How to Jailbreak/Unlock your new iPhone
Posted by Watson on Tuesday Mar 24, 2009 Under Tips
As all of us know that, there are no “Official unlock” iPhone in Malaysia from any of our Mobile Service Provider until Mid of March 2009 (Maxis come out plan for iPhone 3G by mid of March 2009, you can get it with Holy High price).
For those who get their iPhone 2G or 3G from whatever way and use them in Malaysia, normally is Jailbreak set.
What do we mean Jailbreak? iPhone, by default, is locked to one of the Mobile Service Provider, like AT&T. You can only use AT&T simcard and service if you go through the “normal” way. It will NOT work on Maxis, Digi, or Celcom.
So, how do we enable an iPhone
Before you continue, please read this carefully! One step wrong will brick your iPhone and make it no more usable! Do it at your OWN RISK!!!
If you found yourself confuse with what I write here, please DO NOT continue to do the job yourself. Find someone who can know this, or better still, pay someone to do the job for you, so that you DO NOT brick (brick in iPhone term, means you corrupted the firmware and even baseband, and the phone is NO MORE bootable) your iPhone!!!
You will need following files. Download it before you start is recommanded:
If you have iPhone 2G, get these:
- Download QuickPwn 2.2.5-2 for Windows here!
- Downlaod .NET Framework 1.x here!
- Downlaod .NET Framework 2.x here!
- Download BootLoader File: BL-39.bin
- Download BootLoader File: BL-46.bin
- Download Firmware: iPhone1,1_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw
- Download Firmware: iPhone1,1_2.2.1_5H11_Restore.ipsw
If you have iPhone 3G, get these:
- Download QuickPwn 2.2.5-2 for Windows here!
- Downlaod .NET Framework 1.x here!
- Downlaod a href=”http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en”>.NET Framework 2.x here!
- Download Firmware: iPhone1,2_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw
- Download Firmware: iPhone1,2_2.2.1_5H11_Restore.ipsw
An iPhone, new open from the box, once power on, you will see the iTune connect screen, you have the slide bar, but it can only make emergency call. You connect the iPhone into computer with the USB cable, iTune (I assume you installed iTune in your computer before you connect the iPhone into it, you should do it that way.) will tell you unrecognized simcard and it is not supported.
In-order for you to continue from this point, is to Jailbreak it. There might be lots of ways out there which can do the Jailbreak, I am sharing ONE of it here. QuickPwn! Install the software and .NET Framework 1.x and 2.x into your computer before you proceed net steps (btw, the software need .NET Framework 1.x or 2.x, I am not sure, but it needs one of it to work. so Please install that as well, else you will get error when startup QuickPwn).
Run the software, connect your iPhone to your computer with the USB cable provided in the box, and following step by step as the software ask you to do. You will need the iPhone Firmware which match your iPhone, if you get your iPhone within these 2-3 months (23rd March 2009), then you might get Firmware 2.2 or 2.2.1. Download the Firmware in advance is a better way, else the download process will make you crazy for waiting since each of the ipsw file is about 250MB in size.
OK, now you get the Firmware, and you “open” it when QuickPwn asking for it, and QuickPwn give you a big green tick after a few second of checking, you are good to go for next step.
QuickPwn will ask you to press the HOME >button for 5 seconds, then press the Power button on top of the iPhone together (both together, don’t release the HOME button) for 10 seconds, then release the Power button BUT continue pressing the HOME button for 30 seconds (normally the next action in QuickPwn will start when it reached ~21 – 18 seconds), iPhone will start showing you a Harddisk image, you may then release the HOME button. It will reboot itself and startup with a running Pineapple image with progress bar after the Harddisk image. Just sit back and relax.
*** IF you failed to follow the instruction asked by QuickPwn, reboot your iPhone and start the whole process again.
After iPhone restarted, you will see the lovely wallpaper with the “slide to unlock” slide bar, then you will see those sweet icons (sounds so… 
). Don’t be too happy yet. You just done Jailbreak, BUT not yet unlock, means you may use your iPhone as iPod but not a phone yet. It still don’t know who the hell is Maxis, or Digi, or Celcom.
Now you need your home WiFi setup into iPhone so that it can go into internet and download the very famous unlock tool – yellowsn0w (Special thanks to DEV Team).
First, tab on Settings icon, then tab Wi-Fi. Tab on Other…, key in your WiFi SSID and choose the correct security method that suite your WiFi, then tab Join. You should see the wave simbol at the top left corner.
You need to launch your Cydia (look for the Cydia icon in iPhone and single Tab on it). The first time it will run a “Reorganizing” process and goes back to the “slide to unlock” screen. Go in and launch Cydia again. This time, it will ask “Who Are You?” just tab whatever you think you are (I am a Hacker! Hehehehe). Now, tab on the Search button on the right bottom. Type in “yellowsn0w” and search. Please note that the O in “snow” is actually zero.
Install the yellowsn0w. Reboot you iPhone (Press the Power button for 3-5 seconds, it will have a “slide to Power Off” screen comes out, slide to off it. Once it is off, put in your Maxis, or Digi, or Celcom simcard (if you don’t know how do put in the simcard, please refer to your iPhone user guide). Press the Power button until you see the screen on (3-5 seconds). After the white Apple logo, slide to unlock the phone, now wait for 3 – 5 minutes. You should be getting the ISP name showing on the left top of the iPhone. Now your iPhone is a life. Congratulation.
BTW, if after you done all these and you DO NOT get your simcard recognized after 5 – 10 minutes, most properly is because:
1) Your iPhone 3G is with Firmware 2.2.1 and Baseband 2.30.03, which yellowsn0w is not supported.
or
2) Your Simcard with simcard pin code, which yellowsn0w is not supported.
or
3) You done something wrong in the middle.
Double check your Firmware version and Baseband version by go into Settings, General, About. If it is really the (1) case, then sorry, as of the date 23rd March 2009, yellowsn0w is not having solution to unlock baseband 2.30.03 on iPhone 3G yet. All you can do, is either wait for yellowsn0w, or get a RebelSimcard/TurboSimcard/XSimcard or whatever addon simcard at LowYat Plaza’s handphone shops, which cost you some hundred bugs (Please note that these addon simcards DO has some problems, choose this and you need to take the risk).
If it is (2), then easy, remove the simcard pin code using your old phone and put back into iPhone and reboot it. It will be all right now.
If it is (3), then even easy, redo the whole process carefully this time and it will do the trick.
Thank you for your time to read on this.
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April 4th, 2009 at 5:39 am
hi there, tried to follow your steps but unfortunately i can’t install the quickpwn although i have already installed all the .NET framework. please help me with this. i am gratefully appreciated. thank you
April 4th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Hi Ash,
It’s a bit too less information for us to check with you what could be the issue on your problem.
It could be the QuickPwn download is not complete, or iTune is not installed. Or it could be something else.
If possible, please tell us the error you see when launch the application.
Thank you.
April 5th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Well right now i have installed a newer version of .NET frameware 3.5, download the full quickpwn 2.2.5-2, but i did’nt install itunes yet. what should i do to get quickpwn running as whenever i tried to run the programme it always shows that, windows has encountered an error and needed to be closed. btw i also install the 2 frameware that is on the link posted.
please get back to me, thank you
April 5th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Oh yes also may i know the relevence of having the itunes to istall quickpwn??
And previously i had downloaded the 2.2 firmware from itunes and i think it was updated to the iPhone, must i download again the firmware 2.2.1 from the lik above??
thank you
April 6th, 2009 at 3:27 am
Hi i manage to unlock my iphone!!thanks for the tips. now that my iphone is unlock where can i get sources and application for it??
April 6th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Hi Ash,
You may get applications from iTune (Still). And you have another source, which is Cydia.
April 7th, 2009 at 5:31 am
Came to be, after unlocking the iphone, i tried to sync it to my itunes,but i can’t put videos in it as it says that this iphone can’t play videos but i can put in songs. Im realy concern about this, is there a way to fix it??
April 7th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Hi Ash,
Following message is copy from http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
Video formats supported:
H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.
Feel confuse about this? Actually this means that iPhone is not supporting ALL format of video and it has restriction on the size and framerate of the video it supported.
You may need to convert you video to the supported type and supported framerate before your iTune will pick it up and sync it into your iPhone.
You may try these convertors:
- http://www.dvdtoiphone.net/download.html
- http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-Video-to-iPhone-Converter.htm
- http://www.xilisoft.com/iphone-video-converter.html
You may get more information on Google or Yahoo! for iPhone Video Converter.
For your information, I never tried these before (since I don’t watch movie
). Please try it, or, I should say “Please use it on your own risk.” 
Thank you.
April 13th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
hi thanks for the help about the video transfer. actually right now my iphone has a problem again. unfortunately i can’t seem to turn it on. it will stop till the apple loading logo and it will just stay that way and after long enuogh it will restart and the same process follos. does this mean i have to jailbreak it again? i tried connecting to quickpwn again but quickpwn can’t detect the iphone from start.
April 14th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
hum, this sounds familiar to me.
Yes, looks like you need to do a restore then jailbreak again. Your SpringBoard crashed.
Start the restore process with this:
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1) Power off your iPhone. (Press power + home button until it off, once it off, release your finger, else it will reboot, and you will get the loop again. Nice apple logo ha.
2) Now your phone is still off. On your pc, on the iTune. Then press ur phone’s home button, and connect the usb cable. Your phone will now boot into DTU mode.
3) iTune will prompt you that your iPhone need to be restore in order to work. Now you may follow my post on “Upgrade and Jailbreak/Unlock your iPhone 2G/3G”, link is here: http://www.malaysiaiphone.com/blog/upgrade-and-jailbreakunlock-your-iphone-2g3g
That’s all. Have fun.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:29 am
hey thanks man!! all your tips sure do work out well, im so glad i found this site, seriously!!
do u kw of any good installer and cydia sources??
April 20th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Try find from google.
That’s what we do.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
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May 22nd, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Does that mean after jailbreaking the iPhone, i can start using the phone without any problems? As in start using the phone normally without being bonded with Maxis??
May 25th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Hi Kid,
What kind of “problem” do you mean? Well, jailbreak is for you to install applications that iPhone not allow by default. It don’t solve any problem.
July 17th, 2009 at 2:32 am
my iphone 3g is 2.2.1version. who can tell me a clear step in step by step for jailbreak
thank you^^
July 20th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Hi sun,
You may refer to my previous post on http://www.malaysiaiphone.com/blog/how-to-jailbreak-unlock-iphone-3g-3-0-firmware. Just put in mind that if you are downloading the firmware using iTune now, you will get firmware 3.0 instead of 2.2.1.
Thank you.
December 26th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
my iphone version is 3.1.2
how can i jailbreak with this version, so i can install app in my iphone
as normal.
pls rply me asap..thanks
March 26th, 2011 at 2:34 pm
hello there where can i find jailbreak for ios 4.3?..and if i’d like to send my iphone to any store for jailbreaking which place can u suggest?
April 10th, 2011 at 1:16 am
pv use redsn0w.
google/yourtube it.