Hacktivated Firmware for iPhone OS 3.1.2

Posted by Saad Hamid on October 19, 2009

The iPhone Dev team released the PwnageTool 3.1.4 a couple of days ago which allows users on a Mac to Jailbreak and Unlock the iPhone 2G, 3G and the iPhone 3G[S] on Firmware 3.1.2. I haven't been able to post the tutorial due to a busy routine so I am providing the hacktivated firmware for iPhone OS 3.1.2 which will allow any Mac or Windows user to Jailbreak and Unlock their iPhone.

The process will work only on those iPhones which have been Jailbroken at least once on a previous firmware. So if you bought a new iPhone and plan to follow through the guide, there is a good chance that your time will go in vain.

For the iPhone 2G

http://bit.ly/iphone2g-custom312-sizlopedia http://bit.ly/iphone2g-custom312-sizlopedia-p2 http://bit.ly/iphone2g-custom312-sizlopedia-p3

For the iPhone 3G

http://bit.ly/iphone3g-custom312-sizlopedia http://bit.ly/iphone3g-custom312-sizlopedia-p2 http://bit.ly/iphone3g-custom312-sizlopedia-p3

For the iPhone 3G[S]

http://bit.ly/iphone3gs-custom312-sizlopedia http://bit.ly/iphone3gs-custom312-sizlopedia-p2 http://bit.ly/iphone3gs-custom312-sizlopedia-p3 http://bit.ly/iphone3gs-custom312-sizlopedia-p4

First download all the files that go with your iPhone model and then join them together using HJSplit (for Windows) and Split & Concat (for Mac). Once all the files have been joined together into a single ZIP file, extract the archive to get the custom IPSW.

Now connect the iPhone to the computer, open iTunes 9 and click 'Restore' while holding SHIFT key (on Windows) and OPTION key (on Mac) and select the Custom IPSW. That's it. To Unlock, just use Ultrasnow (Instructions available here, starting from Step-3).

This tutorial would work for any user on a Mac or Windows.

Posted in: iPhone

kmmerwana

Hi. I've recently bought an iPhone 3gs with out of the box firmware as 3.1. Please help me in unlocking the phone so that I can use it in india. I've one more question. I've bought iPhone as a gift paying the full price without contract in US. So will it work in another country on a carrier with which apple has already partnered without jailbreaking it or do I need to jailbreak it. I'll be using the phone in india with Vodafone which already sells iphone

alan3885

Hello,

I have an iPhone 2G with the previous custom firmware 3.1 from Sizlopedia and was wondering do you need to run the Ultrasnow for an already unlocked and jailbroken iPhone 2G with 3.1 or does this only apply to 3G or [S] owners? These instructions say its only for the for the iPhone 3G with 3.0 model I have the original iPhone 2G (Edge model with the alumi back). I remember with the previous 3.1 custom firmware one it was simply load the custom firmware and it did the rest all for you it jailbroke and unlocked it and you did not need to do extra like downloading QwickPwn or RedSnow you know steps like putting the iPhone into DFU mode etc to get it to unlock. Is the update just as easy and no hassle like the 3.1 with iPhone 2G with the new Hacktivated Firmware for iPhone OS 3.1.2? I need some clarification please before I try it.

FoneBone

I'm not able to decompress the firmware for the 3G after joining. Any CRC error. Maybe you have to upload them again.

FoneBone

All okay now. Downloaded it again. Everything is fine. Thx.

bond694

still getting the crc error

yanji

Can I use that method even if my baseband has updated?

zaynos

Thanks, works just perfect!!!!

brentg31

any mirror sites please?

blu3 d3v1L

hey, thanks for giving the custom firmware for Iphone 3gs. I just used the firmware to jailbreak my out of the box iphone 3gs on windows using itunes restore option. So its not true that not previously jailbroken iphones cannot be jailbroken with this.

ozjames

CRC errors when i try and download 3g version tried twice via 2 different browsers does anyone have a working MD5 so i can find out which one is causing me all the problems

raposo1

I've never had to download ultrasn0w on my iphone 2G,and it is unlocked. 3.1 out of the box 3GSs can't be jaibroken yet depending on their date of purchase,yours probably applies to this.