[WARNING][SOLVED] Bricked my iPhone with PWNED iPod touch firmware

[guru_ck]

So someone in the Mac Rumors forums linked to 1.1.4 firmware for the iPod. I downloaded it to use with iPwnage thinking that it was for the iPhone. I flashed and now my iPhone is dead (the screen never turns on). If I hold down the Home button and connect to my mac iTunes pops up and sees it as an iPod Touch. If I try to restore the correct file iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore it fails "The iPod "iPod" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (5)."

Can I do anything to bring my iPhone back to life?

http://pub.ck84.ws/iphone_bricked.png
http://pub.ck84.ws/iphone_bricked_3.png
http://pub.ck84.ws/iphone_bricked_2.png

[)law(]

you try other firmware versions? Also i am changing your title pwnge didnt brick your phone the ipod touch firmware did

[Lost Soul™]

Shouldnt this be posted in the Pwned subforum?

[DJ McG]

Does it say the iPod "iPod" could not be restored before or after attempting to restore?
I had a similar issue but without the iPod Touch firmware thing. Hmmm... You should try putting it in DFU mode then restoring.

Thumbs up if this helps :D

[guru_ck]

I have tried:

iPhone1,1_1.0.2_1C28_Restore.ipsw
iPhone1,1_1.1.1_3A109a_Restore.ipsw
iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw

The message appears after trying to restore.

[DJ McG]

Ok, after restoring to 1.1.4 use ZiPhone to reboot the iPhone into regular mode. Then see what happens. It often says that when downgrading your firmware. Like in the old 1.1.2 jailbreak, when you downgraded to 1.1.1 it said there was an error after restoring, you just reboot regularly and it works. When you did the restore did it go through all the steps? Extracting firmware, preparing iphone, restoring software, restoring firmware, etc?

[guru_ck]

Ok, after restoring to 1.1.4 use ZiPhone to reboot the iPhone into regular mode. Then see what happens. It often says that when downgrading your firmware. Like in the old 1.1.2 jailbreak, when you downgraded to 1.1.1 it said there was an error after restoring, you just reboot regularly and it works. When you did the restore did it go through all the steps? Extracting firmware, preparing iphone, restoring software, restoring firmware, etc?

I told you the restore fails:
"The iPod "iPod" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (5)."

It only goes through extracting software...

[)law(]

this sounds bad, the only thing i think could work is using the ziphone refurb and then using pwnge to up his bootloader back. By the way dont try this this is only a crazy idea and i aint responsbile for any damge in any way

[Lost Soul™]

I wonder what happens if you install the iPhone software on an iPod Touch xD !

[DJ McG]

Ok, I know that, but it does it after going through all the steps right?

Did you read my whole post?

[)law(]

I wonder what happens if you install the iPhone software on an iPod Touch xD !

the universe would crash and implode.....

[DJ McG]

the universe would crash and implode.....

Lol, big bang all over again :eek: That is how scientists think the universe was created, an iPod user tried to put iPhone firmware on an iPod Touch, the universe imploded and started all over again. Billions of years of work down the 'black hole' :D

[Lost Soul™]

the universe would crash and implode.....

Haha! I somehow would doubt this :p

[guru_ck]

Ok, I know that, but it does it after going through all the steps right?

Did you read my whole post?

Sorry I didn't read the entire post.

I get this:
http://pub.ck84.ws/iphone_bricked_3.png

Followed by this:
http://pub.ck84.ws/iphone_bricked_2.png

[)law(]

maybe you could try having ibrickr (if it can see it) fake donwgrade then use itunes.....

[thecompkid]

Just be sure your putting it in DFU mode and not normal restore mode. Hold down power + home for 10 seconds then (without letting go of the home button) just home for 10 seconds. That should, in theory, work.

Of course, with PWNED, it's not just the bad safeguards that we're bypassing. We also lose the checks that stop stupid things like this from happening (no offense :D). It is, unfortunately, very possible that your phone is bricked. If you can connect with ziphone, try a nvram reset.

Hey, crazy idea, but have you tried restoring with stock ipod touch software? :)

[guru_ck]

this sounds bad, the only thing i think could work is using the ziphone refurb and then using pwnge to up his bootloader back. By the way dont try this this is only a crazy idea and i aint responsbile for any damge in any way

Check the actions to perform and click the Start Process button to begin.

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ZiPhone 3.0 by Zibri
http://www.ziphone.org

Checking ZiPhone integrity...
i386
Searching for iPhone...
Sending zibri.dat...

Waiting.... how long does this take?

[Lost Soul™]

Waiting.... how long does this take?

A minute, or 2.

[guru_ck]

A minute, or 2.

Still sitting at the same place, should I cancel and try something else?

[Lost Soul™]

Feel free to cancel it, and maybe try it again.

[guru_ck]

Still sitting at the same place, should I cancel and try something else?

When I cancelled it and tried "Restart in DFU Mode" but all I get is "Searching for iPhone...".

Oh well! Time to take it back to the store.

[Lost Soul™]

When I cancelled it and tried "Restart in DFU Mode" but all I get is "Searching for iPhone...".

Oh well! Time to take it back to the store.

I think they will smell that there is something wrong.. I mean an iPhone saying it's an iPod Touch? lol

Better try all you can..

[)law(]

you better start trying diffrent cables or regular ipod touch firmware before you make the uinverse implode

Edit: idea try erasing the baseband

[guru_ck]

I think they will smell that there is something wrong.. I mean an iPhone saying it's an iPod Touch? lol

Better try all you can..

Oh yeah, I forgot that they'll probably hook it up to iTunes. Hmm I'll try some more with ZiPhone but doesn't look good.

[Lost Soul™]

Go on a different PC, hook your phone into DFU mode by hand and try to restore it there... A different PC makes miracles sometimes. At least this worked for me everytime i had iTunes errors.

[)law(]

try erasing the baseband....

[guru_ck]

I can't even get iTunes to see it at this point and ZiPhone is just "Searching for iPhone...".

Hahahahahahahaha gawd damnit

[)law(]

I can't even get iTunes to see it at this point and ZiPhone is just "Searching for iPhone...".

Hahahahahahahaha gawd damnit


even in dfu mode???:eek:

[DJ McG]

Put it in DFU mode by:

Connecting your iPhone (Powered on) to your computer
Turn the iPhone off
hold the power and home buttons for 10 seconds EXACTLY
after ten seconds release the power button and keep holding down the home button and you should hear the device recognized noise or iTunes should say device recognized

Then try restoring.

More details here: http://www.appledailytimes.com/downloads/iStudy.pdf

If it doesnt see it in DFU mode then I dont know what to tell you...

But if it doesnt see it and it is in DFU mode then you should be safe to take it back to Apple, they wont be able to tell you messed with it unless they have something special or you didnt try everything. But if they cant help they will give you a new one if you have a warranty.

[guru_ck]

even in dfu mode???:eek:

I'm not able to get it into DFU mode:

1) Hold down Power + Home button for 20 seconds
2) Release Power button while holding down Home button
3) Connect USB cable
4) Check iTunes

Result = Nothing

Remember that my iPhone has not turned on since I used the Pwnage tool with the iPod Touch firmware.

[abrasBR]

Dude, try something it should work.
When you bricked your phone you used an iPod CUSTOM right?You pwned the ipsw right?
So instead of trying to restore your iPhone TOUCH eheh to a regular firmware, do the same procidure but with a 1.1.4 iPhone Firmware. In other words, PWN your 1.1.4IPHONEEE firmware and try to restore with it. It should work.
Abras

[guru_ck]

Dude, try something it should work.
When you bricked your phone you used an iPod CUSTOM right?You pwned the ipsw right?
So instead of trying to restore your iPhone TOUCH eheh to a regular firmware, do the same procidure but with a 1.1.4 iPhone Firmware. In other words, PWN your 1.1.4IPHONEEE firmware and try to restore with it. It should work.
Abras

Good suggestion but I tried that in the beginning and no-go. At this point I can't even get my phone into restore mode so I couldn't try it again.

[abrasBR]

You know that restore mode is different from DFU mode right?
And another thing, you held for 20seconds both buttoms, you just need to hold for 10 seconds, then you release the power buttom and keep pressing home.
Abras

[)law(]

you even try powering it off then plugging it in so that it powers up:confused: :(

[n350z]

I'm Banging my head on a wall trying to thick of something the guys haven't covered yet

What about trying to restore to the 2.0beta firmware

[guru_ck]

Thanks everyone for trying to help.

Right now I think I need to figure out how to get iTunes to see it before anything else. I can't get into Restore or DFU mode. Is there any tool that would be able to see the phone when iTunes wouldn't?

[thecompkid]

Using iTouch firmware can screw up a lot, obviously, but there is absolutely no reason why DFU mode should not work. Double and triple check that you're doing it right.

I'm renaming and sticking this thread, as of right now, this could be a hidden danger.

[)law(]

beat me too the sticky lol anyways maybe if we can get it to a certian point we could erase the basband and try a dfu restore, no?

[guru_ck]

Hooked it up to my PC instead of my Mac and was able to get it into DFU mode. Tried the restore again in iTunes but still having the same problem:

"The iPhone "iPhone" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1)."

At least the PC is seeing it as an iPhone and not a iPod Touch.

[guru_ck]

I have an old version of iTunes on my PC and it's downloading 1.0.2 right now (I think that is what my iPhone orignally shipped with when I bought it on launch day). My iPhone screen is white right now! This looks promising. Will let you know if the restore works.

[)law(]

good luck we are all hopping for you

[shuflie]

If you can get into DFU then try again with ZiPhone on the PC

[Spinstorm]

Keep trying to pwn it with the iPhone firmware. It can't hurt.

Also you could try going up to 2.0 beta.

Possibly that may help you - like previous firmware upgrades unbricked phones bricked with older firmware.

Failing everything - and someone may have a solution - I am sure someone on the DevTeam will have an idea (of course it may not help but anyway) if it really won't turn on you could try returning it to Apple and seeing if they will replace it.

[guru_ck]

Well the 1.0.2 restore failed with iTunes on my PC, this time the error was 1. I downloaded ZiPhone and it just says "Searching for iPhone" when I try to do anything.

My phone seems to be in a better state though... I can turn it on and the screen becomes solid white, lol.

My Mac sees it as a iPhone now too, cool.

[guru_ck]

I'm going to try neutering the baseband with Pwnage. Where can I get the 3.9 and 4.6 bootloader?

[)law(]

just check this guide

http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=36558

glad your kinda ok now, and no more fucking around with unoffical firmware only iphone on iphone action got it

[guru_ck]

Nevermind it's fucking fixed!!! HORAY!

I clicked the restore button again in iTunes on my Mac and it's successfully restoring as I type. It's loading the factory firmware from Apple. My iPhone screen is back, that Apple logo has never looked so beautiful.

Now it's time to correctly use the Pwnage tool with the iPhone firmware not the iPod firmware, wish me luck lol.

I really don't know what fixed it guys as I tried most of these steps already but I guess it just took some tinkering.

I'm so happy!

[Leog02]

Oh, oh same problem with my iphone after using the pwnage tool. I tried it on a 1.1.4 iphone and now dead screen. iTunes doesn't recognize it and neither does iLiberty, iNdependence, ZiPhone, so on... Am I as screwed as guru?

[)law(]

well glad everything is ok just make sure you get your stuff from a safe place next time:)

[)law(]

Oh, oh same problem with my iphone after using the pwnage tool. I tried it on a 1.1.4 iphone and now dead screen. iTunes doesn't recognize it and neither does iLiberty, iNdependence, ZiPhone, so on... Am I as screwed as guru?


you try everything in this thread as well?

[Leog02]

Well, shit let me give it a try.

[)law(]

get to unbricking then :hack: :D

[guru_ck]

Thanks for everyone's support. I just successfully Pwned my iPhone. Here I come Installer.app!

[Leog02]

I at least got mine in DFU.

[abrasBR]

Glad to hear you manage it.

Let me see if i understand. When you plugged on pc you got it into DFU right?(The white screen is DFU)Then you couldnt do anything. So you plugged in your MAC, and then restored?

And one more thing, (this is kind of noob), PWNED doest add installer, so how am i suppose to add it?Since i dont have ssh too.

Abras

[Leog02]

Yes restoring!!

[)law(]

try restoring a regular iphone firmware if you have 3.9bl you could try 1.0.2 since thats what guru did

[guru_ck]

Glad to hear you manage it.

Let me see if i understand. When you plugged on pc you got it into DFU right?(The white screen is DFU)Then you couldnt do anything. So you plugged in your MAC, and then restored?

And one more thing, (this is kind of noob), PWNED doest add installer, so how am i suppose to add it?Since i dont have ssh too.

Abras

Plugged into my PC and the screen went white, plugged into my Mac and clicked the restore button (no option key) so it used the stock firmware from the Apple server. That fixed it. Pwned added Installer.app for me.

[Leog02]

I ended up restoring to 1.1.4 again after going DFU.

[Leog02]

After seems ok. Now let's go ahead with Pwnage.

[)law(]

well two phones safe thats good

[MuscleNerd]

DFU Mode will always save the day on the main app CPU (the CPU that interacts with iTunes). It's not always obvious when you're actually in DFU mode (the white screen is one tell-tale sign but you don't always get a white screen).

[Leog02]

Quick question, but how quickly is the iphone supposed to reboot after pwnage.

[thecompkid]

PWNED won't add installer if it isn't supported on that FW, so you must be pwning a 1.2 or 2.0 ipsw, or at least it thinks you are. It's going to be a while until 2.0 gets all the apps. Just like what happened with 1.1.1, all the frameworks changed.

[Leog02]

My iPhone doesn't reboot after pwnage, any suggestions.

[)law(]

wake it up, we got a lot of tools for that

[Leog02]

Well it doesn't complete pwnage and I have to go back to DFU and restore to 1.1.4 to get anything working.

[)law(]

what screen does it leave you at after pwned?

[Leog02]

absolutely nothing, seems to be turned off.

[)law(]

try dfu mode then have ibrckr wake it up

[Leog02]

At this point I'm using ZiPhone to unlock+jailbreak+activate and it all went ok. I'm going to retry pwnage from this stage on.

[Number_41]

*skipped to page 8 and just read post 1*


call apple up and be like yo peeps

i was having trouble with 1.1.4, so i found 1.1.3 online and downloaded it. i restore to 1.1.3 and it gave me this error. i think i confused the 1.1.3 ipod FW with the 1.1.3 iPhone FW. Please is there something we can do about this.


and they will help you

N41

[Leog02]

Dude, thx for the laugh but I need my iphone to be pwned so I can get this damn wi-fi fixed.

[Leog02]

I just totally fuckin noticed. I was using the wrong firmware ie the touch's fw like the ahole I am. How I didn't notice this before is stupid.

[)law(]

WTF :confused:

Edit: iPhone 2 iPhone ftw
iPod touch 2 iPhone ftl
iPhone 2 iPod touch ????

[Leog02]

I know, I'm an idiot, not a noob, just an idiot.

[frozzbyte]

Naaaah ... you're not. You're just toooo excited to get pwned but instead pwned in the wrong way.

[- pHiL -]

a time agoo i unlocked an iPhone for a friend of mine.

I also Jailbreaked alot of iPods before and the Firmwares where in the same folder...

u all know what happened... ^^

got a bunch of errors when i tried to restore a normal firmware.

but somehow i managed it, i think its much more dangerous when u choose the wrong FW in the PWNAGE Process.



wbr pHiL

[liton]

So someone in the Mac Rumors forums linked to 1.1.4 firmware for the iPod. I downloaded it to use with iPwnage thinking that it was for the iPhone. I flashed and now my iPhone is dead (the screen never turns on). If I hold down the Home button and connect to my mac iTunes pops up and sees it as an iPod Touch. If I try to restore the correct file iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore it fails "The iPod "iPod" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (5)."

Can I do anything to bring my iPhone back to life?

http://pub.ck84.ws/iphone_bricked.png
http://pub.ck84.ws/iphone_bricked_3.png
http://pub.ck84.ws/iphone_bricked_2.png
Hey

Put your iPhone (Now iPod) in DFU mode by using the Ziphone 3.0 or iLiberty
and then use iTunes to restore in 1.1.4 and i hope you will be fine again.

Regds

[DjAndy]

I pwned my iPhone, (1.1.4) and now BootNeuter is always warning me (The Bootloader Flash Failed (error 5) )
I dont get any network on my phone...
Did I destroy it....?

[orivera]

Hey guy. I did the same thing but used Iphone firmware on my Ipod and went through the whole night trying to get it to restore with no luck. After reading this thread, I connected to a PC and tried again no luck. I tried one more time and finally the ipod restored.

thanks guys could not have done it without you!!!

Question: Where do I get the Ipod touch firmware? I have it for Iphone but not Ipod?

Thanks

Big O

[MuscleNerd]

I pwned my iPhone, (1.1.4) and now BootNeuter is always warning me (The Bootloader Flash Failed (error 5) )
I dont get any network on my phone...
Did I destroy it....?

No probably not. If you could fill in details of your iPhone's history that would help. With that particular error message though you should be able to do a DFU restore to firmware 1.1.1 (make sure it's specifically 1.1.1). You'll end up with 3.8BL temporarily until you re-run PwnageTool and BootNeuter.

[Flyn5oh]

I had a black out with my iPod Touch because I used an iPhone firmware. I followed your lead.; Used ZiPhone to restart in DFU mode. Held Power and Home for 10 sec and Home for additional 10 sec and iPod Touch was recognized by iTunes. Had to perform restore twice and now I am up and running. Thanks!!!

[)law(]

glad your ok as well just remeber to check your firmware:)

[deniser]

I have a black screen too. Tried ziphone as suggested and I get this error


USBMuxListenerCreate: Permission denied

Help, someone please

[LimaEchoOscar]

Ok, so my friend did the ipod firmware on iphone and he couldnt get it to turn the phone on.

I have managed to atleast get into DFU mode and the iTunes now recognizes it as an iPhone.

I do restore and tried from 1.0.2 to 1.1.4 all firmwares. It goes to the stage where iPhone goes to white screen then the Apple logo comes up then the wheel starts spinning underneath - but then iTunes fails and gives an error. Like (9) or (5).

I have also tried a Mac still no go.

Any ideas?

Edit: SOLVED thanks to guru_ck for his posts.

Step by step instructions on how I restored the iPhone from the state where it had been restored with iPod Firmware

1. Uninstall current iTunes and download iTunes 7.5 and install it.
2. Put your iPhone in DFU mode. I know its all black screen and all but hold the sleep and the home button down for 10seconds while the cable is plugged in to the PC and let go off the sleep button only after 10seconds....in the next few seconds iTunes should detect your iPhone in recovery mode.
3. Press Shift + Restore and select 1.0.2 Firmware first...it will do its thing and give you an error of 1013 or 1015 (which is good)
4. Then Press Shift + Restore and select 1.1.4 Firmware

And walla you have it. Unlock/activate/jb using any method. :)

[maol]

And walla you have it.

And voilà, not walla ! :)

[mitchellmoxo]

silly mistake lmao, just a dumb question, could u use it as an ipod? lol

[m@x]

mitchellmoxo +100 acctually I TRIED to PWN it with iTouch,just for fun....

Thats what i did,i made a custom 1.2firmware,tried restore to it with the LATEST Itunes,but it gave an unknown error(-10),then i disconected it and connected it to the cable and it put itself into the DFU mode,and the screen went white,so i made 2(JUST 2) restores to 1.1.4 and it WORKED!
So heres the solution....

[jeanmaikel]

I got the same problem , solved by putting the phone in DFU
not easy because of the black screen
Be carefull, because once the phone is pwned , itunes can install any file
even a word or a pdf, if u build it as an ipsw and the result could be a drama

[wackotm]

I think this is worth saying again:

http://www.appledailytimes.com/downloads/iStudy.pdf

that should be placed into a locked sticky.. it'll cut down on the post flood.. im going to read this at work.. where im typing now.. :D :hack:

[macz]

I just had this happen to me...I loaded the iPhone firmware onto my iPod Touch. Just felt like i needed to sign up and tell everyone who did this the way to do it...because it was kinda scattered on every page.

I did this on a Windows XP PC with iTunes 7.5 which i got from Filehippo

1. Connect iPod to computer
2. Open up iTunes if not already
3. Hold Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds
4. When the "iPhone" leaves the menu, let go of the power button and keep home button clicked.
5. The "iPhone" will then turn into an iPod, showing some yellow boxes in the bottom right corner saying ....(DFU) iPod gibberish like that
6. Now click shift + restore and restore to 1.1.4
7. Be happy and dance to a song...I thought i was screwed out of my mind

[Pieroh]

Hi there ,


I now face a similar problem with my 16gb Iphone!

I updated the phone with an ipod 1.1.4 firmware using winpwn.
Now the phone looks dead and wont switch on even trying to put it in DFU .

Have you any Idea of what I could do ?

I tried Ziphone or iBrickr but they dont detect the phone .



Please anybody I need Help I 'm quite desperate right now !

[dtube]

don't even go near ziphone.
you need to put the phone in DFU mode. Make sure you know how to do this. Many people said "i put it in DFU" but it turned out that they are not in DFU mode.
Your phone had been pwned with winpwn so it's tricky to get it in DFU mode because you are not going to see the anything (like boot logo and such).
if you cannot put it in DFU manually, try using iLiberty+. There is option in iLiberty+ to put phone in DFU.

[Pieroh]

Thanks for the answer but I can't swith the phone on it's not recognized by iTunes or iBrickr:s

I need to see it on my computer in order to fix it and I have no idea about how to do ...

[dtube]

you cannot turn on the phone?

Turn it on
connect to computer
launch itunes and ignore any messages
put phone in dfu mode manually and hopefully itunes will detect and let you restore to 1.1.4

DFU:
- hold power + home
- in a few sec, red slider appears, continue holding til phone reboot
- count 1-6
- let go power
- keep holding home until itunes detect it or if you hear a connection tone (like plugging in a usb device), let go of home.

If itunes say it need to check for ...., let it check, hopefully you will see the restore button on itunes. shift-click restore and select the right 1.1.4 FW

[Pieroh]

It doesn't react!

Thanks foryour Help but I go to Bed now , I'll try later after i'll have slept.


Bye and thanks again!

[Pieroh]

You were right I tried many times but at the end it worked ! The probleme was that Winpwn disabled my display and I thought the phone was Dead!!
You saved me !!!

Thank you so much


Bye

[dtube]

Great !!! . I'm glad that worked out for you. Just remember the step to put phone in DFU (it takes some practices) but once you know how, it's easy.

[seantana]

Just went though the same painstaking process, DFU and itunes recovery finally worked when i changed USB ports. dunno why, but give it a shot.

[hangten209]

Um unfortuantly i have done the same stupid mistake i just looked at the firmware and it was ipod firmware used on my iphone =[ unfortuantly when i try to connect to itunes it says it cannot connect do to a password lock and i need to type in my password (which i have) Can someone pleasee HELP!!!!!

[)law(]

made into sticky for those who are new and those who own 3g iPhones ...

[erikagdg]

Hiiii are you online?:(


you cannot turn on the phone?

Turn it on
connect to computer
launch itunes and ignore any messages
put phone in dfu mode manually and hopefully itunes will detect and let you restore to 1.1.4

DFU:
- hold power + home
- in a few sec, red slider appears, continue holding til phone reboot
- count 1-6
- let go power
- keep holding home until itunes detect it or if you hear a connection tone (like plugging in a usb device), let go of home.

If itunes say it need to check for ...., let it check, hopefully you will see the restore button on itunes. shift-click restore and select the right 1.1.4 FW

[onn]

http://www.kusoo.net/iphone/PwnageTool_2.0.2.rar