Thanks

what is the true risk of jailbreaking? Is it possible to brick the phone when JBing? Can the phone be restored to the original software if needed?

Thanks!

The iPhone can always be restored with Restore mode and if that doesn’t work you always have DFU Mode. The only real risk is if you have a jailbroken iPhone and upgrade to a new firmware without knowing what it could do. Thus it’s only possible to brick you phone when you upgrade firmwares. I hope this helps you!

Can you use Itunes to sync your music and podcasts after jailbreaking?

@Ric: Yes. If you sync’d your iPhone w/ iTunes and then jailbreak; the next time you run iTunes and connect the iPhone, iTunes will recognize a new phone as ask you if you want to restore from a prior-backed up version. Select that — iTunes will then restore. After finished, check your sync settings (email, bookmarks, music, apps, videos, etc) and sync again. iTunes puts everything back like normal. Cydia installed apps are not backed up/restored. Use AptBackup from the Cydia repository prior to jb’ing and last iTunes backup. Then after the iTunes restore, open Cydia, download AptBackup, and press restore. Now all your jb’d apps are loaded. Just performed this procedure twice in the last 3 days ….. great success. The only thing missing is the exact placement of app icons on the SB …. and passwords for email accounts are missing (probably a good thing).

Will this work for the iTouch 2g using the 2.2 firmware?

No, a jailbreak for the 2nd generation iPod Touch hasn’t been released yet.

I have a out rigth $$$$$ unlocked 3g, and im confused I can jailbreaking my iphone becouse i already have it unlocked rigth? so this does not go for me (It will upgrade the baseband making unlocking in the future impossibly hard) right? or am I confused?

A 3G unlock is coming on New Years Day, so just hold out for a week.

thanks dude
also quick question
I have some apps that i got from a friend copy them and pasted to my pc but they wont install it says can not verify, any way around it?

can anybody help me? when i first bought my iphone 2g it was working fine.but a couple of weeks later a connect to itunes came up on the screen.i restored it and 3 or 4 days later the same connect to itunes logo came up again…i restored my iphone several times and im getting frustrated with this issue…does anybody know whats going on? i need help please..thanks

i found how to get the apps to work easy to do..

@djlooni

It is not a hardware problem that causes that, so it is most likely some bad software that you are installing. Download a fresh copy of the firmware in iTunes. Also, are you installing any apps right before this happens?

I have an unlocked phone and using t mobile if I use this system will it relock my phone to 02 or will it be ok, I use to have cydia on it before but due to the update it has now gone

can anyine help me I have never done this before a newbie

I have an iphone 3g (official carrier) and I recently upgraded to 2.2 firmware via itunes.

The first time I tried to jailbreak, I lost my phone’s signal and could not even modify carrier settings. I was on a 2.0.2 firmware then. I’m scared that it will happen again if I try this.

Can anyone tell me how I can jailbreak without losing network signal please? Thanks!

It was probably just a bad firmware. There is nothing that is irreversible with jailbreaking.

Sorry if this is a newbie question, but qhat’s the purpose of both Cydia and Installer?

im having trouble with my iphone 2g… ive just unlocked/jb with 2.2 but each time i try opening the camera app, it restarts the phone… i have tried restoring via itunes and then jb/unlocking it a number of times, but the same thing keeps happening…

does anyone know what could be causing this???

thanks in advance for any help…

@ZEO2K
Cydia and Installer are basically the same thing: they allow third party developers to distribute applications or mods without the need for Apples consent. Cydia is much more supported compared to installer.

@Nazzy
This also sounds like bad firmware. Download a fresh copy from iTunes.

The steps described above worked like a charm the first time I tried them. Thanks for the detailed instructions.

My next question is this:

Once there is another firmware upgrade from iTunes, how di I ensure that my Cydia apps are backed-up properly? Can I do this in iTunes and just restore from back up to get all my Cydia apps back?

Once you upgrade your firmware, everything is erased. But there is an app on Cydia that records every installed app that you have and automatically downloads them after you upgrade. It is called “AptBackup”.

I just updated to the 2.2 on my 3g and it appears to eat my battery like crazy. I want to also, jailbreak it, so should I restore to the 2.1 or leave it at 2.2 and start jailbrkg? Thank you.

I followed your instructions to the letter and everything worked out perfectly. Thanks so much!! =D

If 2.2 really eats your battery to prevent full use of your iPhone, restore your iPhone to 2.2 again. And then jailbreak.

i have 2.2 firmware already factory installed on my iphone 3g..therefore when i attempted to restore my iphone it didnt ask me to restore and update it simply asked me to just restore…what do i do? continue following the guide and just restore or something different hit me back

Yes, just restore it.

i have a jailbroken iphone 3g version 2.1 i want to upgrade to 2.2 how do i do it or should i stay with 2.1 helpppppppppppp.

I know your all fed up of this question but i just wanted to know if the jailbreak for iPod touch 2g is in development at all at the moment ? thanks

As of now you have to upgrade to firmware 2.2 to unlock your iPhone 3G. Use yellowsn0w to software unlock. There will be a guide up soon.

i need help unlocking/jb my ipod touch 2.2 2g?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!

The iPod Touch 2G is not supported yet, and probably wont be for some time, sorry.

Happy new year all…:)
Just wondering if anyone knows how installer is going..? Has the instability been fixed for 2.2? I’m to worried to try again…Had to do a restore last time i checked installeron 2.1…..
thanks
the_topcat

i remember reading that when you upgraded a jailbroke phone from 2.0 to 2.1 you had to do something special or you would loose like 500 mb of storage space. Does this apply to upgrading from 2.1 to 2.2 or not?

ok so i upgraded without getting an answer but i think i screwed up somthing else. i had most of my apps in folders using “categories” including cydia and the categories. I dont see any of the apps that were in folders. Are they still in the folders and i just cant see them? How can i get them back? I did a restore before i upgraded to 2.2 so i didnt think i would have any issues.

for some reason when i try to jailbreake my iphone 3g 2.2 it stays on wait for iohine to connect to recovery mode what should i do on windows pc

You are not following the timing instructions that QuickPwn gives you exactly. Exact timing and the right combination of buttons will get you into recovery mode.

“you may restore all of your information back on to it” help? how? restore from itune?

Yes, from iTunes. That is the only way to backup and restore your iPhone and iPod Touch data.

ok it stays on wait for iphone to go to recovery and never tells me the rest of the instructions it hangs on the connect to recovery. it shows a image of a usb and itunes. i really want to jailbreak been restoring and trying agian like 5 times. should i activate and then do it. should i do ir while it is on

I have jailbroken 1.1.4 iPhone 2G. I upgraded to 2.2, but lost all my contacts, notes, etc. Is there a way to reverse upgrade and re-get all my stuff?

@ Boggs
No, you cannot get back anything that was overwritten during an upgrade, just like a computer. You should have backed up everything before you did it. Also, you cannot go back after you upgraded to the 2.X software. (its pointless anyway)

@John
Follow the instructions in light gray in the second-to-last screenshot in the guide.