the 3G, not the 3Gs. Once I found the correct firmware it went slick. No issues whatsoever. Update the 3Gs to the 3.0.1 then point redsn0w to the correct 3.0 version - slick

bookmark this page it will save you later:

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=750
 
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