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Jailbreak, Activate and Unlock Original iPhone 2G 3.1.3 Firmware Using redsn0w [Windows/Mac]

10 February 2010 262 Comments

Original iPhones (metal back, silver color, referred to as 2G iPhone) are blessed with a fully unlockable baseband 04.05.04_G. It entitles the iPhone 2G to be easily hackable. So lets get the ball rolling and get to the latest 3.1.3 firmware with a full unlock, jailbreak and activation in place!

Step by Step :

Download redsn0w 0.9.3 from downloads section and extract them to your Desktop [Both Mac and Windows versions of redsn0w are available there]

Connect your iPhone 2G to your PC/Mac and launch iTunes [Update iTunes to the latest version]

Update to 3.1.3 firmware directly from iTunes itself [Just click the update button in iTunes]

Meanwhile, download 3.1.2 Stock iPhone firmware and save it on the Desktop [Make sure it is .ipsw extension and not .zip]

Once the update is done, launch redsn0w 0.9.3 and click on browse button and browse to the 3.1.2 firmware that you just downloaded [Saved on Desktop] and click Next as shown. Follow the screenshots and proceed accordingly [Make sure Unlock and Cydia are checked]

Download the bootloader files for iPhone 2G. Extract the downloaded files 39.bin and 46.bin to the desktop.

When you are prompted for the bootloader files 39.bin and 46.bin in redsn0w , browse to the respective files saved on the desktop and click Next.

Now make sure your iPhone is connected to your PC/Mac and turn it off [Hold the power and slide to power off] and click Next.

Now follow the on screen instructions carefully, it is ok to miss those on the first try. Click back and try again [The 3 steps should as prompted should be done in the time shown on redsn0w].

Now let redsn0w do its thing! You will see some images on the iPhone which means it is jailbreaking, unlocking and activating your iPhone 2G! Wait till you see the homescreen, in other words leave the iPhone alone for few minutes.

Enjoy your jailbroken, Unlocked iPhone!

262 Comments »

  • vicsouza said:

    Thank you very much man!

  • Chintho said:

    Awesome!!! I just jailbroke my 2g.. 🙂 Super

  • CANLACB said:

    Thanks so much! Helped out a lot. Quick and easy!

  • Barry K said:

    I tried activating my 1st Gen iPhone using the iTunes software, legit with AT&T… I must have tried about 100 different times with 4 different versions of iTunes. No matter what, my iPhone would not unbrick and activate. This worked great. The only problem I encountered is that Internet Explorer kept downloading the ispw file as a zip. I had to install Firefox and download the ispw file from there. Thanks again so much!

  • Leandro Ribeiro said:

    Thanks man! Very thanks! Saved me 🙂

  • xxxobzeexxx said:

    excellent, thanks for all the help – one jailbroken iphone 2g 🙂 One problem I had was that explorer kept ownloading the ipsw as zip files and I couldn't extract the data, so I installed firefox anad the files downloaded straight away

  • kennedy said:

    Thanks man, u are good. I can now enjoy my iphone 2g.

  • Kishan said:

    we updated our iphone with 3.1.3 and later we are downloading download 3.1.2 Stock iPhone firmware. so will it work and the snap says redsnow0.9.2 and u instructed to download redsnow0.9.3?????? plz reply

  • Kiran said:

    Please follow them, step by step. Download the 0.9.3 version of redsn0w instead.

  • Walter said:

    You are the man. I was going crazy trying to get my iPhone 2G working. Thanks You

  • Ryan said:

    Will this work for a used iPhone?

  • Kiran said:

    Absolutely!

  • Dan said:

    Sweet thanks- that worked great!

  • Kiran said:

    Glad it worked for you!

  • champrss said:

    A millions of thank you! The last time i unlocked and jailbreak my iphone 2g was long way back to year 2008 using Ziphone. But the Apps tool being outdated and some apps i've download eventually can not be used.

    Now at last i can have Cydia in my iphone. Very glad!

    FYI, me also download iPhone1,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore using firefox.

    Thanks!!

  • Kiran said:

    You are welcome, a million times!

  • Smartiefiend said:

    Oh my word – this actually worked – I love you! Having spent 9 hours yesterday trying to get my phone unlocked, thsis worked in about 10 minutes – you sir, are a genius!

  • Kiran said:

    I am glad it worked for you!

  • Christopher Tushaj said:

    same here…i spent all night trying to get it to work. apparently i needed to download the correct version of Redsn0w AND download the right firmware.

    i have an iphone 2g with 3.1.3 on it already.
    i uploaded the iphone firmware 3.1.2 with Redsnow, version 9.3 (NOT 9.5***) 9.5 doesn't recognize the 3.1.2 firmware file.
    i uploaded the two .bin files (BL-39 and BL-46)
    i selected 'unlock' (i didn't select install cydia because mine was already jailbroken-i jailbroke it a couple hours ago)
    then that was it! finally it works with

  • Dixon said:

    Thanks yo! i really was stuck after using a bunch of other site but here..everythings here.all files needed and in the versions necessary.Again, thanks yo!

  • theo said:

    You will also need to acrivate push notifications since its messed up, actually only one fix works and its http://pushfix.info sadly it costs around 5 bucks but worth it, i paid for it yesterday and iPhone is like it should be

  • NILESH said:

    WHEN I AM CONNETING TO PC I AM NOT GETTING APP IN PC can u give me new software

  • Kiran said:

    I am sorry, I did not understand your question.

  • Alex said:

    Hey,

    This didn't work for me, I've tried twice. Any ideas?

  • Anneline said:

    Remember to have a sim-card plugged in….. I tried without a sim first, and it didn`t work. Tried again with the sim-card and it worked like a charm 🙂

  • Spongebob said:

    I did try twice and it didn't work, but I tried 3rd time, it worked on my phone. You need to do exactly what it instructed in order to get result. Especially the 1st step. You hold on the power button if you see the apple icon appears then hold on home button if you see power on it is is working. Just follow the 3rd step. If on the 2nd step, you see your phone is black, it won't work. You must start again by pulling out the USB cable and re-plug it in and make sure your phone power is off. Good luck.

  • Spongebob said:

    Sorry, this comment is for Alex.

  • mido said:

    plaise help me when i try to unlock my iphone 2g i do all this steps but he stop in the rebot step!!!!

  • Kiran said:

    Did you see any images on the iPhone after redsn0w? Any scrolling text on the screen at all?

  • Marco said:

    nop, i had the same issue, it got stock in the reboot step, and nothing happens

  • idunno said:

    you, my friend, are a LEGEND!!!

    tyvm

  • Narayan said:

    It's really great information, it worked perfectly thanks a lot for posting this

  • Josh said:

    I've tried this a couple times, however once the process on the phone finishes, the phone just boots to Recovery Mode. Any ideas?

  • iKab said:

    Thanks for the post was really helpful

  • Spongebob said:

    After I unlocked my phone, I put my sim (T-mobile), it said "no service". Do you have any ideas? Please advise.

  • Kiran said:

    Try rebooting the device. It might take some time to find a signal but eventually it should show the signal. Turn airplane mode on/off too.

  • Spongebob said:

    I got it thanks.

  • KZB said:

    Thanks! It worked!

  • Yungjeeezy said:

    wow..thnx so much..it worked..cheers

  • Abdul Hadi said:

    Followed the Instructions and unlocked the phone. You are Amazing.

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