Hi, I'd like to begin by saying this is my first venture into firmware modding of any sort.

When I follow the instructions in redsn0w, I get to the part that says "waiting for reboot." It stays there indefinitely, no status bar progress, nothing going on with my phone, just a black, unlit screen, for 5, 10, 15 minutes.

I found a few suggestions on fixing this by googling. The first suggestion was using a different USB port, but that didn't change anything.

The second was to go into DFU mode before starting redsn0w. Doing this caused it to bypass the countdowns and breeze through the uploads and get to the "Done!" screen in about 5 seconds... all the while my iPhone screen stayed black. When I restarted the iPhone, of course, the phone had not been jailbroken. (This same thing happens if I get stuck at the "waiting for reboot" screen and hit "cancel" in redsn0w, then immediately run the program again.)

Any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong? I've attempted it at least a half dozen times now. Thanks!

EDIT: Thought it may be relevant to point out that I'm using Vista 64-bit.

Thank you to the many who at least bothered to read my problem, though nobody responded. I downloaded the new file referenced in the "redsn0w 0.7.2 bugfix out" thread and it worked the first time through.

I have this same problem and I am having no success at all. I'm using redsn0w .72 but its still hanging at reboot. Its been 2 days now, please help me out

@Azmodaii have you try the recent iTunes 8.2, and try in windows XP.
but since MLPMS3 doesn't have problem in vista..
or maybe try to change to other usb port too..
keep trying...
oya some people have some problem with the services...
how to check:
Go to RUN>type services.msc
check out : telnet, terminal service and messenger must be started.

hope it's work..

I am using windows XP
i started telnet, terminal service, messenger
but still didnt work. I keep trying but still
stays "waiting of reboot".

I tryed in MFU mode
it goes "uploading second stage"
and than comes back "Waiting for reboot"

with MFU modus
it appears now " done! "
and i clicked on "finish"
but my iphone screen is dark-blue
and cydia ist not installed.

I had the same problem waiting for ages for reboot.

I had an ipsw that i had donwloaded from a forum thinking it was the last one by apple.

I found a hint saying on the internet that you must update and reds0w with the same file. it seems apple used a newer files in the meanwhile.

to be sure I download the 3.0 ipsw file again.
put the iphone in restore mode.
shift-restore in itunes from dowloaded ipsw
redsn0w browsing and selecting the same file.
followed resn0w instructions.
iphone 3.0 (1.gen) is now jail broken ... finally

the key was to make sure that itunes and redsn0w used the same file.

where is the right 3.0 ipsw?
i am trying everything i can find but
still waiting for reboot.

Originally Posted by Pentium

It didn't work for me until now...I didn't have so much time to test..I was kinda busy..but the program stuck after iPhone enters DFU mode and keep showing "Waiting for reboot..."

I'm using Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit with my 3G and iTunes 8.2

and it didn't work with the 0.7.2 version...same thing