Hello ladies and gents. I will try to be as accurate and complete as I can for those of you looking for information regarding how to Jailbreak and Unlock your iPhone 3G/3GS. I will also explain further in parenthesis what the Dev-Team is trying to state.

First of all lets go through what is required as per Dev-Team so you do not 'brick" your iPhone or get an error code. As per the Dev-Team:

"PwnageTool 4.0 only recognizes the official IPSWs that came out yesterday. (Official IPSW is the 4.0 update you can download from iTunes)

If you had developer access to the “4.0 GM” IPSWs, do not try to use those.



iPhone 3GS

Summary: Currently, PwnageTool only works on previously jailbroken 3GS devices with the old bootrom. (OLD BOOT ROM is iPhone 3GS with Serial Number that is lower than xx940. You can find this on your iPhone>Settings>About>Serial Number. If your BOOTROM is below week 40 of 2009 which you can tell by looking at the 3rd, 4th and 5th digit then this Jailbreak/Unlock will work for you

* If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3GS with the OLD BOOTROM and you DID NOT use Spirit to jailbreak then you can create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore with your jailbroken recovery mode.
* If you have an iPhone 3GS with the NEW BOOTROM this is NOT supported by PwnageTool 4.0


iPhone 3G

* If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3G at 3.1.2 (but not jailbroken with Spirit) then you should create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore from recovery mode or DFU mode.
* If you have an out of the box iPhone 3G you should restore using a PwnageTool 4.0 ipsw using DFU mode.
* If you have a Jailbroken 3.1.3 iPhone 3G it is very possible that this can fail from recovery mode, if this failure happens you will need to restore using DFU mode.
* As an alternative to PwnageTool, you can use redsn0w on iPhone 3G (on both Windows and Mac) as mentioned in our last post.

Basically if you have jailbroken with Spirit then do not use this Jailbreak/Unlock method!


Some basic terminology:

a) Jailbreak - To enable third party software to be installed on to your iPhone
b) Unlock/Activate - To enable different carriers around the world with SIM cards to work on your iPhone (Without Jailbreaking your iPhone first, you will not be able to Unlock/Activate your iPhone)
c) PwnageTool - Jailbreaks your iPhone
d) ultran0w - Unlocks your iPhone
e) Bootrom - Your iPhone Device Serial Number and Model Number
f) IPSW - The Extension of your iPhone Firmware Software upgrade (ex. iPhone2,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw)
g) DFU/Recovery Mode - How to put your iPhone in to DFU/Recovery mode: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034




Here are the steps:

1. Connect your iPhone 3G/3GS to iTunes via USB cable to your Mac and download OS4 but do not install or update your iPhone via iTunes!.
Disconnect your iPhone 3G/3GS until the download is complete from iTunes.

2. Reconnect your iPhone 3G/3GS via USB Cable to your Mac once the download is complete and put your iPhone in to recovery mode.

3. Downloaded Pwnagetool from the dev-team website on your mac:
Dev-Team Blog - foursome news
unofficial mirror: http://www.blogiphone.fr/PwnageTool_4.01.dmg

4. Extract the .dmg file and save it on your desktop

5. Followed the instructions on Pwnagetool application, best to choose Simple Mode. Click your platform [iPhone 3G/3GS] image. Click continue [The right arrow button]

6. Pwnagetool will automatically locate the iOS4.0 ipsw you downloaded from iTunes and create a custom firmware.

This will take about 40-45 mins for the custom firmware to be completed. Try not to do excessive computer task during this process and do not let your computer go to sleep or turn off. Just leave your computer alone for these crucial minutes.

7. After the custom firmware is completed, you can exit out of Pwnagetool. Turn your iPhone off by holding down the power button on top and Slide to turn off.

8. With your iPhone connected to your Mac and with your iTunes open, now you will have to get in to recovery mode. Hold both the Power and Home button at the same time and let go of the power button while holding on to the home button after 5 seconds.

9. On your iTunes it should say in Recovery mode, Press and hold "Option" on your keyboard and with your mouse click the restore button, open the custom firmware you've just created should be located on your desktop and let iTunes do the rest.

10. Once OS4 is successfully installed, go to settings and change AUTO Lock to NEVER and turn off 3G and connect to wifi network. Now click Cydia, might take a couple of tries to open cydia and click search and search for 'ultrasn0w' and install the unlock.
(If you are unable to find ultrasn0w in the search, then click MANAGE>SOURCES>EDIT>ADD>http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com and press ADD SOURCE. Once done, let Cydia finish reloading and then tap Search and search for ultrasn0w and tap install.)

11. Restart your iPhone 3G/3GS and you should be all set










Setting up Cellular Data/MMS/Tethering for T-Mobile:

Settings>General>Network>Cellular Data Network









Cellular Data
APN: epc.tmobile.com
Username:
Password:

MMS
APN: wap.voicestream.com
Username:
Password:
MMSC: http://216.155.174.84/servlets/mms
MMS Proxy: 216.155.165.50:8080
MMS UA Prof URL:

Internet Tethering:
APN: epc.tmobile.com
Username:
Password:







iPhone 3GS [OLD BOOTROM] > iOS4.0 Custom Firmware by PWNAGETOOL > Unlock by ultrasn0w.

Got questions? Ask me or PM me!


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Worked for me, Awesome and thanks! I am not getting any PUSH notifications, why?

Thanks for the "BOOT ROM" clarification mate.

is it just me or is the PwnageTool doesn't allow me to tick "re-enable features"?! my 3GS is now working but without multitasking..

I guess this tick will work for 3Gs once the Dev team has put support into it. Multitasking is working, I had some troubles with that yesterday as well. Remembers, press the home button fast TWICE, to open the multitasking menu.

Originally Posted by Boiling Ice

Thanks for the "BOOT ROM" clarification mate.

is it just me or is the PwnageTool doesn't allow me to tick "re-enable features"?! my 3GS is now working but without multitasking..

I thought I had this problem also, but it was because i had enabled winterboard, which does not appear to support iphone os4 yet. Once i had disabled winterboard multitasking started to work again

DO NOT install any apps from Cydia. They are not compatible with iOS4 and it will crash your iPhone.

Multitasking can be done if you press the home screen twice very fast.

Creating folders can be done if you drag and drop one App in to another.

There seems to be some issues with PUSH Notifications and YouTube connecting using Dev-Team's PwnageTool 4.0.1 or when unlocking with ultrasn0w.

Currently there are just a handful of Apps from the App store that works well with multi-tasking. Update your apps from iTunes App store periodically.

i currently have a 3GS running 3.1.2 with the old bootrom. if i use this process to upgrade to 4.0 will it upgrade my bootrom as well?

Do you know if theyre working on anything for the mc model??

Originally Posted by bmw

iPhone 3GS

Summary: Currently, PwnageTool only works on previously jailbroken 3GS devices with the old bootrom. (OLD BOOT ROM is iPhone 3GS with Serial Number that is lower than 40. You can find this on your iPhone>Settings>About>Serial Number. If your BOOTROM is below 40 which you can tell by looking at the 4th and 5th digit then this Jailbreak/Unlock will work for you, Furthermore also notice the Model# If your model# says MC or anything above that then this Jailbreak will not work for you it has to be either MB or lower.)

So, i have an iPhone 3GS with Old Bootrom (week 15) and MB model with BaseBand 05.12.01 that i jailbreak with Spirit in order to instal latest Ultrasn0w, also i saved SHSH 3.1.3 only and i don't know how to get back to 3.1.2, shall i restore it to 3.1.2? Will PwnageTool 4 work for me to get Jailbroken/Unlocked iOS4?

Help please...

Originally Posted by jedibui

i currently have a 3GS running 3.1.2 with the old bootrom. if i use this process to upgrade to 4.0 will it upgrade my bootrom as well?

You should be fine upgrading to OS4.0 using Pwnagetool.

Originally Posted by love2hackstc

Do you know if theyre working on anything for the mc model??

I do not know when and if they are working on the newer bootrom, I am just here to help you with what I have done to Jailbreak and Unlock my iPhone 3GS.

Originally Posted by moimart

So, i have an iPhone 3GS with Old Bootrom (week 15) and MB model with BaseBand 05.12.01 that i jailbreak with Spirit in order to instal latest Ultrasn0w, also i saved SHSH 3.1.3 only and i don't know how to get back to 3.1.2, shall i restore it to 3.1.2? Will PwnageTool 4 work for me to get Jailbroken/Unlocked iOS4?

Help please...

moimart, You cannot restore to 3.1.2 because you would've needed to have 3.1.2 saved on Cydia. Also you did a Spirit jailbreak which will not allow you to Jailbreak using Pwnagetool. Wait a few days and the Dev-Team or George Hotz will come up with something more suitable.