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Alright guys, I finally got my brother's iphone 3G back up and running. To the guy that said above all be patient and keep trying, cheers! It's a painful process but if your persistent and you try many different combination's of things it will finally work for you. Ultimately I got my brothers iphone 3G on 4.1 running the ipad baseband. It was on 4.2.1 stuck in recovery mode. I don't care that it's not 4.2.1 at this point. I used the following 2 videos to guide me. I hope one of these two videos does the trick for you. I can answer basic questions but after trying so many things, I might not have the perfect answer but I'll try to help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dea2GCA3Ryo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGqul3wjKJc
 
Help

PAHtSan and onnightfall my iphone just started working and here are the steps:

1. open redsnow, choose 4.2.1 original firmware, click put into DFU mode, wait till the process is done
2. open iTunes option/shift restore choose the 4.2.1 custom firmware( someone send me this via email i can email it to you ,just PM me your emails)it will restore your phone, at first it will show you emergency call only, leave it like that it will take like a minute and then you will have the normal screen.

I hope it will work for you guys!!

Please give me costom 4.2.1 too. heeeeeeeelp. or the link.
bbekchyan@me.cm
 
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