Post: Installing openIboot and froyo 2.2 iphone 3g (Easy only 3 steps)
09-11-2010, 04:57 PM #1
ITALIANmobsta
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1 is to install linux.

To install linux you go to You must login or register to view this content. and download

the wubi installer and follow the steps

2nd is to install the froyo 2.2

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and download the program once download it extract it to desktop and run iphodroid as an administrator , plug your iphone and click shoot .
let it finish its job .

3 install openiboot (this part should be performed in linux unless the two other parts that are performed in windows) PREPARE THE IPHONE FIRST

PREPARATION :

On terminal type the following :

x86 Preparation
1. sudo aptitude install libusb-1.0-0 (for x86)
2. Put these drivers on your desktop You must login or register to view this content.
3. Install Libreadline5 "sudo apt-get install libreadline5"

x64 Prepartion
1. sudo aptitude install libusb-1.0-0 (for x64)
2. Put these drivers on your desktop r You must login or register to view this content.
3. Install Libreadline5 "sudo apt-get install libreadline5"

INSTALLATION:

first download this files and extract it to desktop (linux desktop)
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Installing OpeniBoot on your iPhone 3G
1. Put the openiboot.img3 on your desktop.
2. Put the iPhone in recovery (not dfu)

To put iPhone in recovery mode
1. Turn off the iPhone
2. Hold down the home button and plug in your iPhone
3. Congradulatins your now in recovery mode.

3. In terminal type "cd Desktop/"
4. Now Type "sudo ./loadibec openiboot.img3"
5. The OpeniBoot UI should now be booted up
6. Select console and hit "Home" button
7. Now Type "sudo ./oibc" to connect to the console interface.
8. Wait for "Welcome to OpeniBoot"
9. Now type "install" to install OpeniBoot onto your iPhone 3G
10. Now just wait until its finished.
11. Once the install is finished type "poweroff"
12. Celebrate OpeniBoot is now installed!
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The following 7 users say thank you to ITALIANmobsta for this useful post:

Carbon0x, DEREKTROTTER, NGUKHI, NiCiUFF, oI xPozeD Io, Razbuton, teeth08
09-12-2010, 06:57 PM #29
ok is there a noob friendly way of doing this cause i have been trying over and over to do this and it keeps failing i do everything step by step and it wont let me get past step 2.....
09-12-2010, 11:02 PM #30
CBot
Brute
Thank you my Albanian brother
09-12-2010, 11:45 PM #31
works on ipod 3g?thanks
09-13-2010, 12:11 AM #32
Tustin
Balls of Steel
cant even download ubuntu on my win7 machine
09-13-2010, 01:10 AM #33
Razbuton
Gym leader
Originally posted by tustin25 View Post
cant even download ubuntu on my win7 machine


I did it on my win7 x64.
09-13-2010, 01:20 AM #34
Tustin
Balls of Steel
Originally posted by Razbuton View Post
I did it on my win7 x64.


i get some error about no disk being in the drive or something lol. you dont even need a disk to install this.
09-13-2010, 02:23 AM #35
(420*)Killer666
Pokemon Trainer
link for ipodroid isnt working, new version will be out in a few hours
09-13-2010, 02:27 AM #36
tazzi
Can’t trickshot me!
I did it in windows 7 too. i installed unbuntu (netbook) in VMware and worked perfectly.
09-13-2010, 02:58 AM #37
CBot
Brute
I'm on windows, got iPhoDroid.exe
I open it, run it and when it gets to extracting touch driver I get a run-time error. My iPhone isn't in recovery mode and is on 3.0.1 OS

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