Hi everyone. I have a problem with my co-worker's iPhone. I have upgraded it to 3.0 (apple official) because this hacking website told me to, and then to use PwnageTool to create a custom firmware file. Now, after trying to bypass the numerous errors iTunes gave me (those that get fixed with a different cable, USB port, etc.), when I turn the phone on, it never exits the booting process (you know, the one where you get the apple logo until you can see the home screen).

How can I restore/hack/anything else the iPhone (which is the original iPhone, not 3G or 3GS) so that it boots and works correctly? btw I work on an Intel-based Mac, for those of you that might need the info.

Thanks in advance!

Originally Posted by Reznicek

Hi everyone. I have a problem with my co-worker's iPhone. I have upgraded it to 3.0 (apple official) because this hacking website told me to, and then to use PwnageTool to create a custom firmware file. Now, after trying to bypass the numerous errors iTunes gave me (those that get fixed with a different cable, USB port, etc.), when I turn the phone on, it never exits the booting process (you know, the one where you get the apple logo until you can see the home screen).

How can I restore/hack/anything else the iPhone (which is the original iPhone, not 3G or 3GS) so that it boots and works correctly? btw I work on an Intel-based Mac, for those of you that might need the info.

Grab a copy of iRecovery and try and connect to the iPhone while it is in recovery mode. This is steps 7-12 of the following procedure

Downgrade iPhone 3GS 3.1 to 3.0 (iPhone OS 3.1 to 3.0 Firmware)

If this does not work, post the output from iRecovery here in this thread as this might help explain why you get the problem you have.

Hey Olethros. I downloaded the iRecovery, it's on my desktop, and I started the terminal and tried to run iRecovery. What's in green are my commands.

Last login: Tue Dec 8 08:25:42 on ttys000
Kevins-MacBook-Pro:~kevin$ cd Desktop
Kevins-MacBook-Pro: Desktop kevin$ ./iRecovery -s
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libusb-0.1.4.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/kevin/Desktop/./iRecovery
Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap
Kevins-MacBook-Pro: Desktop kevin$

What does this mean? How do I fix it?

P.S. I had to put a space before each "Desktop" because it would end up with a smiley like this one:
Thanks

Originally Posted by Reznicek

Hey Olethros. I downloaded the iRecovery, it's on my desktop, and I started the terminal and tried to run iRecovery. What's in green are my commands.

Last login: Tue Dec 8 08:25:42 on ttys000
Kevins-MacBook-Pro:~kevin$ cd Desktop
Kevins-MacBook-Pro: Desktop kevin$ ./iRecovery -s
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libusb-0.1.4.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/kevin/Desktop/./iRecovery
Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap
Kevins-MacBook-Pro: Desktop kevin$

What does this mean? How do I fix it?

P.S. I had to put a space before each "Desktop" because it would end up with a smiley like this one:
Thanks

You need to copy libusb-0.1.4.dylib to /usr/local/lib/

iRecovery is compiled to expect that file is located there. I believe this file is included in your download.

Ok, I ran the program, it opened well, but once I typed fsboot, nothing happened. It just gave me the (Recovery) iPhone$ little message again. If I type it again, same thing. What's the fix?

No /usr is not the same as /Users

the file needs to be moved to the location specified.

Ok. Now I moved the file to exactly Macintosh HD/Developer/usr/lib/libusb-0.1.4.dylib

Developer is the only folder I could find with /usr/ in it. Would another /usr/ (maybe he correct one) be somewhere else?

Here were my results from the Terminal

Kevins-MacBook-Pro:~ kevin$ cd Desktop
Kevins-MacBook-Pro: Desktop kevin$ ./iRecovery -s
iRecovery - Recovery Utility for 0x1281 and WTF.
by wEsTbAeR-- and Tom3q

Got USB


=======================================
::
:: iBoot for m68ap, Copyright 2009, Apple Inc.
::
:: BUILD_TAG: iBoot-636.66
::
:: BUILD_STYLE: RELEASE
::
:: USB_SERIAL_NUMBER: CPID:8900 CPRV:20 CPFM:03 SCEP:05 BDID:00 ECID:000003B628102D0D IBFL:01 SRNM:[7T738X38WH8]
::
=======================================

[FTL:MSG] Apple NAND Driver (AND) RO
[NAND] Device ID 0x2555d5ec
[NAND] BANKS_TOTAL 4
[NAND] BLOCKS_PER_BANK 8192
[NAND] PAGES_PER_BANK 1048576
[NAND] SECTORS_PER_PAGE 4
[NAND] BYTES_PER_SPARE 64
[FTL:MSG] FIL_Init [OK]
[FTL:MSG] BUF_Init [OK]
[FTL:MSG] FPart Init [OK]
read old style signature 0x43303035 (line:371)
[FTL:MSG] VFL Register [OK]
[FTL:MSG] VFL Init [OK]
[FTL:MSG] VFL_Open [OK]
[FTL:MSG] FTL Register [OK]
[FTL:MSG] FTL_Open [OK]
Boot Failure Count: 1 Panic Fail Count: 0
Entering recovery mode, starting command prompt
(Recovery) iPhone$ fsboot
(Recovery) iPhone$ Fsboot
(Recovery) iPhone$


The iPhone won't boot. Stubborn, huh?

Originally Posted by Reznicek

Ok. Now I moved the file to exactly Macintosh HD/Developer/usr/lib/libusb-0.1.4.dylib

Developer is the only folder I could find with /usr/ in it. Would another /usr/ (maybe he correct one) be somewhere else?

Here were my results from the Terminal

Kevins-MacBook-Pro:~ kevin$ cd Desktop
Kevins-MacBook-Pro: Desktop kevin$ ./iRecovery -s
iRecovery - Recovery Utility for 0x1281 and WTF.
by wEsTbAeR-- and Tom3q

Got USB


=======================================
::
:: iBoot for m68ap, Copyright 2009, Apple Inc.
::
:: BUILD_TAG: iBoot-636.66
::
:: BUILD_STYLE: RELEASE
::
:: USB_SERIAL_NUMBER: CPID:8900 CPRV:20 CPFM:03 SCEP:05 BDID:00 ECID:000003B628102D0D IBFL:01 SRNM:[7T738X38WH8]
::
=======================================

[FTL:MSG] Apple NAND Driver (AND) RO
[NAND] Device ID 0x2555d5ec
[NAND] BANKS_TOTAL 4
[NAND] BLOCKS_PER_BANK 8192
[NAND] PAGES_PER_BANK 1048576
[NAND] SECTORS_PER_PAGE 4
[NAND] BYTES_PER_SPARE 64
[FTL:MSG] FIL_Init [OK]
[FTL:MSG] BUF_Init [OK]
[FTL:MSG] FPart Init [OK]
read old style signature 0x43303035 (line:371)
[FTL:MSG] VFL Register [OK]
[FTL:MSG] VFL Init [OK]
[FTL:MSG] VFL_Open [OK]
[FTL:MSG] FTL Register [OK]
[FTL:MSG] FTL_Open [OK]
Boot Failure Count: 1 Panic Fail Count: 0
Entering recovery mode, starting command prompt
(Recovery) iPhone$ fsboot
(Recovery) iPhone$ Fsboot
(Recovery) iPhone$


The iPhone won't boot. Stubborn, huh?

The iRecovery log looks fine
/Developer is not really the right place.. There are some directories that are hidden from the finder. This includes /usr/ you should have used the terminal and the mv command to move the file there.

Try the following in iRecovery.

Code:

setenv auto-boot true
saveenv
/exit

Hi friend, my iphone is stuck in apple white.... I used irecovery program... when I enter appears the following menssage with error
...........
read only style signature 0x43303035 (line 371)
.........
boot failure count: 15 Panic Fail count:1
..........

After I used the following commands:
setenv auto-boot true
saveenv
fsboot
reboot
/exit

But nothing happens

Does someone knows how I can restore all bios, boot from zero....? or a intelligent solution???