Update: 11/21/08
iPhone firmware 2.2 has been released! If you’d like to jailbreak 2.2, here’s why you shouldn’t update to 2.2 yet.
I am sure you’ve probably heard that Quickpwn 2.1 for Windows has been released by the dev team. High five to them for making the jailbreak process easier than ever that even your grandma can do it. If your grandma, has an iPhone that will be some picture you should share it with us. 
The reason I am posting this a few days after the Quickpwn release is because I had trouble jailbreaking my iPhone 3g. But, I have a feeling this had to do with the fact that I had already jailbroken my iPhone 2.0.2 with Quickpwn. I will get to that and how I solved it later in the post.
If you haven’t jailbroken your iPhone yet
Again, if you have already jailbroken your iPhone, check the section below proceeding. If you are already updated your iPhone to 2.1 firmware and ready to jailbreak then you can start from this step. Oherwise update to 2.1firmware through iTunes and then you are ready to jailbreak your iPhone.
- Download QuickPwn 2.1 for Windows from here, extract the files and save it in a new folder named as QuickPwn in your computer. And save your updated 2.1 firmware in the same QuickPwn folder (firmware download links). You shouldn’t even need this as Quickpwn detects your installed
firmware. - Connect your iphone via USB cable to computer. Now run the QuickPwn.exe file in the QuickPwn folder. In this step it will make sure your iphone is connected via USB and click the Blue arrow to continue.
- Now in this step it will automatically detect your 2.1firmware from your computer. If not browse and select the firmware you previously saved in your QuickPwn folder and click the blue arrow to continue.
- Next step select Cydia , Installer and if you want to replace the boot logos select it too. And click the Blue arrow to continue to next step. I like the Apple logo instead.
- In this step it again asks you to confirm your iPhone is connceted via USB and click the arrow to continue.
- Here in this step follow the QuickPwn instructions carefully . First it will automatically put your iPhone into recovery mode and once it goes to recovery mode you will be directed to
- hold your home button for 5 seconds
- hold down the home and power buttons together for 10 seconds
- release the power button and continue to hold the home button til you see the jailbreaking progress in your iPhone and then let go..
- With mine, even after this message was shown, the iPhone was showing some jailbreak messages with nice graphics. So, I waited pateiently for it to complete and reboot. Voila, everything came back up and worked! Hello Cydia & Installer!
If you have previously jailbroken your iPhone
If you haven’t jailbroken your iPhone before at all, you can just use the section above without a worry. To set the stage this was my status when I started:
The Problem
Now, when I used Quickpwn 2.1 (windows) to jailbreak everything worked fine but at the end the iPhone will just keep hanging at the Apple logo screen at startup. It would do that and vibrate twice and iTunes would even recognize the iPhone but again it would reboot. This would go on until I disconnected it from iTunes, manually rebooted. Now, I can get into the iPhone but no Cydia or Installer.
The Solution
It turns out that the startup was failing because it was missing BossPrefs, 5 icon dock, Springboard, etc. I suspect it was trying to find one of these jailbreak apps I had previously installed at startup, failed and kept restarting. I kind of found this by trial and error. Because jailbreaking with QuickPwn worked on my iPhone if I reset my iPhone to factory settings by using ‘Restore’ function in iTunes 8 and not choosing to restore from a backup. I was now able to see Cydia & Installer.
So I went ahead and installed BossPrefs, Springboard, 5 icon dock, etc and made sure none of my app icons were hidden. Then I synced my iPhone to the backup I had done before starting the jailbreak. Voila, now iPhone started up fine.
In fact, this excellent guide on how to upgrade in iTunes at Sleepers.net which I came across pretty late helped me do this.
If you haven’t already messed up like I did, I highly suggest following that guide to create a backup of your Cydia apps list with AptBackup jailbreak app. Also, if you have hid some icons with BossPrefs or other apps, make sure you unhide them before you start jailbreaking. If you still having problems, this thread at MacRumours or this post at Sleepers.net might help you out.
The End
In the end, the jailbreak process itself takes just anywhere from 10-20 minutes and hasn’t been this simple so far. If you don’t make the same mistakes I did, it should be very straight forward and hope these tips helped you successfully jailbreaking your iPhone. After jailbreaking, don’t forget to get some iPhone winterboard themes for your jailbroken iPhone! Here is what mine looks like now:
Doesn’t this make the jailbreaking effort worth it?
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Thanks, now i finally understand how to do it.
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Great! Let us know which of the jailbreak apps you like the most.
hi to all if there’s someone there needs something do let me know, i will help
after a jailbreak on 2.1 firmware the phone is not working.
I had 1.1.1 on my iphone for more than 8 months and it was going good. today i upgraded it to 2.1 firmware and used the above process. everything worked as it is but phone and wi-fi stopped working. Please help me.
Hi, sorry to hear that. Have you checked the dev team post comments? Also, try one of the links I had provided in the end of the post. You should be able to get it working again.
Steps followed: from http://www.modmyi.com/forums/unlocking-activation/349741-different-sim-detected-error-after-quickpwn-2-1-unlock-2-0-2-a.html
1. Use QUICKPWN 2.1 procedure to Jailbreak and Unlock.
QuickPwn (Windows) Guide
2. Now you need to remove the previous activation, for that you need to follow the below procedures.
2.1 Install OpenSSH in you iphone using Cydia (search for OpenSSH)
2.2 Install WinSCP for Windows (WinSCP :: Download)
3. Use WinSCP to connect to iPhone
Windows Guide To Using WinSCP With iPhone
4. Follow the below steps:
4.1 Download patched lockdownd file from here
RapidShare: Easy Filehosting
4.2 Navigate to to /private/var/root/Library/ and copy lockdown folder to your desktop (for backup just in case – this you need to do)
4.3 Delete that folder from phone
4.4 Unzip downloaded patched file and upload to phone to replace the folder you just deleted
4.5 Naviagte into patched folder and make sure file pemissions are set to 644 for all files (follow the procedure in Step 3 above)
4.6 Reboot phone
~~~~ YOU ARE GOOD TO GO ~~~~
Lemme know if you have any issues.
Note: Don’t disturb other files other than Lockdown.
Thanks for sharing this info, Sharma! Did this work for you?
It works !!!
I tried to pawn my iphone 2g update version. I go thru the whole proccess and i get the pineapple. But it goes into dos screen to do the power down and hold home button. WIll go white screen . After a few seconds it vibrates twice and nothing changes on my phone. Only thing i noticed it that the apple logo does not come up when i poer up . Just a blank screen the vibrate twice and the my home screen pops up. Any ides?
This works wonders! Thanks a lot!
does this work for ipod touch 1g?
Hi Gabriel, welcome to TiR! Sorry I don’t think you could do that do that with iPod Touch but I haven’t tried it either.
Everything seemed to go ok but when it rebooted and I put my sim card in I don’t have service. It recognizes that there is a sim but I can’t use the phone or text. Any suggestions?
Adrianna, is this a 2g or 3g iPhone? Have you tried going through the comments in the liks at the bottom of the post. You’d most likely find someone who had the same problem and how they solved it. As a last ditch effort, you could restore your iPhone from your iTunes backup to get everything working again. Hope this helps and hope you get it working.
I had this error (look at the end of post). something about access being denied and unhandled exceptions. I’m pretty sure that this a windows vista problem, so does anyone know what to do? Im trying to jailbreak a 1st gen touch that has 2.1 (freshly restored) on itunes 8.0, windows vista with the latest quickpwn. Thanks!
Error Message below:
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied
at System.Diagnostics.ProcessManager.OpenProcess(Int32 processId, Int32 access, Boolean throwIfExited)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessHandle(Int32 access, Boolean throwIfExited)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Kill()
at QuickPwn.frmStartup.SortProcesses()
at QuickPwn.frmStartup.picNext_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.915 (QFE.050727-9100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
—————————————-
QuickPwn
Assembly Version: 2.1.0.1
Win32 Version: 2.1.0.1
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/Burhan/AppData/Local/Temp/7ZipSfx.000/QuickPwn.exe
—————————————-
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
—————————————-
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
—————————————-
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
—————————————-
Pwnmetheus
Assembly Version: 1.5.1.0
Win32 Version: 1.5.1.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/Burhan/AppData/Local/Temp/7ZipSfx.000/Pwnmetheus.DLL
—————————————-
System.ServiceProcess
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.ServiceProcess/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.ServiceProcess.dll
—————————————-
************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.
For example:
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.
Hi burhan, sorry you are having a problem. I don’t have an iPod Touch to test this. Did you may be try forums sucn macrumour.com, etc?
Burhan,
I am having the exact same issue. I do not know what to do. PLEASE ANYONE HELP US. 1st generation iPod Touch. 2.1 I get the EXACT same error message.
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP.
Hahaha, I take it you guys have JUST installed iTunes 8.0 and tried to jailbreak WITHOUT RESTARTING? Need I say more? Try that, and see if it works =P Cheers!
sorry if off topic..but im trying to download quickpwn 2.1 but everytime i try to run quickpwn.exe
theres a warning
QuicPwn.exe – Appliction Error
The application failed to initialize properly(0xc0000135).click on OK to terminate the program
almost all of the installer i downloaded from the net are the same error i encounter…
anyone can help me?
thanks
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