Sep 13

How to jailbreak iPhone firmware 2.1

iPhone Breaking News, iPhone Hacks, iPhone System Add comments      Braden

A process has been circling around that enables you to jailbreak your iPhone running the brand new 2.1 firmware. It’s a long process, but it does work. I’ve done it already, and it works great. If you’re willing to do the steps, then proceed inside.

**I skipped to Step 7, and began from there, and it worked fine. If you’re not sure, I would follow the guide completely.**

Step 1) Download the 2.1 3g firmware or 2g firmware.

Step 2) Install itunes v8 – you can get all versions of iTunes here.

Step 3)Â Update the iphone with iTunes and make sure it is activated!

Step 4)Â Uninstall iTunes v8

Step 5)Â Uninstall Apple Mobile Device Support (From Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel)

Step 6)Â Install itunes v7.7.*

Step 7) Download quickpwn with the correct 2.1 bundle inside it here.

Step 8) Run quickpwn…select your iPhone1,2_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw or iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw from step 1.

Step 9)Â You can select cydia and installer and logos if you wish (make sure you select Cydia).

Step 10) When it is finished the phone will reboot…Cydia and Installer will NOT be visible

Step 11) Download TotalCommander and t-pot addon

Step 12)Â Install TotalCommander and in the left pane navigate to T-PoT.1.1.zip and click on it. It will install t-pot automatically.

Step 13) Download the mobileinstallation patch

Step 14) Use Totalcommander to install patched mobileinstallation to /System/Library/PrivateFrameWorks/MobileInstallation.framework … clickon the dropdown box [-\-] top left and select network neighborhood then t-pot. Reme,ber to back up your original mobileinstallation first!

Step 15)Â Still in TotalCommander delete /private/var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installation.plist

Step 16)Â Reboot the phone and all is good!

Step 17) Install “CacheDel” from cydia. Run this after each Cydia update. Soon, Cydia, itself will be updated and this step will no longer be necessary.

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Guide copied from BigBoss’s site. Thanks to Geeb and all of the #xpwn crew.Â

Just remember to run CacheDel everytime you install an application from Cydia, otherwise it will not show up on your springboard. Enjoy your jailbreak!

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54 Comments

  • At 2008.09.13 07:46, zipper said:

    It didnt work for my iphone 3g..
    i done the quickpwn process and after it finish with “jailbreaking” the deivce, it just hangs on reboot…never really finish the process..
    done it twice with the same results

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    • At 2008.09.13 08:22, matt said:

      damn to late already did it, seems to work fine tho, love having a strong 3g signal so it was worth it….never had that before.

      syncs and backups are also really fast.

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      • At 2008.09.13 09:26, taranfx said:

        watin… for a proper winpwn solution

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        • At 2008.09.13 10:20, v478 said:

          hi were catchdel will be found and how to run please exlain I can’t get it sorry and thanx for ur process

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          • At 2008.09.13 17:08, Braden said:

            It’s under the BigBoss source. It should be in Cydia already.

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          • At 2008.09.13 10:44, iFoneGooner said:

            Can I ask a favor, when you do these posts, can you remember that not all of us are on windows!! I got excited when my RSS feed told me you had posted, then got here and found it was a windows jailbreak :roll:

            Love this site by the way, I now keep informed via you and no longer appleiphoneschool because you seem much more up to date, well done.

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            • At 2008.09.13 13:44, Braden said:

              Sorry about that. Will remember next time.

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              • At 2008.09.13 15:48, iFoneGooner said:

                Thanks Braden, appreciated, sorry to bitch when you are so good overall with everything you do :razz:

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                • At 2008.09.13 17:06, Braden said:

                  You’re very welcome. And it’s okay, I’m open to criticism. :grin:

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                  • At 2008.09.14 01:51, josh said:

                    this is madness i need pproper help on all o this
                    SUM1 HELP :shock:

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                    • At 2008.09.16 07:46, Subin said:

                      hi braden… can u help me… i’ve already jailbroken my iphone 3g
                      but i hve some problem…
                      installer app is not working properly… even it installs appication, but it is not displaying in my iphone… can u help me to find a solution

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              • At 2008.09.13 11:57, Jash Sayani said:

                Nice. But I’d prefer to wait for the next PwnageTool. :wink:

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              • At 2008.09.13 12:58, saeed said:

                help, I got the spinning wheel of death :’(

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                • At 2008.09.13 13:45, Braden said:

                  Whwn did you get it?

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                • At 2008.09.13 13:41, Chris said:

                  Where to install CacheDel, i cant find it in CYDIA

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                  • At 2008.09.13 17:06, Braden said:

                    It’s under the BigBoss source, and should already be there.

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                  • At 2008.09.13 13:43, Braden said:

                    It deletes the com.apple.mobile.installation.plist in /var/mobile/Library/Caches
                    This is necessary to see items on the springboard.

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                    • At 2008.09.13 13:46, saeed said:

                      right after the update from itunes

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                      • At 2008.09.13 13:50, Braden said:

                        The exact same thing happened to me when I updated. Only way to fix it, since it isn’t jailbroken, is to restore. Sorry.

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                        • At 2008.09.13 13:52, Braden said:

                          Yeah. Just copy the Music folder to your computer located under the iTunes_Control folder.

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                        • At 2008.09.13 13:51, saeed said:

                          omg, ok is there anyway to backup the songs, I mean I can access them with total commander

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                          • At 2008.09.13 13:53, saeed said:

                            and then I can take it bak and get all the songs on my phone?

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                            • At 2008.09.13 13:58, Braden said:

                              You’d have to drag the music folder into iTunes an then sync.

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                            • At 2008.09.13 14:04, saeed said:

                              ok thx

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                              • At 2008.09.14 00:00, JM said:

                                Hi there, I’m using T-PoT but I cannot see nor /System nor /var dirs in my ipod.. Just the DCIM, Downloads.. Any advices?

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                                • At 2008.09.14 18:57, matt said:

                                  bottom left change it from media to root

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                                • At 2008.09.14 02:26, beeper said:

                                  Everytime I get up to the command prompt part, it loads up the first two plist files then windows says quickpwn has encountered an error and needs to close. I tried closing all itunes related processes but it still does not work.

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                                  • At 2008.09.14 09:40, Fabian said:

                                    Hi,

                                    Do you know if I can be able to upgrade my 1.1.4 iphone directly to 2.1 firmware? Or should I have to upgrade my iphone with every single version that has been released?

                                    thanx

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                                    • At 2008.09.15 14:27, Braden said:

                                      Yes. You can upgrade from 1.1.4 to 2.1 in one step via iTunes.

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                                    • At 2008.09.14 10:38, txc said:

                                      Good morning, I followed the manual, everything seemed to work, but when I connect ipone thru the t-pot plugin, I’m unable to see the system directories (just some itunes stuff and two files), so I can’t use the mobilepatch to finish the guide and I’m still stuck on point 14. Can anyone help?

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                                      • At 2008.09.15 14:27, Braden said:

                                        That happened to me for some reason. I reused QuickPwn and then it worked.

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                                      • At 2008.09.14 19:27, Sten said:

                                        i have problem at step 14. i cant open t-pot. it says “could not load iTunesMobileDevice.dll, check your iTunes installation.

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                                        • At 2008.09.14 19:29, Sten said:

                                          i have problem at step 14. i cant open t-pot. it says “could not load iTunesMobileDevice.dll, check your iTunes installation”. what could be problem ? i jailbreiked my iphone 3g before i uninstalled Apple Mobile Device Support. could this be the problem?

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                                          • At 2008.09.15 14:28, Braden said:

                                            Yes. QuickPwn can’t load the Mobile Device Support if there is no Mobile Device Support to load.

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                                          • At 2008.09.15 14:08, Max said:

                                            If i do this on my iphone will i be able to update when new firmware is released? Are there any negatives of doing this?

                                            Thanks, Max

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                                            • At 2008.09.17 22:36, pichirilo said:

                                              i have a big problem, i followed all the steps and my iphone stays restarting and restarting again with the black screen and the apple, what can i do????!!!!!

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                                              • At 2008.09.18 21:23, polypeptide said:

                                                Hi !

                                                I have a question…..would I still have both installer and cydia on my iphone if i upgrade to 2.1 and jailbreak it like how you described above ?
                                                And would they work ??

                                                Thanks

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                                                • At 2008.09.19 03:40, staceman said:

                                                  Hi Branden,

                                                  You are a champion! The jailbreak worked sweet and my phone is running perfect for what I need it for now. Cheers, Stace :grin: :grin: :grin:

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                                                  • At 2008.09.20 20:36, minion said:

                                                    Hey Branden…this process worked perfectly for me except for two things…One is that I cannot access the internet/cydia/any online apps, and the second is my itunes, after connecting my Iphone into it says, “itunes cannot read the contents of iphone. Go to summary tab and restore the phone back to factory settings.” What do I do?? I cant access the net with the phone, and I cannot upload anything with Itunes. Please respond, hope you can help.

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                                                    • At 2008.10.20 13:07, MK said:

                                                      `HEY man.. did u fix ur prob? same thg happens 4 me.. need help pls!

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                                                      • At 2008.11.30 18:44, Robin said:

                                                        same here :cry:

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                                                      • At 2008.09.22 06:29, miller said:

                                                        hey so i have the 2g iphone i think its was jailbroken with 1.14 and i really want to get this knew 2.1 firmaware but have absolutely no clue what im doing can someone help me at all… im pretty tech impaired.. lol… i just dont wanna wreack or lose the stuff i got on my iphone know but i do want the new stuff… help plz….

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                                                        • At 2008.09.26 23:00, Carlos said:

                                                          Hi, men. I had the same problem as pichirilo. The iphone is restarting, apparently. Please, help me???. What can I do?

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                                                        • At 2008.10.03 06:33, lenny said:

                                                          hi braden does this procedure allows my phone to have a video function

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                                                          • At 2008.10.08 13:41, Ninnuam said:

                                                            Hee there,

                                                            Five seconds ago I tried this and I got to step 14 but for some weird reason I can not find /System/Library/PrivateFrameWorks/MobileInstallation.framework… I normally am not a computer nub, and I looked for it very possible way, but I just do not have a Library folder… Trying this on Windows Vista btw. Maybe that is destroying it?

                                                            Thanks for any reply already,
                                                            Ninnuam.

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                                                            • At 2008.10.09 15:06, Blaze said:

                                                              :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: WORKED PERFECTLY ON MY 3G !!! ThanX, author !!!

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                                                              • At 2008.12.11 10:33, Zverr said:

                                                                Hi guys I have problem and i dont know how to unlock my 3g 2.2 after i did jailbreaker “QuickPwn22-1″

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                                                                • At 2009.01.14 10:29, tcyk said:

                                                                  is it too late? the link doesn’t work? i can download quickpwn but it won’t extract properly

                                                                  Step 7) Download quickpwn with the correct 2.1 bundle inside it here.

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