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[quavis]

hey guys...
ive read that lost of people have been able to use the dfu method to downgrade their iphones (3gs on 4.0.2) but for some reason whenever i change the hosts file it either doesnt save or crashes the pc and i have to reinstall the os from scratch! which is a pain in the ar*e to say the least.

so what i was thinking is anyone near to huddersfield or in huddersfield managed to do this without too much hassle fancy having a go on my 3gs?

i think its my pc,, running win7 and it argues with me when i try to do anything.

anyone wanna help? before i sell this one and buy a jailbroken one?

regards

[River-Rat]

i sorted mine dude, after 4 mins on msn with someone

i did it like this:

backed up my contacts,

put the iphone into dfu and when it says found a phone in recovery mode, i did a normal restore to 4.02

after that removed the phone off the usb and your see back to normal.

now when you look at the host file, make sure has the ::1 at bottom as well as that ip addy
::1
127.0.0.1 localhost
#74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com
127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com

save, open itunes, put phone into dfu and then reconnect to usb, when the warning comes up this time, shift+click on restore and search for the 4.01 firmware you downloaded

worked for me, my host file was just missing the ::1

[quavis]

hi..

sorted mine too,, didnt need the dfu mode though, once i realised i needed to open notepad with the admin privileges i could save the host file then itunes allowed me to downgrade without the dfu mode.

its great now i have access to a zillion free apps lol.

[remote matt]

alright lads,
any chance of some help here?
trying to downgrade from 4.0.2 but keep getting error 3194 no matter what i do,
changed the hosts file and tried a different pc but no joy?

[River-Rat]

Originally Posted by remote matt

alright lads,
any chance of some help here?
trying to downgrade from 4.0.2 but keep getting error 3194 no matter what i do,
changed the hosts file and tried a different pc but no joy?

i got that a lot

as the host file was wrong mate.

do the above as i did

[remote matt]

copy and pasted what you did mate still no joy,
tried allsorts but still won't have it!

[quavis]

hi,,
you have to make sure the hosts file is changing when you save it.... once saved open it and check to see iof the chages have stuck.

i had no problems once i used admin to open notepad.

what os you running?

have you solved the problem yet?

[remote matt]

running win 7 mate,
checked it had changed the first time i edited it.
read somewhere that if i didn't save the shsh files with cydia that the downgrade wouldn't work so think i'm stuck on 4.0.2 till a ack comes out!

[quavis]

hi mate

you dont need any files other than the downloadable downgrade ipsw file
mine was never jailbroke before so i know thats just a rumour!

where are you? they say the newer firmware wont be jailbroke for a long time!!

if your close ill try it for you.

regards dave

[quavis]

lol when i started doing mine i had decided i would not never ever be beaten.

and i wasnt.

dont give up! we will get your fone jailbroken!!

regards dave