How to Check Your iPhone Bootloader Version (Windows)

These are instructions on how to find your iPhone Bootloader version using BBUpdaterExtreme and Windows. You can use these instructions to determine if an unlock is possible on an accidentally upgraded iPhone 3G. Currently only iPhones with bootloader 5.08 will be able to downgrade their baseband for the unlock.

Before you begin please have MobileTerminal and OpenSSH installed from Cydia. You can find MobileTerminal in the Terminal Support section of Cydia. For instructions on how to install an application from Cydia you can use this tutorial.

You will also need WinSCP installed you can find it here


Step One
Download BBUpdaterExtreme from here and save it to your desktop.

Step Two
Launch the WinSCP application from your Start Menu programs.

Step Three
Make sure you iPhone is connected to the same wireless network as your computer and determine its IP Address using these instructions.

Step Four
WinSCP will ask you to input your login information. Enter the IP Address you just retrieved in Step Three as the Host Name, root as the username and alpine as the password. Click the Login button to continue.


If prompted to add the host key to the cache click the Yes button.


Step Five
WinSCP will now display two file trees. The one on the left is your local computer and the one on the right is your iPhone.


Navigate to your desktop using the left file tree and navigate to the /bin directory using the right file tree.


Step Six
Drag the BBUpdateExtreme file from the left panel to the right panel.


Step Seven
Select Open Terminal from the Commands menu.


Step Eight
Input the following commands into the Terminal window and click the Execute button after each.

cd /bin


chmod 755 BBUpdaterExtreme


launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.CommCenter.plist




Step Nine
Your iPhone will now loose its network connections. Launch Mobile Terminal from the iPhone SpringBoard.


Step Ten
Type su into the terminal window. When asked for a password input alpine as the password.


Step Eleven
Now input BBUpdaterExtreme queryversion to get the bootloader version of your iPhone. It will look something like Boot Loader Version: ICE2_BOOT_05.08_G2M3S2



NOTES: You will need to restart your iPhone to regain network connectivity. You could also type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.CommCenter.plist into the terminal window.

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How to Check Your iPhone Bootloader Version (Mac)

These are instructions on how to find your iPhone Bootloader version using BBUpdaterExtreme. You can use these instructions to determine if an unlock is possible on an accidentally upgraded iPhone 3G.

Before you begin please have MobileTerminal and OpenSSH installed from Cydia. You can find MobileTerminal in the Terminal Support section of Cydia. For instructions on how to install an application from Cydia you can use this tutorial.


Step One
Download BBUpdaterExtreme from here and save it to your desktop.

Step Two
Launch the Terminal application from Applications:Utilities.


Step Three
Make sure you iPhone is connected to the same wireless network as your computer and determine its IP Address using these instructions.

Step Four
Enter the following command into the Terminal window replacing the IP Address below with the one for your iPhone.
scp ~/Desktop/BBUpdaterExtreme root@192.168.0.125:/bin/BBUpdaterExtreme


You will be asked for your password. Enter alpine as the password.


Step Five
Input the following command to ssh into your iPhone.
ssh root@192.168.0.125


You will asked for your password. Enter alpine as the password.


Step Six
Input the following commands into the Terminal window
cd /bin


chmod 755 BBUpdaterExtreme


launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.CommCenter.plist


Step Seven
Your iPhone will now loose its network connections. Launch Mobile Terminal from the iPhone SpringBoard.


Step Eight
Type su into the terminal window. When asked for a password input alpine as the password.


Step Nine
Now input BBUpdaterExtreme queryversion to get the bootloader version of your iPhone. It will look something like Boot Loader Version: ICE2_BOOT_05.08_G2M3S2



NOTES: You will need to restart your iPhone to regain network connectivity. You could also type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.CommCenter.plist into the terminal window.

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Downgrade Baseband 02:30:03 -> 02:28:00 with pHaseBanDowngrader

The pH of the small and clever site iBlogeek.com, has recently developed a very useful tool for owners of the iPhone 3G, it makes the Baseband Downgrade the iPhone version of 02:30:03 to 02:28:00, so you can use the Yellowsn0w .

If your iPhone was purchased before December 2008, it has the 5.8 bootloader, otherwise it has the 5.9 bootloader and can not have downgraded the Baseband. Lembrando também que iPhones que vieram de fábrica com o Firmware 2.2.1 não podem fazer o Downgrade. Recalling also that iPhones that came from the factory with firmware 2.2.1 can not do the Downgrade.

Still, if you have the 5.9 bootloader, try to use it because it can be success story, as happened with many Americans.

Here is a small tutorial on how to install it and use it:

Download the pHaseBanDowngrader

2) Go to your iPhone via SSH and copy the folder phasebandowngrader, downloaded in. Zip, into the folder / Applications on your iPhone.

3) In Cydia, download MobileTerminal, open it and type "login", put as user "root" and password "alpine".
4) Then type "cd / Applications / phasebandowngrader & &. / Phasebandowngrader"

5) Follow the onscreen instructions and DO NOT TOUCH YOUR PRODUCT DURING THE PROCESS Downgrade!
6) Aproveite! 6) Enjoy!

Congratulations pH, success!

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How to Organize Your iPhone Applications Into Folders

hese are instructions on how to organize the iPhone applications on your Springboard into folders using Categories.

To follow this tutorial you must be on the iPhone firmware 2.0 or higher. You also need to have a jailbroken iPhone. Instructions can be found to jailbreak your iPhone here: 2G Windows, 3G Windows, 2G Mac, 3G Mac.

Step One
Press to launch Cydia from your Springboard.


Step Two
Press to select the Sections tab at the bottom of the screen.


Step Three
Press to select the System section.


Step Four
Press to select Categories from the list of Packages that appear.


Step Five
Press to select theInstall button at the top right of the screen.


Step Six
Press to select the Confirm button at the top right of the screen.


Step Seven
Once Cydia has installed the Categories application press the Return to Cydia button at the bottom of the screen.


Step Eight
Press the Home button to return to your Springboard. Notice the new Categories application. Press to launch it!


Step Nine
Read the warning that appears then press the large OK button.




Step Ten
You will be taken to blank list of Categories. It is here where we will create folders for our Springboard. Press the Add button at the top right of the screen.


Step Eleven
Enter the name for the Category/Folder you would like to create and press the Add button. I created a folder called Games.


Step Twelve
You will be asked to select an icon for the folder/category you just created.


Step Thirteen
Notice your newly created folder appears in the list now! Press to select it.


Step Fourteen
You now are taken to the Edit menu where you can edit the applications that appear in the Category. Since we have not added any applications to the folder it is blank. Press the Add button at the top right of the screen.


Step Fifteen
You will be shown a list of the applications on your iPhone. Press to select the ones you would like added to the Category then press the Edit button at the top left of the screen.


Step Sixteen
You will be returned to the Edit menu where you can now order and remove applications from the Category. Press the button at the top left to return to the Categories List.


Step Seventeen
Notice it now shows how many applications we have in our folder.


Step Eighteen
Press the Home button. Notice that we now have a new icon for our newly created Category. Also notice that applications we moved into this category are not visible on the Springboard. Press to select the icon for your newly created Category.


Step Nineteen
You will now be shown a list of your applications in the selected Category. Press to launch one!


Step Twenty
If you press the little i at the bottom of the Category you will see some basic options as described by BigBoss.

Folder Title: Displays folder title on main screen.

Save Image On Exit: Saves the current background image when an app is loaded. Leave this on unless there are unusually long delays loading each app.

Icon Labels: You can disable the text labels with this so you see only the icon pictures

Black Background: If you dislike seeing the desktop background from winterboard, you can force a black background with this.


You now can organize your Springboard in a much improved manner!

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