How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.3.3]

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Tomas - May 16, 2011 at 4:01pm
It would be interesting to know if anyone has problem on restoring backup for iPhone 3Gs. I rund Restore after restoring to new iOS and my applications does not get restored from iTunes with all my saved data back to the phone. I tried 2 times already this and its failing. I hate this updates let me tell you all the I lose some thing when I do this.
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Alain - June 8, 2011 at 6:18am
Yes, I have an issue. Not yours. Apps are back but datas gone. I think I failed to enter in DFU mode. maybe BaseBand, I can\'t guess if I have and old bootrom or a new one on my 3GS 4.3.3 never Jailbroken before, please iClarified, add a warning in the Tuto. people wrote another way to enter in DFU mode. iPhone shut down. Iphone connected to the Mac 10 s middle button 20 s middle and right button 30 s middle button But itunes ask for a connection to Apple servers and prompt there are errors.
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tintin - May 14, 2011 at 2:44am
everything worked out pretty fine while i JB my 3Gs using 4.3.3 on my mac. the only problem was i have no carrier, my modem firmware is 05.16.02. please help!
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Jonathan - May 15, 2011 at 6:46am
go to cydia follow this tutorial: http://iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4253
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thelionsword - May 16, 2011 at 7:05pm
bb 5.16.xx isn\'t supported. If you\'re up to 4.3.3, you\'re probably going to have to bite the bullet and upgrade your baseband to 06.15.00. I ran into the same problem, the jailbreak was great, but couldn\'t get a carrier connection because of the baseband problem. The other thing is that the 06.15.00 is actually an iPad not an iPhone backdoor. Many people have lost their GPS as a result. So don\'t just dive into it willy nilly. What you want to do is unlock the carrier base band: http://jaxov.com/2011/03/how-to-upgrade-iphone-3gs-05-16-01-05-16-02-to-ipad-baseband-06-15-00/ http://jaxov.com/2011/05/how-to-unlock-iphone-3gs-baseband-05-16-01-05-16-02-on-ios-4-3-3/ If you want to jailbreak and preserve your original baseband: http://jaxov.com/2011/05/how-to-unlock-iphone-4-3gs-on-ios-4-3-3-using-ultrasn0w-1-2-3/ (or, you\'ve probably already done it *above*)
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jo-b - July 27, 2011 at 9:48am
I am on 4.2.1 with the 06.15.00 baseband. Actually I do not understand, if I could upgrade to 4.3.3 or 4.3.5 with a custom firmware, keeping my phone netlock free.
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PHANTOM - May 13, 2011 at 2:50pm
Hey. I really need help from experts. I bought an Iphone 4 which was used on AT&T and now I want to use it with another carrier. It has 4.1.0 software and 2.10.04 version. The question is: Is it possible to unlock mi phone jailbreaking it to 4.3.3 using the custom file of this tutorial. Thank you very much in advance.
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spc6 - May 12, 2011 at 11:41am
Hi, I used this method (pwnagetool-I have ultrasn0w and redsn0w is not compatible, or that is what I have heard, and custom IPSW) and it worked great on my 3gs, had 3.1.3, bb 5.12, updated to 4.3.3. I did update everything before I started, tiny umbrella, itunes, and used firefox (I have a mac) to download all files. I thought I had correctly updated my ultrasn0w (you must reboot by sliding switch or it is not updated) before starting but apparently had not so I lost my unlock. When I was all done I had a \"no service\", \"no network\" or 1 bar showing and could not connect to anything. I turned on wifi and connected to Cydia, downloaded ultrasn0w and my phone is great (knock on wood)!. During the above process I did get stuck on a couple of things, first when I went to put the phone in DFU mode I did not have it off so my computer opened itunes, I panicked and closed it and had to try the DFU mode again but the tutorial was great and gave me the option. Once I successfully had it in DFU mode (it tells you) I was prompted back to step 5, this is the first time I have tried this so I wasn\'t sure what to do, felt slightly panicky (I have read horror stories about some peoples experiences) but opened itunes on my own and everything from there out was textbook. I did get concerned when it seemed to me itunes asked twice about restoring , but once done my bb is still 5.12 and I am loving having the apps back that had updated to ios4 and above. Thanks so much to all that work so hard to make this happen! Hope this might help someone else...
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Jaybot - May 11, 2011 at 3:31pm
Trying to update jailbroken/ unlocked 4.2.1 to 4.3.3 and am getting a \"iphone is not eligible for the requested build\". Iphone 3gs, bootrom 05:13:04. I\'ve tried 4 times with the same result. Anyone out there have insight into this?
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Mohan - May 12, 2011 at 1:55am
1. May be you haven\'t saved the SHSH and not running the Tinyumbrella ? 2. 5.13.04 can not run with 4.3.3 unless its custom firmware. 3. You should create custom firmware with pwnagetool4.3.3
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Jaybot - May 12, 2011 at 2:27pm
Problem solved. I just redownloaded pwnage tool and 4.3.3 and I am now running 4.3.3 on t-mobile. Either my ios bundle was corrupted or I downloaded the wrong one like an idiot. Either way, hooray for ios 4.3.3! Now why didn\'t I think of that before?
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Mohan - May 9, 2011 at 4:07am
I have a 3gs with old bootrom (unlockable baseband 5.13) and tried to update to 4.3.3 custom firmware with Pwnagetool and resore it, but after it completes its getting to recovery mode (connect to itune) but with 4.3.2 custom firmware its working fine, With 4.3.3 its getting nowhere... Help me find if there is any issues with 4.3.3 custom upgrade ..?
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Iulian - May 9, 2011 at 11:44am
Have the same problem. Please help.
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Mohan - May 9, 2011 at 1:13pm
I could figure out the problem . So the tinyumbrella needs to be updated to latest version. Even though I had updated the tinyumbrella that did not save the 4.3.3 shsh , so it was not getting restored. Once that saved the 4.3.3 shsh and tried restoring the custom firmware, that worked.
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F92pola - May 3, 2011 at 5:39pm
Would be nice if every Jailbreak Tutorial as step 1 would have: \"First do a backup in iTunes\". I forgot to do just that, so after the (successful) jailbreak was finished - all gone. My bad, of course, but a little reminder wouldn\'t hurt.
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jBoz - May 3, 2011 at 3:57pm
At the very end when I click \"restore\" there isn\'t a browsing interface that opens to let me choose my custom ipsw, it just restores to factory defaults. I\'m completely sure that I\'ve done everything else correct. Why is this?
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hellinwtc - May 3, 2011 at 4:07pm
First you need to make sure you are in DFU mode and then open itune and there will be a pop up telling you that you are in DFU mode, if you don\'t have this pop up then you are not in DFU mode. After that if you are using Mac then you need to hold the Option key(for window hold Shift key) and click on restore so in that way you could be able to select you custom ipsw.
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Raff - May 3, 2011 at 11:00am
Not worky for 3GS, the JB will works but no network connection!
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jeibi - May 1, 2011 at 10:42am
will this retain the baseband of the 3gs phone? thanks!
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