Comments on: How to Install iPhone 2.2.1 Firmware on Jailbroken and Unlocked T-Mobile iPhone

By: alvin

alvin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:01:25 +0000

hey, quickpwn gets to the final stage and says uploading exploit bootloader but then it just stay like that and never changes.

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:02:16 +0000

J.D.,

As soon as you do the restore in iTunes, it’s wiping out the unlock and jailbreak on the phone and laying down the official operating system (firmware) again — so you’d have to re-unlock it and re-jailbreak it.

By: J.D.

J.D. — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:04:15 +0000

Riyad,
I have a iphone 2g, if my phone is already unlocked and jailbroken w/winpwn to 2.02 can I just restore it to 2.2.1 in? itunes or do I have to unkock it again w/QuickPwn?

By: Zimyad Mastoi!

Zimyad Mastoi! — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:43:31 +0000

Thankssssss alot……………………
i have upgraded now its working bt how can i open menu??????
menu is not opening i am just receiving msgs n calls nothing more

By: Shariq

Shariq — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:24:53 +0000

I made mistake and realease home button when quickpwn was asking to hold it.I tryed so many time from the begning but it always struck on the same promt saying ‘wait for your iphone to connect in recovery mode… Now i cant connect to itune to install the firmware again because it does not connect to my iphone.pls Help

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:06:41 +0000

Rom, glad to hear it man, have fun!

By: Rom

Rom — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:49:16 +0000

Thanks a mil Riyad Kalla , iT wokred just the way u said it should. You guys are the best.

Let the iphone irock(LOL)…WAAPPAXXX

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:39:10 +0000

Rom,

Put the SIM card in, make sure the phone actually works first. If it doesn’t, or says something like “incompatible SIM”, then it may be jailbroken, but it’s not unlocked (to work on other networks).

If the phone works great, then yes, you can follow this guide. But if you are going to upgrade anyway, I’d just recommend following the iPhone 3.0 firmware guide instead and get the latest.

By: Rom

Rom — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:17:06 +0000

update my to earlier enquiry…..

as a mater of fact the guy took out his phone card…so it really didn’t come with any phone card in it! I already have a sim card, so do i just put in the sim card i have and try the upgrade?

By: Rom

Rom — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:05:47 +0000

Hi folks, i have recently bought a jailbroken 2g iphone off someone, so it did not come with a T-mobile sim card. Would i be able also to do the above mentioned upgrade. I am running 1.1.4 firmware.

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:38:44 +0000

zoomi,

You’re killing me buddy… I have no idea what will happen if you proceed with QuickPwn not showing you the “Unlock” option, nor do I know why it’s not showing you that option — that’s why I’ve recommended using the iPhone 3.0 firmware guide we put up instead.

By: zoomi

zoomi — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:25:18 +0000

hi riyad….

if i dont see the unlock option in quickpwn…..should i proceed further….wt will happen????

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:34:44 +0000

@ehsan,
I *think* you get that error either when your firmware download is corrupted, or you downloaded the wrong firmware for your device. Double-check to make sure you grabbed the correct firmware for your device (for example, you don’t want to grab the 3G iPhone firmware for a 1st generation, 2G iPhone)

@zoomi,
If you follow the new iPhone 3.0 guide, you start off by doing a factory restore of the phone with the official iPhone firmware — and then you crack that open with redsn0w… I think that might be the way to go since your phone is currently in a funky state.

By: zoomi

zoomi — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:14:28 +0000

hi riyad

thanx for ur reply…..last time my frend unlocked iphone and he was told not to upgrade it further bcoz his iphone wont work anymore….is it right?…….and secondly i have already done jailbroken and unlocked and using it on unsupported network but now my iphone just got froozen on the apple logo……so i followed ur instruction to reboot it may be thats y quickpwn is not giving me option of that unlock……should i proceed further if i m not getting this option???????is it safe?

By: ehsan

ehsan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:01:43 +0000

it doesn’t worked
It says
firmware error string

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:05:09 +0000

zoomi,

I’ve not heard anyone complain about that before (not seeing the Unlock) — are you sure you grabbed all the resources linked from this guide?

Also, don’t forget, we put up a guide for installing, jailbreaking and unlocking iPhone 3.0 OS on your iPhone just recently if you want to follow that one instead.

By: zoomi

zoomi — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:53:43 +0000

hi everyone…..everything went right but the quickpwn is not giving me the option of unlocking while i m getting other three option….cydia, installer and reboot logo……any idea….is it something relted to quickpwn….where should i get the latest one which will work with my firmware 2.2.1.
thnx

By: irena

irena — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:51:09 +0000

i updated my phone long time ago and i followed the exact steps but something happened and now i have to install it again but it takes forever to connect my phone to recovery..its been almost 20 minutes and nothings happening…any ideas?

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:08:07 +0000

UPDATE: Thank you to everyone for being patient, the new iPhone 3.0 Firmware jailbreaking/unlocking guide is now up!

By: How to Install iPhone 3.0 Firmware on Jailbroken and Unlocked T-Mobile iPhone | The "Break it Down" Blog

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:06:29 +0000

[...] This is an update to our Firmware 2.2.1 Guide, which was an update to our Firmware 2.1 Guide, which was an update to our Firmware 2.0 [...]

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:45:22 +0000

Pete, absolutely. Should have it written this week.

By: Loso

Loso — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:27:23 +0000

Ok I have a 1G iphone with T-mobile and it has been working beautifully. I recently made an ass outta myself and updated it to 2.2.1 from i-tunes. I read up top that it will be “uncrackable”?? Does that mean I can’t re-unlock it?? I have two jobs (probably like everyuone else) and I heavily rely on my phone day to day. I really need my phone up and runing again!! Please help!!!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:40:01 +0000

I restored using the 2.2.1 file I downloaded at the top of the file. That worked OK. Other problem I encountered was during QuickPwn. I ntever went into recovery mode so it never advanced the “button sequence”. I exited out of quickpwn and rebooted the iphone. It automatically rebooted into recovery mode and quickpwn did its thing. Another successful unlocked Iphone. Thanks for a great tutorial Kevin.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:29:48 +0000

I am trying to upgrade a 2nd Gen that was on 1.1.4, but when I tried to bring it to 2.2.1 I got an error 14. Itunes now states that I have to restore to original factory settings. Do I have to download an older firmware file, or can I just continue on with the 2.2.1 file I downloaded at the top of the instructions?

Do you have to be connected to the net to be successful?