cmw has released a beta version of Winpwn 2.5. The guide can be found here.

NOTE: The software is still beta, so use it at your own risk.

Many comments on various issues in 2.0 or 2.0.1 upgrades. Many questions have been answered numerous times. I am adding a summary of a lot of the problems and solutions in this post for reference. I can also update it over time if we need it.

Problem: Mail App crashes after my update.
Solution: This is caused by the sync of the backup from iTunes. The permissions on the mail folder are incorrect (it’s owned by root). The easiest fix is to run bossprefs, click more, and click “fix user dir permissions”. You may need to reboot.

Problem: I have AT&T or a contract carrier. I jailbroke with your guide and now I have no service.
Solution: You activated and you shouldn’t have. iTunes will activate for you but because you clicked the activate button, iTunes did not get to activate. Now your account is not validated. You need to redo the steps and not check activation on your image.

Problem: I have an unlocked 2g phone. I updated to 2.0. Now I get incorrect SIM.
Solution: You did not activate and unlock. Redo the steps and make sure you activate and unlock. In winpwn, this is “activate” and configure boot neuter on the last tab. (See my guide). On osx, this is saying “I am not legit” when asked in pwnage.

Problem: Winpwn IPSW will not complete. It just errors out.
Solution: This one is caused because the size of the image is larger than the partition space. Generally resizing the partition to 550mb solves it.

Problem: I cant restore my custom firmware. I just get error 6, 1, 2, (something low).
Solution: This has multiple causes. Generally, you are not in DFU mode. See DFU guide. Winpwn solution after ruling out the above: Delete the device file (x12220000_4_Recovery.ipsw) in your iTunes folder. (Search for the file). This can also be caused by using the incorrect firmware image (a 3g on a 2g for example).

Problem: My appstore apps are all crashing.
Solution: Sync them back on using iTunes. Should solve it. If not, uninstall them all then sync them on with iTunes.

Problem: I already restored my backup but iTunes keeps telling me I need to restore my backup.
Solution: See my post on this.

Problem: My installer has (insert problem here).
Solution: Installer 4 is not ready for use. See my post on it.  Use Cydia.

Problem: I did not install Cydia and installed only installer. I cant install Cydia or any apps now.
Solution: Redo the pwning with Cydia in the image. (Yes, start over).

Problem: Cydia just crashes when I load it. I cant get it to work at all. Cydia sucks!
Solution: Your pwnage install is corrupted. See this post on it.

Problem: In pwnage, I can’t download any of your packages.
Solution: Yes, only telesphoreo works. Skip this and install them from Cydia afterwards.

Problem: I have a 2g iPhone and need it unlocked. All the bootneuter settings are greyed out and I cant select anything. Why?
Solution: You selected a 3g firmware on your 2g iPhone. Download the correct firmware and start again.

Problem: After installing an app, I get a spinning wheel for a long time.
Solution: SpringBoard for 2.0 sucks. It may take 5-10 minutes in some cases to add a new app. There is no solution but to wait it out.  This is much worse on appstore apps once you get a load of them. See this post.

Problem: I am in DFU mode and I just get error 1604, 1602, 1601 (some 160x). I am pulling my hair out! What do I do?!
Solution: This one sucks. There’s no single answer for it. Here are some possible suggestions:

1. Using winpwn, the #1 cause of this error is you forgot to pwn your phone using the ipwner button! See step #10 in the winpwn guide. (Thanks Jason).
2. Validate you are using the correct firmware. You can get this if you are using an incompatible firmware (3g for 2g for example).
3. Restart your computer and try again.
4. Try another computer
5. Try switching USB ports
6. Uninstall and reinstall iTunes 7.7
7. Use recovery mode rather than DFU mode (try both).
8. Try using a *stock* unmodified image, restore to that, then, once that works proceed to custom images.

Yea, so you updated to 2.0.2 and hooked up to iTunes. Everything seemed to be goign well you thought. It found your backup and asked you to restore it. Phew, you won’t have to reenter your contacts so you’re happy. Your restore your backup its working.

Later you hook up to iTunes to add some songs and it is asking you again, do you want ot restore your backup or set up as a new phone. What the heck? Didn’t we already do this? This seems to be happening to lots of folks. The solution is simple.

To solve this, after you do your initial backup restore, just set up the phone as new. It shouldn’t ask you again after this. You won’t lose your contacts either because you already synced them on from the first backup restore.

Update: User haseebh2O has offered another solution. Uninstall iTunes, restart the PC, install iTunes 7.7, restore your backup again. It should stop asking.

So does your camera/photos app just crash on 2.0? I had one of my iPhones doing this and twiddled around with some things and now it’s fixed.  However, before I call this a “real fix” I would like to get some feedback for others that have the same issue. So, if your camera or photos just crash please try these steps and let me know. They were tested on 2.0 firmware.

1. SSH into your phone.
2. Navigate to your photos folder: /var/mobile/Media/DCIM
3. Here you will have a series of folders: 100APPLE, 101APPLE, 999APPLE etc.
4. Enter the 100APPLE folder. Here you may see nothing (no photos) or you may see some jpg and thm files. The jpg files are the pictures and the thm files are the thumbnails that show up with the pictures.
5. Look for any thm files that do not have matching jpg files and delete them.
6. Test camera and see if it works.

I would like some feedback as to whether or not this solved the problem for anyone with the above issue. If so, I will integrate the fix into BossPrefs.

The dev-team released the OSX version of the pwnage tool.

From the dev-team’s site:

The “DevTeam” would like to announce the release of the OS X version of the PwnageTool application.

The team (and especially Wizdaz) have been working hard to bring you this release in as short a time as possible.

The plan (4 weeks ago) was to release a Mac tool only. This was decided because of the lack of reliable Mac filesystem tools on Windows, and the fact that the task of porting them would be too time consuming.

With that in mind the genius that is “cmw” stepped up to the plate and offered his services to the DevTeam. He proposed to provide a tool that would give the same functionality and User Interface as the Mac tool.

cmw has done an almost unthinkable task and ported the almost complete Pwnage Tool to Windows in a little under a week, and we would like to thank him for this unbelievable work. He is currently in the final test stages and hopefully this should be finished within the next 24 hours (but even he needs sleep and family time occasionally!) We’ll post a link as soon as the testing has finished.

Windows version due shortly, guide will be added later. Download from here.

Big warning to any ZiPhone users. Zibri’s WiFi fix is extremely dangerous. It hard codes your WiFi adapter’s MAC address to “00:5a:49:42:52:49″.  This is ASCII for “Zibri”. This will cause major networking issues. All network cards sold are guaranteed to have a unique MAC address. It’s the lowest layer of how packets are routed. Now any two phones on the same network will not be able to operate properly on the network. Bottom line: stay away from ZiPhone.

Right, I know I just released 1.57 yesterday but I got the programming bug and had to get some work done. I finally got started on the features I planned to add in the very beginning. I added the start of an extended preference page. This will be expanded and the user interface overhauled in the future, but here are the new features:

Dock Icons - this is the “Icons” button from before.

Fix User Dir Permissions - ok, ever had a 1.1.3 or 1.1.4 jailbreak where your mail app crashed? Or your notes.db wouldn’t save? Or your safari cookies wouldn’t save? Or you installed some SummerBoard themes from installer (Skylar fix your themes) and the icons won’t work? Just run this and it should fix these issues. You can run it each time you encounter it over and over again.

Enable/Disable Springboard Screenshot - There is an app to do this on some obscure repository. Now it’s in BossPrefs. As of 1.1.3, springboard has built in the ability to take screen captures. Just hold home and toggle the silence switch. The screen flashes white, and a new picture is added to your camera roll. It does not take up any resources and never needs to be disabled.

BossPrefs to Double Tap Home - Lets you set BossPrefs to double tap home key. Why would you want to do this you ask? First, it’s a good way to bring up the toggles quickly. But more importantly, if you ever have a problem where you get no icons on your springboard due to some app, you can double tap home, load BossPrefs, and use its icons on the dock to solve your issue without a restore. Great way to bail yourself out of a problem.

Show Disk Space - Finally, there is no way to view disk space without typing in terminal. This shows your free disk space. I may incorporate some BossTool style logic here later.

Also, from now on, the “about” button will show the change log.

I have updated the guides section adding a no sound guide. I also added to the troubleshooting installer guide to discuss the issue where installer opens and closes immediately.