If you are one of those iPhone 3GS (new bootrom) or iPod touch 3G / 2G (MC model) user who has upgraded to iOS 4 only to find out that you cant jailbreak it can follow the instructions posted below to downgrade iOS 4.0 to iOS (formerly iPhone 3.1.3 or 3.1.2).
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Step 1: Download the old iPhone OS 3.1.3, iPhone OS 3.1.2 ipsw firmware files. (Download links: iPhone 3.1.3 firmware for iPhone 2G,iPhone 3.1.3 firmware for iPhone 3G ,iPhone 3.1.3 firmware for iPhone 3GS / iPhone OS 3.1.2 for iPhone 2G,iPhone OS 3.1.2 for iPhone 3G ,iPhone OS 3.1.2 for iPhone 3GS)
Step 2: Put your device into DFU mode (not recovery mode).
* Connect your iPhone to your computer.
* Turn iPhone off.
* Start iTunes.
* Hold Power and Home buttons together for 10 seconds or so.
* Release Power button but keep holding the Home button until your computer recognizes a new USB device.
* iTunes will now recognize your iPhone.
(Step 3 is for iPhone 3GS users only. If you are on iPhone 3G or iPod touch 2G (non-MC model), skip Step 3 and continue from Step 4)
Step 3: This step is applicable to iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G and iPod touch 2G (MC model) which have their SHSH blobs (ECID SHSH) saved on Cydia for the firmware you downgrading on. If you don’t have your SHSH files saved, you cannot downgrade the mentioned devices.
So what we will do is to trick iTunes into thinking that it is watching Apple servers, while in real, we are going to change the address to Saurik’s server.
* Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ and locate “hosts” file.
Mac users can get to “/etc/” directory by going through “Go –> Go to Folder” from Finder.
* Open this “hosts” file in Notepad (for Windows) or TextEdit (for Mac OS X) and add this
74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com
line as shown in the screenshot below:
Now simply save this file and you are good to go!
NOTE for Windows 7 and Vista: Start “Notepad” with Administrator privileges by right clicking on “Notepad” app, and click on “Run as Administrator“ option.
Step 4: You will now have to restore your iPhone or iPod touch to the firmware you downloaded in Step 1. Click on your phone icon from the sidebar in iTunes. Now press and hold left “alt” (option) button on Mac (Left “Shift” button on Windows) on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes and then release this button.
This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your downloaded firmware file. Select that ipsw file and click on “Open”.
Step 5: Now sit back and enjoy as iTunes does the rest for you. This will involve a series of automated steps. Be patient at this stage and don’t do anything silly. Just wait while iTunes installs firmware on your iPhone or iPod touch. Your iPhone screen at this point will be showing a progress bar indicating installation progress. Now at some point, iTunes will throw 1011, 1013 or 1015 error at you. This is normal, just ignore this error as the firmware has already been successfully installed on the device.
Step 6: Now you will need to exit your device from Recovery Mode. To do this, download a program called RecBoot (Windows / Mac). Run it and the click on “Exit Recovery Mode” button. Your device will now restart normally.
This is it, you should now be able to jailbreak your device on this older OS. For iPhone 3.1.2 firmware, you can use blackra1n, PwnageTool, redsn0w, sn0wbreeze, ultrasn0w and blacksn0w to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone and iPod touch. For iPhone 3.1.3 firmware for iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS and iPod touch 1G/2G, you can use redsn0w 0.9.3, redsn0w 0.9.4, sn0wbreeze, PwnageTool 3.1.5. Unlocking can be done using ultrasn0w or blacksn0w. iPhone 3.1.3 (on devices with new bootrom and baseband) can use Spirit to jailbreak iPhone 3GS/3G and iPod touch 3G/2G.
Thanks: RedMond Pie
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I forgot to mention…all other steps up to recboot worked fine. Iphone 3G…thanks!
I found out (Im using windows 7) that if you have you shsh's for 3.1.3 saved on cydia that all you have to do is.
1- change your host fie.
2- have 3.1.3 saved to your desktop.
3-shift click restore without turning off ipod and selecting that ipsw.
and it reverts.
make sure you have a backup of you apps before you upgraded because the new backup is not compatible with the lower firmware.
so I tried to save the “hosts” file in text edit, but I keep getting a message that I need the proper priveleges to save the file. I changed the “read and write” in the “Get Info” but still it isn't working. Any ideas?
this is on MAC OSX btw
My permissions are set to read and write, but it keeps saying I can't save the Textedit file because I don't have the right permissions. WTF?
You need to be logged in as admin and make sure you have write access on that system file.
did not work for me…at least I didn't brick phone. When it took file to restore to, I got an error. I am getting so impatient waiting for jb and unlock for 3GS 4.0 🙂
i didnt download the operating system,i only downloaded the firmware…..but i followed through with the rest of the process….now the i tunes arent recognizing my phone so i cant do anything.sigh.
i just wanted the old soft ware! f^%^%&.