ZiPhone 3.0 released – takes iPhone jailbreaking/unlocking to new levels
By Will Park on Sunday, March 30th, 2008 at 10:09 PM PST In Announcements, Apple, Applications, Developer, iPhone, iPhone OS
Right. We’re still waiting on Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to release the next iPhone OS on us and Zibri has already released an updated ZiPhone utility. The new ZiPhone 3.0 brings with it a handful of bug fixes and new plug-in support.
ZiPhone is the simple, one-click (well, it takes a few clicks, but who’s counting?) jailbreak and unlock solution for any and all iPhones and iPod Touches out there. ZiPhone 3.0 rocks the same features as all previous versions (including fixes for NVRAM problems), so the interface is the same ZiPhone UI that we’re all fond of and familiar with.
You’ll find a new button that will fix any WiFi issues you might be have after a ZiPhone-based jailbreak and unlock. And, with ZiPhone 3.0’s plug-in support, you can take iPhone customization to new levels. We’ll keep an eye out for the latest and greatest ZiPhone plug-ins…
Grab ZiPhone 3.0 here.
I just upgraded from V1.1.1 to 1.1.4 and used this program to jailbreak, and damn, it was soo much easier than it was to initially Jailbreak. I think from the moment I clicked “Jailbreak” it took about 2 mins or less.
Great find Will!
I just unlocked my iphone with ZiPhone 3.0, but there is a red dot over the phone icon. Is there a way to fix this problem?
Restore and Jailbreak again. Hope that helps!
I restored and Jailbroke it again and the problem persisted. However, the problem disappeared after I received a call and a voicemail message was left.
Thanks for the reply.
Can somebody please send me a link where I can find step by step instruction on how to jailbreak,unlock and activate my iphone 1.1.4(well i bought1.0.2 and upgraded it)
If I have at&t service and did jailbreak & activate am I alright? Should I have just done jailbreak on its own and am I going to run into any problems now? Thanks in advance.
I just purchased an iPhone 8MB tonight. I plan on taking taking it as a gift in another country – non AT&T, but GSM.
How do I unlock/jailbreak the iPhone without activating it with AT&T? Does this program allow this? Thanks!
Please help!
Just did a jailbreak and unlock on son’s iphone and mine (he has apple comp. and I have PC) with my PC.
Everything works fine on mine (safari, email, ipod, phone, installer, etc.), but on his phone the e-mail is not working. We both have yahoo addresses. The only difference is that he uses a Mac and I use PC, but I don’t think this has any thing to do with it.
What should I do?
Please advise.
Thank you
Are you able to add an email account to your son’s iPhone? Or is the problem that the email account doesn’t download emails from Yahoo?
can you please e-mail me step by step how to jailbreak my iphone(for free) because i have no clue how to do it thanks!!
Please Help.
I saw someone else is having problems with receiving there yahoo email after jailbreak. I have an apple computer. I tried to remove and reinstall the program but the same thing happens. I can send emails but not receive.
I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH YAHOO EMAIL. CAN ANYONE FIX THIS OR IS THERE ANY UPDATE FOR YAHOO MAIL ISSUES WITH THE ZIPHONE?
im haveing the same problem with yahoo mail if there is a fix can you post it so the reast of us can use it
Will you have a Ziphone for the new iphone 3g ? How long will it take for it to come out?
I need help. I have tried to jailbreak my phone for 2 weekends now. I followed the directions to a T (even though there was some steps left out) It seems everything is working fine except I cannot make or receive phone calls – AT ALL!!! Please help. I don’t want to have to restore my settings yet again. THanks you very much.
HI,
Please Help !!!
Well, I had unlocked/jailbroke(Do it all) my iphone(ver. 1.1.4) with the ver. 3.0 of the ZiPhone software. Everything was working fine, except the YouTube, so I “stupidly” decided to run the Do-it-all function again.
All hell broke lose from there, the phone started the installation process and got stuck at:
dyld: Library not loaded: libarmfp.dylib
Referenced from: /bin/sh
Reason: image not found
Its stuck there for ever, seems to be going in a loop and not finding the image file. I tried the phone re-boot, but each time it gets stuck there.
Please help, my phone has become a brick!!! Do something please!!!
Restore ur iPhone to factory settings using iTunes and then “do it all” again.
I have an iphone 1.1.4 and i am thinking about jailbreaking my phone with ziphone 3.0. I was wondering if the worst thing that can possibly happen is my phone being bricked and just having to restore it? Is this true? Please reply as i am ancious to jailbreak it.
Hey all – getting ready to sell off my iphone and pick u pthe new 3g, but before I do it I’d like to sim unlock the badboy. Now, I know ziphone can do this…but will all the settings for internet and the like work, as expected, or will they need customized settings?
It should work. If you need to make extra sure that everything goes off without a hitch, use Pwnage Tool.
Simply upgrade to v1.1.4 by restoring your iPhone.
Start Pwnage Tool.
Select the v1.1.4 .ipsw restore file under “Browse .ipsw”
Put iPhone in to restore mode by holding down power and home buttons for about 20-30 seconds
Hit the “Pwn” button to pwn your iPhone.
Build your cutomse ipsw file with unlock option checked
Reboot in to restore mode
Option-click on “Update” in iTunes to restore your iPHone with the v1.1.4 Custom Restore ipsw file
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/04/06/iphone-dev-team-releases-pwnagetool-application-install-custom-iphone-firmware-ipsw-bundles.html
Will,
Thanks so much for the response, one other quick question…when there’s an option to “Activate” I’m a little fuzzy on this…my phone is currently on AT&T and I want it set up so that I can function on whatever network for whomever buys it…do I want to “activate” it?
Thanks again,
Mitch
Yes, when you restore your iPhone with the modified firmware file, your iPhone will need to be activated. If you wish to activate with your valid AT&T iPhone SIM is up to you, but I would recommend choosing the “Activate” option.
Will I’m sorry, I think I’m stupid.
What I want is to set this thing up so I can send it out to someone, they can put whatever sim they have into it, and have it work. If I activate it with my AT&T sim, wont that mess up my plan?
Thanks again, and my SINCEREST apologies for all the stupid follow up questions.
Not at all, we all have to start somewhere
Just check the “Activate” option and you’ll be good to go. Once flashed, you can just hand the iPhone to anyone to use with any GSM network. (remember to check the “update bootloader” and “unlock” options as well).
Will,
Thanks for all the help – looks like I have 2 successfully unlocked/jailbroken phones…course now I need to track down someone with a t-mobile sim to test em, but I am confident they’re good to go.
Thanks again!!! Now if you know any tricks to make the 3g activation actually go through, then I’ll be REALLY impressed.
Hi! The firmware 2.0 is now out and so is itunes 7.7. Can I now upgrade it the firmware to 2.0 without any problems? I’ve previously unlock my iphone and ipod using ziphone 3.0. Thanks
from what I hear the jailbreak for 2.0 should be coming very soon from the dev team (the guys who make winpwn which is what I used$
iPhone 2.0 OS jailbreak will be public soon. Hang in there.
Unlocked iPhones should restore and virginize their baseband before any updates – just to be extra sure you don’t end up with a brick
i just updated my itunes to 7.7 and iphone to 2.0 and now i cant ativate my phone ……can anyone help me out..
if it’s jailbroken etc that could be the issue. I don’t think zi or pwn work with 2.0 yet, or 7.7. You could roll back to iTunes 7.5 and then restore to a 1.1.4 ispw
please help.
I just unlocked my phone because I use it out of the US.
But when I downloaded the latest software today it got locked again.
What can I do???
just used ziphone to unlock my iphone v1.1.4. worked like a charm…
thanks!!
After I jailbreak will I need any other program to allow me to forward text messages on my iPhone? I have version 1.1.4 and I’m running iTunes 7.5 on XP.
This worked flawlessly, thanks!
hi,
I got an iphone with 2.0 OS updated. It is not the 3g. I understand ziphone would do the trick on the other OSs, but what about 2.0 ? I just wanted to get it sorted out before I jailbreak/unlock.
It works perfect in running Ziphone 3.0 to upgrade into iphone 1.1.4.
However, I cannot run ibrickr (0.8V)
Is the issue in Ziphone 3.0 or I need another version ibrickr?
Can someone please help….
I recently upgraded my iphone from 1.14 (this has been jailbroken etc with Ziphone) to firmware 2.0. I then tried to use Ziphone 3.0 to unlock, jailbreak and activate it. But nothing happens. The Ziphone software says it is putting the iphone into recovery mode but does nothing. Any help would be good.
I have tried to downgrade it but keep getting error code 1604. I’ve tried to do this on 3 different macs with the same result.
I have tried to unlock my iphone 8g to use just as a wifi and music device, as I am a Sprint Customer. I cannot get it to work, period. It goes into recovery mode and then gets stuck, or after restoring, does not work at all. I have followed the directions on ziphone 3.0 to the letter, and still nothing. I have a valid sim, everything seems to work, but no money shot.
Thanks.
Hi .., I need help. I used ziphone 3.0 to unlock, jailbreak ( Do it all ) on my iphone 2.0.2 version. It stuck at recovery mode for hours. Try 3 time and got the same.
Thanks.
Snap any help please….
i had exactly the same problem as tharteebo. My iphone locked itself for 4 million minutes. I put it into recovery mode, recovered it and it locked itself as it had no sim inside and i have no sim that can activate it. I tried unlocking it on ziphone and i thought everything would run smoothly, but ziphone just got stuck on the rebooting iphone in recovery mode stage.
I have tried about five times and no luck..
pleeasseeee can someone help me!!??
i have the same proble of YM and tharteebo. please heeelp!!!!
I am having the exact same problem someone please help!!
i just recently activated my iphone with at&t yesterday and i am trying to decide if i should jailbreak my iphone. I have a few questions first. Please if you are answering be absoluty sure that you know what you are talking about.
1.If i jailbreak my iphone will my plan with at&t be messed up?
2.Is there a way to jailbreak the iphone without messing the at&t plan up?3.Finally if i dont like my iphone being jailbroken how do i reverse it and make it go back to the way i bought it?
Can someone please give me some advice? My iphone tends to stay on the “Unlocking 1.1.4 … (”1′38″)” for longer than 5 minutes. How long does the unlocking process normally take?
It’s already jailbroken/activate, btw.
Hi – Seem to have the same problem as Tharteebo etc…
iPhone was 1.1.4 and was unlocked/jailbroken – Downloaded Itunes 8 and stupid stupid stupid me upgraded to 2.0.
Result is a locked phone with the iTunes/Usb logo.
Tried Ziphone 3.0 – Do it all did nothing so I put the phone into DFU mode and restored factory settings via iTunes.
Think this action put me back to 1.1.4 (hope so)
Anyways…’Do It All’ hangs forever in the ‘Rebooting phone in Recovery mode…’ status.
Am getting a little frustrated now
Thanks for any info (I could kick myself I really could)
Cheers
Try using Pwnage Tool. It works with iTunes 8
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/22/apple-iphone-3g-and-iphone-20-os-jailbreak-guide-pwnage-tool-20-tutorial-for-mac.html
Thanks Will,
I’ll have a go after work.
At least there is hope now, will update later.
Cheers
The whole process worked great for me except one thing. I am trying to unlock the phone and I have tried this three times and it still isn’t unlocked. I also tried restoring in itunes as well and still am not having any luck. Any advice?
i downloaded ziphone 3.0 for PC and each time i go to “Jailbreak” it asks for itunes to restore my iphone…which it does…and then what? am i missing something? PLEASE HELP…ILL PAY THRU PAYPAL OR SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO WALK ME THROUGH IT///
i guess what I’m really asking is, what are the actual steps to installing ziphone?