How to Update Your 2G iPhone to 3.0 Without Losing Activation, Unlock
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Hi, I also unlocked using QuickPwn for windows. I'm running 2.2.1 and want to upgrade SO MUCH! But something with the dev team for QuickPwn means they've stopped developing QuickPwn so I was wondering whether I could upgrade to 3.0 and then unlock using redsn0w? would that work okay? has anyone else tried this? Thanks!

Hi peeps please kindly help me with my problem im really going crazy with my iphne i cant unlock my iphone tried ibricker, ziphone and liberty but its not working.... my iphne is 2g with 1.1.3 ver.....

I upgraded my unlocked 2G iPhone. Works fine except no YouTube. Also, the battery seems to die extremely fast when I am outside. No data plan but I think the phone is trying to connect all the time or something. Maybe I need to hack the apn settings?

you need to add your APN setting back again - same thing happened to me battery life got better but you have to turn off wifi

guys my iphone2g is also stuck in emergency screen i was trying to upgrade it from 2.2.1 ver to 3.0 then i think something was wrong and it didnt continue then it says that the phone will restore.. and now my phone in back to 1.3 ver. i dont know what to do please help....... ive been trying to jailbreak it but it says that the ipsw didnt match to me devide...i need an immediate response am going crazy over this.

hell no man; it's going emergency screen after hard reset. everything was good, until i did hard reset (home + power buttons). now i stuck in the emergency screen and i need to downgrade my iphone in the middle of the night.

I upgraded my iphone 2g to 3.0 and everything went well, until my battery drain 1/4 almost in 2 hours, when usually last up to 48 hours with wifi on, so I decide to downgrade back to 2.2.1, it took a many tries to get itunes to not report 1600 error and use pwned again, but work, i am wondering if any one has had a short battery life after upgrading????

I also have the crazy battery drain - less than 4 hours down to nothing. I will need to go back soon if no fix is on the horizon soon.

my battery life is short as well. i dont know why this is happening. this all happened after upgrade to 3.0

Damnit mate, learn to spell it, it's "lose" not "loose". One O, not 2! LOSE!!!

BE CAREFUL!!! I have (more precisely, used to have) a jailbroken and unlocked 2G iphone (using Pwnage Tool, to 2.2.1). I use a Mac, followed Vinay's instructions exactly on ihackintosh.com, updated (not restored) to 3.0 AND NOW MY PHONE IS BRICKED. And I can't downgrade back because I can't download iTunes 8.1 anymore (even oldapps.com doesnt have it, only 8.2). SO IF YOU HAVE A MAC, PLEASE BE MORE PATIENT THAN ME AND WAIT FOR THE NEW RELEASE FROM THE DEV TEAM!!!!

Samething happened to me, Does that mean my iphone 2G is completely useless now? or do I have to wait for the new PwnageTool via dev team. This sucks.

hopefully we just have to wait for the next Pwnage, which should be coming out any moment. Otherwise, its back to the stone age. i just wish i waited and didn't trust what Vinay wrote. I was suspicious to just update on iTunes without anything else, and my suspicions were unfortunately confirmed. But its my mistake

How can I see if I unlocked my 2G iphone with quickpwn or Pwnage? It has been a long time since I did it, and last time I jailbroke it with quickpwn, but I can't remember if I also unlocked it since is was already unlocked. I didn't jailbroke it since last update (2.2.1 I think) via iTunes.

Gw ikutin saran diberita ini dengan baik dan benar. Sekarang, iPhone 2G gw dah pake 3.0. Lebih cepet dan rasanya lebih enak dengan huruf yang sedikit lebih besar jadi enak dilihat kalo liat menu2 di iPhone (terutama SMS), dan betul adanya kalau fitur2 yang membutuhkan spec hardware yang baru, gak bisa dipake di 2G ini. WARNING: Battery jadi cepet abis.Silakan dicoba sendiri, asal siap tanggung resiko sebab semua jailbroken apps hilang!!! Following the warning, I successfully upgraded my 2G to OS 3.0. Seems like the battery drops too fast...!!!

I had Pwnage 2.2.,T-mobile and the upgrade right from Itunes - lost all Cydia and apps and can not connect to Youtube - all other functions work. Landscape mode is not but since all my Jailbroken apps are gone - I would wait for Pwnage 3.0 version

Same thing here...upgraded my 2g iPhone to 3.0 firmware (I had unlocked it with the Pwnage Tool). Everything works perfectly but I lost Cydia, Installer, Youtube and I can't access my TZones data via Edge (argh!). Oh well, no worries...at least I didn't get bricked.

I have a 2G that is unlocked and jailbroken with 2.2 on it now. I used Pwnage Tool to do the unlock/jailbroke. I am an AT&T customer, but do not want to pay the 20 bucks each month for the iPhone service. I am happy with just using the internet functions when I have wifi connection. If I go to itunes and upgrade to 3.0 will I have to then pay the $20.00 per month or will I still be unlocked and jailbroken?

Yeah, YouTube not working for me either.

My Youtube is not working after update, either MMS :-(

Yup same here, you tube cannot connect. Also, I can't see the MMS options in this OS 3.

Just upgraded (NOT RESTORED) iPhone 8GB 2G which was running OS 2.2 (Unlocked, Jailbroken and activated using PwnageTool) to 3.0. And it works.

but does the phone stay jailbroken? do the apps work?

Everything is fine except YouTube. I get the "cannot connect to YouTube" error.

so you're confirming this article is wrong? please say again: phone makes calls on T-Moble?

Hey guys! I updated my iphone from previous pwnd 2.2.1, and everything went fine, but after going around the new 3.0 I found out that youtube and google maps inst working, like some erros on some old firmwares a time ago (1.1.4) i am wondering if any one would know a solution, or if you knos if a restore could fixit and mantain my activation. I am using telcel, an official carrier! thanks for ur help!!

With this phone, only YouTube dosn't work. I get the "cannot connect to YouTube" error.

I just upgradet my 2g to firmware version 3.0 and it is working fine. After upgrading it asked to activate my phone and I did it without any error. The only problem is that my applications do not open (crash as soon as I open them), please help what should I do???

Can you tell me step by step, how I can update my Iphone 2G with mac? Thx a lot

The same thing is happening to me. After upgrading it asked to activate my phone and I did it without any error. The internet work fine so far, I have used you tube and safari. But i can't open any of the apps, they open and closes inmediately..... Help please!

is there anyway to unlock using a windows unlock tool? Not pwnage tool? I know i didnt use pwnage tool to unlock my phone cuz i dont own a mac. any other suggestions

Hey, so just a little heads up, don't be stupid like I was. I updated my iPhone, but before I had updated it, I had my apps in categories using the app Categories (I don't even know why 'cos I don't even like the app.) Anyways when my iPhone was done updating it booted and to my surprise (don' t ask me why I wsa surprised 'cos I shouldn't of been.) all the apps that had once been inside my categories were gone. Just like that. And also inside the dock using SB settings. Gone. And now my iPhone is not jailbroken so I can't access the root folder through iPhoneView. So I will be stuck restoring tonight. Which was what I was trying to avoid doing in the first place. So just a little head up, if your using categories and SB Settings dock for your apps ROMOVE THEM BEFORE UPDATING!!!! Oh and if anyone has any tips, please don't be shy:)

anyone have any ideas as to whether the new pwnage tools etc will be released today or..?

yay!!! same here. im now in 3.0... from my jailbreak/unlocked iphone 2g work just great! :)

did you lose all of your data and info?

i did a back up first. after all the restore and update.. i restore my back up. i have all my phonebook, phone calls history, calendar and SMS, photos. except songs and apps.

What if I used QuickPWN but have a AT&T SIM Card? Could I install the update and not lose the activation if I install it with the AT&T SIM Card in the phone? The SIM Card does not have a AT&T Account with it but has a phone number (the card has not been activated)

What about people using windows who jailbroke with winpwn. I dont think pwnage tool is available for windows. will it work after unlocking with winpwn?

winpwn hasn't been used with the iphone since like 2.0.1... so no, that won't work. just find an ipsw that was made with pwnage.

I have been using quickpwn and don't have a mac. Someone please walk me through it

since you don't have a mac, you only have two options. 1. download an ipsw that was made using pwnagetool on a mac for the iphone 2g that is unlocked & activated OR 2. find a friend that has a mac and pwn your phone with it.

Put my name on the success story. I have 2G phone with Fido which is not the official carrier at all for 2g phones. Downloaded the upgrade from Apple in iTunes 8.2. My phone was 2.2.1 done with Pwnage Tool. At first I got an error that I could not connect to the activation server, I turned off the wireless. Update went in as it always does. My phone works just fine. Then I had a message that there is an update for the carrier available but since the activation server is too busy that did not go in. All works though.

So... for those that have done it successfully... Is it worth it to be un-jailbroken again? i have a lot of stuff done to my iphone that I'm not sure I want to give up yet. (such as fontswap, winterboard, various other tweaks) But if it's completely awesome & worth it i'll do it.

Not really mate...No Video, MMS etc all the good stuff is in the S. Best thing about it is the Find my iPhone in mobileMe

in that case, i'll wait to upgrade until the jailbreak is out. Thanks for letting me know!

I have a LOCKED iPhone 2G running 2.2.1 at the moment. I want to unlock and upgrade to 3.0. Should I unlock using Pwnage and use the 2.2.1 firmware, or should I upgrade to 3.0 before unlocking and use the 3.0 firmware? Thanks for the help!

DEFINITELY want to unlock & jailbreak using 2.2.1 first, because currently there is no unlock & jailbreak available to the public.

for 3.0 i mean

Okay, thanks Cory! And do I have to do anything special to upgrade to 3.0 after the unlock?

as long as you unlocked & activated with pwnage, you should be fine to update normally. but obviously you would lose your jalbreak.

that is correct. you can unlock but not jailbreak... :)

that's great, thank you so much for your help!

How do you find the PwangTool thing? I have a unlock jailbroken iphon and i want to upgrade to the new 3.0 but the article says it has to be jailborken by PwangTool to keep activation where the hell is the pwangtool for windows?

Try here : http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/74278878/close-the-stable-door

Pwnage Tool is Mac only you'll have to find & download a custom firmware made specifically for the 2G with PwnageTool somewhere online.

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP. Okay, I have an unlocked 2G Iphone with T-Mobile. What should I do upgrade to 3.0. I unlocked it using QuickPwn on Windows. I recently bought a Mac though. What do you guys suggest. Should I wait?

if you've GOTTA HAVE IT, then download a custom firmware (or make one, since you have a mac) and pwn your iphone again using pwnage tool & update. you wont lose your unlock or activation that way.

I have the same situation. Could you let me know if you find anything out?

My 2G worked fine, gotta take chances in this life

yay!!! same here. im now in 3.0... from my jailbreak/unlocked iphone 2g

Hmmm, now i have done my phone ok, i tried my wife's 2G but it says verifying her phone, then it looks like it's going to do it then i get an error telling me that itunes can't connect to the activation server.

yea the same thing is happening with my 2g phone. wtf

I have the same problem. I have an activated and unlocked iPhone 2G (using Pwnage tool). When I try to update to 3.0 it states that it cannot connect to the activation center, try again later. :(

were you jailbroken with Quickpwn or Pwnage?

I used Pwnage. Is this an Apple problem. My iPhone is working fine on 2.2.1 (activated and unlocked).

I´m also having the activation server problem, maybe because every one is like us trying to update the server went down, I have a 2g iphone 2.2.1.jailbroken with the pwned tool

Turn off the wireless on the laptop or start the update and just as it begins turn off the wireless. keep trying

can u jailbreak 3.0 or only unlock?

i dont suppose someone could clarify exactly the differences between 'activation', 'unlock', 'jailbreak'.. my brain has jus mashed them into a big ball of wtf

activation: being able to use your iphone, period. itunes makes you activate your phone before you can use it. quickpwn & pwnage allow you to bypass activation if you are not on an official carrier, such as t-mobile us. unlock: being able to use another carrier's sim card in your iphone. say i bought an iphone in the us & want to use it on t-mo us, then i would have to unlock it in order to get a signal. jailbreak: allowing yourself access to the iphones file system, which allows you to install 3rd party apps that AREN'T in the app store & make tweaks and fixes to get your phone how you like it.

thanks for that, really appreciate it

What if I used QuickPWN but have a AT&T SIM Card? Could I install the update and not lose the activation if I install it with the AT&T SIM Car in the phone? The SIM Card does not have a AT&T Account with it but has a phone number (the card has not been activated)

does it solve the youtube and location service problems?

Yes. I visited TUAW to see if any news of a new Pwnage was out. I am not on an official carrier. I suspect many of my CYDIA mods will be updated also in the next 24 hours to make my unofficial carrier work with the revised jailbreak for OS 3.0

How do we confirm if we have an official carrier? I am based in the UK (o2) but my carrier is Orange (which I think are used by French iPhones)

QuickPwn user can also retain their unlock but they have to do a little work by downgrading to firmware 2.0.2 then unlock with QuickPwn RC3. Once your iPhone get unlocked on firmware 2.0.2 simply do a update to 3.0 Voila activation remains but there will be no jailbreak. Tested and worked on my iPhone 2G QuickPwned

Does anybody know if I have already unlocked my 2G with ZIphone and now I cannot recieve calls, but I can Call out? Can I use Qwickpwn to unlock my phone and still salvage my activation?

Well i have just updated my 2G via iTunes, everything works ok.. Yippee

what were you using previously? were/are you jailbroken/activated/unlocked?

I think it was the PwnageTool

I am also on 2G iPhone, previously jailbroken, activated and unlocked. I have just allowed iTunes (Mac OS) to update. I have obviously lost the JB, but the phone is activated and unlocked and allows me to make and receive calls, and finally to forward SMS! Yippee. BUT... I can't use YouTube

Hey, so just a little heads up, don't be stupid like I was. I updated my iPhone, but before I had updated it, I had my apps in categories using the app Categories (I don't even know why 'cos I don't even like the app.) Anyways when my iPhone was done updating it booted and to my surprise (don' t ask me why I wsa surprised 'cos I shouldn't of been.) all the apps that had once been inside my categories were gone. Just like that. And also inside the dock using SB settings. Gone. And now my iPhone is not jailbroken so I can't access the root folder through iPhoneView. So I will be stuck restoring tonight. Which was what I was trying to avoid doing in the first place. So just a little head up, if your using categories and SB Settings dock for your apps ROMOVE THEM BEFORE UPDATING!!!! Oh and if anyone has any tips, please don't be shy:)