dumb phone!

greenpois0n

it's still january and yet another post on my iphone~ had my first experience of a dysfunctional iphone a couple of days ago~ thankfully, i had manage to get it running once again - hallelujah!

how the hell did it happened??? i was "innocently" going through some google based instructions to change the sms tone and *poof!* iphone crashed.. the phone respring-ed/rebooted and but something tells me it's not alright~ how true, all default icons were missing! not hidden but really m.i.s.s.i.n.g.

so now what? i couldn't make calls, couldn't send sms and almost everything else, except to launch some games and applications downloaded before it crashed - it's now a bloody ipod, damn! no worries i thought, i'll jz restore it - sounds easy but it was kinda tricky for someone who haven't done it before on a jailbroken iphone, took me a few panic attempts to get it right (finally)~

steps to restore a jailbroken iphone
1. download the required OS ipsw from here
* do note that apple no longer accepts certain old version of the OS
2. add a line to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\host
74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
* this is where the SSH blobs comes into the picture... if you have noticed it before on cydia's main page then that are the few OS you could fake it to sign
3. open itunes, on the iphone configuration page hold shift + click restore.
4. locate and select the downloaded ipsw
5. restore is now in progress
* i did have some problem installing the firmware near the end of the restore process, but it came out fine after undoing step 2... not sure if i'm doing something wrong here

hurrah!!! the phone is now up and running - but jailbreak effect has been reversed... furthermore, the os was upgraded from 4.0.2 > 4.1 as well... jailbreak is required again, and here's how to jailbreak apple OS 4.1

1. connect phone to pc
2. download greenpois0n
3. unzip zip file contents and run
4. follow onscreen instructions
5. phone will reboot once completed
6. there should be a "launcher" app, run the it to install cydia
7. install all your favourite cydia apps!

list of cydia apps i use:

http://apt.thebigboss.org/repofiles/cydia/
>> MultiIconMover
>> SBsettings

http://cydia.hackulo.us
>> Installous

http://cydia.xsellize.com
>> KuaiDial
>> GroupSend
>> iPicMyContacts
>> MultiCleaner
>> Infinidock
>> BiteSMS

non repo
>> FolderEnhancer

hopefully i wouldn't need to do this again in the near future~ maybe only when OS 4.3 officially comes out... ヾ(＾∇＾)