almost bricked my iphone, need suggestions

panesingh · 06-30-2009, 04:12 PM

hey,

i recently tried to jailbreak my 3.0 iphone with RedSnow with my vista laptop, halfway through the program was uploading Ramdisk, a window popped up saying Redsnow had stopped working and it closed down. I freaked out, and un hooked the iphone, and forced a reboot, it still works.
Im not sure what to do now, im scared to retry it. I've always worked well with QuickPwn so im hoping they come out with something soon.
What would you guys/girls do in this situiation?

krypto · 06-30-2009, 07:58 PM

You should be fine, just restore back to stock OS 3.0 & re-jailbreak with Redsn0w.

I've used Redsn0w with Vista & Windows 7. Make sure screensavers are turned off & stuff like that.

panesingh · 07-02-2009, 08:46 PM

hmm im not sure, any more suggestions?

radack1155 · 07-02-2009, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by krypto

You should be fine, just restore back to stock OS 3.0 & re-jailbreak with Redsn0w.

I've used Redsn0w with Vista & Windows 7. Make sure screensavers are turned off & stuff like that.

He's right. That's exactly what you should do.

Lincoln · 07-02-2009, 09:34 PM

Yep - do what's suggested above. If the ramdisk wasn't completely uploaded, you should be able to start the process again even without a restore, but I would recommend one just to be safe.

panesingh · 07-03-2009, 02:27 PM

Yea i guess, what should i turn off? UAC? and screensavers?

MaverickC17 · 07-03-2009, 02:31 PM

I like to always Jailbreak with a freshly restored phone. Empty, with nothing installed.

panesingh · 07-03-2009, 02:37 PM

thats what i did, i restored it and then did the redsnow thing. But Vista does not like to work for me.

krypto · 07-03-2009, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by panesingh

thats what i did, i restored it and then did the redsnow thing. But Vista does not like to work for me.

Try right-clicking on "redsn0w.exe" and access "properties" from the dropdown.

Then click the "Compatibility" tab.

Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows XP SP3"

See if this helps, I had to do this for Windows 7.

panesingh · 07-03-2009, 03:32 PM

I understand, but the biggest thing I'm worried about is wat if it happens again but it doesn't work properly as in it fully bricks?