This is a tutorial not for the faint at heart.
I’m going to show you step by step how to get the firmware version 2.0 5A240d onto your iPhone with WinPwn.
Let me start by explaining what pwning is. Pwning is making your iPhone totally independence from Apple’s vision on what the iPhone (and iPod Touch) can and cannot do. Currently it will allow you to restore to a jailbroken and unlocked state, and if you can figure it out - some extra cool stuff like Installer, Cydia, and other applications. You will eventually be able to backup your entire phone and restore to a state exactly the way you like it, restore straight to jailbroken state with installer, or even potentially install other OSes like linux (see iphonelinux.org) to your phone.
Ok back to the tutorial
I must inform you that you are doing this on your own risk. WinPWN and Firmware 2.0 are still beta ! So be carefull.
Ok after the warning, let’s go.
1) First of all download WinPwn you can find the links here. And install the app.
2) Now download iPhone Firmware 1.1.4 from my firmware page. (download the Iphone version not the iPod !! if you have an iphone)
3) Go to the piratebay.org and download the Firmware Beta 5A240d Custom firmware.
4) While the Beta Firmware is downloading, open up WinPwn as administrator.
5) Click on the Browse .ipsw button, browse to the firmware file 1.1.4 for your iPhone and select it.
6) Connect your iPhone to the computer and press the iPwner button. Wait for some time and click ok when the popup appears.
7) Congratulations, your iPhone is now Pwned!!
Now let’s get firmware 2.0 onto it shall we. This is as easy as a simple restore in iTunes. Open iTunes connect your iPhone and SHIFT + CLICK the restore button and select the custom firmware you downloaded via Torrent.
9) Let it restore and tata you have firmware 2.0.
When the applications have been updated to work with the new firmware i’ll update you with more details.
Enjoy
Installer and or Cydia or any other gui program can’t work on the new firmware due to a change in the framework.
Too bad it doesnt work with the beta 4 that just leaked yesterday. You can still use beta 4, even if you are not a developer. You have to be on a mac and be a registered AT&T customer, but you can still activate. No JB or unlock yet though
Good Tutorial for Win users !
TIP: A Tool Called “Gain Ownership” is available (A Registry Value, in fact.)
That will prevent the “Run as Administrator” thing every now and then.
I don’t really see how this tutorial isn’t for the faint of heart. All you’re doing is pressing a button and restoring to a custom firmware.
Braden,
Not everybody likes to risk breaking there iPhone.
And going to a beta software is always dangerous.
I was just saying, the people who are reading these things are most likely people who have already jailbroken their phones and done many things to it. Most also know what they’re doing.
hey dude thanx for the info but u lost me whith the hole open up WinPwn as administrator part, and why we just cant make a costume 2.0 firmware file using the ipsw builder?
ps. love ur site keep up tha good work homes…..
If you’re running vista, you need to click with your right mouse on the application, and then select run as administrator. the app will just not run if you don’t do that.
However, if you’re running window XP, i don’t think you need this.
greetz
ohh ok thanx Im running xp so i dont have tha prob.
Hi did flash my phone with firmware 2.0. Your steps were very clear, however I wanted to know how can I install the installer and the tZone hack on the firmware 2.0.
Thanks
I haven’t managed to get the installer working on firmware 2.0.
This appears to be due to a framework change in the newest firmware.
Thanks for the reply. Will wait till you figure out how to install the latest installer.
Thanks
So even if we get this far we still can’t activate right?
No, if you use the firmware that you can find on the piratebay, you will be able to use firmware 2.0.
that version is already jailbroken and activated.
yeah I tried that one custom 5A240d from piratebay and I got the pink activation screen.
and itunes said something about im not a registered developer and yadayada…
Nev Mind I realized the problem was I tried another version first and it updated my baseband to 04.05.01_G (2.0 baseband) but onceI downgraded back to 04.04.05_G (1.1.4 baseband) all is well.
Does anyone know if the 5A240D has a specific expiration date?
If you have pwned and took the version of thepiratebay it won’t expire. But the official version will be released in a 2 weeks
I want to try this so bad - but the custom firmware isn’t unlocked, correct? And is it easy to go back from 2.0 to 1.1.4 again after trying this?
the custom firmware is unlocked and jailbroeken, however not installer is currently working on it. Going back is just SHIFT + CLICK in itunes and loading up fm 1.1.4.
It all works and is not that difficult.
However please remember that this is not an official release and that there’s always the possibility that it hangs your iPhone !
I’ll take the risk of my iPhone hanging.
I just didn’t think that it was also unlocked, but I’ll give it a go then… I can live without Installer as of now, I just need to see the MS Exchange features in action!
I followed your guide, but i got ended up with no cellphone signal. Everything semed perfect. I think the point where itunes asked me if I want to restore my phone’s backup i clicked on “setup as new phone” and here I lost it.
Hopefully this is a bug.
also i did found the itunes icon missing.
I need help… I followed the tutorial was able to upgrade to the 2.0 firmware, but now my phone service is not on. The phone does not display the ATT signal. My modem firmware is 04.04.05_G … Do anyone know what i can do to fix this problem?
Remember that it’s still very much beta software. I advice you to restore to firmware version 1.1.4 for the moment, the official software will be released in a 2 weeks
hey, i downloded it via torrent, but the extention is weird, should i change it to .ipsw
hi is it .rar ?
if it is then you need to unrar it ..
rar is just like zip.
http://www.rarsoft.com
if you’re running mac you can use
http://www.unrarx.com/
gr,
multinova
Heya,
I have done everything as you said but after I restore the custom 1.2 image with itunes it comes up with the “Add a new phone” or “Restore to ..”. Basically it doesn’t activate it, am I missing something?
Going 1.1.4 pwn to 1.2 custom firmware, btw.
I understan this is my resposibility. I try update my iphone with Winpwn. After that i want used “install” app at iphone so i try crack by ziphone. In half process the iphone will reboot.
At now my Iphone only reboot only. Can’t detect by PC. Can’t do any thing.
It must be reposibility myself. but please have someone can tell me how to repair my iphone (my iphone is unlock so can’t repair at apple co.)
thank’s for read this.
Hi Kevin,
If you have pwned your device it’s no longer needed to ziphone! You should create your custom firmware that is already unlocked and who has the installer prepared in it.
For now the best thing you do is to restore with itunes to a standard 1.1.4 firmware and then run iLiberty+ to get it jailbroken + unlocked again.
Check out my beginner tutorials on the top of the page in the menu.
1- get you iPhon into DFU mode and restore with iTunes
2- Run iLiberty+ and you will be set to go
both tutorials are in the beginnners guides
grtz,
Multinova
Hi, Multinova,
Thank you very much. You prepared help me.
Where i can get iLiberty+ app.
Best Regards,
Kevin
Hi Multinova,
I ready get iLiberty app. Thank’s for your help.
I will inform you after i do it.
Best regards,
kevin
Dear Multinova,
My PC doesn’t connect to internet. And i connect to itunes that will show this messages “Make sure your Inernet connection is active and try again”. After this i click “OK” this will not promt to repair. So how to repair my iphone if my PC doesn’t connect to internet?
Best Regards,
Kevin
Dear Multinova,
Sorry this second question. How to download repo to PC first and after that upload to my iphone (like direct download repo by Iphone via internet)
Thx,
Kevin
Hi Kevin,
If your goal is to run app’s on the firmware 2.0 version, then i will have to dissapoint you. The framework of version 2.0 has been rewritten and virtually none of the existing app’s will work without a rewrite of the framework.
Hi Multinova,
So that means if i use firmware 2.0 version my iphone can’t run any app again.
Now what advantage we used firmware 2.0 compared with firmware 1.1.4?
Hi Multinova,
If i used firmware 1.1.4 how to download app to pc first. after that upload/used in iphone.
I pwned my 8gb Ipod Touch. I followed your guide It worked the first time when i installed a custom firmware. I created another firmware and tried installing. Then an error came up saying that the ipod could not be restored. I tried again and it worked halfway and then just failed. Now my ipod was stuck in recovery mode. I kept on trying to restore it wth 2.0 and 1.1.4 but the same thing kept on happening. I restarted my computer and tried again. This time it was successful and i put on my custom firmware. Why did that happen? Will it happen again if i put another fw?
Hi
You need to restore the iPod firmware by going to DFU mood and then install 1.1.4
Liton
hi, I winpnw my iPhone. Followed ur instructions and all went well, except for youtube it needed iTunes to be tune for it to work. I used my installer and downloaded the youtube fix 1.1.4. It worked well, except when I reboot my iPhone, when loading the apple logo it goes straight to recovery mode…all the time.
Please help.
Could u let me know if installer and cydia will ever work on the new 2.0 firmware that will be cool!!!!
hi can any body plzzz help me?
in the step 5 :browse to the firmware file 1.1.4 , i m not able to find the firmware1.1.4 in my comp … can any one suggest wher can i find this or how to search in de comp???
Thank you for any suggestions…
Raj
you can download it from the links on the right ->> firmware page
How do u get installer or cydia on firmaware 2.0 please tel me!!!!!
Willem have you read this page? It says it right here and anywhere with info on this subject that Cydia or installer wont work on 2.0 yet and even if they did none of the 1.x.x apps will work in 2.0. We wont get cydia, installer or any apps untill 2.0 is actually released.
Cheers mate. So when is it actually gone be released. I am a little dum when it comes to gadgets but i always want the best. So when it is released sometime after that we will be able to get installer.
hi multinova, thanks for de reply.. but i m not able to gt the firmware 2 , its a torrent if u can plzzzzz send de firware 2 to me via email plz…
wht is de use of installin firmware 2
ther is no installer… 
can anybody tell me Y 
Not able to pwn the fw 1.1.4 (already upgraded to 2.0 and fucked up).
Stuck up in the process of pwning, pls help!!
Always asking for reconnecting iPhone in recovery mode, when it is already in recovery mode as recognised as such in iTunes (7.7) also.
Rakesh,
1) The first problem in your downgrade is that you probably are getting error 20 in restore mode and error 160x in DFU mode. This is due to iTunes 7.7. So, you now you need to uninstall iTunes 7.7 and install iTunes 7.5. Make sure after your iTunes 7.7 uninstall you reboot your pc as it requests you to. **OSX users, see note at bottom of page to downgrade your iTunes.
2) Now that you have iTunes 7.5, you will still have the DFU driver for 7.7. This is good and will allow the process to work. Put your phone into DFU mode using the DFU steps.
3) Restore using iTunes 7.5. You will get an error like 1011, 1013, 1015. This is normal and expected. An error 1601, 1602, 1600 or anything else is not ok.
4) Once you get error above, leave iTunes open and kick your phone out of restore mode. I recommend just loading winpwn(PC) or pwnage(MAC) and pwning the device at this point. If pwnage fails to work, you need to restore your phone again. You should be able to use normal restore mode, however. Other ways to kick out of restore mode may be ibrickr, jailbreak 1.1.2 (boot phone), iLiberty+.
5) Once completed, you have a pwned device with baseband 4.05.04_G from firmware v2.0.
6) To get back to 04.04.05_G (1.1.4 baseband) load bootneuter. If you don’t have this, install it from installer. Run bootneuter with Neuter, 4.6, and unlock. When it’s done, you will have an unlocked 04.04.05_G right back where you started.
Note: if you get a boot neuter error like 05, 02 or such, you probably have more steps. Unfortunately, there is no safe answer to this one.The only method I know of to do this is to use a patched version of Ziphone as described on hackingtosh : =http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39845
The new pwnagetool 2.0, they put a new video out of it. Do you know when it will be out. Plus, theiphoneproject has a copy of the new 2.0 OS. TH1 1,2 one. (iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw) Can you use winpwn with it or do i have to wait for pwnagetool 2.0 to come out? Could you kind of make a tutorial for this?
I will make a tutorial as soon as Pwnagetool 2.0 is released. For now i advice not to upgrade.
Thanks Multinova.
does this include the app store?
Hey multi nova I see your answering everyone’s questions…that great anyways I read all the posts, but I couldnt find anything about the app store. I wanted to know if I use the custom beta 2.0 firmware(which is jailbroken and unlocked) will I be able to use the app store? I dont mind not being about to use installer until the dev team comes up with something. I really want to try to the app store.
AppStore will be available within a few days. The iphone dev-team is working pretty hard to get fm 2.0 pwned.. just a couple of days and it will be ok
All you guys who want to update to custom beta 2.0 Firmware.
I followed the instructions and it worked perfectly, although its pretty useless since you dont get the appstore nor installer and you cant add any applications. Usefull only if you want to develop apps and test them on an unlocked Iphone or if you desperatley need microsoft exchange and stuff.
Correct Saiyam :
Hi:
I have been using your tutorials for ever, and I never had a problem until now. I am trying to pwning my 3G Iphone. I have done followed every step in the tutorial but winpwn gets stuck when I connect my phone in recovery mode. Here is a brief description:
7/16/2008 1:24:11 PM - Unzipping .ipsw file to C:\Users\Samoranovo\AppData\Roaming\cmw\winpwn.99.2.19\IPSW-UNZIPPED
7/16/2008 1:24:14 PM - OK
7/16/2008 1:24:14 PM - Creating ramdisk
7/16/2008 1:24:15 PM - Padding ramdisk
7/16/2008 1:24:15 PM - Ramdisk successfully created
then there is a pop up saying: Connect your Iphone and put it into recovery mode.
Nothing happens after I connect the iphone. Itunes recognizes that the phone is in a recovery mode, but that’s about it.
Please help.
Ivan,
WinPwn hasn’t been released for the final 2.0 firmware. Just wait some more time and all will be ok.
Hi Multinova:
Thanks for the pieces of advice. I will try downgrading my phone to 1.1.4 cause its very boring with the new firmware.
I hope I would not be asking you more questions….:-)
Hi Multinova:
I hoped I would not have to ask for your help, but I am stuck again. Would you happen to know if I can put 1.1.4 firmware on the new 3G phone? I tried everything you have mentioned in your blog - downgrading itunes to 7.5/ putting the phone in DFU mode/ tried running winpwn as you suggested, however, I cannot get it to work. Is the framework of the 3G phone any different? I guess this is way over my head, but you might know.
Thanks again!
Ivan
i keep getting an error wen i do this
it says the iphone could not be restored. an unkown error has occured (1601)
Hi delunajaime:
I still keep getting the same error, but I have no idea what I should do. Anyhow, if you figure it out, please let everyone know.
Thanks,
Ivan
Help… I can’t unlock my iPhone, I have done everything possible (or at least I believe I did). iTunes automatically updated my iPhone, next thing you know, it’s locked and I can’t use my SIM card nemore. I don’t know what to do anymore… please
help me..
Help me i c on youtube that cydia is working and installer. I cant follow the video well but how are they doining it.
ok so i downloaded winpwn 2.0.0.3 and pluged in my sisters ipod touch (with her permission) and it crashed at the end (it said iphone left recovery mode and my sis’s ipod is “off” and won’t turn on or connect to itunes or anything else i try)
so ?’s
1.is there a fix or is it broken?
2. what went wrong?
note: i was following a youtube vid not anything you said.
well you were following a youtube video for the Iphone!! If you want to jailbreak an ipod, you need to download the firmware for the ipod and load the ipod ipsw firmware!!!
I guess it its not turning on or not doing anything at all, you need to go to apple and get it replaced!
thanks for help, but first of all it SAID to use ipod touch and i used ipod touch and ipt restore.ipsw
also a verry detailed video not those cheap ones with just text i actually saw the guy do it to his own ipod.
p.s. im pretty sure its broke, just one question.
how can i return it to apple if jailbreakig voids the warrenty? (previously used ziphone but restored for new jb)
if i can return that’d be awsome.
edit: 1.1.4 was the firmware i used (vid said to pwn 1.1.4 first)
please help!!!
thanks for help, but first of all it SAID for ipod touch and i used ipod touch and ipt restore.ipsw
also a verry detailed video not those cheap ones with just text i actually saw the guy do it to his own ipod.
p.s. im pretty sure its broke, just one question.
how can i retusn it to apple if jailbreakig voids the warrenty? (previously used ziphone but restored for new jb)
if i can return that’d be awsome.
well if it doesnt turn on at all, they wont know that its jailbroken!!
Im guessing you have tried putting it in recovery mode as well as dfu mode and all that good stuff??
ive returned an iphone that never turned on with no problems
i guess so (hopefully they wont ask questions lol) thanks.
yes i tried dfu and recovery mode
Any news on cydia and installer for the firmware on the iphone??????????/