If you are getting error (1) or error (6) while downgrading the firmware, you need to put your iPhone in DFU mode before you can restore or downgrade the firmware.
Step 1. Turn off your iPhone.
Step 2. Hold down the power and home button.
Step 3. When you see the Apple logo, release the power button but continue holding the home button down.
Step 4. Open iTunes and wait for it to tell you that its in restore mode.
Alternative Method:
Step 1. Connect iphone to USB then listen to the sound when it connect and disconnect.
Step 2. Hold the home and power buttons until hear the disconnect sound then release power button.
Step 3. Wait until you hear another sound then release home button.
Alternate Method: Going Into DFU Mode Without Button Pushing: (on windows) Easier than timing the buttons just right!
1.) First download the required archive http://www.sendspace.com/file/93fx93
2.) Extract the archive to the root of your hard drive, should be C:/DFU/
3.) Connect your iPhone and ignore iTunes
4.) Goto Start – run
5.) Next type in “c:/dfu/dfu iBSS.m68ap.RELEASE.dfu”
6.) Wait for iPhone to show a “white” screen
7.) Now you may proceed to downgrade!
**also these files are found in ibrickr’s directory except for the .dfu file**
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Hi, I’ve a big problem. The power button of my iphone seems to be pushed, then I cann´t put it in the dfu mode. I have tried do it with different softwares, ziphone, winpwn, and with the iBSS.m68ap.RELEASE.dfu you suggest; but the result is the same, my iphone restart and keeps in recovery mode, obviously i cann’t try with the buttons because in the second step (release power button after 10 sec) the power button still pushed 🙁
Any suggestion?
Thanks for your help.
ok so i have the old iphone with no sim card and i just want to use it as an ipod. i upgraded but now all it shows is the connect to itunes logo. when i do connect, it says its in recovery mode and needs to recover, but it doesnt…what do i do???
i have jailbraked my ipod touch recently but itunes won’t let me sycn it…if i put it in dfu mode will instaler be deleted ?
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THANK YOU!
If it weren’t for your instructions on how to put my iPhone into DFU, I would have a bricked iPhone.
I made a mistake while attempting to jailbreak my OS 2.2 iPhone and bricked it.
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hey,
i have a disabled iphone.
will this (cure) the problem?
thanks
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i have an i touch and i’m trying to jail break it. When I do the methods above and put it into itunes, i try to restore it and it gives me this
“Software for this Ipod is not currently available. Make sure you have the latest version of itunes and try again.”
Please hellp
Trying to get into DFU mode w/o pushing buttons. Everything goes well, but then when I go to run c:/dfu/dfu iBSS.m68ap.RELEASE.dfu, it says that Windows cannot find c:/dfu/duf
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I tried the “Alternate Method: Going Into DFU Mode Without Button Pushing: (on windows) ” It just says “looking for iphone” Any ideas on how to let it find the iphone?
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I locked my iphone 2g while upgrading to 2.2 to 2.2.1, screen ks showing slide for emergency and itunes showing that SIM card inserted in this iphone does not sem to be supported what shiuld i do to unlock my iphone. Surinder from India
thanks man.. step 1-4.. is WORKING 🙂
this doesn’t work for me:(
My iphone was jailbroke with cydia that’s all it’s att and it just shut off on me yesterday…it says that i need to connect to computer and when i do my itunes just tells me it can’t locate the phone…uhm..im confused..someone else jailbroke it for me..do i need to connect it to thier computer so it can restore. OR what do i do…i have tried everything…
surinda in india, did you every find out how to get your iphone working. my phone is doing the same with the emergency screen and usb cable and itunes screen. can you give me any advice.
Yo i got dfu by accident how do i get out of that mode help RSVP
What if your iPod doesn’t turn on at all?
I have the same problem tha sherlonda and Surinda. I got stuck with jailbroken and my phone is now in emergency mode without recognizing the SIM.
Any hint?
Hi,
My power button does not function and i’m also in the same boat as Armandot, Sherlonda and Surinda.
Apparently I need to get into DFU mode.. which i’ve been unable to do.
i’m using steps #1-#7 written by truehybridx but where he says “Wait for iPhone to show a “white†screen”.. it never does. when I do step #5 (“c:/dfu/dfu iBSS.m68ap.RELEASE.dfuâ€) it brings up the command prompt and says “s_looking for iphone” but doesn’t continue.
I can fix the power button for $60 but since it’s said that there is an Alternate Method: Going Into DFU Mode Without Button Pushing: (on windows) Easier than timing the buttons just right!
Has anyone have steps #1-#7 work for them? or is it just non substantiated?
does anyone have a method that will unlock+activate a iphone 1st gen with a broken power button? please don’t make up stories.
To get out of DFU mode:
“Press and hold the home and power buttons for 15 seconds, then press the power button for 2 seconds to reset the device.”
Comes up on when trying to start QuickPwn