Unlock And Jailbreak iPhone 2.0.1

SUNDAY, 10 AUGUST 2008

The iPhone Dev Team has released its iPhone hacking software called Pwnage Tool. I gave it a try today and successfully upgraded, unlocked and jailbreaked my iPhone 2G to the latest 2.0.1 OS.

I was pretty impressed with the quality of the tool. Unlike other iPhone hacking software, Pwnage create a modified firmware that you use to restore your iPhone with iTunes; give it the latest firmware (2.0.1) and bootloader files and it bakes up a custom firmware.

In about 10 minutes I was able to enjoy the upgrade of my iPhone to 2.0.1. Everything worked flawlessly and the tool guides you pretty well through all the steps.

Good job guys.

deggo

That may be so but when will it be released for windows users and not mac. I upgraded my iphone by accident and I can't unlock or downgrade the firmware can you help?

Fred Brunel

I don't know when they would release a Windows version. Don't you know someone who has a Mac, that will be an easy solution.

deggo

No I don't, but I did find a solution. I used Winpwn, it worked but a few hours later iTunes told me to restore again so I did. And all I got was "iPhone "iPhone" could not be restored an unknown error ocurred (1604)" and it just will not restore whatever I try, do you know of any solution to this, sorry for being a pain.

Fred Brunel

Check this thread on Apple forums — http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?thread...

deggo

Thanks I'll have a go I will post again if anything comes up or if I can't do it, I am just about to try another laptop that has vista, if that works I will post if I get anywhere so you can tell people that have the same problem. :)

deggo

I tried using another computer and all the stuff they mentioned on the other thread no luck do you think there is anything I can do before I have to send it back as a last resort plz its only 2 month old :(

Fred Brunel

I'm really sorry, since I hadn't the problem myself, I can't recommend any other solution.

deggo

thankyou anyway for your help i will take my phone to apple to see what they will do :)

Fred Brunel

Sure, no problem. Keep me posted.

david

do i lose my data if i do that

Fred Brunel

Your iPhone will be completely wiped out but everything can be restored from the backup.

However, I'd rather not restore from the backup for now as it used to cause some trouble (with Ziphoned iPhones). I don't know about a Pwned iPhone however.

If you don't restore, you will lose everything except what's in iTunes (e.g., notes, sms, preferences).

deggo

thankyou for that info when i did restore form back up before the error everything went dodgey and got forced to restore which caused the error i guese so when i do getback on track i will start from the begining

Carman

I have a solution to your 1604 problem. Reply to Charmsy2k@yahoo.com if you need my help~C

deggo

please give me the solution im travling next week and im in need of the phone

deggo

hello me again i still cant do anything with my iphone is there anymore news on the 1604 error please i have been without a phone for a month now please emailme any results if any

Fred Brunel

There is a new hack coming for 2.1, maybe you'll have better chance with this one.

deggo

thankyou for that post but on monday i figured out what the problem was its was the fact i did the update early so which is why i got the error and i downgraded itunes to 7.5 and restored it to 1.1.4 through that i got to that emergency screen and put it through kiphone to downgrade the baseband and restored it again after that i put it through iliberty which jailbreaked it for me and hey presto im back in business lol

Fred Brunel

Good news! I'm glad you can finally find a solution.

deggo

thanks for your help ill post here if a have any problems

Clara

Hey I have had an iphone for 1 year, I am going to Brasil and want to have a local sim card on my phone. I know how to unlock with Ziphone. But if I do it now, am I going to lose my data? When I am back to US am I going to be able to go back to my regular 917 number? Is this something that Apple can legally act against an iphone user? Please advise. Thanks!

Fred Brunel

You don't have to lose you data. Before updating your iPhone, iTunes makes a backup that is restored after the process.

When you're back to US, you can always restore to the original firmware and re-activate your phone.

Thakker

Hi, I just upgraded from 1.1.4 to 2.0.1 using Quickpwn and my phone is successfully unlocked and jailbroken. However, I need to restore my phone from my backup on itunes to get back my contacts, text mesgs, etc. I'm afraid of bricking my phone if I restore my phone. Is there a safe way so that I can restore my phone yet continue to use 2.0.1? Please help me as I am currently without any of my contacts. Thanks.

Fred Brunel

Well, to get back your contacts you just need to sync them back using iTunes. It's the normal procedure but you won't get your SMS back; you need to restore your backup for that (that said, it might be too late as you have probably setup a new phone from iTunes).

Restoring backup is safe (read working) since Pwnage, if you used another method to hack your 1.1.4, your backup might not be usable.

In any case, you won't brick your iPhone. If something goes wrong, restore it back to the custom firmware you made with PwnageTool.

Thakker

Now, I tried to 'restore from backup' by right-clicking on my phone's logo on itunes. It restored from backup but nothing really got restored except what I had after I upgraded to 2.0.1. When I check under edit > preferences> devices, it says my last backup was taken on Oct 16th which means it should still have my data. Any idea why it isn't restoring that data?
Also, if I restore to factory settings, do you think it would give me back my previous data? With that however, what happens to my jailbreak and unlock? How do I restore it to the custom firmware with pwanage?
(I use windows and do not have pwnage on my computer. I used somebody's mac to upgrade to 2.0.1 thinking I do have a backup on my computer) Please help me as I'm in dire need of my contacts, notes, etc..

Fred Brunel

It is safe to reset your iPhone to factory settings, it won't lock it back. It would simply erase the data on your phone.

You could then try to restory the backup.

Fred Brunel

iPhone Backup Extractor might be useful as well,

http://supercrazyawesome.com/

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