I want to let you know that I was finally able to jailbreak and unlock my iPhone using PwnageTool on a first generation iPhone. I have learned a lot in the process. One of them is that everyone offering guidance on the Internet is well-meaning. I even paid for a service and when it didn't work the seller quickly refunded my money and pointed me to other places where I could get help.

I also have learned that communication on these sites need some improvement. Following instructions, there are always ambiguities that could lead to confusion and possibly doing the wrong thing.

Best of luck to all of you.

Farzad

After trying all the instructions here I finally decided to pay the $19.95 and use a paid service thinking it would be different. It is not. It is exactly the same thing as you see here. redsn0w, this other restore file, all with various versions, and then we are back to waiting for the thing to reboot. Do not pay the $19.95. People are getting rich off people like us. And help from these people is nowhere to be found. They are making their money off the hits they get on their website and the adds they get paid for.

1)Power the 3G off while it is connected to Mac. 2) Press Next 3) Hold the power button for three seconds 3) Hold (additionally) the Home button for 10 seconds (3G starts to reboot, and then it goes back down) 4) Release the power button and keep Home button down as the 30-second countdown starts. Within about 10 seconds some quick things take place in the dialogs and the dialog goes to "waiting for a reboot." Nothing happens after that to the 3G or the dialogs. Everything keeps waiting.

I have done this several times and have gotten it down, I think, pretty well.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Farzad

If someone could help me it would be much appreciated - I feel like i have tried every "solution" i have found in multiple forums and i am still stuck...

I have tried: 1. unplugging and replugging USB 2. restarting computer before jailbreaking and after downloading firmware 3. rebooting manually 4. running redsn0w while it is already in DFU mode 5. trying it at least 20 times 6. waiting a long time for it to re-boot each time, hoping it would begin

I am using: - iphone 3g (32 gb) - redsn0w 0.9.6 - Firmware 4.1 - iphone is locked bc i dont have a sim - Mac OSX 10.6.3 - itunes 10

So technically it looks like i should be good to go - i dont understand! I have jailbroken before but it was on my old macbook and i used blackra1n.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Thank you! Tracy

any reason

ps i amtrying to unlock my iphone for tmobile and i kinda need it soon pleas help me

You have to reboot it manually, IN DFU-MODE!! That means, wait some time (i did that just to be sure, 5 minutes or so) and do the process you know from the earlier steps:

-hold down the power-button for 3 sec -continue holding it and hold down the home-button additionally, until the apple-logo appears -release the power-button while holding the home button.

by now redsn0w should continue its work - everything went fine with me now! right now it says "DONE"! IM SO HAPPY!!!

Please and thank you!!

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Also, I wanted to try downgrading my iPod back to 3.1.1. Just how do I do that.

I got right to the end of the process, and itunes tries to restore .... but after some minutes comes with the message 'The iphone could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1604)

I want to unlock the phone from at&t so i can use another sim, but i have to jailbreak first - and now it's stuck in recovery mode ??

What to do ? Please help !!!

http://tinyurl.com/n2jblu

http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-6580.20090617.XsP76/iPhone1,13.07A341_Restore.ipsw

The other links I found here were not working. Good luck.

I've tried everything, It will not get past 'waiting to reboot' can anyone pleeeease help? Pleeeeeeese

1. Download all available updates to MacOS and install them.
2. Use Redsno0w 0.72 instead of 0.8
3. Wait for 10-15 minutes even if Redsn0w 0.72 says it is Done.

That worked for me.

Find 0.72 here: http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/06/23/jailbreak-iphone-30-mac-os-redsn0w-edition/

"I am not a tech head by any means, but I found a solution.

Twice, I got the redsn0w to the reboot screen and it hung. I did all of the earlier steps correctly.

However I noticed iTunes was not on. I switched on iTunes, disconnected the iPhone (and also ignored all of the iTunes error messages about restoring my iPhone).

I then took out the USB and stuck it in a different slot.

Just like magic, the reboot started again and it worked perfectly. a few more mins and I now have a working iphone using my blackberry sim card. "

thanks!!

• Update to 10.5.8

• After restoring to 3.0.1, disconnect the phone from iTunes without setting up or applying a backup, then run redsn0w.

• At the "waiting for reboot" message, disconnect the dock plug and wait until the screen turns white. This is only a couple of seconds, but if you reconnect too early, your phone will be stuck and you'll have to start all over again.

• Once redsn0w has done its damage, launch iTunes, restore, then sync.

1. Upgrade MacOS to 10.5.8
2. When it says "waiting to reboot" unplug the plug from the bottom of your iphone and plug it back in.
3. Your phone will go to "Downloading jailbreak data" for several minutes just wait like 10-15 minutes.

DONE

When it says waiting for reboot, start to reset your iPod by holding power and home until the apple logo comes up.

Release power, and hold home until it enters DFU mode and it and VOILA it should continue from there.

WARNING: DO NOT LET IT START ALL THE WAY! BOOT RIGHT INTO DFU MODE!

(although for me it got stuck after that somewhere else)

P.S. May not work for everybody

THANK YOU!!

e.g.:

Original iPhone: http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-6580.20090617.XsP76/iPhone1,13.07A341_Restore.ipsw

iPhone 3G: http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-6578.20090617.VfgtU/iPhone1,23.07A341_Restore.ipsw

iPhone 3GS: http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-6582.20090617.LlI87/iPhone2,13.07A341_Restore.ipsw

I tried for ages to get past the hang at waiting for reboot using the ipsw linked to at the top of this page, but to no avail! Anyone with a 3GS that did the same, your answer may be here: http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/ Go and grab the right ipsw—if you’ve already upgraded to 3.0.1 remember you still have to point redsn0w to the 3.0 ipsw, so grab that one—bang it in and follow the instructions and it should work like a charm.

This has the added bonus of having an extremely simplified way of getting into DFU mode, so you won’t have to worry about getting your timing wrong. Instructions are all in the program.

Macbook Pro, 10.5.8.... was stuck, tried allsorts, your solution worked perfect.... simply yanked the usb out and plugged it straight bk in!! and presto!! was suffering all night with that bloody problem CHEERS

"WAITING FOR REBOOT" PROBLEM ON MAC SOLVED.

This does work and it works because when you unplug the cable then plug it back in it forces the iphone to reboot i don't know why the macbooks and macbook pro's are having this problem

steinramm Says: July 11th, 2009 at 10:55 pm I’ve been stuck for a 30mins. During “Waiting for reboot” i pugged off the connector and plug in after one second. It works now! I hope this will be helpful to someone!