iphone 3g trouble

**fbod91** · 12-19-2009, 08:52 PM

i got my iphone 3g about a yar ago on craigslist and it worked great till about 2 months ago. thewifi is now greyed out and i can not use it at all. i need it for a jailbreak and its pissi'n me off. anyone have the same problems? ive tried restarting and everything. would apple exchange it for a new one?

**02cetransam** · 12-19-2009, 09:08 PM

why not try contacting apple? that would make sense to me

**LgndKller20073** · 12-19-2009, 09:12 PM

is the phone already jailbroken or were you attempting to jailbreak it?

Jailbreaking the phone voids any and all warranties on it.

**fbod91** · 12-19-2009, 09:35 PM

i was going to but couldnt because of the wifi being shaded out

**1badblkz** · 12-19-2009, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by LgndKller20073

is the phone already jailbroken or were you attempting to jailbreak it?

Jailbreaking the phone voids any and all warranties on it.

Oh NOOOO! Voids the warranty! Oh NOOOO! Seriously, all you have to do is restore it and take it back.

**The Guz** · 12-19-2009, 09:47 PM

You do not need wifi to jailbreak the phone. I used blackrain to jailbreak my 3g. I even did my brothers 3g. Neither one jailbreaked through wifi. Now people are experienceing wifi problems once jailbroken with blackrain. There is a fix for the wifi issues when jailbreaking with blackrain. You can also use the pwnage tool the dev team has if you have a mac computer. You can use this site for reference.
http://modmyi.com/forums/index.php?forumtabs=1

**LgndKller20073** · 12-19-2009, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by 1badblkz

Oh NOOOO! Voids the warranty! Oh NOOOO! Seriously, all you have to do is restore it and take it back.

I'm not sure how apple handles it, but restoring your phone doesn't delete the files that jailbreaking creates. The serial number is registered to you, and if Apple wanted to, they could probably charge you for the new phone. I'm not saying they would because I've never had to deal with them, but it's still possible.

I doubt that Apple would pursue it, but there are instances where the phone won't restore back to factory settings.

**1badblkz** · 12-20-2009, 12:35 AM

The guys who work at the AT&T store aren't going to give you the third degree. He'll, a lot of them have jailbroken phones themselves. I know someone who had to take their phone back and got a new one in less than 10 min , his was jbroke and restored. The iPhone forums are full of people who have done the same.

**fbod91** · 12-20-2009, 07:25 AM

think they would do that even tho i got it second hand?

**SandmanWs7** · 12-20-2009, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by fbod91

i got my iphone 3g about a yar ago on craigslist and it worked great till about 2 months ago. thewifi is now greyed out and i can not use it at all. i need it for a jailbreak and its pissi'n me off. anyone have the same problems? ive tried restarting and everything. would apple exchange it for a new one?

You would have to restore it in order for Apple to take a look at it. Even though some people say that it wont matter cause a lot of Apple people have there iPhone jailbroken, you shouldnt take the risk.

**KMdef9** · 12-20-2009, 11:23 AM

Apple only provides a 1 year warranty for the iPhone.

I would NOT jailbreak it. You only jail break an iPhone if you plan on trying and using it for another service provider.

I would plug it into iTunes, pull off any data you really need, then do a restore.\, then update to the latest software.

If all that doesn't work, then take it to Apple and see what they say.

**1badblkz** · 12-20-2009, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by fbod91

think they would do that even tho i got it second hand?

Yea, I'm not sure about that. How long have u had it?

**fbod91** · 12-20-2009, 06:55 PM

about a year. it worked fine till not too long ago

**1badblkz** · 12-20-2009, 10:42 PM

If you just want to jailbreak it you don't need the wifi. I'm not sure what apple will do for you , have you looked at the warrante info? This is the weirdest iPhone thread I've ever seen. I've had mine jbroke twice since the 3gs came out with no problems.

**fbod91** · 12-20-2009, 10:46 PM

with the recent update ou ned blackra1n to jailbrake it. im usig it with tmobile and for some stupid dumb ass reason you need wifi for it. i dont see why you need wifi when you could just use edge. but for some reason the phone wont read my sim card. when i put it in i dont get any signal lines or anything

**1badblkz** · 12-20-2009, 10:56 PM

Hmm ok, that is weird. Are you saying that you can't restore it either?

**fbod91** · 12-20-2009, 11:06 PM

i can restore it but thats it. for some reason it just wont read the sim card. i took it to a buddy of mine that knows how to do all kinds o shit to iphones and even he couldnt get it to work. appearently theres a hardware problem thats causing it to not look for a wifi connection. idk

**KMdef9** · 12-21-2009, 04:58 AM

Originally Posted by fbod91

i can restore it but thats it. for some reason it just wont read the sim card. i took it to a buddy of mine that knows how to do all kinds o shit to iphones and even he couldnt get it to work. appearently theres a hardware problem thats causing it to not look for a wifi connection. idk

There are plenty of websites dedicated to jailbreaking them too. Google listed a bunch last time I looke up some info.

**tep98ws6** · 12-21-2009, 05:38 AM

i love iphone but ffffffffffffffffff all the troubles they have. does yours turn off whenever it feels like or freeze? im gonna exchange mine once the xmas rush is over