Hey guys,

I am having problems restoring my 2G 1.1.4 phone to the 2.1 firmware. From iTunes I selected the iPhone1,2_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw file to restore, and it gave me the error number 5. I even tried to put it in restore mode prior to restoring it and it produced the same error. Have any of you encountered this problem before?

before you doing any upgrade , did you upgrade your iphone to 2.1 ??

the firmware u downloaded (and posted on the 1st page) is for iPhone 3G....find the one for iPhone 2G
iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw
and u should not follow this guide , as it is for iPhone 3G ONLY (misleading title from the TS)
follow the guide on iClarified (since thread starter also copy from there 100%) here for iPhone 2G unlock and jailbreak

This post has been edited by psyeo: Oct 12 2008, 11:12 AM

i almost follow the guide on 1st page yesterday helping my fren JB until another fren telling me that i need those bootloader thing... i search around iClarified then only notice the method for 2G are different abit, and the restore file different too.

the link posted by psyeo shud be posted on 1st page to notify other 2G users

i will do other post regarding the 2G

Thanks mate, I tried the other firmware file and it worked like a charm.

no problem..its my pleasure...

LOL.....u provide misleading information to him, yet u thought that post was referring to u...
Good on ya

I know that it is not ur problem, and it is ur pleasure to mislead others

This post has been edited by psyeo: Oct 13 2008, 08:14 AM

Thanks bro..
Really help!!

Ok , no problem.!

Dear gurus, can i skip step 2 if i'm already on 2.1?

Sure can if your iphone already 2.1

Got it. Thanks for the prompt reply dude.

are all iphones officially already jailbroken or some are not?

All phones are not jail broken out of the box. Once you purchase, you'll have to manually Jail Break it.

offically? offically unlock i know lah....
if u buy the offically unlock.... means its in original state.... and tak jailbroken yet...
but u have the option to jailbreak it.... and add spice to ur phone...

if u bought iphone tht had been jailbroken means tht u have bought the 2nd hand iphones lah bro...

is there an option not to jailbreak it? i mean, jailbreaking enables u to download free apps from everywhere.. does that mean non-jailbroken phones cant download free apps? or just limited free apps?

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Added on October 16, 2008, 11:05 pmis there an option not to jailbreak it? i mean, jailbreaking enables u to download free apps from everywhere.. does that mean non-jailbroken phones cant download free apps? or just limited free apps?

This post has been edited by reason: Oct 16 2008, 11:05 PM

there is tons of free apps available through iTunes without needing to jailbreak.
with jailbreak u can install quite a number of other apps that are not available and approved by apple.

since u're new, take my advice, don't jailbreak it till u are familiar with the phone after using it.

First thing I did was to jailbreak the phone because correct me if I'm wrong but without jailbreak, you can't solve the basic issues like the caller id prefix.

That is just one thing of course but to me it is quite major since I went and bought such an expensive phone but I have to double entry all the people in my phone book so that I can properly identify who sms/calls me. If you can live with doing that then I suppose psyeo is right. You don't have to jailbreak until you're more familiar with the phone.

what's with the caller id issue, wilsoncvt? u mean when there's an incoming call, it displays the number instead of the name?

is jailbreaking actually safe to the phone? i can simply use the steps given on the 1st page here right?