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Tim Murray2

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Q: Unjailbreak an iPhone

A friend loaned me an old iPhone 3 -- I lost my 5. We wiped it clean, but it was jailbroken. I want to restart to non-jailbroken state, but it is not showing up as a device in iTunes and it doesn't appear in Preferences > Devices. How can I do this?

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10), 4 GB

Posted on May 28, 2015 8:44 AM

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by stevejobsfan0123,

stevejobsfan0123 May 28, 2015 8:48 AM in response to Tim Murray2
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May 28, 2015 8:48 AM in response to Tim Murray2

When you jailbroke, you lost all support from Apple. I will say that this article may help: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808.
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by deggie,

deggie May 28, 2015 8:49 AM in response to Tim Murray2
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May 28, 2015 8:49 AM in response to Tim Murray2

Put it in DFU mode (Google it) and Restore it in iTunes.
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Tim Murray2 May 28, 2015 8:50 AM in response to deggie
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May 28, 2015 8:50 AM in response to deggie

I came back to edit this -- that I have tried DFU -- but I suppose my timing is off. It keeps blanking for a couple of seconds, then coming back to the pineapple. I will keep trying.
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by ChrisJ4203,

ChrisJ4203 May 28, 2015 8:54 AM in response to Tim Murray2
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May 28, 2015 8:54 AM in response to Tim Murray2

Depending on how the jailbreak was done, it may not be possible to get past it. Some jailbreaks alter the baseband, and those are generally not recoverable.
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by Tim Murray2,

Tim Murray2 May 28, 2015 9:22 PM in response to ChrisJ4203
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May 28, 2015 9:22 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

Found it. Until this evening every site I saw said that to go into DFU mode, press power for 3 seconds, then keep holding it and press Home for 10. I happened upon a YouTube video that said (1) power + Home for about 10 seconds, until it goes dark; (2) when the screen goes dark, release power but keep Home pressed. Finally, iTunes detected the iPhone. The title is "How to Unjailbreak ANY iDevice running iOS 8.x & 7.x & 6.x"
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by Tim Murray2,

Tim Murray2 May 30, 2015 3:02 PM in response to Tim Murray2
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May 30, 2015 3:02 PM in response to Tim Murray2

Not that it matters now, but that should have been a first-generation iPhone, not a 3.
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