Pwn your iPhone in 15 easy steps with PwnageTool 2.0.1
Posted July 21st, 2008 by GenghisPhlip
WINDOWS USERS CLICK HERE FOR WINPWN TUTORIAL
Pwnage 2.0.1 has been released. This is a guide is for the PwnageTool and is intended to act as a reference only. While we have been very successful jailbreaking iPhone 2.0 following these steps there are variables that may cause your attempt to fail which may result in perminate damage to your iPhone. As with all free software and advice, use caution. We are not responsible for damages and only provide these instructions as a service to our members.
You will first need to download PwnageTool 2.0.1. You can get it here. Then you will need to download the necessary bootloader files. You can get those here.
The First Step: Make sure that you are running 2.0 firmware on your iPhone. If you are currently running 1.1.4 or lower, update to 2.0 now. If you are already at 2.0 then you are ready. If you are updating/restoring to 2.0 follow the restore guide in iTunes which will guide you through the process. During the update, you may see “Preparing iPhone software for restore” for a very long time. Could be 10 minutes or more. This is normal. Don’t panic it will eventually clear and move on to the next process. Note 2: If you get error 1600 you may try restore mode instead of DFU mode. Some users have reported that it is quirky and that they were able to get through it by going back and forth between DFU and restore mode.
The Second Step: (You should have already downloaded the necessary files from the links in the introduction to this article. Extract the zip file and the rar file for the bootloaders and put them in your Documents folder. Run the pwnage tool. The first screen you see will be a warning (shown below). Read it and if you want to proceed clear it bu clicking OK. Note: some people running 2.0.0 reported problems loading the pwnage tool. They reported that the icon just bounces when clicked and that nothing else happens. This issue should be cleared up in 2.0.1 but if you encounter it clear your cache by deleting the {your name}/Library/Caches folder and/or /Library/Caches and reboot. You may also try booting into safe mode.
The Third Step: Select “Simple Mode” at the top of the screen then select the model that matches your device.
The Fourth Step: Select the 2.0 firmware you used to restore your phone in step 1 and click the blue arrow to go to the next step.
The Fifth Step: (remember where the bootloaders that you downloaded are) You will then see a screen asking you if you wish to search the web for the bootloaders. Select NO.
The Sixth Step: Select YES you wish to browse for the 3.9 bootloader.
The Seventh Step: Browse for and open the 3.9 bootloader files. Repeat the fifth through the seventh step for the 4.6 bootloader files.
The Eighth Step: You should now be prompted to create a custom FW image now. If you have not already done so (in a previous attempt?) Select YES. If you already created a custom FW select NO. NOTE: First time users should select YES.
The Ninth Step: You will now be asked “Are you legit iPhone”. What this is asking is if you need to unlock and activate (NO) or if you have a contract carrier like AT&T (YES). Select NO will unlock (first generation iPhone only, The iPhone 3G cannot be unlocked with this tool) or YES to jailbreak without unlocking. (Note: if you do not unlock and you do not have a contract carrier, you will be stuck at connect to iTunes screen and will need to repeat this guide starting with the first step again).
The Tenth Step: The PwnageTool will now generate a custom IPSW / custom restore image. This may take a while. You will need to be ready to enter your password as a part of this process.
The Eleventh Step: The software will ask you if your iPhone has ever been pwned before, if so say YES. If not say NO. Note: if your iPhone has been Pwned in the past but you have since restored it with a generic image, you should say NO. Only select yes if you have pwned your iPhone, It is pwned currently and boots with the pineapple or custom boot image. If you pwned 1.1.4, you do not have to pwn again. This will pwn your phone. Pwning your iPhone again will not hurt it so if you are not sure go ahead and select NO.
The Twelvth Step: You will now be shown how to put your iPhone into DFU mode. Follow the steps exactly as shown below. Remember in DFU mode you will not see anything on your iPhone screen THIS IS NORMAL. It will look like your iPHone is turned off but the computer will still be able to see the phone.
The Thirteenth Step: Now restore the custom firmware you created using iTunes (you will need to choose Option-Restore to select your custom firmware file).
The Fourteenth Step: iTunes will restore the custom firmware to your iPhone. This may take a while (Snack Time!). Remember - Patience is a virtue!
If you selected NO when asked if your iPhone was legit (The Ninth Step) just wait a bit for the bootneuter to run and finish.
The Fifteenth Step: Celebrate!!! You have now pwned your iPhone. You will now see all of the regular stock Apple app icons along with a new one (Cydia). For those of your who are used to installer.app, so far there is no 2.0 support from the dev community. This should all change quickly but for now use Cydia. Jailbreak apps are being ported to Cydia as I type.
Have a great day and enjoy your awesome iPhone.
July 21st, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Identical to what I saw. Nice guide! Heard anything about WinPwn for 2.0 yet?
July 21st, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Very good step-by-step tutorial… even a monkey could Pwn an iPhone with this guide! Can’t wait to use it myself when WinPwn for 2.0 is released.
July 21st, 2008 at 10:26 pm
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July 21st, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Very nice. You gonna do one for WinPwn when it comes out?
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Very nice guide.
So you defiantly have to do step one, upgrade to 2.0 in itunes if you are on 1.1.4 before you do the custom 2.0 firmware?
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Yes. You have to upgrade to 2.0 on your iPhone before you start the process.
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I had a little problem I’d install the firmware 2.0 on to my ipod ilegaly, I get de ipsw, and it run just fine, but when I search the ipsw file in my computer, it says that “Wrong firmware bundle selected”.. what can i do I been tryng with 2 diferentes ipsw, and the same result…
Can anyone help me…
Excuse my english..
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:15 pm
@hecbuma: Is 2.0 currently running on your iPod? I could not understand by your message whether you had successfully loaded 2.0 on your iPod yet. Is the problem with loading 2.0 or the custom firmware?
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Also, define what you mean by “I had a little problem I’d install the firmware 2.0 on my iPod ilegaly”
Are you saying that you do not have a legally purchased copy of the firmware?
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Ok sorry…. by this moment I had the 2.0 firmware installed and running in my ipod touch(by itunnes and a ipsw downloaded from the web), with everything running fine.. but when i want to search the ipsw in the Pwnage 2.0.1 to jailbreakit(ti install the installer.app) it says “Wrong firmware bundle selected”
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
And yes I dont have a legally purchased copy of the firmware
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I have installed pwnage and have followed all 15 steps however I can’t find the Cydia app can someone help me pls
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Hey guys, I have a problem I hope some one can help me with, I followed all steps amazingly identical as shown on the tut… but when it came to reboot my iPhone, after all the process was done, I got stocked at the “pineapple” logo in the phone’s display and nothing happened…Why??! iTunes recognized the phone and reads software 2.0 and everything else was fine, it even restored music and videos that I had previously loaded… it seems to be ok in iTunes but I have no display on my phone, please help… I need my phone back thx fellows
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
@hmm: If Cydia is not going through you can try going through expert mode. There you will be able to select the options you want to install and you can choose Cydia.
@Carlos San Vicente: Are you still connected to the computer? Have you done a hard restart on your phone? If both are true and it is still hung up I would advise you go through the procedure again.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 pm
@Amon: You know what ? I just did a second try and I got it, its working perfectly !! Thx for the advise…
Awesome man !!
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July 27th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Iphone 2G on a Mac. Strangely i was never prompted for the bootloader files. It just skipped right to the ipsw step, and followed through the rest of the steps to the end. Once restored in iTunes again the boot neuter app started saying “Flashing Bootloader DO NOT INTERRUPT!!!” A minute later it says “FLASHING BASEBAND, The bootloader was successfully flashed. Now flashing baseband. This takes up to 2 minutes.” Then iPhone Restarted with Pineapple logo. A final restore and sync of all my music, apps, etc: et voila, my phone was working again.
So I guess, it is cool if it skips past those steps, but it should be noted in documentation.
July 28th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
@ritechus:
Same deal with me. Skipped right over bootloader files, and now I’m stuck at flashing baseband… sitting waiting nervously for now 20 minutes… hopefully I can get it to work…
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:49 am
I follow each step. It never asked me for the booloader and when i get to itunes i do not know how to option-restore the iphone. can anybody help me?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
@juan: hold down the option key on your keyboard while clicking restore.
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