How to update your iPhone to 2.1 on Windows without WinPWN

This entry was posted on Monday, September 15th, 2008 by Aaron Besson
Category: 3G iPhone, Jailbreak/Activate, iPhone, iPhone Unlock Updates, iTunes News/Updates.



Here is a tutorial posted in the forum by SARC originally posted on iPhoneHacks.com and Sleepers.net by a user named geeb. This will allow windows users to update to 2.1 and then jailbreak 2.1 with an older version of quickpwn that has been patched.

2G/3G iPhone 2.1 jailbreak tutorial -by geeb

DISCLAIMER: May break thingz…here be dragonz. Blame phi|o

AT THE MOMENT ANY 3rd PARTY APPS WILL NOT SHOW ON SPRINGBOARD UNTIL YOU DELETE THE CACHE AGAIN AND RESPRING WITH BOSSPREFS OR REBOOT (SEE LAST STEP OF TUTORIAL)

  1. Download the 2.1 firmware: for 3g:  or for 2g
  2. install iTunes 8
  3. Update the iPhone with iTunes and make sure it is activated!
  4. Uninstall iTunes v8 Uninstall Apple Mobile Device Support (From Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel)
  5. Install iTunes v7.7.*
  6. Download quickpwn with the correct 2.1 bundle inside it: http://xpwn.co.uk/quickpwn-2.1-2g-3g.rar
  7. Run quickpwn…select your iPhone1,2_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw or iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw
    - you can select cydia and installer and logos if you wish
  8. When it is finished the phone will reboot…Cydia and Installer will NOT be visible yet
  9. Download TotalCommander <– http://xpwn.co.uk/tcmd704a.exe
  10. Download t-pot addon <– http://xpwn.co.uk/T-PoT.1.1.zip
  11. Install TotalCommander and in the left pane navigate to T-PoT.1.1.zip and click on it. - It will install t-pot automatically.
  12. Download the mobileinstallation patch <– http://www.sendspace.com/file/pcrxy6
  13. Use Totalcommander to install patched mobileinstallation to /System/Library/PrivateFrameWorks/MobileInstallation.framework…
  14. click on the dropdown box [-\-] top left and select network neighbourhood then t-pot.
  15. Remeber to back up your original mobileinstallation first!
  16. Drag the file from the right pane to the left, not from windows explorer to TotalCOmmander!
  17. Still in TotalCommander delete /private/var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installation.plist
  18. Reboot the phone and all is good!

Thanks to the #xpwn crew…


[via iPhoneHacks - thanks to SARC for posting this in the forum]

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