How to Unlock/Jailbreak Your iPhone 2G on OS 3.0.x Using RedSn0w (Mac)
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I have a iPhone 2G with a non working power/sleep/hold button, the one on the top and I want to jailbreak/unlock it with Pwange Tool 3.1.4, but how can I put it into DFU mode with out using that button? Pwange Tool 3.1.4 requires to put in DFU mode, I am open to use another program like Redsnow too have both Mac and PC... .

Thank you very much guys!! It worked perfectly!! Many Thanks! :D

i was waiting for my ipod to reboot... like in the last few instructions. In the part t said jail breaking device- and waiting for reboot. it takes a long time... i guess it's over 5 minutes and around...what do i do now? i cannot even turn it on by pressing the button... i tried it O.o please reply to help me :) any replay that helps would end up with a thank you from me XD

i waited for a long time! and it still hasnt rebooted and wouldnt turn on! please help!

I too am stuck at the "Waiting for reboot" part.

does it work with itunes 9????

IT WONT FINGD MY IHPONE AFTER I PUT IT INTO DFU MODE

i follow this guide exactly and everything works but when i put in a sim card it says no service? can anyone help me ive been trying to do this for a week now..

The URL for BL-36.bin doesn't work ... have anyone mirror for this? Thanks!

my friend gave me his 2g iphone which he accidently updated to 3.0.1 (not sure if 3.0 or 3.0.1 but its one of those 2) and well my question is when i connect the iphone to the computer itunes wont even let me get to step 2 (restoring part). its ask me to register the phone and so on. So how do i even get to step 2?? any help is much appreciated. thanks

i have updated my 2g from 1.1.4. to 3.0.1 everything worked all right till i checked the app for cydia. after this the phone went black and the apple appeared. after the battery went flat nothing is working any more. can anybody help ?

Trying to update 2g to 3.0.1 but at step 6 I get "Unable to recognize specified IPSW". I am able to successfully update to 3.0 though. All were downloaded using Firefox on mac. What's up with 3.0.1? In any event, thanks iclarified for these tutes!

The instructions state to follow the rest of the guide as indicated; which roughly means you restore in iTunes using 3.0.1 (iPhone1,1_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw) but then when RedSn0w asks for the IPSW to verify, browse to the 3.0.0 IPSW file (iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw). Hope this helps!

BL 3.9 - link is not working, can u recheck that. Is it possible to jailbreak/unlock iphone 3gs 3.0.1 .

I have the IPhone 3GS with 3.0.1 firmware, when i tried to restore the phone using "iPhone1,1_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw" it gave me an error message that said "the IPhone... could not be restored because the firmware file is not compatible" Any ideas??? Please???

read the tut! this is for a iPhone 2g not and iPhone 3g like you say u have. duh..

Thanks For the Info it worked great for my iphone 2g I'll be sure to return to this site for any other information needs. Keep up the good work!

Hello, my 2G was succesfully upgraded to 3.0.1. the only problem is phone call sound became vibrate only. No ringtone. How can I solve it? thanx

These tutorials I find seem to only work for the *iPhones* and not the iPod Touch as claimed to do? Would like to hear from an iPod Touch 2G owner that got theirs to work. No matter which firmware version I tried after all the suggestions across the 'net, it never worked with my iPod Touch 2G (v.3.0). Hangs on the "reboot" message every time. Bah. Not worth the hassle...

I had the same problem, but it works with the 0.7 redsnow

getting everything but no internet...error says i am not connected to a cellular data service.....but I am. i use sim with my samsung eternity for internet on att....HELP.....IVE RAN THIS PROGRAM 5 TIMES.

Not happy here. After running all my Apple app icons disappeared including the ones in the dock. Stick to PWNAGE.

My iphone is now on DFU mode and its "waiting to reboot". How long should this normaly take? Mine is stuck here for like 5 minutes.What do i do?

in case your iPhone does not reboot in some 20 secs you have to unplug from the USB cable and immediately plug it in again: this trick did work for me.

Its not working, Its still stuck. :S I removed it from the usb for 1 second, and plugged it back again.

do not worry.....go back again and redo the whole procedure from the beginning (iPhone in DFU, update the firmware to the 3.0 and go through the redsn0w 0.8 again)...the second time did work for me

As faxao said - unplugging from the USB then immediately plugging it back in worked for me as well. Whew! I was worried there for a second!!! Thanks faxao!

Same thing here. After redsn0w got stucked with "Rebooting" iPhone 2G, a quick disconnect and reconnect of the USB cable did the job :-) Ufff...

unplug your usb cable from the mac and then plug back in. that should reinitiate the boot process.

I got stuck too at "Waiting for reboot." Taking it out of the dock and then right back in got it moving fine.

When i choose the firmware, It says "Unable to recognize specified ipsw" HELP!

download again the appropriate firmware and check that the file has got the .ipsw format (use explorer or firefox browser not safari).....it should work

It worked like a charm on my iPhone 2G fw 1.1.4 upgraded to 3.0. The only problem I had was related to the reboot of the phone during the redsn0w procedure. I had to detach and reattach immediately the phone from the USB cable (connected to my Mac) and this did the trick ! Thanks

Unplugging and plugging back in at reboot worked!

ok, I did the unlock through redsnow and I can make calls but why can't I access the web? It says I don't have a cellular data service. I have the following in my network settings: idata.o2.co.uk username: vertigo the password is hidden but I'm sure this is what it had before so how come it's not working? I'm with O2 (carphone warehouse) but I just have a sim through them and I got the iphone from my brother who unlocked it for me. any suggestions as to how I can get my internet access back - I pay monthly (contract) and have internet as free with the deal I manage to get.

ok - got it. if you don't have an iphone internet tariff then you have to change the idata.02.co.uk to mobile.o2.co.uk works now. phew... only took several hours to update to v3.0, lol :-)

When I download the iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw.zip file, and then I click it to expand it, it simply restores the archive to a folder with the name iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw which is no good, as iTunes will not recognise this. It's a regular folder, not a cool little lego piece like in the pics above. PLEASE help. How do I do this?? Thanks!

I had same problem, just delete the .zip at the end and it automatically turns into the "lego" icon

Amazing. Moved from firmware 1.4, iphone 1st generation to this firmware 3.0. The speed and reactivity of the phone has greatly increased. No problem processing different steps, thanks to dev-team and iclarified for the tutorial. As said above, use firefox as it does not auto uncompress ipsw files.

Do I wait til after jailbreaking/unlocking to install my sim card?

It actually does not matter whether your SIM card is inside the iPhone or not in order to jailbreak/unlock it. I ran through the redsn0w 0.8 procedure with the SIM inside (iPhone 2G) and it worked out well.

hi everybody, can redsnow be used with ppc now ? any problem to upgrade 2g iphone with fw 1.1.4 direct ? who can help ? thanx

DON'T use USB-Hubs... wont boot your iPhone!

thanks for that! I've recently had my imac fixed and hadn't realised that I'd plugged my dock in to a usb hub. I've been trying to unlock my phone now for over a day!!! couldn't find out why until I just saw your post! phew... thank you very much!

For the people who get stuck at the black screen to reboot. Just take out the usb cable, restart the ipod (as you normally would) and immediately put back the usb cable... I just did that almost all those things in a second... at least as quick as possible, and it restarted fine and is now installing everything. Just so you know. I never really like these comments where everybody is saying how simple it all was and how intelligent they are without even helping some other people... Just my 2 pence. Laters guys!

You made my day ! The trick did work perfectly after many attempts that were ending with the black screen in the middle of the redsn0w 0.8 procedure....now my great iPhone 2G is enjoying his new youth with the 3.0 firmware !! Thanks for the precious hint !

Anyone able to point me to a tutorial for upgrading my unlocked/jailbroken 2G iphone to OS 3.0. Any comments on your successes welcome too. I believe I understood that all that was necessary was to use the update in iTunes since the baseband was not updated. Holding out for more information. Thanks in advance Yancey

Thaaaaaank you, very very much!...

Excellent tut. Now have an iPhone 2G on the Virgin network-cheers.

Perfect! I had upgraded my pwnage iPhone 2G to 3.0 but youTube didn't work so I did this tutorial to reset the 3.0 and apply redsn0w. Works great!

I can't seem to download the redsn0w file (it doesnt end in .zip) and both bootloaders in the first step... help? Thanks

I managed to upgrade my 2G iphone to 3.0 without any problem. However, although I have the edge icon on the top I cannot go online. Did anyone else encounter this problem? Could you please help me solve it. Thanks in advance.

Dev-Team is the best. It was a piece of cake to upgrade my 2G iphone on 3G software. Thanks a lot guys!!!!

Worked great - but be aware of the Safari "feature" of unpacking the contents automatically. Use Firefox or the file from the trash bin. Then it is absolutely fail-safe. Thanks to everybody doing this for us :-)

If i update my iPhone 2G to 3.0 software, can i restore my sms messages to d new version or does it get back to the factory settings??

I tried doing the process but there was an error when restoring the iphone....help anyone?

make sure you have the latest MAC OSX update installed (10.5.7) that will fix all problems you may encounter

Does anyone know what happens if you upgrade to 3.0 a 2G iPhone that has been unlocked/jailbroken with iLiberty+? Will redsn0w work in this iPhone? Thanks

yes. Everything can be broken from redsnow

well...THANKS dev.team and iclarified crew! did the whole process successfully - only one problem: why are the new apps except voice memo not on my phone now? no video, no compass, no compass or horizontal keyboard...

it happens to me too... i want the MMS function badly!

pretty sure those other apps (video, compass) are only available on the iPhone 3Gs... MMS function: https://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4370

one question: for those like me who are with tmobile and have been using an unlocked/jailbroken iphone 2.2.1 for a while now, will the upgrade delete the apps or contacts or calendar appointments?

Just syn with itunes first and all will be OK

weird, I updated my 2G iphone, previously unlocked with pwnage tool on version 2 and it worked directly after the itunes update, I didn't need to use RedSn0w...

I did the same thing but YouTube doesn't work. Does yours?

hi even i did the same thing and it worked except for youtube, did u find a solution for it? also can v install cydia n installer now?