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Oh wait, I have a question. When it says Preparing your device- please follow the directions above, do I just hold the home button down and etc, or do I have to wait till it tells me to
I tried again, still no progress, tommorow im going to leave restore it to 2.2.1 again and then try again, and let it try to load until i try to sleep.
From what I hear, your baseband got messed up, since there is not yet a hack to make a 3GS into 3.0 without messing up your iPhone's baseband, meaning you SIM carrier wouldn't be supported
I began to jailbreak my iPhone, however, at the part where it goes to recovery mode, its taking a very long time, 20 minutes+. Anyone know why?
Should i restart my cpu and try again?
On my itunes, i recently upgraded from 2.0.2 to 2.2.1 so I should be able to. And since Installer is Cydia in the older firmware, I only need Cydia right?
And to jailbreak I use: QuickPwn225-2 right?
Oh thanks. The How To guide says to use itunes 8. since mines is over, is it okay? and if i follow the guide, it should still work right? no changes needed? I'm also confused about what Installer is. I know that you use Cydia to download Installous for apps, but what does Installer do?
Oh thats cool. I also want to know if you have to restore my iPhone to a clean 2.2.1 like with my old ipod touch. In the guide it seems as if you don't have to. Please post anything else I need to know :P
NEW QUESTION:
When I try to jailbreak my ipod, it says "Preparing your device- please follow the instructions above". It is supposed to be entering recovery mode, so I can then put it in DFU mode. However, QuickPwn never puts my iPhone into recovery mode and just says the above quote over and...