How to Upgrade iPhone to 2.0.2 Firmware with QuickPwn
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Apple quietly released the 2.0.2 update to iPhone firmware about two weeks ago with only a mysterious “bug fixes” as the sole release note. I had been on 2.0.1 firmware for a few weeks with the only problem being App Store app ghost icons that started to appear during app updates. Thinking that 2.0.2 might be the solution to my problem, with QuickPwn frontend GUI now out and especially with such a great name – QuickPwn: it must be quick! – I decided to make the leap of faith. I’d also read that I’d be able to do an upgrade without a restore, allowing me to keep my current jailbroken apps. Let me just say the process was not really all that quick and I wasn’t able to do it without a restore (after all, you only get one try). So if you are having a lot of problems on 2.0.1 or just want to live on the edge and don’t mind losing all your settings by doing yet another restore, then follow this guide to upgrade your iPhone to the latest 2.0.2 firmware.
Update: Tried again with a different iPhone without needing to do a restore. Simply allow the upgrade to 2.0.2 in iTunes when prompted and ignore any error messages. Then proceed from step 8.
- To be completely on the same page, I’d recommend first getting yourself on 2.0.1 firmware since that is a known state to start from.
- Download the 2.0.2 restore ipsw (5C1) for 2.5G or 3G iPhones. (Note: choose the correct one because they are different!)
- Download QuickPwn GUI 1.20 and extract the zip (there is no need to install). Don’t use QuickPwn 1.50, it doesn’t work when you try to load it the IPSW file.
- Connect your iPhone (powered on) to your computer.
- Launch iTunes 7.7.
- Shift-click on the restore button and browse to the 2.0.2 IPSW file you just downloaded.
- After the upgrade (about 20 minute wait for me) your iPhone will be running on 2.0.2 software but it will complain about your iPhone needing activation or an unlocked SIM. No worries – QuickPwn to the rescue!
- Leaving iTunes on, launch QuickPwn by opening the folder where you extracted it and double clicking QuickPwnGUI1.20.exe
- Select your device. Click the next arrow.
- On the next page, click browse and load the 2.0.2 IPSW firmware you just downloaded. Then click next arrow.
- On the next page, make sure you select the “Cydia” checkbox. You can check “Installer” and replace logo as desired.
- Now click on the Go button which will bring up a DOS window with some instructions.
- You’ll eventually get to a prompt to turn off your iPhone.
- Turn off your iPhone (hold power, slide to power off), then type “y” to contiune. Don’t disconnect your iPhone.
- You will be instructed on how to put your iPhone into DFU mode. Read it through to give yourself a refresher and ask yourself, “Are you ready to begin?” Once you hit “y” you will get a 5 second countdown. YOU DON’T NEED TO DO ANYTHING YET. Let it count down to 0, then start the entire DFU procedure by holding the power button for 5 seconds, then pressing Home while continuing to hold Power for a 10 second count down, and finally releasing Power but continuing to hold Home for 30 seconds. For me, it counted down to about 22 seconds (meaning only 8 seconds passed) after which the computer detected the iPhone was in DFU mode. When this happens, you don’t need to hold anything down anymore and the countdown will terminate.
- You’ll see a couple tasks execute on the DOS windows and the progress. Let it work its magic and once it finishes, you will have a pwned jailbroken iPhone running 2.0.2!
- During the process you will get some error messages from iTunes. Yawn and ignore.
- If you don’t get your network provider signal, you need to downgrade the baseband to version 4.6 which is unlockable. Install BootNeuter from Cydia and set the settings as shown. Then hit the Flash button.
Troubleshooting:
YouTube doesn’t work: FTP to your iPhone and replace a few files. It’s covered in our YouTube activation guide.
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No problems in installing 2.02, however in Cydia cannot install the Winterboard application, there s no install button, any other app which I can install on my phone and get my themes back on!!!!
Everything worked good so far.
WiFi aso works.
But i cant make calls or write messages!?
Need help.
If you need to unlock the phone after this procedure you have to downgrade the baseband by installing BootNeuter from Cydia and following step 12 in this guide.
i cant open my youtube. they say that i need to connect to iTunes with an internet connection to enable youtube.
You need to FTP to your iPhone and replace a few files.
everything went smooth and perfect.. just no network..cant make or recieve calls/msgs. pls advice
Install BootNeuter 2.0 from Cydia to downgrade the baseband to 4.6 or 3.9, both of which are unlockable (4.6 saves on battery versus 3.9). Then flash with the settings in step 18.
I tried downloading bootneuter 2.0 from cydia but failed to do so. is there any other way by which i can download this app from by computer and install it over to iphone.
pls advice.
thanks
You’ll have to clarify why Cydia “failed to do so.”
can you explain me what is Cydia and how it work?how can i get it?
i had a proble not any more thanks
I updated to 2.1 using iTunes 8.0, uninstalled and everythign else, installed 7.7 but when i try to open it, it says my iPhone needs the 8.0 version, so i cant restore it now. what to do?
After finishing the tasks in the DOS windows, my phone is stuck at the apple logo
does anyone know what to sat as the apn setting myne always erase after i close the page…
maarten
if your iphone is already 2.1 then dont do those steps. simply continue on without uninstalling 8 and installing 7.7
How do I get BootNeuter from Cydia when there are no signals from a network? I have No Service displayed. Still need to have internet in order to download anything from Cydia.
Thanks a lot…. After upgrading My Iphone to 2.0.2 Signal Strength is Good,,,, thanks for the Guide….
guys i just bought iphone 3g, 16 gig 2.0.2 5c1,couldn’t unlock, plz help me,, also i bought software from http://www.unlocksiphone.org(dev team) paid 30 euro but it doesn’t work,, plz help me to unlock
http://www.unlocksiphone.org
(this site is completely fake, guys just careful, don’t buy anything from that, just take ur money,i lost once,,,,,trust me fake web site…
Is it work to a iPhone active? Because I want to use another chip. Thank you.
ok i need help with this…. i did the original quickpwn like forever ago, and it was working fine, then itunes did a automatic update to my iphone then, out of nowhere it was fucked up again, so i did this, now that i have done it, it is stuck on the “pinnapple” logo, so i dont know if there is a way of fixing this, or what, but if anyone knows how to get off that fuckin screen, let me know, thank you
Thanks!
Check the site bellow
http://www.quickpwn.com/
Im assuming that you have already downloaded Quickpwn from online and have ALREADY jailbroken your iphone. If not, jailbreak it and then return. Connect your iphone to your computer and run quickpwn, the directions are really self-explanatory.
By customize i think you mean install "themes" that allow you to change the background, icons, and the dock. To do that, go to Cydia, and search for and download a program called Winterboard. Install that and then go back to Cydia. Browse Cydia for themes by either going to search, or click on changes, or click on sections (then click anything that says themes, there are tons) Once you find the one you like, click on it and click download. Then exit cydia and go back to winterboard (the program that you just downloaded) and you will see the theme you just downloaded in a list. click on the name and it will load and thats it.
If you/apple have already upgrade your iphone to software 2.2.1, it is currently impossible to unlock your phone. It may become possible when the 3.0 software is released next week. Unlocking the phone allows you to take your phone and run it on any GSM carriers network. You need to get a SIM card from the carrier you want, and then just put it in and it will work. It wont work on CDMA networks like Verizon and Sprint tho. As i said, you may b unable to do this, at least for now. Jailbreaking is what you just did when you downloaded Quickpwn and installed Cydia. Jailbreaking allows you to download apps/programs from Cydia and other sources that were not approved or allowed by apple
hope that hels