I downgraded my iphone 3gs and my wifes 3gs so i could jailbreak and upgrade to ios 4 jailbroken and unlocked so i could sell them. This new firmware is basically a security update which patches the pdf exploit used by jailbreakme to jailbreak all ios devices. It will trll you which iphone model it will be compatible with, when released this fall. If youre not sure which firmware file to download for your iphone, then check the post which will help you identify which firmware file to download based on your iphone. If your iphone is stucked into an infinite recovery loop then through easyirecovery you can easily break that loop with a single click. Get out of recovery mode iphone ios troubleshooting, 3gs. It is able to talk to iboot and ibss and ibec via usb. If you dont install this filter, you will get got usb no iphone. The worlds most advanced mobile operating system keeps getting better. How to jailbreak your iphone 3gs using pwnagetool mac. Iphone 3gs will not turn on, cannot restore macrumors. Some features are limited on the older hardware, however ios 6 is available for ota or itunesbased update for 3gs owners. Note, for windows, if youre running vista or windows 7, make sure you install the app using xp.
In a nutshell, this tool will help you recover from continuous recovery loop when downgrading from ios 4 to ios 3. Download easyirecovery to enter exit iphone recovery mode. Or, continue to use your current iphone 3g, which is eligible for the free upgrade to the new software on june. Fact is, the iphone 3gs and earlier just dont have the horsepower to run the most recent os so you probably wont be able to upgrade it past what you are running now.
Since i had previously used blackrain for my first jailbreak, i ran the app again after following the linked tutorial \how to downgrade your iphone 3gs using a cydia saved shsh mac\ there is. My phone got wet on holiday and got itself into a bit of a flap, but after. It allows you to recover lost data including text messages, contacts, call. Data can be recovered that has not been overwritten yet or erased by the.
It currently connects to 0x1281 iphone, iphone 3g, ipod touch, ipod touch 2g. Aug 05, 2008 unfortunately, youre all experiencing obsolescence. If you cant update or restore your iphone, ipad, or ipod. A second major reason why apple extended support for ios back to the iphone 3gs is that there are a lot of iphone 3gs users, and apple wants them on the latest ios release to give its app store. There was a project for the iphone 2g and iphone 3g as well as the ipod 1g and 2g mbmc called the whitedoor project, it was a custom firmware for the original iphone that was designed to update the graphics, backport several features of newer ios versions, and generally increase the scope of capability for the original iphone so that it could still be used with modern apps and features. Windows version can be found here the requirements though as mentioned earlier remains the same. Its the way of technology, and definitely the way of advanced tech. If you do not, your usb will be dead on the system until you manage to uninstall it. Now if you care about your security, you can go ahead and update now but doing so will make your iphone 4, 3gs. Open a terminal shell and drag and drop the irecovery icon on it.
Sep 18, 2014 now that we know ios 8 cannot be installed on old iphones like iphone 3gs 4, our next task is to wait for something magical to happen. Guide to fix iphone from booting in to recovery mode on every restart. Gihosoft free iphone data recovery is an easytouse and professional ios data recovery software for iphone, ipad and ipod touch. Now if you care about your security, you can go ahead and update now but doing so will make your iphone 4, 3gs and ipod touch 3g 2g unjailbreakable until a new. Apple releases firmware update for airpods 2 slack launches simpler, more organized app for ios amazon unveils allnew fire hd 8, fire hd 8 plus, and fire hd 8 kids edition tablets. Hi i have a 3gs 32gb iphone, which had been jailbroken on 3. Unless apple says they have an optimized version for the 3g phone because i dont believe the hardware is ios4 ready.
I had updated it to ios 4 custom firmware, all was good. If youre not sure which firmware file to download for your iphone, then check the post which will help you identify which firmware file to download based on your iphone s model. When apple releases a new update to ios the operating system that runs the iphone, ipod touch, and ipad install it. The shsh grabber is updated for the ipt2g otb users, ipt3, and the 3gs firmware 3.
To fix your iphone stuck in a recovery mode loop is restore it in dfu mode and a common mistake is that people think dfu mode looks the same as in recovery mode but thee is a difference of the look if it shows up with connect to itunes it is in recovery but if it shows up on itunes but still looks like it is turned off then its in dfu mode. Feb 09, 2010 if your iphone is factory unlocked then good for you, otherwise stick with the iphone firmware 3. Update jailbreak iphone 3gs and 4 to ios 6 preserve. Step two double click the downloaded tinyumbrella pkg file to and follow the prompts to install the application. After the ipsw processing is over, process to generals and leave every thing intact.
It can rescue your lost ios data due to accidental deletion, factory reset, ios upgrade, jailbreak, water damage. I dont remember ever clicking anything about make my life easier, in fact i never even knew about it. Use foreign automake rules to prevent mandatory files that we dont use. Hi, i am attempting to upgrade a jailbroken and unlocked iphone 3gs ios 4. Sep 20, 2012 download apple ios 6 software update for iphone 3gs. Thanks to westbaer and posixninja who made this awesome utility. Apple decided to support the iphone 3gs with ios 6, although with the release of the iphone 5 the hardware is now discontinued. Help me for update my iphone 3g iphone, ipad, ipod forums. Note, for windows, if youre running vista or windows 7, make sure you install the app using xp compatibility mode. Either you can restore a backup or configure your iphone 3gs as new phone and you are back to iphone 3g 3. It is able to talk to the ibootibss in apples iphone. Run the following command to get into irecovery console mode and connect to your iphone irecovery s once you are in irecovery console you need to run the following commands. There was a project for the iphone 2g and iphone 3g as well as the ipod 1g and 2g mbmc called the whitedoor project, it was a custom firmware for the original iphone that was designed to update the graphics, backport several features of newer ios versions, and generally increase the scope of capability for the original iphone.
After this reboot your iphone with home and sleep and it will now boot into 3. If you want to use irecovery to send an iboot exploit payload or for accessing the aes engine in irecovery client, you need to have libusb filter installed for apple device recovery mode driver. You will need a iphone 3gs with new bootrom on ios 4, which has shsh blobs saved for iphone 3. Besides replicating the design and features of ios 7, whited00r is engineered for speed. Download easyirecovery to enter exit iphone recovery. Some other important notes about the jailbreak are as follows. Apr 09, 2010 run the following command to get into irecovery console mode and connect to your iphone irecovery s once you are in irecovery console you need to run the following commands. Recover iphone from recovery mode loop or stuck on itune.
Pay the earlyupgrade price for iphone 3gs purchase iphone 3gs at the no commitment price. Its a dedicated data recovery solution you might consider when youre faced with the task to intend to recover lost data. I have read some articles about it but it seems that those are too old and cannot work. Now itunes to activate and restore from backup contacts, tunes etc and i now have 3. Below are the direct links for the ios firmware updates that have been released for the iphone by apple so far. Download the app you desire using the apple id connected to the phone.
Upgrade to the latest version of the ios in two ways. Jan 29, 2016 if you want to use irecovery to send an iboot exploit payload or for accessing the aes engine in irecovery client, you need to have libusb filter installed for apple device recovery mode driver. Does anyone have some experience in doing this or does apple provide tutorials for developers in this. Keep holding them until you see the recovery mode screen.
Press and hold the power button that is present on the top edge of the iphone and along with that press home buttonfor at least 15 seconds. Click on the folder icon and navigate to the irecovery stick drive. For example, to perform an upgrade or system recovery, the device must be placed in. If you dont install this filter, you will get got usb no iphone or ipad found issue even if the device is connected in recovery mode. Use blackra1n to jailbreak, this will automatically remove the activation screen and your iphone will boot to springboard. Install cydia via blackra1n app on your iphone, add the repo. Oct 18, 2011 and unlike the previous ios update, which actually did not offer too many enhancements for iphone 3g users, almost all the features in the ios 5 update will function on the older iphone 3gs, as. The shsh files may help you to continue to downgrade your iphone back to 3. Download the irecovery stick updater open the irecoveryupdater. Apple ios 6 software update for iphone 3gs driver techspot. It will trll you which iphone model it will be compatible with. How to update your iphone 4 without upgrading the baseband. This video will guide you how to update your iphone 3gs on ios 6.
As the name suggests, do your data recovery for iphone. The latest version includes new and more clean interface. If you remember, ios 6 does not work on old iphone 3g2g and ipod touches. Upgrades to ios deliver bug fixes, interface changes, and new features. Now it displays the familiar usb cable image with itunes logo. To get the rid of recovery mode loop we use irecovery, irecovery is a libusbbased command line utility for mac os x and linux perhaps windows too. Update jailbreak iphone 3gs and 4 to ios 6 preserve baseband. In the flurry of upgrades and jailbreak tools, many may have come to the realization that they are not yet ready for ios 4 for various reasons, wether it be a new bootrom, or you simply miss your jailbroken apps from cydia, this guide will help you downgrade your recent update to ios 4 back to 3. This will unlock and fix your wifi issue if you had one on 3.
It allows you to recover lost data including text messages, contacts, call history, photos, videos, notes, whatsapp, voice memos, safari history, and more without any hassles. Easy to use simply connect the iphone and the irecovery stick to the. However, what you can try to do is go into ituens on the computer. If you need ios 5 like features on your iphone 3g, try whitedoor it may help you. The irecovery stick can recover deleted text messages smsmms, imessages, call history, contacts, calendar entries, notes, safari bookmarks, and recently deleted photos from the phone as well as.
The jailbreak turnaround was really quick with this ios update as the jailbreaking procedure remained unchanged for iphone. Whited00r gets ios 7 update for iphone 3g 2g the iphone faq. The highest supporting operating system of iphone 3g is ios4. Recboot and recboot exit only, the later will take your device out of the recovery mode. The irecovery stick can recover deleted text messages smsmms, imessages, call history, contacts, calendar entries, notes, safari bookmarks, and recently deleted photos from the phone as well as deleted data from apps such as chrome, gmail, jott messenger, whatsapp, kik, evernote, whisper, evernote, and. Press and hold both the home and the top or side buttons at the. You will get the path to irecovery that should be followed by a s without the quotes and you should type s. Blackrain worked on it fine and im back to where i was before 3. Libusb library package install this package by doubleclicking on it after download. Sep 14, 2009 irecovery last command fsboot once the iphone 3gs has been restarted, you see the emergency calls only and you need to reactivate tour iphone 3gs via itunes 14. And i interested with the ios 7,can i upgrade it to iphone 3gs.
Both the phones have been sold so i dont have access to them anymore. After selecting the irecovery stick drive letter it may be a different letter on your machine, click ok and then click ok on the updater and wait for the extraction to complete. Step by step guide to upgrade jailbroken iphone 3gs to iphone. Press and hold the top or side and volume down buttons at the same time.
Once this is done, click the browse button and point to the location where ios 3. Apr 03, 2011 also make sure to download the iphone 4 ios 4. Get out iphone from recovery mode loop on restart iphone it will get you out of the recovery loop mode, and itunes will attempt to ask you to sync with the old backup i chose to setup a new phone, and then wait for the itunes to reactivate your iphone, in a few minutes itll say iphone. Jailbreak iphone 3gs new bootrom on ios 4 with shsh blobs on. Feb 21, 2014 here are the direct download links for ios 6. Download the latest official apple stock ipsw ios 6 for your ios device. The iphone failed an upgrade to a newer version of ios. It is able to talk to the ibootibss in apples iphone ipod touch via usb. Can old iphones like iphone 43gs get ios 8 firmware. Nov 28, 2012 help me for update my iphone 3g connect your device to your computer, fire up the computers itunes app download the latest version of itunes, if not on the computer and when itunes recognizes your device, select update.
If you are on windows then you need to install libusbwin32 in order to run irecovery. Wait till the iphone device turns off and then release the power and home button. Then choose and save the ios data you want to recover. Here is a little tutorial on how to recover iphone 3gs from apple logo or recovery mode loop with the help of irecovery. Iphone stuck and will not turn on, cant even restore it in itunes i was trying to jailbreak my iphone 3gs 3.