Windows iPhone modding 101

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by arthursdomain

This will be the beginners guide to modding your iphone in Windows. This guide is for Windows user only. For the sake of consistency and length, I am going to be using a Windows XP SP2 box.

OS X users should use this guide.

Things you will need for modding your iPhone for Windows 101

1. jailbreak for windows Download

2. iphoneinterface for windows (included in the jailbreak download)

3. iTunesMobileDevice.dll Download

4. software restore file Download (required for all versions of firmware)

5. software restore update Download (only required if you have version 1.0.1 of the firmware. On your iPhone, goto Settings->General->About to see your version)

6. WinRar (or equivalent) Download

**after you download WinRAR, install it. **

Once you have downloaded all of the above move on.

Step 1

Create a folder called phonedmg on the C:\ to do this do the following:

1. go to 'START

2. go to RUN

3. type in the RUN command line: cmd

4. press enter

5. in the command window type: cd\

6. you should see C:\>

7. type in the command window: mkdir phonedmg

8. press enter

9. you should have a new folder called phonedmg

Step 2

Place all the files you downloaded (in compressed format) into the new phonedmg folder which is located in: [U]C:\phonedmg[/U]

Open the C:\phonedmg folder in windows.

1. open my computer

2. open your c:\ drive

3. open the phonedmg folder

(which now should contain all the files you downloaded except for winrar)

rename the file iPhone1,1_1.0_1A543a_Restore.ipsw to iPhone1,1_1.0_1A543a_Restore.zip to do this do the following:

1. in the C:\phonedmg folder window

2. click on tools (at the top)

3. click on folder options

4. click on the view (tab)

5. uncheck hide extensions for known file types

6. click on ok

7. right click on the iPhone1,1_1.0_1A543a_Restore.ipsw file

8. click on rename

9. change .ipsw to .zip

10. press enter

11. repeat for file iPhone1,1_1.0.1_1C25_Restore.ipsw (if you downloaded it)

unzip or unrar all those files and extract them into the C:\phonedmg folder

to do this do the following:

1. right click on a file ending in .rar or .zip

2. click on extract here

Repeat the above steps for the following files (IN ORDER)

• iPhone1,1_1.0_1A543a_Restore.zip

• iPhone1,1_1.0.1_1C25_Restore.zip (if you downloaded it) NOTE: Click Yes to all when asked if you want to replace existing files.)

• jailbreak11.zip

NOTE: jailbreak11.zip will unzip into a few folders copy all the contents from the jailbreak/jailbreak/windows folder (or something like that) and copy that into the C:\phonedmg folder

getting started

1. make sure that your phone is DOCKED and ON

2. make sure that [U]iTunes is SHUTDOWN[/U]

• • make sure iTunes is fully closed and not in the system tray **

making the connection

1. go to start

2. go to run

3. type in the run command line: cmd

4. press enter

5. type in the command window: cd c:\phonedmg

6. type in jailbreak

[I will insert screenshots later for now you can use the mac version, it looks the same]

7. there will be a point where it will ask you to:

"hold the POWER and HOME buttons for approximately 25s."

[IMG][/IMG]

The trick to this is make sure you hold it for long enough, press firmly and make sure that the dock does not get unhitched. Also hold it long enough and watch your command window, once it starts moving again, you can let go of the buttons. Keep holding until something on the command window happens.

Then there will be a lot of different text on the screen like "booting iphone" and "sending files" etc. be patient and wait till all of that is completed you will be rewarded :)

once that is completed it will give you final message and you are done. Once you have your prompt back (C:\>) then you can type in:

iphoneinterface

and viola you are now interacting with the iphone windows style - congratulations!

Check out modding your iPhone for Windows 102 (ringtones, carrier logos, and more images!)

and in modding your iPhone for Windows 103 (themes and skins, MMi style :D !)