You would think that after 3 firmware updates, Apple would have done something about the battery percentage errors people were experiencing back as OS 3.0 but no, they have not. From the above screenshot sent in by Richard Sparrow on his iPhone with OS 3.1.2, you can clearly see the problem is still there.

Thank you to Richard for sending in the tip. If you have any tips for us, do not hesitate to send them in.

This is not only relating the the OS 3.0 to OS 3.1.2 jump but can happen to everyone on any firmware but regardless, we have a fix that works on any firmware.

The fix in itself is quite simply but was found by chance by Willius on Apple’s very own support forums.

All it involves is that when you do encounter the dreaded ‘Restoring from Backup’ loop and it isn’t progressing from that for a while, you simply need to unplug your iPhone, close iTunes fully (best done by CTRL+ALT+DELETE and stopping iTunes.exe’s process) and then pluging in your device once again.

The ‘Restore in Progress’ screen should appear on your device and after some minutes of this, all your backuped data will be back on your device.

There are two different methods to doing this.

Method 1:

1. Go to Cydia and download an app called FWChanger
2. Change you firmware to one of the following:
   3.1 iPhone build is 7C144 and the iPod touch is 3.1.1 7C145

Method 2:

This method invovles editing files within the iPhone/iPod Touch’s filesystems. You should only choose this guide if you can’t  be botherd or cannot download the above app as this is a bit more complicated. Here is a guide showing how to access your filesystems on iPhone/iPod Touch.

1. Access the filesystem of your iPhone/iPod Touch
2. Go to the folder /System/Library/CoreServices
3. Edit the SystemsVersions.plist file
   Change the firmware number AND build number.

You can now play games requiring OS 3.1!

Sosly from TheiPhoneSpot.net has created a fool-proof guide on how to get MMS working on your iPhone OS 3.0 100%.

Before I get to the point, there is another way of doing it which is to call AT&T and remind them to activate the MMS on your account. However if you do this, you may need to tell them a small white lie about about not being on firmware 3.0.

If you don’t feel comfortable with that, here is a 100% fool proof guide to doing the same thing (create to Sosly):

The download below is the 5.5 ipcc carrier settings update AT&T pushed out today to enable mms. The file has been edited by stealthbravo over at modmyi for us users who are wanting to stay on firmware 3.0. The edited file adds the internet tethering option and cellular data network settings along with the correct mms settings. The official unedited file adds mms but you don’t get the tethering option or the ability to edit your cellular data that is why if your like me, you will use this very helpful file that adds the extra features.

• Download Edited IPCC File: AT&T US.ipcc (89)

After downloading the ipcc wait… You still have to do a few extra steps before using it because itunes doesn’t allow you to update your carrier settings using the ipcc file. Do the following exactly as stated:

• Exit itunes completely

Windows

• Click on start > run > type in cmd and press enter, you should end up with something like this if you did it right:

• After press enter you will see a command prompt window pop up similar to this:

• Now don’t type anything in copy and paste the following line into the command prompt:

“C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1

• Press enter after copying the above and nothing will happen, leave it as is
• Connect your iphone to the computer
• Open itunes from the start menu
• Select your iphone under the list of devices
• Hold SHIFT and CLICK CHECK FOR UPDATES. Navigate to the downloaded ipcc file you got and update your carrier settings

OSX

• Close Itunes Completely
• Open terminal
• Copy and past the following line into terminal

defaults write com.apple.iTunes carrier-testing -bool TRUE

• After copying the line to terminal press enter and nothing will happen just leave it as it is.
• Connect your iphone to your mac
• Open itunes
• Select your iphone from the device list on the left
• Hold OPTION and CLICK CHECK FOR UPDATES
• Choose the downloaded ipcc file and reboot your iPhone

Note: Before you say this doesn’t work go to settings > general > network > cellular data network and make sure you have these settings. Click the images to enlarge

Well good news, Saurik (creator of Cydia) has figured out how to downgrade from OS 3.1 back to the jailbreak-able 3.0 firmware.

This is needed due to the fact that Apple have but restrictions on the iPhone 3GS to stop people who upgrade to downgrade.

It is all a bit technical so I am going to leave Saurik’s instructions as they are:

Instructions

To this end, I have constructed a server that duplicates the functionality exposed by Apple’s signature server, except using “on file” results rather than live requests.

All we need, then, is to make iTunes use it. Luckily, most operating systems also have the ability to locally define bypasses on specific hostnames through a file called hosts. Using this, we can redirect requests to Apple’s signature server to Cydia.

So, open the file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts (Windows) or /etc/hosts (Mac OS X) and add the following entry to the bottom of the file.

74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com

Now, when iTunes thinks it is talking to Apple, it is talking to Cydia instead. Doing this will allow iTunes to access signatures already stored by Cydia’s “on file” feature.

This server will also act as a cache for any SHSH blobs it hasn’t seen, acting as an intermediary to Apple’s server. This effectively registers your device with the “on file” mechanism, which means you can now enjoy the protections of being able to downgrade your firmware in the future even if you aren’t jailbroken.

Performing the Restore

Now, one would have hoped that the process would be as easy as “restore using the 3.0 IPSW”. If only we were that lucky. The first problem is that a downgrade from 3.1 to 3.0 must be initiated in DFU mode.

So, we begin: hold down the lock and menu buttons (some call these the power and home buttons) for 10 seconds, letting go of the lock button but continuing to hold menu until iTunes recognizes the device with the message: “iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes.”.

Note that, at this point, your iPhone’s screen should be entirely black. Many people confuse “DFU” with “recovery” (and in fact, iTunes itself glosses over this), but they are quite different. If you see anything on your screen, such as the iTunes logo and a sync cable, or a cartoon of Steve Jobs swearing in Cyrillic, you are in recovery mode and need to try again. One can find videos online that may help.

At this point, you should do a “normal” restore to the 3.0 software. When doing this, remember to hold down the option key (on Mac OS X) or the shift key (Windows) while clicking the Restore button in iTunes. Select the firmware (which is probably named iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw), and things should be on their way.

Upcoming 3.1 Exploit

If you encouter “unknown error (3002)”, you probably do not have your ECID SHSH’s for 3.0 “on file” with Cydia. Unfortunately, as Apple is no longer allowing users to sign the 3.0 firmware, it is no longer possible to register your device with Cydia.

Luckily, it has been reported that iPhoneOS 3.1 is vulnerable to another exploit. This means that, once a jailbreak is released for 3.1, users will be able to prepare themselves for future jailbreaks even if they missed the first round of signature storage (which I unfortunately was only able to start very late in the 3.0 game).

Once you even attempt to use this service (or if you tell Cydia to “make your life easier”) you will be signed up for the signature tracker, and Cydia HQ will do its best to manage your ability to restore.

And again, if you have any issues with this process, please please please do not e-mail me. Instead, go to ModMyi.com, where there is a special forum called 3G[S] Downgrading, created for the purposes of this article.

NAND Format Invalid

OK, if you were already using 3.0 then this process should “just work”. However, if you had already upgraded to 3.1 you will encounted a nasty error: “The iPhone “iPhone” could not be restored. An unknown error occured (1015).”. This is expected behavior.

For people who are curious, what has happened is that a section of the NAND storage has been slightly reorganized in 3.1, and the 3.0 iBoot can no longer parse it. If we pulled out iRecovery and checked the iBoot logs over USB we’d see the following messages (the typos are Apple’s).

[WMR:ERR] NAND format invalid (mismatch, corrupt, read error or blank NAND device) [WMR:ERR] boolSignatureFound false boolProductionFormatVerified true nSig 0×0 ****************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************** AND: NAND initialisaton failed due to format mismatch or uninitialised NAND. AND: Please reboot with reformatting enabled. ****************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************** NAND FTL failed initialisation

The first time this happened to me I actually spent a while with MuscleNerd working out how to do what it asked: “reboot with reformatting enabled”. That was a severe waste of time: after you fix this, it still won’t boot, and you will need to go through a second restore to finish the process.

However, it turns out a second restore also formats the NAND correctly by itself. So, without bothering to do anything else to the device (leaving it in the recovery mode it is now in: DFU is no longer required), just start the restore over again in the same manner as before, once again selecting the 3.0 firmware.

Stuck in Restore

Unfortuntaely, this second restore is also going to fail (*sigh*), and irritatingly enough it is going to cause the exact same error message: “The iPhone “iPhone” could not be restored. An unknown error occured (1015).”. This is still expected behavior.

For those who are again curious, what has happened is that when the device turns on it has to decide what it is going to do: wait for instructions over USB, or continue into the boot process. This is determined by an NVRAM variable named auto-boot, which is currently set to “false”.

Normally this is set at the end of the restore process, but technically we were unable to finish the restore: it is my understanding that this is because upgrading to 3.1 installed the 3.1 baseband (which is currently not unlockable, btw), and the baseband upgrade in the 3.0 release then fails, stopping the restore.

However, that seems to be the last and least important part of the restore, so we technically won: we are never, though, going to be able to restore back to 3.0 without hitting this 1015 again, though.

Jailbreak with redsn0w or purplera1n

You have two. The first is to use iRecovery to manually set auto-boot to “true”, and the second is to just go ahead and jailbreak your device.

We will go ahead and do option #2 (jailbreak), as even just getting iRecovery working on your computer is something that I don’t look forward to trying to describe. ;P (In fact, it still isn’t working on my Windows computer.)

At this point, you can just run your jailbreak tool of choice, which should jailbreak the device and boot it into the normal operating system. Congratualations, you just overthrew your orwellian overlord, and have taken back control of your device.

At least today, we will prevail!

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It all seems a bit complicated doesn’t it? If I find a more simplified guide of the downgrade I will post it.

You can read more about this on Saurik’s original post HERE.

This is not a 100% method because you cannot see the first charactor of the password but in generel, people don’t have random charactor passwords so it is easy enough to guess.

This exploit allows you to obtain EVERY single password that is hidden by the black dots (email passwords, twitter etc).

The exploit has is tried and tested on OS 3.0 but doesn’t work on OS 2.1 or 2.2 and has been fixed on 3.1.

Here is how to do it:

What is New:

1. The “new” News Feed
2. Like
3. Events (including the ability to RSVP)
4. Notes
5. Pages
6. Create new photo albums
7. Upload photos to any album
8. Zoom into photos
9. Easier photo tagging
10. Profile Pictures albums
11. A new home screen for easy access to all your stuff, search, and notifications
12. Add your favorite profiles and pages to the home screen
13. Better Notifications (they link to the comments so you can reply)
14. Quickly call or text people right from the Friends page
15. Messages you are typing will be restored if you quit or are interrupted by a phone call

The one feature everyone is asking for, Push Notifications, is in development but it won’t make it into 3.0. You can expect it in a 3.1 update later this summer.

This one isn’t as indepth as the newer version. The $2 plugin allows multiple downloads in the background whilst you surf. This one is the old fashion one where you can only download 1 file at a time.

However it works on 3.0 so its good enough for me.

It’s not much of a trick but what you need to do is download DTunes from Cydia and included in that download is a free version of the Safari download plugin for 3.0.

Plus with the DTunes, you can watch/listen to everything you download using the Safari Download Plugin.

So install DTunes from the ModMy source (already installed on your device).

This only works on devices with firmware 3.0

How to:

1. Start by downloading this: Volume Boost 3.0 (174)
2. Extract the contents somewhere convenient.
3. SSH into your iPhone through WinSCP or cyberduck.
4. Navigate to the /System/Library/PrivateFramework/Celestial.framework/ folder.
5. Locate the file RegionalVolumeLimits.plist and rename it to RegionalVolumeLimits.bak.
6. Copy over the RegionalVolumeLimits.plist file you extracted in step 2 to the iPhone’s /System/Library/PrivateFramework/Celestial.framework folder
7. Set permissions to the RegionalVolumeLimits.plist to 0777.
8. Reboot the iPhone.
9. Dance.

So, if you have any problems with 3.0, check this post and see if there is a fix or if its a bug within the firmware.

1. The “Sync Notes” feature in iTunes is not working:

RESOLUTION- Restart your device and restart your computer. Then try to run this feature again in iTunes.

2. The YouTube application is not working or not working properly:

RESOLUTION- Restart your device and connect it to iTunes. Then, allow the device to FULLY sync with iTunes and then try to run the YouTube application again.

3. After selecting to move to a different language to type with, the text font changes. This is known in the Mail and Notes application, but maybe more.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

4. When switching to another language on the keyboard, the switch is slow.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

5. When pressing the Next/Previous track buttons in the Music application on your device, it is slow to transition to next or previous item.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

6. Upon entering the Notes application (and you have no notes there currently), a new note will not appear automatically. However, in all previous OS’, a new note automatically appeared.

IT IS STILL UNKNOWN WHETHER THIS IS A BUG OR IF 3.0 WAS CODDED LIKE THIS

7. There have been reports that application icons have been mixed up with one another. For example, the icon for Remote may be the icon for Pandora or vice versa. Some icons may be grayed out or even morphed together.

RESOLUTION- Delete the application, restart the device and then re-install the application BUG

8. Issues with Wi-Fi (non specific go under this number). Specific Issues with Wi-Fi: 8a. Upon entering Safari, the Wi-Fi icon disappears and the device says “not connected”. Then the Wi-Fi icon re-appears and it connects to the page that was initially entered. The same thing has been noted in the App Store.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

8b. Some users have reported that after turning their device on after sleep, they are forced to manually re-connect to the wireless network they were initially connected to. This is regardless if “ASK TO JOIN NETWORKS” is enabled or not and if it is a preferred network or not.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

8c. Some users have reported that when putting something in front of the Wi-Fi card on an iPod touch, the wireless signal decreases significantly

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

9. All Spotlight Search issues fall under this number.

NO RESOLUTION FOR ANY ISSUES. MOSTLY BUGS

10. After unplugging my device from a docking station, the volume adjustment bar does not fade back in. The same goes for unplugging headphones.

RESOLUTION- Restart the device BUG

11. In the Mail, Notes and Safari applications, the application may not turn to landscape or portrait all the time. This is also vice versa.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG PLEASE SEE THE QUESTIONS SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SAFARI

12. Some users have reported that when turning their devices off or on, there is a black screen for a few seconds before the lock screen is shown.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

13. Some users have reported that searching notes has been a problem. All issues of searching notes fall under this number.

NO RESOLUTION. MOST BUGS

14. Some users have reported that instead of going straight to the home screen after restarting, the device will go to the lock screen.

NO RESOLUTION. UNKNOWN IF THIS IS A BUG OR NOT

15. There have been multiple issues with spacing on the buttons of native applications and the keyboard (All problems fall under this number)

NO RESOLUTIONS. MOST BUGS

16. Some users have reported that it takes longer for a song to start playing.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

17. The fade effect when waking and and sleeping the iPod has been removed.

NO RESOLUTION. UNKNOWN IF THIS IS A BUG OR NOT

18. Some users have reported that their device’s battery drains very quickly.

CHECK ABOVE FOR SOME POSSIBLE RESOLUTIONS. UNKNOWN IF THIS IS A BUG OR NOT

19. Some users have reported that their device will not backup in iTunes or has very long backup times.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

20. When you are on the Home Screen and there is a notification, the notification will not always open the application.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

21. YouTube doesn’t correctly sync with the website after watching a video from a subscribed channel

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

22. Some users have reported that their devices have been getting warmer than before

NO RESOLUTION OFFICIALLY. UNKOWN IF THIS IS A BUG OR NOT

23. Some users have reported that when playing video files, the video is not in sync with the audio

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

24. Some users have reported that their device says “Dock Connected” when it is out of a dock and the headphones are out also.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

25. Some users have reported that after entering their iTunes account password, their device tells them that they entered the password wrong. However, it happened multiple times.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

26. Some users have reported that Safari no longer distinguishes between different media files. For example, if you try to play/download an MP3 file, Safari tries to play/download the file as a movie. Safari will then crash.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

27. Some users have reported that their device will not save images from a website in Safari

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

28. Some users have reported that, when bookmarking a website to the Home Screen, the bookmark does not launch or crashes after launch.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

29. Some users have reported that sound is coming out of their devices when it should be muted or turned off.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

30. When entering Spotlight Search, the first time you enter it, it is slow and it freezes not fully open. Once you start typing, it becomes normal.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

31. The auto-correction feature in OS 3.0 has been worse than previous firmwares and skips obvious words.

NO RESOLUTION. UNKOWN IF THIS IS A BUG OR NOT

32. Some users have reported that “if you go to your Favorites screen and click the right arrow on one of your favorite numbers (i.e.: to choose a alternate number), you cannot double click to get back to the main favorite screen. You have to click the left “Favorite” button at the top of the screen.” (galenmd)

NO RESOLUTION. UNKOWN IF THIS IS A BUG OR NOT

33. One user has reported that there is a random missing SMS tone.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

34. The landscape keyboard is extremely slow.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

35. The auto correct feature does not always show the possible corrected word all the time

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

36. When in landscape mode, the Contacts app shows little dots on every other letter on the sidebar.

NO RESOLUTION. UNKOWN IF THIS IS A BUG OR NOT

37. YouTube subscriptions have had many issues.

NO RESOLUTIONS. ALL BUGS

38. The Notes application is a bit laggy in landscape mode

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

39. The Notes application gets the wrong title of a note sometimes.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

40. “I am having an issue with buying movies or audiobooks directly via itunes on my ipod touch. It is a 1st gen ipod touch and i have upated it to version 3.0, i can buy songs no problem but there is no button to buy movies, there is one that says preview but that doesn’t work. I have restored it and tried again but still no luck! Is anyone else having this issue and more importantly can you help!?”

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

41. The Notes Application has been crashing a lot

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

42. On some native applications, the menu bar does not display properly.

NO RESOLUTION. BUG

1. The baseband included in the new firmware has not been altered meaning you can use the Redsn0w jailbreak for OS 3.0 on 3.0.1.
2. Saurik has announced that he shall be making his OWN patch for OS 3.0 that patches the SMS vulnerability so that you do NOT need to update.

This uses a decoded version of the SpringBoard.strings file (decoded by NeoNightMareX – Thanks!).

1. Download the file: Stock 3.0 System Strings (236)
2. Open up the file in Notepad. If you want to edit the ‘Slide to Unlock’ string, click ctrl+F and type in Slide to Unlock. It will then find it for you so you can replace it.
3. Access your devices Filesystem (don’t know how? Here’s a guide)
4. Navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Springboard.app/English.lproj
5. Backup the original SpringBoard.strings file by calling SpringBoard.strings.bak.
6. Copy over the edited version from your computer.
7. Respring and voila, you have changed your system strings.

First, you must upgrade your device to software 3.0 though iTunes.  Pay the $10 free to upgrade ( or find another way to get the firmware ) and continue.  If you update through iTunes then the process is expained in iTunes.  If you obtain the Firmware from another source, save it in a location that you won’t forget.  Go to your iPod in iTunes, hold “shift” and click “restore”.  It will open a file browser window and you can upload your saved firmware. Let the iPod update.  Note that your files on your iPod will be replaced.  Your iTunes files will resync when the update is complete.

Next, download the latest version of Redsn0w from http://theiphoneproject.org/windows/redsn0w-win_0.7.2.zip and install it to your computer.  Run Redsn0w.  You will be prompted for the firmware file.  If you bought it through iTunes, it will be saved where iTunes keeps its restore files.  If you need to, you can open iTunes and do the “shift-click” method again.  Use the path given.  If you obtain it from another source, it will be where you saved it.  Follow the directions in the Redsn0w program and it should be jailbroken.  Have fun!

If you are like me and had the tethered 2.2.1 jailbreak, restore it to your original firmware in iTunes first.  Then proceed with the steps.  Hopefully it saves you the headaches it saved me.

Troubleshooting:  If something goes wrong, RESTART YOUR COMPUTER, then retry.  That is the main cause of errors.  Ask me questions here after you have already tried restarting.

HomeHD is the newest version of Lauro’s iHome theme. This version is FULLY compatible with the OS 3.0! There are two different version, Lite which is for the average Joe which is easy to install and then there is Full which is for people who are confortable with moving things around in their iPhone/iPod Touch’s filesystem.

There is a version for the iPhone and a version for the iPod Touch. You can also download the 2.5 version of this theme (called HomeHd 2V for some reason) version from MacCiti’s repo at: http://macciti.com/cydia/

• HomeHD (Lite and Full are both in this verison) 2.5: HomeHD 2.5 (2567)
• HomeHD (Full only!) 2.7 – You need 2.5 to do this one: HomeHD 2.7 (1680)
• HomeHD4iPod: HomeHD4iPod (1468)
• HomeHD Landscape: HomeHD Landscape (1096)
• Icon Pack: Icon Pack HomeHD (1581)
• HomeHD Prep (includeds WebClips and SpringJumps): HomeHD Prep (1236)

For this you need:

• SpringJumps (get from Cydia or Above)
• BlankNull (add this source to Cydia apple-news.fr/repo/)
• Plus more listed in the below tutorial

Tutorials:

• How To You Install HomeHD 2.5 [Lite and Advanced Users] (iPhone)!
• HomeHD4iPod is the version of the HomeHD for ipod touch in place the icons Page1 Music, Video and photos … Page3 put on iTunes

This is the most popular theme downloaded on my website so if I were you, I would check it out.

Big thanks to Lauro for making this theme!

Total Commander with an extra plugin called T-Pot is the perfect equivalent to the SSH.I will host the plugin but for Total Commander, you should get it from the creators so you guys always get the newest version.

For Total Commander: Total Commander (EXTERNAL LINK) (1246)
For T-Pot Plugin: T-Pot (1166)

1. Firstly you will need to install the Total Commander program.
2. Download the T-Pot plugin from above. You do not need to extract it.
3. Open the Total Commander program. Because this program is free, you will need to press a certain number to start the program.
4. Then all you need to do is locate the T-Pot plugin you downloaded and double click on it IN THE TOTAL COMMANDER PROGRAM.
5. It should then say something about that this directory contains a plugin and it asks if you want to install it or not. Click yes to install.
6. Once it has finished, on the third row down from the top on the left beside where it says [preload] it says [-c-]. Click on that and change it to [-\-].
7. On the top  it should say T-PoT. Click on it and you are now in the filesystems of your iPhone/iPod Touch.

To me it’s a simply way that SSH. Hope you guys find this guide useful.