This is a tutorial, quide or How to unlock and jailbreak your iPhone or iTouch to firmware 2.1 using windows.

In simple words, Unlocking is basically opening the iPhone to make it work with the call service provider in your region.Jailbreaking is basically done inorder to let you install 3rd party application to you iPhone despite the ones provided by apple.

We will upgrade and unlock your iPhone to firmware version 2.1. The links to all the applications and files needed can be found at the bottom of this post. You can use the aptbackup to backup all your application in teh iPhone, if you are upgrade from a older version

Unlocking and jailbreaking has become so much easier with new software released by iPhone-Dev team. They are also working on the 3g iPhone unlocking and has already jailbroken the iPhone 3G

These steps are simple can be performed easily.

Steps:

1. Download the files and place them in a folder.

QuickPwn 2.1
BL 3.9
BL 4.6
iPhone firmware 2.1

2. Download iTunes 8 from apple, The firmware version 2.1 works only with the new iTunes. Connect your iPhone to iTunes and Sync and backup with iTunes.

iTunes

Then press shift and click the restore icon and select the iPhone firmware that we downloaded into the folder.

3. Open the QuickPwn from the folder.
4. Check that the iPhone is connected using the cable before proceding and press continue

5. Click the Browse button to locate your iPhone firmware from the folder.

6. QuickPwn will check to make sure the ipsw is valid. Click the blue arrow button to continue.
7. You can now select whether to Add Cydia, Add Installer, Replace Boot Logos, and Unlock Phone. Select the ones you would like to perform then click the clue arrow button
8. You will now be asked to select your bootloader files. Click the Browse button and select the 3.9 bootloader from the Pwnage folder on your desktop. Likewise do the same thing for the 4.6 bootloader file. Then click the blue arrow button to continue.

9. QuickPwn will now automatically put your iPhone into recovery mode. Once its in recovery mode you will be prompted to: Hold the Home button for 5 seconds, Hold the Home and Power buttons for 10 seconds, then release the Power button and continuing holding the Home button until your iPhone is in DFU mode.

10. Once jailbreaking is complete QuickPwn will inform you that it was successfull. Your iPhone will then proceed to run BootNeuter. This process will take about 5 minutes. Please be patient. Your iPhone will reboot when it has completed the process successfully!

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