How to Unlock Your 2.2 firmware 2G iPhone?
I’m sure you fellows have already came to know about the iPhone 2.2 firmware and many of us might be wandering if this firmware could be unlocked. Well the answer is yes but only for the iPhone 2G.
The new 2.2 firmware is a must have firmware upgrade because it brings cosmetic and productive changes, like the Safari re-design, new notification icon for EDGE and other unique features such as Google Street View and Podcasts.
Thanks to iPhone Devteam and Pwnage, QuickPwn Tools, we can have these features without locking up our iPhones. The method I’m going to share with you only works for iPhone 2G but later on we will have some jailbreaking for iPhone 3G for 2.2 firmware.
The method is really simple, all you got to do is download the new Pwned iPhone 2.2 firmware and restore it to your iPhone using iTunes. This is now it goes.
- Download the Pwned iPhone 2.2 Firmware for iPhone 2G created using Pwnage tool (links below).
- Extract the archives and you would get a file named iPhone1,1_2.2_5G77_Custom_Restore.ipsw (245MB).
- Now connect your iPhone to your PC via USB cable and open iTunes 8 (Cancel if its asks you to update your iPhone).
- Make sure you backup all your contacts, music, videos and other stuffs on your iPhone.
- Hold shift and click Restore and locate the Pwned iPhone 2.2 Firmware.
- Wait till its all done and you should be smiling with your unlocked firmware 2.2 iPhone.
You could also go by creating your own custom firmware with Pwnage or QuickPwn but this method is so much easier and works perfectly with iTunes on Mac or PC.
Download the iPhone 2.2 for 2G using the Rapidshare links below.
http://tinyurl.com/unlock-iphone-22-sizlo-1
http://tinyurl.com/unlock-iphone-22-sizlo-2
http://tinyurl.com/unlock-iphone-22-sizlo-3b
Please comment if you come across problems, we will be eager to help, Enjoy.
Via Sizlopedia
I click on the custom restore thing but it just brings me to “welcome to your iphone” and i have to activate it. And there is no restore button.
u are a genius ………
it works
thanks a lot ………..
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Is this for ATT users or is it for everyone else? Or does it even matter for the 2G
(you must have an unlocked 2G with 2.1 on it right?)
OKay so i pulled some triggers.
I have a 2G iphone on t-mobile i tunes 8.0.2.20
8GB with unlocked 2.0.2 custom firmware on it
downloaded this file –
SHIFT CLICK in itunes restore (no DFU mode)
And 10 minutes later i was using street view on it.
This file works perfectly and seamlesly and it does not lock your phone
Is this for windows?
I have firmware 1.1.4 unlocked with ZiPhone that has been working well for me. I am worried about upgrading to the new software and getting locked out (because I am then without a cell phone until I can fix it). Is it really this simple? Can anyone confirm?
I keep getting error 1640 or something like that stating an unknown error as occurred. How do I get this to work properly.
u gave three links for the download 2.2 custom restore.
Do we use all the of it, or just one?
which one is it?
@jojo a – well the update is kinda big. so the update was divide into 3 pieces. you have 2 download them all.
but if u download all three, aren’t they all going to be in different files?
so while u restore, which one do u pick?
o, and also, i use t-mobile, but my friend is giving me his iphone and he uses at&t
when i restore, should i have the my t-mobile or his at&t sim card in the phone?
o, do u also have to reactivate your phone after this?
because when i restored it once, i have to reactivate or else i can’t use it
after this restore, i can just put my t-mobile sim card and it works?
or do i have to reactivate, then put my simcard?
does i work at all?
btw, thank you so much if this works!
the rapid download may i know how to down load i stuck at the link and i pree download but its seem nothing happen please help me !
i am getting unknown error 5 when am trying to install the 2.2 ipsw can some1 plz help???
@ jojo a
ok i got it now,
if u restore, the phone gets locked
if u don’t activate it, you will be stuck on a emergency screen once restored
just put in the t-mobile simcard
don’t take it out
and follow the instuctions on the video
i promise it’ll work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqUtnKvx3JM&feature=email
@ mazin
the reason u are getting an error 5 is because the ipsw is different
the iphone 2g has two different types
if u go into yours, settings>general>about>version or firmware
u’ll see 2.2 (or ur version like 1.1.4 or something) and like a couple numbers and digits
in this case, the one u download on this website, is 5G77
urs might not be like that
hope i help!
@ celeste
1st go to the desktop, right click, create new folder, name it something, anything
then..
click, the link on the website
click free user
wait a certain amount of seconds(will show on screen)
then a download arrow appears
click that
SAVE the file to the folder u just created
DON’T UNZIP YET
download all three
(btw, as a free user, you may need to wait like 15 minutes before u can get another free download)
after all three are downloaded, just unzip anyone, and all three will unzip
u will then see the firmwire with a white lego thingy
unzip=extract all if u don’t know-sorry if i offend you
hope i helped!
@jojo a
ya, sorry i didn’t read ur quesitons before carefully
ya, if u restore with this ipsw, the emergency will be gone, no need of activation,
i suggest putting ur tmobile card into the iphone then restoring
if ur iphone matches the ipsw, it’ll work
I have a 2G iphone bought last year. Like a school kid following the teacher, I had been religiously upgrading the iphone sw on my pc as well as 2g ipohne. Now I want to unlock the phone. Currently I have
iphone – version – 2.2 (5G77)
Modem firmware – 04.05.04_G
itunes – 8.0.2.20
With this will the procedure documented in this page works safely?
Can anyone pl. confirm.
regards
@jackie –
it should work…. if anything goes bad just restore to the original firmware.
please someone……….
i have iphone 1.1.4 which was performing nice till i upgraded it with 2.2 fw.till then no carrier and it shows in emergency calls only.i tried to jailbreak with iliberty+ but dint work.i tried ziphone v3 didnt work.i use windows os.some time before the phone shows only the itune logo and the usb cable sign.now what to do to unlock the phone?can anyone help me out please???
thank you very much…
I have iphone 2G 2.02,I folow the steps until when I conect my iphone to my PC the itune opend and tell me that my SIM ( T-mobil)card is not supported and I have to get the right one what I should do please help me, also I need to know who to locate the Pwned iPhone 2.2 Firmware to unlock the phone in last step.
tahnk you for your help
@shdrbl
Whats wrong with you dude DOWNLOAD QUICKPWN….. cant you read the tutorial first…………
@JAMAL
Why dont you use quickpwn to unlock and jailbreak it, are you using Mac!
Just put 3.0 firmware on it already
I followed the instructions and it tells me that it can’t be restored. error 21. HELP!
@krista
first, try to restore with the itunes version of restore
still not work?
go on youtube, type in how to restore iphone 2g firmware (ur firmware)
some videos will post a website on where to download
download then restore
contact me at ericshiah@gmail.com if u still need help with anything cause mine is on 2.2.1 firmware iphone, unlocked, jailbroken
i changed the boot logo, i have a 5 by 5 icon springboard, in other i totally changed it
;P
omg, just by all the posts, u guys really need help
lol
just email me
the above email address is mine
ur welcome
realy, i check and i reply
daily
@coscu
its for mac and windows
@celeste
click on frree user dependeing in how many downloads u downloaded from fileshare u will have to wait from a few seconds to a few minutes then once the timer is done click on download. then save it to a file u made on ur desktop
@jojo a
once u download em all right click on part one and push extract here then when it asks for part 2 browse for it then click ok same for part 3
nice stuff.
works like a charm
Thanks
ok i shift-clicked restore and it said preparing iphone for restore it was there for 2-3 minutes or so and then it says iphone cannot restore error 1604 what do i do?
@danny
did you put the iphone in dfu mode?@danny
hey mah i restored 2.2 firmware on iphone n thn i got a msg sim required n stuff…..n thn wen i connected in quickpwn, mah iphone is not being detected ……….m tryin since 10hours n i dint come upto any conclusions ………..plz help me
hey i restored 2.2 firmware on my iphone n thn i got a some msg sim required sumfin like dat///……..n thn wen i connected in quickpwn, mah iphone is not being detected ……….m tryin since 10hours n i dint come upto any conclusions ………..plz help me